Lake Forest Elementary, 5920 Sandy Springs Circle: pre-K to grade 5, 537 students and a 75.2 CCRPI score in the state's 2025 report. 470-254-8740.
Last checked Oct. 5, 2026. Sources: Lake Forest Elementary School, Fulton County Schools and its attendance zone map data, the state’s 2025 School Grades data and the federal NCES school directory.
Lake Forest Elementary School is a Fulton County Schools elementary school for pre-K through grade 5 on Sandy Springs Circle in central Sandy Springs. Its About Us page says the school opened in 2008. The federal directory gives an Atlanta mailing address; the school and the state report card place it in Sandy Springs. About 1,400 address points in Sandy Springs are zoned to Lake Forest, according to the district’s map data.
Who to call
- Front office: 470-254-8740, 5920 Sandy Springs Circle, Sandy Springs, GA 30328
- School website: lakeforest.fultonschools.org
- Enrolling a new student: the district’s online registration. District main line: 470-254-3600.
- Buses: Fulton County Schools Transportation North, 470-254-2970
| Address | 5920 Sandy Springs Circle, Sandy Springs, GA 30328 |
| Phone | 470-254-8740 |
| Grades | Pre-K to 5 |
| School day | 7:40 a.m. to 2:20 p.m. |
| District | Fulton County Schools |
Principal
Principal Jennifer Rosenthall, according to the school’s About Us page.
Enrollment and teachers
- Federal count: 574 students in the 2023-24 school year, with 54 full-time-equivalent teachers, according to the NCES directory. That works out to about 11 students per teacher.
- State count: 537 students in the state’s 2025 School Grades report, compared with 581 in 2024 and 640 in 2023.
State report card
Georgia grades schools with the College and Career Ready Performance Index (CCRPI), which the Georgia Department of Education calls “Georgia’s annual tool for measuring how well schools, districts, and the state are preparing students for the next educational level,” according to its accountability page. Scores run from 0 to 100. Georgia no longer issues letter grades.
| Report year | CCRPI score |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 75.2 |
| 2024 | 74.9 |
| 2023 | 60.8 |
The 2025 score breaks down into content mastery 53.1, progress 94.2, closing gaps 65.6 and readiness 82.4. In reading, 27.6% of third graders and 47.6% of fifth graders scored at or above the midpoint of the state’s grade-level Lexile range.
Georgia Milestones, 2025 end-of-grade tests (share of tested students at the proficient and distinguished levels):
| Subject | Proficient | Distinguished |
|---|---|---|
| English language arts | 24.9% | 3.5% |
| Math | 34.5% | 7% |
| Science (fifth grade) | 30.8% | 3.9% |
See the full report on the state’s School Grades page for Lake Forest or on GaDOE’s CCRPI reporting site. Both are interactive dashboards; the figures above come from the state’s downloadable data file.
Attendance zone and feeder schools
Check any address with the district’s Find Your School lookup or its attendance zone map.
Under the district’s 2026-27 Sandy Springs feeder pattern, all of Lake Forest feeds Ridgeview Charter Middle, which sends all its students to Riverwood International Charter.
No rezoning that affects Lake Forest has been approved. The district’s current redistricting review covers south and north Fulton, not the Sandy Springs schools, and the district says no attendance zone changes, closures or consolidations have been approved.
Calendar and bell times
From the district’s 2026-27 calendar:
- Monday, Oct. 12: holiday, schools closed
- Tuesday, Nov. 3: Election Day, a remote learning day
- Nov. 23-27: Thanksgiving break
- Dec. 21 to Jan. 1, 2027: winter break
The district’s bell schedule page and the school both list a day of 7:40 a.m. to 2:20 p.m.
Programs
- International Baccalaureate. The About Us page says Lake Forest has been an authorized IB World School since 2019 and is part of a full IB cluster. Its IB page says teachers in kindergarten through grade 5 teach six units of inquiry under the Primary Years Program.
- Languages and pre-K. The About Us page lists pre-K and instruction in English and Spanish.
- Recognition. The school lists itself as a 2017-2021 National PTA School of Excellence and a 2019 Solution Tree Model PLC School.
More on Sandy Springs schools
- The school’s website and the district’s school profile reports
- Every public school in Sandy Springs, with zones and report cards
Frequently asked questions
What grades does Lake Forest Elementary serve?
Lake Forest serves pre-K through grade 5. It is a Fulton County Schools elementary school at 5920 Sandy Springs Circle in Sandy Springs.
What is Lake Forest Elementary’s CCRPI score?
Lake Forest scored 75.2 on Georgia’s College and Career Ready Performance Index in the state’s 2025 School Grades report, compared with 74.9 in 2024 and 60.8 in 2023.
Which high school does Lake Forest Elementary feed into?
Lake Forest feeds Ridgeview Charter Middle School and then Riverwood International Charter School, according to the district’s 2026-27 feeder pattern.
What time does Lake Forest Elementary start?
The school day runs 7:40 a.m. to 2:20 p.m., according to the school and the Fulton County Schools bell schedule.
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