📍 6400 Woodrow Rd, Lithonia, DeKalb County, 30038
Leadership Preparatory Academy is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in Lithonia, DeKalb County. The school has 272 pupils enrolled. It is part of the DeKalb County school district. It serves grades K–8 in a suburban setting. The school employs 15 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 18.1:1. It operates as a public charter school. 55% of students are proficient in reading. 25% are proficient in maths. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi.
Leadership Preparatory Academy enrolls 272 students across grades K–8. The student body is 53% male and 47% female. A teaching staff of 15 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 18.1:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 96% Black or African American, 4% Hispanic or Latino and <1% American Indian or Alaska Native.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Black or African American | 260 | 96% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 11 | 4% |
| American Indian or Alaska Native | 1 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
188 of the school's 272 students (69%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 142 qualify for free lunch and 46 for a reduced price. The school participates in the National School Lunch Program. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility is a widely used indicator of the share of students from lower-income households.
Leadership Preparatory Academy is located in a suburban setting (NCES locale: Suburb, Large). It operates as a public charter school. The school runs a schoolwide Title I program, which provides federal funding to support students from low-income families. For civic and policy purposes, the school sits in congressional district GA-40, state senate district 43, state house district 91.
Leadership Preparatory Academy is one of 131 schools in DeKalb County, based in Stone Mountain, Georgia. The district serves 91,752 students district-wide and employs 6,250 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 272 students, Leadership Preparatory Academy is smaller than the district average of about 700 students per school.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.
Setting: Suburb - Large
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