Lake Windward Elementary School, 11770 E. Fox Court, Alpharetta: pre-K to grade 5, 711 students and a 99.2 CCRPI score in the state's 2025 report. 470-254-7050.
Last checked 2026-10-04. Sources: Lake Windward Elementary School, Fulton County Schools, the state’s 2025 School Grades data and the federal NCES school directory.
Lake Windward Elementary School is a Fulton County Schools elementary school for pre-K through grade 5 on East Fox Court in east Alpharetta, inside city limits. The district’s address map data puts about 2,100 address points inside Alpharetta city limits in the Lake Windward Elementary zone.
Who to call
- Front office: 470-254-7050, 11770 E. Fox Court, Alpharetta, GA 30005
- School website: lakewindward.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 | 11770 E. Fox Court, Alpharetta, GA 30005 |
| Phone | 470-254-7050 |
| Grades | Pre-K to 5 |
| School day | 7:40 a.m. to 2:20 p.m. |
| District | Fulton County Schools |
Principal
Principal Lauren Busing, according to the school’s Principal’s Message page.
Enrollment and teachers
- Federal count: 650 students in the 2023-24 school year, with 51 full-time-equivalent teachers, according to the NCES directory. That works out to about 13 students per teacher.
- State count: 711 students in the state’s 2025 School Grades report, compared with 697 in 2024 and 740 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 | 99.2 |
| 2024 | 97.8 |
| 2023 | 99.1 |
The 2025 score breaks down into content mastery 100, progress 100, closing gaps 100 and readiness 96.1. In reading, 76.6% of third graders and 88.2% 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 | 37.2% | 43.2% |
| Math | 34.3% | 52.5% |
| Science (fifth grade) | 42% | 35.7% |
See the full report on the state’s School Grades page for Lake Windward Elementary 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 on the district’s attendance zone map or with Find Your School.
Under the district’s 2026-27 north Fulton feeder pattern:
- Middle schools: Lake Windward is a split school. Part of its zone goes to Webb Bridge Middle, which sends all its students to Alpharetta High; the rest goes to Taylor Road Middle, which sends all its students to Chattahoochee High. The home address decides which one.
Redistricting. No rezoning that affects Lake Windward Elementary has been approved. Neither the school nor the middle schools it feeds are among the schools in the district’s current redistricting, consolidation and closure review, which the School Board started Sept. 17, 2026. Our story on the review lists the schools that are.
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 lists Lake Windward Elementary’s day as 7:40 a.m. to 2:20 p.m., the same hours it lists for the other elementary schools that serve Alpharetta.
More on Alpharetta schools
- The school’s website and the district’s school profile reports
- Every public school in Alpharetta
- Our Alpharetta schools guide for enrollment documents and board meetings
Frequently asked questions
What grades does Lake Windward Elementary School serve?
Lake Windward Elementary School serves pre-K through grade 5. It is a Fulton County Schools elementary school at 11770 E. Fox Court in Alpharetta.
What is Lake Windward Elementary School’s CCRPI score?
Lake Windward Elementary scored 99.2 on Georgia’s College and Career Ready Performance Index in the state’s 2025 School Grades report, up from 97.8 in 2024.
Which middle and high school does Lake Windward Elementary feed into?
Lake Windward Elementary is split between Webb Bridge Middle and Taylor Road Middle under the district’s 2026-27 feeder pattern, so students go on to Alpharetta High or Chattahoochee High depending on the home address.
What time does Lake Windward Elementary School start?
Fulton County Schools lists Lake Windward Elementary’s hours as 7:40 a.m. to 2:20 p.m.
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