Creek View Elementary School vs Lake Windward Elementary School

Creek View Elementary School edges Lake Windward Elementary School by 0.1 overall rating points — 9.4 versus 9.3 out of 10 — a margin so narrow it reflects genuine parity between two high-performing schools. The state rank gap is more telling: Creek View Elementary School sits at #26 of 2268 Georgia elementary schools while Lake Windward Elementary School ranks #34 of 2268, placing both schools well inside the top 2% statewide but Creek View consistently a step ahead in how the composite scores settle.

On academics, the two schools are identical — both Lake Windward Elementary School and Creek View Elementary School post a 9.6/10 academic score. The growth score separates them by a narrow but real 0.2 points: Creek View Elementary School scores 9.2/10 versus Lake Windward Elementary School's 9.0/10, indicating that Creek View's students are outpacing their predicted trajectories at a marginally faster rate. For families prioritizing year-over-year learning velocity above a starting baseline, that delta favors Creek View.

The demographic and structural differences are more pronounced. Lake Windward Elementary School enrolls 650 students against Creek View Elementary School's 832 — a 28% larger population at Creek View. Lake Windward's student-teacher ratio of 12.7:1 is noticeably tighter than Creek View's 14.3:1, meaning Lake Windward students average more individual teacher attention per class. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility runs at 12% at Lake Windward Elementary School versus 7% at Creek View Elementary School, reflecting the slightly more affluent surrounding enrollment zone at Creek View.

Both schools serve grades PK through 5 and sit just 1.7 miles apart in Alpharetta, so proximity alone won't settle the decision. Neither school offers a distinguishing program advantage over the other based on available data — the comparison comes down to a smaller, slightly less selective enrollment environment at Lake Windward versus marginally stronger growth momentum and a higher state rank at Creek View.