Shakerag Elementary School, Johns Creek GA

Original Research by School Decision on Shakerag Elementary School

Shakerag Elementary serves prekindergarten through fifth grade in Johns Creek, a planned suburb in north Fulton County shaped around neighborhoods, schools, and commercial corridors. The school sits within a residential cluster that includes River Trail Middle School and Northview High School, and is positioned to be directly embedded in the new Medley mixed-use development, which will begin opening in late 2026 with townhomes, apartments, office space, retail, and dining.

The school's academic profile shows solid performance in math and science. In the latest state assessments, math proficiency rates ranged from the low eighties to high eighties across grades three through five, and fifth-grade science came in the mid-eighties. English language arts is more uneven: third grade showed lower proficiency, fourth grade stronger, and fifth grade notably strong. Overall, Shakerag's proficiency index places it in the top quartile among Fulton County's districts.

The enrollment is just over 660 students. The student body is predominantly Asian, reflecting the demographic composition of Johns Creek broadly, with smaller shares of white, Black, and Hispanic students. About one in seven students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a modest share for the area. Data on special education and English learner enrollment was not reported, so a parent looking for those details should contact the school directly.

Johns Creek itself is a car-dependent area with homes predominantly single-family and organized by HOAs. Housing values in the zip code are substantial. The region's growth is concentrated in the deliberate transformation of the former State Farm campus into Medley, the Town Center development, and the expansion of healthcare and life sciences employment through Emory Johns Creek Hospital, Boston Scientific, and others. This growth may mean some shifting in school boundaries and neighborhood character over the next few years.

At the district level, Fulton County Schools has invested heavily in literacy instruction through its "Every Child Reads" initiative, which replaced multiple reading programs with a unified Science of Reading approach across all elementary schools. This shift has been credited with measurable gains on state assessments and a leadership position in literacy among Georgia districts. The district has also recently consolidated some elementary schools due to enrollment trends and approved the closure of Spalding Drive Elementary with redistricting taking effect in the 2025-26 school year.

For families in or moving to Johns Creek, Shakerag offers solid academics in math and science, a diverse peer group, and placement in a school cluster that will experience significant neighborhood development and demographic shifts as Medley and adjacent growth projects take shape over the coming years.

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Academic performance

How students perform on state tests, by grade, set against the district.

Math

Grade 387%

School 87% · District 58% · ▲ 29 pts above district

▲ 47 pts above state median · ▲ 48 pts above county median

Grade 489%

School 89% · District 62% · ▲ 27 pts above district

▲ 44 pts above state median · ▲ 45 pts above county median

Grade 583%

School 83% · District 54% · ▲ 29 pts above district

▲ 45 pts above state median · ▲ 51 pts above county median

English language arts

Grade 364%

School 64% · District 50% · ▲ 15 pts above district

▲ 34 pts above state median · ▲ 32 pts above county median

Grade 481%

School 81% · District 54% · ▲ 27 pts above district

▲ 47 pts above state median · ▲ 48 pts above county median

Grade 591%

School 91% · District 59% · ▲ 32 pts above district

▲ 52 pts above state median · ▲ 50 pts above county median

Science

Grade 585%

School 85% · District 56% · ▲ 29 pts above district

▲ 45 pts above state median · ▲ 49 pts above county median

Social studies

Grades 3-896%

School 96% · district not reported

▲ 12 pts above state median · ▲ 19 pts above county median

This schoolFulton County, same grade

Graduation rate (ACGR) reflects the federally published Adjusted Cohort Graduation Rate for the most recent year available. We refresh this data annually at the close of each academic year in June. The federal source publishes a banded rate (for example, "90-94%") instead of an exact number for cohorts small enough to risk identifying individual students. The state distribution chart, where shown, plots every school in the state with a published rate or band; schools whose rate is federally suppressed are excluded. Where the federal source publishes a band rather than an exact rate, the school is placed within its band using a stable, ID-derived offset, so its position is consistent across visits.

Proficiency by household income

English language arts

Grade 3Lower-income44%Higher-income75%31 pp gap

Grade 4Lower-income48%Higher-income87%39 pp gap

Grade 5Lower-income85%Higher-income90%5 pp gap

Grades 3-8Lower-income56%Higher-income84%29 pp gap

Mathematics

Grade 3Lower-income39%Higher-income80%42 pp gap

Grade 4Lower-income65%Higher-income93%28 pp gap

Grade 5Lower-income77%Higher-income82%5 pp gap

Grades 3-8Lower-income59%Higher-income85%26 pp gap