Each day, the Lake Oconee Academy campus is energized by the excitement of students learning. Our dedicated teachers and supportive school community are all focused on the success of each child and their individual educational journey. Student success is the result of a combination of factors including traditional teaching methodologies, incorporation of modern technology, integration of Georgia Standards and the Core Knowledge Curriculum, and well developed year-long plans segmented into challenging daily lessons.

Student success can be exhibited in many ways. Our high quality faculty and staff use formative assessments to keep teachers abreast of student progress from day to day, and week to week. Summative assessments (state developed, teacher developed, and computer generated) are used to chronicle short and long term retention as well as ensure student academic growth is meeting expectations. Our teachers appreciate the stages of a child’s growth and recognize that each student develops at a unique pace, yet our expectations for achievement are high. Consequently, our curriculum allows students to explore, and their mistakes are viewed as part of the learning process and as an important building block in their development.

As a Georgia public charter school, Lake Oconee Academy is required to administer all applicable tests from the Georgia State Criterion-Reference Comprehensive Testing program (CRCT). Also, each year Lake Oconee Academy administers the Iowa Test of Basic Skills (ITBS). This test allows parents to compare the performance of their child(ren) with that of other students across the nation. It also allows Lake Oconee Academy to compare the collective performance of our school’s students to that of other schools’ students. 

Below you will find CRCT results for the 2008-09 first and second grade students (K students do not encounter CRCT testing). You will note that ALL students met or exceeded Georgia Standards.

2008-09 CRCT Results

Due to the students’ exemplary performance, Lake Oconee Academy was honored to receive the “2009 Gold School Award” for the Highest Percentage of Students Meeting and Exceeding Standards. This is the highest award possible for a school in its second year of operation.  LOA’s academic performance ranks in the top 4% of all public schools in Georgia.  In 2008, Lake Oconee Academy was given the “Bronze School Award”, the highest honor for a first year school. 

To review the Lake Oconee Academy Annual Report please visit http://public.doe.k12.ga.us/pea_charter.aspx. A link to the Annual Report can be found on the right side of the page. Click on 2008-09, and see page 81 of the report.
In addition, the 2009 kindergarten, first and second grade students scored in the 99th percentile on the Iowa Test of Basic Skills (ITBS).

ITBS Percentile Rank of Average Scale Scores:
National School Norms