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Black student results in Atlanta Public Schools

Across 86 schools in Atlanta Public Schools, 25.3% of Black students meet proficient or distinguished. That is 4.3 points below the Georgia average for Black students.

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31.3%
All students
25.3%
Black
37.7%
Hispanic
81.6%
White
84.8%
Asian

Average across the 86 schools in Atlanta Public Schools with reportable results, giving each school equal weight regardless of size. A group is omitted from a school when too few students were tested to report safely.

The distance inside one district

Among the 86 schools here with at least 25 Black student results, Mary Lin Elementary School reports 72.2% of Black students meeting the standard. Hank Aaron New Beginnings Academy, in the same district, reports 0.6%. That is a 71.6-point spread across schools under one administration, serving one community, funded by one tax base.

Every school in Atlanta Public Schools

Ranked by the share of Black students meeting proficient or distinguished. Every group is shown alongside, because a school that serves one group well and another poorly is telling you something too.

SchoolAllBlackHispanicWhiteAsian
Mary Lin Elementary School 82.1% 72.2% 87.5% 82.7% 90.9%
Springdale Park Elementary School 83.7% 70% 44.2% 94.7% —
Charles R. Drew Charter School Charter 67.6% 53.7% 82.7% 91% —
Virginia-Highland Elementary School 78.4% 50.5% 77% 84.9% 95.5%
Charles Drew Charter JA/SR Academy Charter 59.8% 48.3% 78.6% 88% —
Morris Brandon Elementary School 71.7% 47.7% 55.1% 86% 87.6%
Atlanta Neighborhood Charter - Elementary Charter 71.8% 47.5% — 80.2% —
Morningside Elementary School 77.7% 47.1% 38.5% 84.4% 96.4%
Jackson Elementary School 73.2% 46.8% 80% 81.3% 77.8%
Bolton Academy Elementary 53.3% 46.2% 33.8% 81.7% —
Beecher Hills Elementary School 46.2% 45.4% — — —
Garden Hills Elementary School 39.6% 41.4% 22.7% 84.1% —
E. Rivers Elementary School 50.3% 40.2% 17.5% 83.1% 76.9%
Burgess-Peterson Elementary School 63.3% 39.9% 94.4% 82.6% —
Sara Rawson Smith Elementary School 51.5% 39.6% 30% 76.8% 69.5%
Willis A. Sutton Middle School 48.7% 37.9% 25.9% 80.4% 76.5%
North Atlanta High School 42.9% 34.9% 26.8% 76.1% 90%
West Manor Elementary School 37.2% 34.7% 43.5% — —
Atlanta Classical Academy Charter 63.1% 33.3% 33.3% 72.4% —
David T Howard Middle School 69% 33.3% 52.4% 90.3% 78.3%
Westside Atlanta Charter School Charter 38.4% 31.7% 57.7% 69.6% —
Midtown High School 55.7% 30.7% 45.9% 89.1% 93.7%
Deerwood Academy 28.8% 28.5% 33.3% — —
Barack and Michelle Obama Academy 28.3% 27.8% — — —
KIPP Strive Primary Charter School Charter 28.6% 27.1% — — —
Atlanta Neighborhood Charter - Middle Charter 57.1% 26.7% 36.3% 69.3% —
Bazoline E. Usher/Collier Heights Elementary School 26.5% 26.7% 26.9% — —
B.E.S.T Academy 26.2% 26.6% — — —
William J. Scott Elementary School 25.9% 26.4% 23.2% — —
Benteen Elementary School 37.2% 26.2% 34.4% 72.2% —
Tuskegee Airman Global Academy 26.6% 26.1% — — —
Kipp Strive Charter School Charter 25.7% 25.4% — — —
Benjamin E. Mays High School 25% 25.3% 18.8% — —
Wesley International Academy Charter Charter 29.4% 24.2% 57.2% 88.5% —
Coretta Scott King Young Women's Leadership Academy 25.3% 24.2% — — —
Centennial Academy (Charter) 26.2% 24.1% 36.4% — —
KIPP VISION Charter School Charter 24.8% 23.5% 50% — —
L. O. Kimberly Elementary School 23.1% 23.5% — — —
Maynard Jackson High School 33.3% 23.2% 31.6% 70.5% —
Carver High School Early College 23.5% 22.4% — — —
Frederick Douglass High School 21.9% 21.9% 18.5% — —
R. N. Fickett Elementary School 22.8% 21.8% — — —
Kipp Atlanta Collegiate Charter School Charter 21.8% 21.7% — — —
Joseph Humphries Elementary School 20.6% 21.6% 14.3% — —
Parkside Elementary School 52.3% 21.4% 60.8% 86.2% —
KIPP Vision Primary Charter School Charter 22.2% 21.1% 40% — —
KIPP Soul Primary Charter 21.3% 21.1% — — —
Peyton Forest Elementary School 23.3% 20.8% 46.7% — —
Finch Elementary 20.9% 20.7% — — —
KIPP Soul Academy Charter 20.1% 20.5% — — —
Paul L. Dunbar Elementary School 20% 20.5% — — —
William M.Boyd Elementary School 20.7% 20.1% — — —
Continental Colony Elementary School 21.4% 18.8% — — —
The Kindezi School Charter 21.1% 18.5% — — —
Booker T. Washington High School 18.6% 18.3% — — —
Cascade Elementary School 19.2% 18.2% — — —
Kindezi Old 4th Ward Charter 20.8% 18.2% — — —
Thomas Heathe Slater Elementary School 18% 18.1% — — —
D. M. Therrell High School 17.7% 17.8% 20.9% — —
Woodson Park Academy School 18.5% 17.6% 23.6% — —
T. J. Perkerson Elementary School 17.9% 17.2% — — —
Emma Hutchinson Elementary School 16.7% 17.1% 17.3% — —
Sylvan Hills Middle School 17.6% 16.9% — — —
Fred A. Toomer Elementary School 30.8% 16.8% 40.8% 93% —
Kipp WAYS Primary Charter School Charter 16.3% 16.5% — — —
Martin L. King Jr. Middle School 30% 16.4% 33.1% 76.3% —
F. L. Stanton Elementary School 19.4% 16.4% — — —
Michael R. Hollis Innovation Academy 16% 16.2% 17.2% — —
The John Hope-Charles Walter Hill Elementary Schools 23.1% 16% 31.8% 68.4% —
Miles Elementary School 15.5% 15.5% 22.5% — —
Ralph Bunche Middle School 15.9% 14.9% 25% — —
Cleveland Avenue Elementary School 15.4% 14.6% 23% — —
South Atlanta High School 14.9% 14.1% 21.2% — —
Herman J. Russell West End Academy 14.7% 14% — — —
KIPP WAYS Academy Charter School Charter 13.8% 14% — — —
Heritage Academy Elementary School 14.1% 13.7% — — —
M. A. Jones Elementary School 14.6% 13.1% — — —
Charles L. Gideons Elementary School 15.3% 12.6% — — —
John Wesley Dobbs Elementary School 12.9% 12.2% 23.4% — —
Crawford Long Middle School 12% 11.6% 14.6% — —
Jean Childs Young Middle School 12.5% 11.5% 19.9% — —
Harper-Archer Elementary School 10.9% 11.1% 12.1% — —
John Lewis Invictus Academy 11.5% 10.3% 21.4% — —
Judson Price Middle School 9.2% 8.2% — — —
Carver High School Magnet 8.4% 7.9% — — —
Hank Aaron New Beginnings Academy Alt 0.9% 0.6% — — —

Flags show magnet, charter, alternative and virtual schools. Some campuses — early college and specialized academies among them — also admit by application, and this page cannot yet identify all of them. Check with the district before assuming a school is open to your address.

How to read this. Georgia suppresses results for very small groups, shown in the source data as “TFS” (too few students). Those schools appear as no data rather than zero. Because every state sets its own proficiency standard, Georgia figures should not be compared against another state's.

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