Regular local school district · Fulton County
Atlanta Public Schools, GA: schools, enrollment and spending
Atlanta Public Schools runs 87 public schools with 49,945 students in grades PK to 12. Its ratio of 12.1 students per teacher is 2.3 lower than the Georgia figure of 14.4.
At a glance
- Schools
- 87
- Students
- 49,945
- Teachers (FTE)
- 4,111
- Students per teacher
- 12.1
- GA: 14.4 · US: 15.3
- Address
- 210 Pryor Rd., Atlanta, GA 30335
- Phone
- (404)802-3500
- County
- Fulton County
- Locale
- City: Large
- Grades offered
- PK to 12
- Agency type
- Regular local school district
- NCES district ID
- 1300120
- State district ID
- GA-761
- Total staff (FTE)
- 9,746
- School counselors (FTE)
- 164.0About 305 students per counselor.
- School administrators (FTE)
- 312.0
- Charter schools
- 19
Students per teacher compared
This district12.1
Georgia14.4
United States15.3
2020 finance data
From the F-33 School District Finance Survey for fiscal year 2020, in nominal dollars. Enrollment used for per-pupil figures is the finance survey count (51,012), which can differ from 2024-25 enrollment.
- Total revenue
- $1.13 billion
- Federal revenue
- $95.5 million
- State revenue
- $194.3 million
- Local revenue
- $837.9 million
- Total spending
- $1.04 billion
- Spending per pupil
- $20,413
- Salaries
- $494.2 million47.5% of total spending.
- Long-term debt (end of year)
- $91.7 million
Where revenue came from
- Federal: 8.5%
- State: 17.2%
- Local: 74.3%
Georgia overall
- Federal: 12.0%
- State: 42.8%
- Local: 45.2%
Spending per pupil compared
This district$20,413
Georgia$13,517
United States$16,826
Schools in Atlanta Public Schools
By level: 15 high, 15 middle, 55 elementary, 2 other. A CEP school serves free meals to all students.
| Atlanta Classical AcademyCharter | Other | K to 12 | 697 | 12.0 |
| Atlanta Neighborhood Charter - ElementaryCharter | Elementary | K to 5 | 394 | 11.9 |
| Atlanta Neighborhood Charter - MiddleCharter | Middle | 6 to 8 | 233 | 9.7 |
| B.E.S.T AcademyCEP school | High | 6 to 12 | 268 | 7.9 |
| Barack and Michelle Obama AcademyCEP school | Elementary | PK to 5 | 297 | 11.9 |
| Bazoline E. Usher/Collier Heights Elementary SchoolCEP school | Elementary | PK to 5 | 390 | 11.1 |
| Beecher Hills Elementary SchoolCEP school | Elementary | PK to 5 | 237 | 11.3 |
| Benjamin E. Mays High SchoolCEP school | High | 9 to 12 | 1,338 | 12.1 |
| Benteen Elementary SchoolCEP school | Elementary | PK to 5 | 329 | 10.6 |
| Bolton Academy ElementaryCEP school | Elementary | PK to 5 | 590 | 12.0 |
| Booker T. Washington High SchoolCEP school | High | 9 to 12 | 856 | 12.1 |
| Burgess-Peterson Elementary SchoolCEP school | Elementary | PK to 5 | 580 | 15.3 |
| Carver High SchoolCEP school | High | 9 to 12 | 544 | 13.6 |
| Carver High School Early CollegeCEP school | High | 9 to 12 | 514 | 9.2 |
| Cascade Elementary SchoolCEP school | Elementary | PK to 5 | 314 | 8.3 |
| Centennial Place Academy (Charter)CEP schoolCharter | Elementary | K to 8 | 757 | 10.2 |
| Charles Drew Charter JA/SR AcademyCharter | High | 6 to 12 | 941 | 10.7 |
| Charles L. Gideons Elementary SchoolCEP school | Elementary | PK to 5 | 311 | 11.1 |
| Charles R. Drew Charter SchoolCharter | Elementary | PK to 5 | 961 | 10.9 |
| Cleveland Avenue Elementary SchoolCEP school | Elementary | PK to 5 | 253 | 13.3 |
| Continental Colony Elementary SchoolCEP school | Elementary | PK to 5 | 368 | 11.5 |
| Coretta Scott King Young Women's Leadership AcademyCEP school | High | 6 to 12 | 377 | 8.0 |
| Crawford Long Middle SchoolCEP school | Middle | 6 to 8 | 627 | 11.0 |
| D. M. Therrell High SchoolCEP school | High | 9 to 12 | 964 | 14.2 |
| David T Howard Middle School | Middle | 6 to 8 | 1,073 | 15.3 |
| Deerwood AcademyCEP school | Elementary | PK to 5 | 469 | 10.0 |
| E. Rivers Elementary School | Elementary | PK to 5 | 699 | 12.3 |
| Emma Hutchinson Elementary SchoolCEP school | Elementary | PK to 5 | 295 | 10.5 |
| F. L. Stanton Elementary SchoolCEP school | Elementary | PK to 5 | 161 | 10.1 |
| Finch ElementaryCEP school | Elementary | PK to 5 | 291 | 8.3 |
| Fred A. Toomer Elementary SchoolCEP school | Elementary | PK to 5 | 513 | 13.2 |
| Frederick Douglass High SchoolCEP school | High | 9 to 12 | 1,296 | 15.1 |
| Garden Hills Elementary SchoolCEP school | Elementary | PK to 5 | 494 | 11.5 |
| Hank Aaron New Beginnings AcademyCEP school | High | 6 to 12 | 147 | 4.0 |
| Harper-Archer Elementary SchoolCEP school | Elementary | PK to 5 | 545 | 11.1 |
| Heritage Academy Elementary SchoolCEP school | Elementary | PK to 5 | 375 | 7.4 |
| Herman J. Russell West End AcademyCEP school | Middle | 6 to 8 | 342 | 9.0 |
| Hillside Conant School | Other | 1 to 12 | 67 | 6.7 |
| Jackson Elementary School | Elementary | PK to 5 | 502 | 12.6 |
| Jean Childs Young Middle SchoolCEP school | Middle | 6 to 8 | 657 | 13.1 |
| John Lewis Invictus AcademyCEP school | Middle | 6 to 8 | 692 | 11.7 |
| John Wesley Dobbs Elementary SchoolCEP school | Elementary | PK to 5 | 330 | 10.0 |
| Joseph Humphries Elementary SchoolCEP school | Elementary | PK to 5 | 237 | 11.8 |
| Judson Price Middle SchoolCEP school | Middle | 6 to 8 | 241 | 8.6 |
| Kindezi Old 4th WardCEP schoolCharter | Elementary | K to 8 | 321 | 9.4 |
| Kipp Atlanta Collegiate Charter SchoolCEP schoolCharter | High | 9 to 12 | 874 | 12.7 |
| KIPP Soul AcademyCEP schoolCharter | Middle | 6 to 8 | 285 | 13.0 |
| KIPP Soul PrimaryCEP schoolCharter | Elementary | K to 5 | 505 | 14.0 |
| Kipp Strive Charter SchoolCEP schoolCharter | Middle | 6 to 8 | 312 | 13.0 |
| KIPP Strive Primary Charter SchoolCEP schoolCharter | Elementary | K to 5 | 627 | 16.5 |
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Nearby and related
Other districts in Fulton County
- Fulton County Public Schools 87,019 students
- State Specialty Schools I- International Charter Sch of Atl 846 students
- State Specialty Schools II- Ethos Classical Charter School 676 students
- State Specialty Schools II- Atlanta Heights Charter School 663 students
- State Specialty Schools II- Resurgence Hall Charter School 408 students
- State Specialty Schools II- Genesis Innovation Academy-Girl 318 students
- State Specialty Schools II- RISE Preparatory Charter School 313 students
- State Specialty Schools II- Genesis Innovation Academy-Boy 307 students
- State Schools 273 students
- State Specialty Schools II- SLAM Academy of Atlanta 238 students
- State Specialty Schools II- Atlanta SMART Academy 221 students
- State Specialty Schools II- Resurgence Hall Middle Academy 209 students
- State Specialty Schools II- Atlanta Unbound Academy 199 students
- State Specialty Schools II- Liberation Academy 132 students
- Department of Corrections 121 students
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Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 and F-33 finance 2020, via the Urban Institute Education Data Portal. Last reviewed October 2026. Finance figures are 2020 finance data in nominal dollars, not adjusted for inflation. Blank values are not available, not applicable or suppressed in the source. See the methodology.