North Atlanta High School

Located at 4111 Northside Pkwy NW, in Atlanta, Georgia, North Atlanta High School is a roomy senior high that hosts 2,368 students (grades 9 through 12), one of the schools within Atlanta Public Schools. That puts it 111% larger than the typical public school in Georgia, which averages around 1,120 students.

Across the 87 schools in Atlanta Public Schools (49,945 students total), North Atlanta High School accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

Looking at the student body, North Atlanta High School reports that 38% of students identify as Black, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups; the rest comes out to 29% White, 25% Hispanic, 6% multiracial, 2% Asian.

Looking at school resources, Staff filings list 144 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 16.5:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 15.2:1, putting North Atlanta High School higher than the state norm the norm. Around 30% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. By comparison, Fulton County runs at roughly 62%, so the school's eligibility rate is meaningfully below the surrounding baseline.

After controlling for student poverty, North Atlanta High School tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 61.7% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 49.1%.

Zooming out to the county, the surrounding county (Fulton County) records that median household earnings sit near $95,292, roughly 59% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 8% of residents live below the federal poverty line. North Atlanta High School is one of 205 public schools in Fulton County (combined enrollment of about 138,270 students).

Jackson Elementary School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 1.4 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around North Atlanta High School. On composite proficiency, North Atlanta High School comes 5th of 7 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 54.7%.

Geographically, the school is in a city-core area.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count climbed 25%: 1,889 students in 2018 compared to 2,368 in 2025. The White share of enrollment declined from 33% to 29% over that span.

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