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Enrollment
667
Elementary
DISTRICT 616 · STATE 605
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·FULTON COUNTY·NCES 130228003535
Amana Academy School
285 S Main St, Alpharetta, GA 30009 · (678) 624-0989 · Fulton County
GRADES KG–08ELEMENTARY13-CITYCHARTERTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL667 STUDENTS
A
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Scored higher than 94% of Georgia public elementary schools
- ATest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- A-Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- B+Three-year trend Change in reading and math proficiency over the last three test years.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Georgia public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
11.7:1
57 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.2:1 · STATE 13.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
48%
317 students
DISTRICT 58% · STATE 74%
Community
6
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 62 | 9% |
| Grade 1 | 81 | 12% |
| Grade 2 | 63 | 9% |
| Grade 3 | 73 | 11% |
| Grade 4 | 77 | 12% |
| Grade 5 | 74 | 11% |
| Grade 6 | 74 | 11% |
| Grade 7 | 84 | 13% |
| Grade 8 | 79 | 12% |
This year's kindergarten class (62) is 22% smaller than its 8th grade class (79).
Student demographics
75%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 72% · STATE 71% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
Test scores
Georgia Milestones 2024-25 . % Proficient or DistinguishedEnglish Language Arts
62.6%
GA avg 40.1% . +2.0pp since 2021
Math
63.9%
GA avg 44.6% . +8.7pp since 2021
What this means: On the Georgia Milestones, Georgia's statewide test, about 63 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 64 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Georgia schools, those numbers are about 40 and 45. Reading and writing scores are up about 2 points since 2021, while math scores are up about 9 points.
Georgia Milestones results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 62.6% | 63.9% |
| 2023-24 | 64.4% | 60.9% |
| 2022-23 | 65.1% | 56.6% |
| 2021-22 | 60.5% | 55.2% |
% Proficient or Distinguished, all students and all tested grades.
Source: Georgia Milestones. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
64.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
52.8%
based on GA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+11.6pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 64% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 53% typical for Georgia schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among Georgia's top nor bottom 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like Amana Academy School
Amana Academy School's state test result (64.4% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Amana Academy School this school | 667 | 47.5% | 64.4% |
| Burnette Elementary School Suwanee | 664 | 44.1% | 64.3% |
| Harmony Elementary School Buford | 614 | 38.9% | 61.2% |
| Woodland Elementary School Atlanta | 851 | 46.5% | 54.9% |
| Head Elementary School Lilburn | 720 | 44.2% | 72.4% |
| Patrick Elementary School Buford | 999 | 49.5% | 50.2% |
Matched among Georgia elementary schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where Amana Academy School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Georgia | In Fulton County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 64.4% | #148 of 1,208 | #29 of 113 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 63.9% | #202 of 1,215 ▲ 35 | #30 of 113 ▲ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 62.6% | #119 of 1,215 ▲ 13 | #31 of 113 ▼ 1 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +5.3pp | #365 of 1,183 | #50 of 110 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 667 | #437 of 1,324 | #36 of 120 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 11.7:1 | #224 of 1,301 | #41 of 118 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 75.4% | #19 of 1,301 | #2 of 118 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 47.5% | #1,060 of 1,312 | #82 of 119 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -4.6% | #721 of 854 | #81 of 92 |
Ranked against other public elementary schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
667
-113 (-14%) vs 2020
+34% since 2010-11, when it was 496
Student : Teacher
11.7:1
was 16.3:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 667 | 57 | 11.7:1 | 48% (317) |
| 2023-24 | 734 | 53 | 13.8:1 | 48% (354) |
| 2022-23 | 731 | 52 | 14.1:1 | 30% (220) |
| 2020-21 | 780 | 48 | 16.3:1 | 40% (310) |
| 2017-18 | 699 | 36.8 | 19.0:1 | 54% (374) |
| 2015-16 | 741 | 28 | 26.5:1 | 52% (387) |
| 2010-11 | 496 | 34 | 14.6:1 | 9% (43) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Amana Academy School.
Since 2017-18: students down 5% (699 to 667); teachers up 55% (36.8 to 57).
About Amana Academy School
Amana Academy School is an elementary school with a street address in Alpharetta, Georgia. It enrolled 667 students in kindergarten through 8 for the 2024-25 school year.
Fulton County is the district for Amana Academy School. It has 107 schools and 87,563 students.
Black students form the largest group at Amana Academy School, 35% of enrollment. Enrollment also includes 24% Asian, 19% White, 15% Hispanic, and 6% multiracial. The chance that two students picked at random at Amana Academy School belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 75%.
Amana Academy School employs 57 full-time-equivalent teachers. That gives a ratio of about 11.7:1. That ratio is under the 13.3:1 average for elementary schools in Georgia. Free or reduced-price lunch eligibility was 48% in 2024-25. Public schools in Fulton County average 62%.
Measured against Georgia public elementary schools, Amana Academy School receives an A. The grade weighs proficiency most heavily, then how results compare with what the school's low-income share predicts, then the three-year change.
A school with Amana Academy School's lunch-eligibility share in Georgia is predicted to score 52.8%. Amana Academy School scores 64.4%, 11.6 points above that line.
Across Fulton County, median household income is about $95,292, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 59%, and roughly 8% of residents are in poverty. Amana Academy School is among the 205 public schools in Fulton County.
Innovation Academy is located about 0.6 miles from Amana Academy School. Within five miles are at least 8 other public schools. In a group of 8 nearby schools with scores, Amana Academy School ranks 4th on average proficiency.
In the federal locale system, Amana Academy School is coded City: Small, for schools inside a principal city with a population under 100,000. Amana Academy School is one of the charter schools in Georgia.
Enrollment was 780 in 2020-21 and 667 in 2024-25, a decrease of 113 students. Federal data show the ratio falling from 16.3:1 to 11.7:1.
Families, students, and staff can use this page to discuss sports schedules, lunch menus, and spirit week at Amana Academy School. Anyone with firsthand experience at this school can post or comment.
Fulton County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
1,076,561
Census ACS
Median income
$95,292
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
59%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
8%
Below federal line
Schools in county
205
138,270 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Fulton County
- Westlake High SchoolHigh · 2,056 students
- Roswell High SchoolHigh · 2,035 students
- Alpharetta High SchoolHigh · 2,024 students
- Milton High SchoolHigh · 1,999 students
- Langston Hughes High SchoolHigh · 1,891 students
- Johns Creek High SchoolHigh · 1,789 students
Other schools in Alpharetta
- Denmark High SchoolHigh · 2,527 students
- Alpharetta High SchoolHigh · 2,024 students
- Milton High SchoolHigh · 1,999 students
- Chattahoochee High SchoolHigh · 1,730 students
- Innovation AcademyHigh · 1,511 students
- DeSana Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,278 students
Nearby schools
- Innovation Academy0.6 mi · 1,511
- Alpharetta Elementary School0.9 mi · 498
- International Charter School of Atlanta1.0 mi · 846
- Manning Oaks Elementary School1.8 mi · 764
- New Prospect Elementary School2.0 mi · 607
- Hembree Springs Elementary School2.1 mi · 536
Frequently asked questions
About Amana Academy SchoolHow many students attend Amana Academy School?
Amana Academy School enrolls approximately 667 students in grades KG-08.
What age range does Amana Academy School serve?
Amana Academy School serves students from grade KG through grade 08.
How many teachers does Amana Academy School have?
Amana Academy School employs 57 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 11.7:1.
How diverse is Amana Academy School?
Amana Academy School reports a student body of 19% White, 15% Hispanic, 35% Black, 24% Asian, 6% Two or more.
Who oversees Amana Academy School?
Amana Academy School is overseen by Fulton County in Fulton County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.