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Enrollment
366
Elementary
DISTRICT 423 · STATE 605
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·GRIFFIN-SPALDING COUNTY·NCES 130252001102
Atkinson Elementary School
307 Atkinson Dr, Griffin, GA 30223 · (770) 229-3715 · Spalding County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY31-TOWNTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL366 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
13.5:1
27 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.7:1 · STATE 13.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
90%
330 students
DISTRICT 92% · STATE 74%
Community
1
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 36 | 10% |
| Kindergarten | 60 | 16% |
| Grade 1 | 61 | 17% |
| Grade 2 | 58 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 55 | 15% |
| Grade 4 | 48 | 13% |
| Grade 5 | 48 | 13% |
This year's kindergarten class (60) is 25% larger than its 5th grade class (48).
Student demographics
30%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 62% · 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
14.5%
GA avg 40.1% . +4.7pp since 2021
Math
23.8%
GA avg 44.6% . +14.5pp since 2021
What this means: On the Georgia Milestones, Georgia's statewide test, about 15 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 24 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 5 points since 2021, while math scores are up about 14 points.
Georgia Milestones results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 14.5% | 23.8% |
| 2023-24 | 12.4% | 11.8% |
| 2022-23 | 11.9% | 9.0% |
| 2021-22 | 9.8% | 9.3% |
% 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
UNDERPERFORMING
Bottom 10% of GA schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
15.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
30.8%
based on GA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-15.8pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 15% of students here test proficient in math and reading, below the roughly 31% typical for Georgia schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations compares each school with others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school lands here when its results trail those comparable schools, which is not the same as having low scores. A higher-scoring school can still fall in this tier if similar schools score higher still.
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 Atkinson Elementary School
Atkinson Elementary School's state test result (15.0% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Atkinson Elementary School this school | 366 | 90.2% | 15.0% |
| Anne Street Elementary School Griffin | 352 | 88.9% | 9.7% |
| Moore Elementary School Griffin | 335 | 87.8% | 7.9% |
| Andrea B Williams Elementary School Savannah | 414 | 93.0% | 17.9% |
| Utopian Academy for the Arts Elementary School Ellenwood | 317 | 90.9% | 17.9% |
| RISE Preparatory Charter School Atlanta | 313 | 87.9% | N/A |
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 Atkinson Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Georgia | In Spalding County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 15.0% | #1,148 of 1,208 | #9 of 11 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 23.8% | #988 of 1,215 ▲ 188 | #7 of 11 ▲ 2 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 14.5% | #1,140 of 1,215 ▲ 33 | #9 of 11 no change |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +9.6pp | #151 of 1,183 | #2 of 10 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 366 | #1,154 of 1,324 | #7 of 11 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.5:1 | #667 of 1,301 | #4 of 11 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 29.7% | #1,074 of 1,301 | #9 of 11 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 90.2% | #582 of 1,312 | #5 of 11 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -21.8% | #201 of 854 | #2 of 10 |
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
366
-60 (-14%) vs 2020
-39% since 1990-91, when it was 604
Student : Teacher
13.5:1
was 12.9:1
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 | 366 | 27.2 | 13.5:1 | 90% (330) |
| 2023-24 | 383 | 29.4 | 13.0:1 | 100% (383) |
| 2022-23 | 431 | 31 | 13.9:1 | 98% (424) |
| 2020-21 | 426 | 33 | 12.9:1 | 95% (404) |
| 2017-18 | 468 | 30.4 | 15.4:1 | 95% (444) |
| 2015-16 | 450 | 30 | 15.0:1 | 95% (427) |
| 2010-11 | 459 | 31 | 14.8:1 | 95% (434) |
| 2000-01 | 475 | 29 | 16.4:1 | 94% (447) |
| 1990-91 | 604 | 40 | 15.1:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Atkinson Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 22% (468 to 366); teachers down 11% (30.4 to 27.2).
About Atkinson Elementary School
Atkinson Elementary School is a small elementary school with its address in Griffin, Georgia. Students in pre-K through 5 attend the school, which enrolls 366 students. The average among elementary schools in Georgia is roughly 605 students; this school is 40% smaller than that.
Griffin-Spalding County runs 18 schools with a combined 9,350 students. Atkinson Elementary School is one of them.
Most students at Atkinson Elementary School are Black: 83% of enrollment. Smaller groups are 7% Hispanic, 5% multiracial, and 4% White. For comparison, the population of Spalding County is roughly 36% Black. Atkinson Elementary School has a diversity index of 30%, compared with 70% for all US public school students.
Teachers at Atkinson Elementary School total 27.2 full-time equivalents, and the ratio is 13.5:1. Elementary schools in Georgia have a similar average ratio of 13.3:1. Federal records put free or reduced-price lunch eligibility at 90%. That is close to the 92% average for public schools in Spalding County.
Predicted from its free or reduced-price lunch share, Atkinson Elementary School would score about 30.8%. It scores 15.0%, a bottom-10% result among Georgia schools on BeatsExpectations.
Census Bureau estimates for Spalding County show that median household income is about $62,071, 19% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 14% of residents live below the federal poverty line. A total of 18 public schools operate in Spalding County, serving about 9,350 students.
Nearest public school: AZ Kelsey Academy, about 0.9 miles away. Other public schools within five miles: at least 8. Compared with its nearest neighbors, Atkinson Elementary School ranks 7th of 9 on average proficiency.
Its location is classified as Town: Fringe by the National Center for Education Statistics.
The student count in 2024-25 was 366, 14% below the 426 of 2020-21.
Community posts for Atkinson Elementary School can cover sports schedules, lunch menus, and spirit week. Alumni can share how the school prepared them.
Spalding County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
68,892
Census ACS
Median income
$62,071
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
19%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
14%
Below federal line
Schools in county
18
9,350 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Griffin-Spalding County
- Griffin High SchoolHigh · 1,505 students
- Spalding High SchoolHigh · 1,208 students
- Futral Road Elementary SchoolElementary · 600 students
- Cowan Road Elementary SchoolElementary · 557 students
- Rehoboth Road Middle SchoolMiddle · 543 students
- Cowan Road Middle SchoolMiddle · 530 students
Other schools in Griffin
- Griffin High SchoolHigh · 1,505 students
- Spalding High SchoolHigh · 1,208 students
- Futral Road Elementary SchoolElementary · 600 students
- Cowan Road Elementary SchoolElementary · 557 students
- Rehoboth Road Middle SchoolMiddle · 543 students
- Cowan Road Middle SchoolMiddle · 530 students
Other Atkinson Elementary schools
7 other US public schools in 6 states are named Atkinson Elementary. Atkinson Elementary School is the 4th largest of the 8.
- Atkinson Elementary SchoolNewnan, GA · 398 students
- Atkinson Elementary SchoolWaynesville, GA · 276 students
- Atkinson Elementary SchoolHOUSTON, TX · 454 students
- Atkinson Elementary SchoolPortland, OR · 372 students
- Atkinson Elementary SchoolFremont, OH · 318 students
Nearby schools
- AZ Kelsey Academy0.9 mi · 47
- Moore Elementary School0.9 mi · 335
- Kennedy Road Middle School1.4 mi · 428
- Jackson Road Elementary School1.6 mi · 344
- Jordan Hill Road Elementary School1.8 mi · 396
- Orrs Elementary School2.3 mi · 467
Frequently asked questions
About Atkinson Elementary SchoolHow many students attend Atkinson Elementary School?
Atkinson Elementary School enrolls approximately 366 students in grades PK-05.
What grades does Atkinson Elementary School serve?
Atkinson Elementary School serves grades PK-05.
How many teachers does Atkinson Elementary School have?
Atkinson Elementary School employs 27 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 13.5:1.
What is the student diversity at Atkinson Elementary School?
Student demographics at Atkinson Elementary School are roughly 4% White, 7% Hispanic, 83% Black, 1% Asian, 5% Two or more.
Is Atkinson Elementary School public or private?
Atkinson Elementary School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Griffin-Spalding County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.