Atkinson Elementary School

Atkinson Elementary School operates as a low-enrollment K-5 school in Griffin, Georgia, one of the schools within Griffin-Spalding County. Current enrollment sits at 366 students spanning grades pre-K through 5. Compared to the state average of about 605 students per school, that is 40% leaner than typical.

Atkinson Elementary School is one of 18 schools operated by Griffin-Spalding County, a district that educates 9,350 students overall.

On demographics, Atkinson Elementary School records that nearly all students (83%) are Black. The remainder consists of 7% Hispanic, 5% multiracial, 4% White. That is visibly more Black than the county at large, where the share is closer to 36%.

In terms of school funding signals, The school reports having 27 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 13.5:1. The state averages about 13.3:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. An estimated 90% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Atkinson Elementary School is in the bottom 10% of Georgia public schools. The BeatsExpectations model predicts schools with this FRL share to land around 30.8%; Atkinson Elementary School posts 15.0%, -15.8 points below that line.

Around the school, Spalding County reports that the typical household earns roughly $62,071 per year, 19% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 14%. Atkinson Elementary School is one of 18 public schools in Spalding County (combined enrollment of about 9,350 students).

Nearest neighbor: AZ Kelsey Academy, around 0.9 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Atkinson Elementary School. On composite proficiency, Atkinson Elementary School comes 7th of 9 in the immediate cluster, behind the nearby-schools average of 26.4%.

Atkinson Elementary School operates from a town-center location.

Looking at the recent track record. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Atkinson Elementary School has contracted 22%, going from 468 students in 2018 to 366 in 2025. Over the same period, the Hispanic share increased from 3% to 7%. The student-to-teacher ratio tightened from 15.4:1 in 2018 to 13.5:1 today.

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