Enrollment
398
Elementary
DISTRICT 550 · STATE 605
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·COWETA COUNTY·NCES 130150000748
Atkinson Elementary School
14 Nimmons St, Newnan, GA 30263 · (770) 254-2835 · Coweta County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL398 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
12.1:1
33 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.4:1 · STATE 13.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
65%
258 students
DISTRICT 49% · STATE 74%
Community
0
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 | 25 | 6% |
| Kindergarten | 60 | 15% |
| Grade 1 | 75 | 19% |
| Grade 2 | 56 | 14% |
| Grade 3 | 62 | 16% |
| Grade 4 | 72 | 18% |
| Grade 5 | 48 | 12% |
This year's kindergarten class (60) is 25% larger than its 5th grade class (48).
Student demographics
66%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 64% · 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
28.3%
GA avg 40.1% . -2.7pp since 2021
Math
34.3%
GA avg 44.6% . +9.1pp since 2021
What this means: On the Georgia Milestones, Georgia's statewide test, about 28 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 34 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Georgia schools, those numbers are about 40 and 45. Reading and writing scores are down about 3 points since 2021, while math scores are up about 9 points.
Georgia Milestones results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 28.3% | 34.3% |
| 2023-24 | 30.1% | 38.1% |
| 2022-23 | 31.0% | 33.5% |
| 2021-22 | 31.0% | 25.1% |
% 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
34.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
43.9%
based on GA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-9.8pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 34% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 44% 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 Atkinson Elementary School
Atkinson Elementary School's state test result (34.1% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Atkinson Elementary School this school | 398 | 64.8% | 34.1% |
| Lillian C. Poole Elementary School Dallas | 460 | 61.7% | 34.8% |
| Western Elementary School Newnan | 455 | 65.7% | 54.6% |
| Mamie Lou Gross Elementary School Woodbine | 454 | 68.9% | 62.4% |
| Skyview Elementary School Lizella | 423 | 57.2% | 45.0% |
| Langston Road Elementary School Perry | 473 | 62.2% | 63.5% |
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 Coweta County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 34.1% | #695 of 1,208 | #17 of 19 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 34.3% | #751 of 1,215 ▼ 101 | #17 of 19 ▼ 3 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 28.3% | #782 of 1,215 no change | #18 of 19 ▼ 1 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +3.2pp | #510 of 1,183 | #4 of 19 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 398 | #1,097 of 1,324 | #13 of 20 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.1:1 | #284 of 1,301 | #7 of 20 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 66.0% | #261 of 1,301 | #5 of 20 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 64.8% | #885 of 1,312 | #6 of 20 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -6.8% | #649 of 854 | #9 of 11 |
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
398
+23 (+6%) vs 2020
-18% since 1990-91, when it was 483
Student : Teacher
12.1:1
was 12.5:1
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 | 398 | 33 | 12.1:1 | 65% (258) |
| 2023-24 | 410 | 32 | 12.8:1 | 67% (275) |
| 2022-23 | 359 | 31.5 | 11.4:1 | 55% (199) |
| 2020-21 | 375 | 30 | 12.5:1 | 59% (223) |
| 2017-18 | 427 | 30 | 14.2:1 | 61% (260) |
| 2015-16 | 446 | 31 | 14.4:1 | 66% (293) |
| 2010-11 | 455 | 31 | 14.7:1 | 67% (306) |
| 2000-01 | 423 | 29 | 14.6:1 | 53% (224) |
| 1990-91 | 483 | 34 | 14.2:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Atkinson Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 7% (427 to 398); teachers up 10% (30 to 33).
About Atkinson Elementary School
Atkinson Elementary School is one of the public schools in Newnan, Georgia. It is a small elementary school. Federal data show 398 students enrolled in pre-K through 5 in 2024-25. Elementary schools in Georgia average about 605 students, which makes this school 34% below average.
Coweta County counts 23,064 students in its 29 schools, and Atkinson Elementary School is one of them.
White students account for 47% of enrollment at Atkinson Elementary School, more than any other group. The remaining students are 31% Black, 14% Hispanic, and 7% multiracial. Among people living in Coweta County, the White share is about 70%. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, Atkinson Elementary School scores 66%.
Atkinson Elementary School has 33 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of about 12.1:1. The school's 12.1:1 compares with an average of 13.3:1 for elementary schools in Georgia. Eligibility for free or reduced-price lunch, often used to gauge student poverty, is 65%. The rate at public schools in Coweta County averages 46%, lower than here.
After adjusting for student poverty, Atkinson Elementary School lands between the top and bottom 10% of Georgia schools. Its average proficiency rate across its state test results is 34.1%; the prediction is 43.9%.
Looking at the county, Coweta County, the median household earns about $95,548 a year, 36% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 5% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Counting Atkinson Elementary School, Coweta County has 31 public schools.
Newnan High School, about 0.7 miles away, is the closest public school. Counting only straight-line distance, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. Of the 8 nearby schools with scores, including this one, Atkinson Elementary School is 6th on average proficiency.
On the NCES locale scale, the school is Suburb: Large.
Enrollment in 2024-25 stood at 398, compared with 375 in 2020-21.
This page is set up for the Atkinson Elementary School community to discuss homework, tutoring, and testing dates. Members of the school community can share what they know.
Coweta County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
152,852
Census ACS
Median income
$95,548
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
36%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
5%
Below federal line
Schools in county
31
23,423 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Coweta County
- East Coweta High SchoolHigh · 3,001 students
- Newnan High SchoolHigh · 2,214 students
- Northgate High SchoolHigh · 2,142 students
- Welch Elementary SchoolElementary · 1,012 students
- Newnan Crossing Elementary SchoolElementary · 912 students
- Blake Bass Middle SchoolMiddle · 887 students
Other schools in Newnan
- Newnan High SchoolHigh · 2,214 students
- Northgate High SchoolHigh · 2,142 students
- Welch Elementary SchoolElementary · 1,012 students
- Newnan Crossing Elementary SchoolElementary · 912 students
- Brooks ElementaryElementary · 835 students
- Madras Middle SchoolMiddle · 754 students
Other Atkinson Elementary schools
7 other US public schools in 6 states are named Atkinson Elementary. Atkinson Elementary School is the 2nd largest of the 8.
- Atkinson Elementary SchoolGriffin, GA · 366 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
- Newnan High School0.7 mi · 2,214
- Ruth Hill Elementary School1.1 mi · 346
- Elm Street Elementary School1.2 mi · 477
- Evans Middle School2.0 mi · 736
- Smokey Road Middle School2.7 mi · 563
- Jefferson Parkway Elementary School2.7 mi · 450
Frequently asked questions
About Atkinson Elementary SchoolHow large is Atkinson Elementary School?
Atkinson Elementary School enrolls approximately 398 students in grades PK-05.
What grades does Atkinson Elementary School serve?
Atkinson Elementary School serves grades PK-05.
How many students per teacher at Atkinson Elementary School?
Approximately 12.1:1 students per teacher at Atkinson Elementary School.
How diverse is Atkinson Elementary School?
Atkinson Elementary School reports a student body of 47% White, 14% Hispanic, 31% Black, 7% Two or more.
Who oversees Atkinson Elementary School?
Atkinson Elementary School is overseen by Coweta County in Coweta County.
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