Benteen Elementary School

Benteen Elementary School operates as a compact elementary school in Atlanta, Georgia, operated by Atlanta Public Schools. Current enrollment sits at 329 students spanning grades pre-K through 5. Compared to the state average of about 605 students per school, that is 46% below typical.

Atlanta Public Schools comprises 87 schools with combined enrollment of 49,945 students; Benteen Elementary School is among them.

In terms of who attends, Benteen Elementary School reports that the most-represented group is Black (42%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups; the rest looks like 31% Hispanic, 18% White, 8% multiracial. Compared to Fulton County overall, the school's racial mix sits in roughly the same range.

In terms of school funding signals, On paper, Benteen Elementary School has 32 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 10.4:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 13.3:1 average. About 88% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. That share is above Fulton County's rate of about 62%.

After controlling for student poverty, Benteen Elementary School tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 31.6% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 33.2%.

In the surrounding community, community-level numbers for Fulton County indicate the typical household earns roughly $95,292 per year, roughly 59% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 8%. Across Fulton County's 205 public schools (combined enrollment of about 138,270 students), Benteen Elementary School is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is Genesis Innovation Academy for Girls, roughly 0.6 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Benteen Elementary School. On composite proficiency, Benteen Elementary School comes 3rd of 6 in the immediate cluster, behind the nearby-schools average of 33.9%.

Geographically, the school is in a metropolitan area.

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count edged up 14%: 288 students in 2018 compared to 329 in 2025. Over the same period, the Black share ticked down from 63% to 42%.

On the community side, members of the Benteen Elementary School community share and discuss school events, parent volunteer needs, and clubs. Parents, students, alumni, and staff are welcome to weigh in.