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Enrollment
856
High
DISTRICT 978 · STATE 1,120
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·ATLANTA PUBLIC SCHOOLS·NCES 130012004174
Booker T. Washington High School
45 Whitehouse Dr SW, Atlanta, GA 30314 · (404) 802-4600 · Fulton County
GRADES 09–12HIGH11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL856 STUDENTS
D
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Scored higher than 10% of Georgia public high schools
- DTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- C-Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
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 high schools
Student : Teacher
12.1:1
71 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.3:1 · STATE 15.2:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
100%
856 students
DISTRICT 82% · STATE 74%
Community
6
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other high schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 9 | 295 | 34% |
| Grade 10 | 211 | 25% |
| Grade 11 | 194 | 23% |
| Grade 12 | 156 | 18% |
Student demographics
10%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 47% · 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
School pathway
Feeds from
Based on published attendance-zone data from Atlanta Public Schools. Zones change; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
Georgia Milestones 2024-25 . % Proficient or DistinguishedMath
17.6%
GA avg 44.6% . +10.0pp since 2021
What this means: On the Georgia Milestones, Georgia's statewide test, about 18 of every 100 students at this school do math at grade level. The Georgia average is about 45 of 100. Math scores are up about 10 points since 2021.
Georgia Milestones results by year
| School year | Math |
|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 17.6% |
| 2023-24 | 10.8% |
| 2022-23 | 6.6% |
| 2021-22 | 7.6% |
% 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
10.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
25.7%
based on GA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-15.0pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 11% of students here test proficient in math and reading, below the roughly 26% 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 Booker T. Washington High School
Booker T. Washington High School's state test result (10.7% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Booker T. Washington High School this school | 856 | 100.0% | 10.7% |
| Kipp Atlanta Collegiate Charter School Atlanta | 874 | 100.0% | 19.0% |
| D. M. Therrell High School Atlanta | 964 | 100.0% | 15.6% |
| Laney High School Augusta | 736 | 100.0% | 8.1% |
| Carver High School Columbus | 887 | 100.0% | 14.4% |
| Columbia High School Decatur | 877 | 100.0% | 15.7% |
Matched among Georgia high 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 Booker T. Washington High School ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In Georgia | In Fulton County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 10.7% | #386 of 411 | #30 of 32 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 17.6% | #351 of 417 ▲ 15 | #30 of 32 ▼ 3 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 856 | #296 of 480 | #25 of 38 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.1:1 | #30 of 413 | #6 of 33 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 10.1% | #408 of 413 | #31 of 33 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 100% | #7 of 425 | #6 of 36 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +18.6% | #48 of 226 | #8 of 15 |
Ranked against other public high 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
856
+8 (+1%) vs 2020
Student : Teacher
12.1:1
was 14.6:1
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 | 856 | 71 | 12.1:1 | 100% (856) |
| 2023-24 | 859 | 59.9 | 14.3:1 | 98% (838) |
| 2022-23 | 831 | 60.1 | 13.8:1 | 100% (831) |
| 2020-21 | 848 | 58 | 14.6:1 | 100% (848) |
| 2017-18 | 722 | 52.9 | 13.7:1 | 100% (722) |
| 2015-16 | 843 | 54 | 15.6:1 | 100% (840) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Booker T. Washington High School.
Since 2017-18: students up 19% (722 to 856); teachers up 34% (52.9 to 71).
About Booker T. Washington High School
Booker T. Washington High School is a small high school in Atlanta, Georgia. It serves 856 students in grades 9 through 12. For comparison, high schools in Georgia average about 1,120 students.
Booker T. Washington High School is part of Atlanta Public Schools, where 87 schools serve 49,945 students.
About 95% of the student body at Booker T. Washington High School is Black. The remaining students are 2% Hispanic. Among people living in Fulton County, the Black share is about 43%. Booker T. Washington High School's diversity index is 10%, against a US figure of 70%.
The teaching staff at Booker T. Washington High School is 71 full-time-equivalent teachers, and the ratio is 12.1:1. This ratio sits 3.1 below the 15.2:1 average for high schools in Georgia. The percentage of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch is 100%. The 62% average for public schools in Fulton County is 38 points lower.
allk12 grades Booker T. Washington High School a D. The grade compares the school only with Georgia public high schools, because each state gives its own test.
A school in Georgia with Booker T. Washington High School's free or reduced-price lunch share would be expected to score about 25.7%. Booker T. Washington High School scores 10.7%.
Booker T. Washington High School is located in Fulton County, where the median household income is $95,292, 59% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 8% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Booker T. Washington High School is one of 205 public schools in the county.
M. A. Jones Elementary School is the closest public school, about 0.4 miles away in a straight line. Other public schools within five miles number at least 8. Booker T. Washington High School comes in 9th of 9 nearby schools on average proficiency.
The federal government classifies Booker T. Washington High School's location as City: Large.
The school's size has been steady, with 848 students in 2020-21 and 856 in 2024-25. The ratio of students to teachers went from 14.6:1 to 12.1:1 over the same years.
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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
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Other Booker T. Washington High schools
3 other US public schools in 3 states are named Booker T. Washington High. Booker T. Washington High School is the 2nd largest of the 4.
- Booker T. Washington High SchoolTulsa, OK · 1,302 students
- Booker T. Washington HighShreveport, LA · 722 students
- Booker T. Washington High SchoolNew Orleans, LA · 532 students
Nearby schools
- M. A. Jones Elementary School0.4 mi · 461
- Michael R. Hollis Innovation Academy0.7 mi · 583
- KIPP WAYS Academy Charter School0.8 mi · 289
- Kipp WAYS Primary Charter School0.8 mi · 559
- KIPP Strive Primary Charter School1.1 mi · 627
- Kipp Strive Charter School1.1 mi · 312
Frequently asked questions
About Booker T. Washington High SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Booker T. Washington High School?
Booker T. Washington High School enrolls approximately 856 students in grades 09-12.
What age range does Booker T. Washington High School serve?
Booker T. Washington High School serves students from grade 09 through grade 12.
How many teachers does Booker T. Washington High School have?
Booker T. Washington High School employs 71 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 12.1:1.
What is the student diversity at Booker T. Washington High School?
Student demographics at Booker T. Washington High School are roughly 1% White, 2% Hispanic, 95% Black, 0% Asian, 2% Two or more.
What district is Booker T. Washington High School in?
Booker T. Washington High School is part of Atlanta Public Schools.
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