Burgess-Peterson Elementary School

As a mid-sized elementary school in Atlanta, Georgia, Burgess-Peterson Elementary School serves 580 students from grades pre-K through 5, run under Atlanta Public Schools.

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

On the student-mix side, Burgess-Peterson Elementary School reports that the most-represented group is Black (43%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. Beyond that, the school reports 39% White, 10% multiracial, 7% Hispanic, 2% Asian. That is visibly less Black than the county at large, where the share is closer to 51%.

In terms of school funding signals, Burgess-Peterson Elementary School reports 39 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 14.9:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 13.3:1 average. An estimated 48% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. Set against DeKalb County (around 77%), the school's rate is meaningfully below typical.

With demographic context factored in, Burgess-Peterson Elementary School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 52.3%, the actual is 63.1%, a residual of +10.8 points.

Across the wider county, DeKalb County reports that the typical household earns roughly $80,644 per year, about 47% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 10%. Burgess-Peterson Elementary School is one of 154 public schools in DeKalb County (combined enrollment of about 102,960 students).

The closest other public school is Ivy Preparatory Academy- Inc, roughly 0.4 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Burgess-Peterson Elementary School ranks 3rd on composite proficiency, above the local average of 48.9%.

Burgess-Peterson Elementary School operates from a metropolitan location.

Looking at the recent track record. Burgess-Peterson Elementary School's enrollment has expanded 22% since 2018, when it stood at 474 (now 580). Over the same period, the Black share fell from 74% to 43%. Class-load math has loosened: from 11.1:1 in 2018 to 14.9:1 in 2025.

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