Cascade Elementary School

Set in Atlanta, Georgia, Cascade Elementary School is a low-enrollment primary school, run under Atlanta Public Schools. It works with 314 students across grades pre-K through 5. By comparison, Georgia's public schools average about 605 students each, so Cascade Elementary School sits 48% smaller than that benchmark.

Across the 87 schools in Atlanta Public Schools (49,945 students total), Cascade Elementary School accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

In terms of who attends, Cascade Elementary School records that the student body is overwhelmingly Black (95%). Beyond that, the school lists 3% Hispanic. That is meaningfully more Black than the county at large, where the share is closer to 43%.

On the income-and-resources front, On paper, Cascade Elementary School has 38 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 8.2:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 13.3:1 average. An estimated 100% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. That share is higher than Fulton County's rate of about 62%.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Cascade Elementary School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 25.7%, the actual is 18.8%, a residual of -6.9 points.

Around the school, ACS estimates for Fulton County put median household earnings sit near $95,292, about 59% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 8% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Cascade Elementary School is one of 205 public schools in Fulton County (combined enrollment of about 138,270 students).

Nearest neighbor: Beecher Hills Elementary School, around 1.3 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Cascade Elementary School. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Cascade Elementary School at 7th of 9; the average score across the group is 25.5%.

Geographically, the school is in an urban area.

Looking at the recent track record. Cascade Elementary School's enrollment has ticked down 26% since 2018, when it stood at 426 (now 314). Over the same period, the Black share contracted from 99% to 95%. Class-load math has narrowed: from 11.9:1 in 2018 to 8.2:1 in 2025.

On the community side, posts here usually surface around fundraisers, lost-and-found posts, and report-card season. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.