Charles Drew Charter JA/SR Academy

Charles Drew Charter JA/SR Academy, a small secondary school in Atlanta, Georgia, run under Atlanta Public Schools, instructs 941 students, covering grades 6 through 12.

Atlanta Public Schools comprises 87 schools with combined enrollment of 49,945 students; Charles Drew Charter JA/SR Academy is among them.

On demographics, Charles Drew Charter JA/SR Academy lists that 75% of the student body identifies as Black. Beyond that, the school reports 18% White, 3% multiracial, 3% Hispanic. The wider county runs roughly 51% Black, putting the school's mix considerably more Black than the area baseline.

In terms of school funding signals, On paper, Charles Drew Charter JA/SR Academy has 88 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 10.7:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 15.2:1, putting Charles Drew Charter JA/SR Academy tighter than the state norm the norm. Roughly 42% of students at Charles Drew Charter JA/SR Academy qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. By comparison, DeKalb County runs at roughly 77%, so the school's eligibility rate is below the surrounding baseline.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Charles Drew Charter JA/SR Academy sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 55.5%; this one delivers 50.3%.

Around the school, census data for DeKalb County shows median household income runs about $80,644, roughly 47% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 10%. Across DeKalb County's 154 public schools (combined enrollment of about 102,960 students), Charles Drew Charter JA/SR Academy is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is Charles R. Drew Charter School, roughly 0.2 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 7 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Charles Drew Charter JA/SR Academy ranks 5th on composite proficiency, beneath the local average of 55.5%.

The campus sits in an inner-city setting. Charles Drew Charter JA/SR Academy is a charter school, which puts it inside the public-school system but outside the standard district-managed model.

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count increased 23%: 766 students in 2018 compared to 941 in 2025. Over the same period, the Black share ticked down from 87% to 75%. Class-load math has narrowed: from 11.7:1 in 2018 to 10.7:1 in 2025.

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