Cleveland Avenue Elementary School

Cleveland Avenue Elementary School, a cozy elementary campus in Atlanta, Georgia, operated by Atlanta Public Schools, serves 253 students, covering grades pre-K through 5. By comparison, Georgia's public schools average about 605 students each, so Cleveland Avenue Elementary School sits 58% leaner than that benchmark.

Atlanta Public Schools runs 87 schools in total, collectively educating 49,945 students. Cleveland Avenue Elementary School is one of those campuses.

On the student-mix side, Cleveland Avenue Elementary School records that nearly all students (88%) are Black; the rest breaks down as 9% Hispanic. That is considerably more Black than the county at large, where the share is closer to 43%.

On the income-and-resources front, Staff filings list 20 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 12.8:1 students per teacher. The state averages about 13.3:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. Around 100% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, often used as a Title I proxy. That share is above Fulton County's rate of about 62%.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Cleveland Avenue Elementary School sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 25.7%; this one delivers 18.6%.

Zooming out to the county, community-level numbers for Fulton County indicate median household earnings sit near $95,292, 59% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 8%. In all, Fulton County runs 205 public schools (combined enrollment of about 138,270 students), of which Cleveland Avenue Elementary School is one.

The closest other public school is Hank Aaron New Beginnings Academy, roughly 0.6 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), Cleveland Avenue Elementary School ranks 2nd on composite proficiency, above the local average of 16.1%.

The campus sits in an inner-city setting.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Cleveland Avenue Elementary School has declined 26%, going from 344 students in 2018 to 253 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio grew from 11.2:1 in 2018 to 12.8:1 today.

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