Enrollment
377
High
DISTRICT 978 · STATE 1,120
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·ATLANTA PUBLIC SCHOOLS·NCES 130012003980
Coretta Scott King Young Women's Leadership Academy
1190 Northwest Dr NW, Atlanta, GA 30318 · (404) 802-4900 · Fulton County
GRADES 06–12HIGH11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL377 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
7.9:1
48 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.3:1 · STATE 15.2:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
98%
369 students
DISTRICT 82% · STATE 74%
Community
0
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 6 | 68 | 18% |
| Grade 7 | 65 | 17% |
| Grade 8 | 51 | 14% |
| Grade 9 | 63 | 17% |
| Grade 10 | 44 | 12% |
| Grade 11 | 52 | 14% |
| Grade 12 | 34 | 9% |
Student demographics
12%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
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Georgia Milestones 2024-25 . % Proficient or DistinguishedEnglish Language Arts
36.3%
GA avg 40.1% . +1.3pp since 2021
Math
22.0%
GA avg 44.6% . +7.4pp since 2021
What this means: On the Georgia Milestones, Georgia's statewide test, about 36 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 22 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Georgia schools, those numbers are about 40 and 45. Reading and writing scores are up about 1 points since 2021, while math scores are up about 7 points.
Georgia Milestones results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 36.3% | 22.0% |
| 2023-24 | 32.4% | 23.0% |
| 2022-23 | 35.4% | 13.4% |
| 2021-22 | 35.1% | 14.6% |
% 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
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
28.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
26.8%
based on GA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+1.8pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 29% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 27% typical for Georgia schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among Georgia's top nor bottom 10%.
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 Coretta Scott King Young Women's Leadership Academy
Coretta Scott King Young Women's Leadership Academy's state test result (28.6% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Coretta Scott King Young Women's Leadership Academy this school | 377 | 97.9% | 28.6% |
| Carver High School Early College Atlanta | 514 | 100.0% | 26.1% |
| B.E.S.T Academy Atlanta | 268 | 96.6% | 21.8% |
| Carver High School Atlanta | 544 | 100.0% | 6.4% |
| Dublin High School Dublin | 596 | 100.0% | 18.6% |
| Hapeville Charter Career Academy Atlanta | 638 | 99.8% | 26.4% |
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 Coretta Scott King Young Women's Leadership Academy ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In Georgia | In Fulton County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 28.6% | #274 of 411 | #19 of 32 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 22.0% | #322 of 417 ▼ 21 | #24 of 32 ▼ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 36.3% | #17 of 32 ▲ 3 | N/A |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +4.3pp | #18 of 24 | N/A |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 377 | #378 of 480 | #30 of 38 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 7.9:1 | #3 of 413 | #2 of 33 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 12.1% | #403 of 413 | #28 of 33 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 97.9% | #91 of 425 | #15 of 36 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +3.6% | #178 of 226 | #13 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
377
+43 (+13%) vs 2020
+171% since 2010-11, when it was 139
Student : Teacher
7.9:1
was 8.6:1
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 | 377 | 47.7 | 7.9:1 | 98% (369) |
| 2023-24 | 339 | 49.4 | 6.9:1 | 95% (322) |
| 2022-23 | 323 | 41 | 7.9:1 | 100% (323) |
| 2020-21 | 334 | 39 | 8.6:1 | 100% (334) |
| 2017-18 | 364 | 36.2 | 10.1:1 | 100% (364) |
| 2015-16 | 504 | 37 | 13.6:1 | 99% (501) |
| 2010-11 | 139 | 14 | 9.9:1 | 89% (124) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Coretta Scott King Young Women's Leadership Academy.
Since 2017-18: students up 4% (364 to 377); teachers up 32% (36.2 to 47.7).
About Coretta Scott King Young Women's Leadership Academy
Coretta Scott King Young Women's Leadership Academy is a very small high school in Georgia, with an address in Atlanta. Federal data show 377 students enrolled in grades 6 through 12 in 2024-25. That compares with an average of about 1,120 students for high schools in Georgia.
Atlanta Public Schools serves 49,945 students across 87 schools.
The share of students at Coretta Scott King Young Women's Leadership Academy who are Black is 94%. The remaining students are 4% Hispanic and 2% multiracial. Among people living in Fulton County, the Black share is about 43%. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 12%.
Teacher count: 47.7 full-time equivalents. Student-to-teacher ratio: 7.9:1. Compared with the 15.2:1 average for high schools in Georgia, this school's ratio is lower. Eligibility for free or reduced-price lunch, often used to gauge student poverty, is 98%. By comparison, the figure for public schools in Fulton County is 62%.
On the allk12 BeatsExpectations measure, Coretta Scott King Young Women's Leadership Academy is 1.8 points above the average proficiency rate across its state test results predicted for its free or reduced-price lunch share: 28.6% actual, 26.8% predicted. That is outside both the top and bottom 10% in Georgia.
Looking at the county, Fulton County, the median household earns about $95,292 a year, 59% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 8% of people live in poverty. Fulton County has 205 public schools with about 138,270 students, including Coretta Scott King Young Women's Leadership Academy.
Among nearby public schools, B.E.S.T Academy is closest at less than a tenth of a mile. Other public schools within five miles number at least 8. The nearest schools with test data average 23.1%, lower than Coretta Scott King Young Women's Leadership Academy's 28.6%.
The NCES locale for Coretta Scott King Young Women's Leadership Academy is City: Large, which covers schools inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more.
In 2020-21, Coretta Scott King Young Women's Leadership Academy enrolled 334 students. By 2024-25, that number had grown to 377.
The discussion board for Coretta Scott King Young Women's Leadership Academy is open to topics like special education services, counseling, and support programs. Teachers and staff are welcome to share updates too.
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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Frequently asked questions
About Coretta Scott King Young Women's Leadership AcademyHow large is Coretta Scott King Young Women's Leadership Academy?
Coretta Scott King Young Women's Leadership Academy enrolls approximately 377 students in grades 06-12.
Is Coretta Scott King Young Women's Leadership Academy an elementary, middle, or high school?
Coretta Scott King Young Women's Leadership Academy is a high school covering grades 06-12.
How many students per teacher at Coretta Scott King Young Women's Leadership Academy?
Approximately 7.9:1 students per teacher at Coretta Scott King Young Women's Leadership Academy.
What is the student diversity at Coretta Scott King Young Women's Leadership Academy?
Student demographics at Coretta Scott King Young Women's Leadership Academy are roughly 0% White, 4% Hispanic, 94% Black, 2% Two or more.
Who oversees Coretta Scott King Young Women's Leadership Academy?
Coretta Scott King Young Women's Leadership Academy is overseen by Atlanta Public Schools in Fulton County.
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