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Crabapple Crossing Elementary School

12775 Birmingham Hwy, Alpharetta, GA 30004 · (470) 254-7055 · Fulton County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL628 STUDENTS
Enrollment
628
Elementary
DISTRICT 616 · STATE 605
Student : Teacher
15.5:1
40 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.2:1 · STATE 13.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
6%
38 students
DISTRICT 58% · STATE 74%
Community
5
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.

Enrollment by grade, 2024-25

GradeStudentsShare
Pre-K213%
Kindergarten9615%
Grade 19615%
Grade 28614%
Grade 310817%
Grade 411218%
Grade 510917%
Student demographics
50%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 72% · STATE 71% · US 70%
White
43068%
DISTRICT 24% · STATE 34% · US 43%
Hispanic
518%
DISTRICT 16% · STATE 19% · US 30%
Black
183%
DISTRICT 41% · STATE 36% · US 15%
Asian
7512%
DISTRICT 13% · STATE 5% · US 6%
Two+
549%
DISTRICT 4% · STATE 5% · US 5%
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
Male
30849%
Female
32051%

School pathway

Students here typically continue to
Crabapple Crossing Elementary SchoolNorthwestern Middle SchoolMilton High School
Based on published attendance-zone data from Fulton County. Zones change; confirm enrollment with the district.

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Test scores

Georgia Milestones 2024-25 . % Proficient or Distinguished
English Language Arts
78.7%
GA avg 40.1% . -1.7pp since 2021
Math
83.7%
GA avg 44.6% . +2.0pp since 2021

What this means: On the Georgia Milestones, Georgia's statewide test, about 79 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 84 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Georgia schools, those numbers are about 40 and 45. Reading and writing scores are down about 2 points since 2021, while math scores are up about 2 points.

Georgia Milestones results by year

School yearEnglish Language ArtsMath
2024-2578.7%83.7%
2023-2479.3%83.6%
2022-2378.1%80.1%
2021-2280.4%81.7%
% 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 · methodology
Tier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
79.2%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
74.2%
based on GA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+5.0pp
above demographic expectation

What this means: About 79% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 74% 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 →

Where Crabapple Crossing Elementary School ranks

Among elementary schools
MeasureThis schoolIn GeorgiaIn Fulton County
State test proficiency
ranked highest first
79.2%#30 of 1,208#12 of 113
Math proficiency
ranked highest first
83.7%#26 of 1,215#10 of 113
Reading proficiency
ranked highest first
78.7%#20 of 1,215#9 of 113
3-year test score change
ranked biggest gain first
+0.1pp#750 of 1,183#95 of 110
Enrollment
ranked largest first
628#528 of 1,324#42 of 120
Students per teacher
ranked fewest first
15.5:1#1,186 of 1,301#111 of 118
Diversity index
ranked most diverse first
50.2%#784 of 1,301#44 of 118
Enrollment change since 2017-18
ranked steepest decline first
-19.5%#245 of 854#35 of 92
Ranked against other public elementary 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.

7-year change

SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25
Enrollment
628
-152 (-19%) vs 2017
Student : Teacher
15.5:1
was 16.8:1
% White
68%
was 65%
% Hispanic
8%
was 7%
% Black
3%
was 3%
% Asian
12%
was 19%
Source: NCES Common Core of Data

Enrollment and staffing by year

School yearStudentsTeachers (FTE)Students per teacherFree or reduced lunch
2024-2562840.415.5:16% (38)
2023-2462439.815.7:16% (35)
2022-2365238.516.9:14% (23)
2017-1878046.516.8:14% (30)
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Crabapple Crossing Elementary School.

About Crabapple Crossing Elementary School

Crabapple Crossing Elementary School is an elementary school located in Alpharetta, Georgia, in Fulton County. The school's 628 students are in pre-K through 5.

Crabapple Crossing Elementary School belongs to Fulton County, a district of 107 schools and 87,563 students.

White students make up a majority at Crabapple Crossing Elementary School, at 68%. Next come 12% Asian, 9% multiracial, 8% Hispanic, and 3% Black. That compares with about 38% White among all Fulton County residents. The school's diversity index is 50%, meaning two students picked at random have a 50% chance of belonging to different racial or ethnic groups.

Teachers at Crabapple Crossing Elementary School total 40.4 full-time equivalents, and the ratio is 15.5:1. The school has more students per teacher than the 13.3:1 average for elementary schools in Georgia. The school counts 38 students as eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, or 6%. By comparison, the figure for public schools in Fulton County is 62%.

Crabapple Crossing Elementary School's actual average proficiency rate on state tests (79.2%) and its predicted rate (74.2%) put it outside the top and bottom 10% of Georgia schools.

Federal survey data for Fulton County show that the median household income is $95,292, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 59% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 8%. Fulton County is home to 205 public schools and about 138,270 public school students.

The nearest public school is Northwestern Middle School, at about 0.2 miles. Around the school, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. On state test proficiency, Crabapple Crossing Elementary School ranks 3rd in a group of 9 nearby schools.

Crabapple Crossing Elementary School falls in the Suburb: Large locale category, used for schools in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.

Federal data show a 19% enrollment decrease, from 780 in 2017-18 to 628 in 2024-25. The share of Asian students fell 7 points, from 19% to 12%. Students per teacher fell from 16.8 in 2017-18 to 15.5 in 2024-25.

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Fulton County at a glance

View full county profile
Population
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

Quick facts

School name
Crabapple Crossing Elementary School
District
Fulton County
Address
12775 Birmingham Hwy, Alpharetta, GA 30004
Phone
(470) 254-7055
County
Fulton County
Level
Elementary
Grade range
PK–05
Total enrollment
628
Teachers (FTE)
40
Student–teacher ratio
15.5:1
Free/Reduced lunch
38 (6%)
Locale
21-Suburb: Large
NCES ID
130228000035
Charter school
No
Virtual school
No

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Other schools in Fulton County
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Frequently asked questions

About Crabapple Crossing Elementary School
How many students attend Crabapple Crossing Elementary School?
Crabapple Crossing Elementary School enrolls approximately 628 students in grades PK-05.
What grades does Crabapple Crossing Elementary School serve?
Crabapple Crossing Elementary School serves grades PK-05.
How many students per teacher at Crabapple Crossing Elementary School?
Approximately 15.5:1 students per teacher at Crabapple Crossing Elementary School.
How diverse is Crabapple Crossing Elementary School?
Crabapple Crossing Elementary School reports a student body of 68% White, 8% Hispanic, 3% Black, 12% Asian, 9% Two or more.
Who oversees Crabapple Crossing Elementary School?
Crabapple Crossing Elementary School is overseen by Fulton County in Fulton County.
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