David T Howard Middle School

David T Howard Middle School operates as a mid-tier middle school in Atlanta, Georgia, part of Atlanta Public Schools. Current enrollment sits at 1,073 students spanning grades 6 through 8. Compared to the state average of about 763 students per school, that is 41% above typical.

Atlanta Public Schools comprises 87 schools with combined enrollment of 49,945 students; David T Howard Middle School is among them.

For racial and ethnic makeup, David T Howard Middle School shows that 50% of students identify as White, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. Beyond that, the school reports 28% Black, 10% Hispanic, 9% multiracial, 3% Asian. By comparison, Fulton County as a whole is about 38% White, so the school skews considerably more White than its surroundings.

In terms of school funding signals, David T Howard Middle School records 71 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 15.2:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 14.1:1 average. An estimated 23% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. That share is below Fulton County's rate of about 62%.

With demographic context factored in, David T Howard Middle School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 65.2%, the actual is 66.5%, a residual of +1.3 points.

In the broader community, community-level numbers for Fulton County indicate median household income runs about $95,292, about 59% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 8%. Across Fulton County's 205 public schools (combined enrollment of about 138,270 students), David T Howard Middle School is one campus in the mix.

The John Hope-Charles Walter Hill Elementary Schools is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.2 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around David T Howard Middle School. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), David T Howard Middle School ranks 2nd on composite proficiency, ahead of the local average of 40.7%.

David T Howard Middle School operates from a high-density location.

Looking at the recent track record. David T Howard Middle School's enrollment has held roughly steady since 2018, when it stood at 1,075 (now 1,073). Black enrollment moved from 33% to 28% across the same window.

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