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Emma Hutchinson Elementary School

650 Cleveland Ave SW, Atlanta, GA 30315 · (404) 802-7650 · Fulton County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL295 STUDENTS
D
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 8% of Georgia public elementary schools
  • DTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
  • DBeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
  • BThree-year trend Change in reading and math proficiency over the last three test years.

Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Georgia public elementary schools

Enrollment
295
Elementary
DISTRICT 470 · STATE 605
Student : Teacher
10.5:1
28 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 11.6:1 · STATE 13.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
100%
295 students
DISTRICT 82% · STATE 74%
Community
0
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-K2910%
Kindergarten4014%
Grade 13813%
Grade 25017%
Grade 34415%
Grade 44214%
Grade 55218%

This year's kindergarten class (40) is 23% smaller than its 5th grade class (52).

Student demographics
37%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 47% · STATE 71% · US 70%
White
10%
DISTRICT 16% · STATE 34% · US 43%
Hispanic
6221%
DISTRICT 9% · STATE 19% · US 30%
Black
22677%
DISTRICT 70% · STATE 36% · US 15%
Two+
31%
DISTRICT 4% · STATE 5% · US 5%
Native American
21%
DISTRICT 0% · STATE 0% · US 1%
Pacific Islander
10%
DISTRICT 0% · STATE 0% · US 0%
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
15151%
Female
14449%

School pathway

Students here typically continue to
Emma Hutchinson Elementary School→Crawford Long Middle School→South Atlanta High School
Based on published attendance-zone data from Atlanta Public Schools. Zones change; confirm enrollment with the district.

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Test scores

Georgia Milestones 2024-25 . % Proficient or Distinguished
English Language Arts
16.3%
GA avg 40.1% . +6.4pp since 2021
Math
17.1%
GA avg 44.6% . +1.9pp since 2021

What this means: On the Georgia Milestones, Georgia's statewide test, about 16 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 17 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 6 points since 2021, while math scores are up about 2 points.

Georgia Milestones results by year

School yearEnglish Language ArtsMath
2024-2516.3%17.1%
2023-2415.1%13.7%
2022-2317.6%22.2%
2021-229.9%15.3%
% 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
15.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
25.7%
based on GA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-10.6pp
below demographic expectation

What this means: About 15% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 26% 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 Emma Hutchinson Elementary School

Emma Hutchinson Elementary School's state test result (15.1% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.

SchoolStudentsLow-incomeProficient
Emma Hutchinson Elementary School this school295100.0%15.1%
William J. Scott Elementary School
Atlanta
319100.0%21.4%
Key Elementary School
Columbus
263100.0%11.3%
Howard B. Stroud Elementary School
Athens
350100.0%11.0%
West Manor Elementary School
Atlanta
247100.0%33.4%
Peyton Forest Elementary School
Atlanta
283100.0%19.9%
Matched among Georgia elementary 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 Emma Hutchinson Elementary School ranks

Among elementary schools
MeasureThis schoolIn GeorgiaIn Fulton County
State test proficiency
ranked highest first
15.1%#1,144 of 1,208#108 of 113
Math proficiency
ranked highest first
17.1%#1,120 of 1,215
▲ 31
#104 of 113
no change
Reading proficiency
ranked highest first
16.3%#1,098 of 1,215
▲ 35
#104 of 113
▼ 2
3-year test score change
ranked biggest gain first
+4.1pp#443 of 1,183#61 of 110
Enrollment
ranked largest first
295#1,244 of 1,324#109 of 120
Students per teacher
ranked fewest first
10.5:1#73 of 1,301#20 of 118
Diversity index
ranked most diverse first
36.9%#992 of 1,301#57 of 118
Free and reduced lunch
ranked highest share first
100%#5 of 1,312#3 of 119
Enrollment change since 2017-18
ranked steepest decline first
-35.4%#49 of 854#9 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. 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 2024-25
Enrollment
295
-90 (-23%) vs 2020
-35% since 1990-91, when it was 451
Student : Teacher
10.5:1
was 13.3:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data

Enrollment and staffing by year

School yearStudentsTeachers (FTE)Students per teacherFree and reduced lunch
2024-252952810.5:1100% (295)
2023-2427826.410.5:1100% (278)
2022-2329727.910.7:1100% (297)
2020-213852913.3:1100% (385)
2017-1845737.512.2:1100% (457)
2015-164723513.5:199% (469)
2010-114753414.0:196% (455)
2000-016284314.6:190% (563)
1990-914512319.6:1N/A
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Emma Hutchinson Elementary School.

Since 2017-18: students down 35% (457 to 295); teachers down 25% (37.5 to 28).

About Emma Hutchinson Elementary School

Emma Hutchinson Elementary School is a small elementary school in Georgia, with an address in Atlanta. It offers pre-K through 5 and has 295 students enrolled. Elementary schools in Georgia have about 605 students on average; enrollment here is 51% lower.

Atlanta Public Schools is responsible for 87 schools, Emma Hutchinson Elementary School included, with 49,945 students in all.

More than half of the students at Emma Hutchinson Elementary School are Black (77%). Beyond that, enrollment is 21% Hispanic. In Fulton County overall, about 43% of residents are Black. Measured by the diversity index, the student body scores 37%.

Its ratio of 10.5:1 is based on 28 full-time-equivalent teachers. The average for elementary schools in Georgia is 13.3:1, so this school has fewer students per teacher. In all, 100% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. By comparison, the figure for public schools in Fulton County is 62%.

Emma Hutchinson Elementary School holds a D allk12 Grade, placing it above 8% of Georgia public elementary schools.

Test results at Emma Hutchinson Elementary School are 10.6 points below what its free or reduced-price lunch share predicts (15.1% actual, 25.7% predicted).

In Fulton County, home to about 1,076,561 people, median household income comes to about $95,292, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 59%, and about 8% of people live in poverty. Fulton County's 205 public schools enroll about 138,270 students and include Emma Hutchinson Elementary School.

A public school about 0.7 miles away, Hank Aaron New Beginnings Academy, is the closest to Emma Hutchinson Elementary School. In all, at least 8 other public schools sit within five miles of Emma Hutchinson Elementary School. Its average proficiency rate of 15.1% is below the 27.3% average for nearby schools.

The school is inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more, according to its NCES locale (City: Large).

The 2020-21-to-2024-25 change in enrollment was a 23% decline, from 385 to 295. The ratio of students to teachers went from 13.3:1 to 10.5:1 over the same years.

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Fulton County at a glance

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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
Emma Hutchinson Elementary School
District
Atlanta Public Schools
Address
650 Cleveland Ave SW, Atlanta, GA 30315
Phone
(404) 802-7650
County
Fulton County
Level
Elementary
Grade range
PK–05
Total enrollment
295
Teachers (FTE)
28
Student–teacher ratio
10.5:1
Free and reduced lunch
295 (100%)
Locale
11-City: Large
NCES ID
130012000039
Charter school
No
Virtual school
No

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Frequently asked questions

About Emma Hutchinson Elementary School
What is the total enrollment at Emma Hutchinson Elementary School?
Emma Hutchinson Elementary School enrolls approximately 295 students in grades PK-05.
Is Emma Hutchinson Elementary School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Emma Hutchinson Elementary School is an elementary school covering grades PK-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Emma Hutchinson Elementary School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Emma Hutchinson Elementary School is approximately 10.5:1 (28 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Emma Hutchinson Elementary School?
At Emma Hutchinson Elementary School, the student body is approximately 0% White, 21% Hispanic, 77% Black, 1% Two or more.
Is Emma Hutchinson Elementary School public or private?
Emma Hutchinson Elementary School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Atlanta Public Schools.
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