Emma Hutchinson Elementary School

Emma Hutchinson Elementary School is a cozy primary school in Atlanta, Georgia, operated by Atlanta Public Schools. The school enrolls 295 students in grades pre-K through 5. That puts it 51% smaller than the typical public school in Georgia, which averages around 605 students.

Across the 87 schools in Atlanta Public Schools (49,945 students total), Emma Hutchinson Elementary School accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

Looking at the student body, Emma Hutchinson Elementary School logs that the largest single group is Black, at 77% of enrollment. The remainder looks like 21% Hispanic. By comparison, Fulton County as a whole is about 43% Black, so the school skews noticeably more Black than its surroundings.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Staff filings list 28 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 10.5:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 13.3:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. An estimated 100% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. By comparison, Fulton County runs at roughly 62%, so the school's eligibility rate is somewhat above the surrounding baseline.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Emma Hutchinson Elementary School tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 25.7% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 15.1%.

Zooming out to the county, ACS estimates for Fulton County put the typical household earns roughly $95,292 per year, roughly 59% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 8% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Fulton County's 205 public schools (combined enrollment of about 138,270 students), Emma Hutchinson Elementary School is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is Hank Aaron New Beginnings Academy, roughly 0.7 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, Emma Hutchinson Elementary School comes 6th of 7 in the immediate cluster, below the nearby-schools average of 27.3%.

The campus sits in a high-density setting.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count edged down 35%: 457 students in 2018 compared to 295 in 2025. The Black share of enrollment fell from 85% to 77% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio narrowed from 12.2:1 in 2018 to 10.5:1 today.

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