Enrollment
161
Elementary
DISTRICT 470 · STATE 605
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·ATLANTA PUBLIC SCHOOLS·NCES 130012000045
F. L. Stanton Elementary School
1625 Martin Luther King Jr Dr, Atlanta, GA 30314 · (404) 802-7500 · Fulton County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL161 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
9.8:1
16 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 11.6:1 · STATE 13.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
100%
161 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
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 18 | 11% |
| Grade 1 | 25 | 16% |
| Grade 2 | 28 | 17% |
| Grade 3 | 29 | 18% |
| Grade 4 | 25 | 16% |
| Grade 5 | 36 | 22% |
This year's kindergarten class (18) is 50% smaller than its 5th grade class (36).
Student demographics
2%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
18.7%
GA avg 40.1% . +13.0pp since 2021
Math
16.7%
GA avg 44.6% . +11.9pp since 2021
What this means: On the Georgia Milestones, Georgia's statewide test, about 19 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 13 points since 2021, while math scores are up about 12 points.
Georgia Milestones results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 18.7% | 16.7% |
| 2023-24 | 17.6% | 17.6% |
| 2022-23 | 13.2% | 17.9% |
| 2021-22 | 5.7% | 4.8% |
% 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
18.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
25.7%
based on GA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-7.3pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 18% 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 F. L. Stanton Elementary School
F. L. Stanton Elementary School's state test result (18.3% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| F. L. Stanton Elementary School this school | 161 | 100.0% | 18.3% |
| Clay County Elementary Fort Gaines | 143 | 100.0% | 27.7% |
| Stewart County Elementary School Lumpkin | 142 | 100.0% | 23.3% |
| Atlanta Unbound Academy College Park | 199 | 100.0% | N/A |
| Carver Elementary School Wadley | 197 | 100.0% | 23.7% |
| Calhoun County Elementary School Edison | 207 | 100.0% | 25.9% |
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 F. L. Stanton Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Georgia | In Fulton County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 18.3% | #1,089 of 1,208 | #100 of 113 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 16.7% | #1,126 of 1,215 ▼ 40 | #106 of 113 ▼ 6 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 18.7% | #1,045 of 1,215 ▲ 51 | #93 of 113 no change |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +12.5pp | #70 of 1,183 | #12 of 110 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 161 | #1,314 of 1,324 | #120 of 120 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 100% | #7 of 1,312 | #5 of 119 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -45.1% | #13 of 854 | #3 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 2024-25Enrollment
161
-62 (-28%) vs 2020
-54% since 1990-91, when it was 350
Student : Teacher
9.8:1
was 11.7:1
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 | 161 | 16.4 | 9.8:1 | 100% (161) |
| 2023-24 | 174 | 18.2 | 9.6:1 | 100% (174) |
| 2022-23 | 207 | 18.9 | 10.9:1 | 100% (207) |
| 2020-21 | 223 | 19 | 11.7:1 | 100% (223) |
| 2017-18 | 293 | 21.5 | 13.6:1 | 100% (293) |
| 2015-16 | 277 | 23 | 12.0:1 | 99% (274) |
| 2010-11 | 278 | 21 | 13.2:1 | 99% (274) |
| 2000-01 | 325 | 22 | 14.8:1 | 99% (322) |
| 1990-91 | 350 | 22 | 15.9:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for F. L. Stanton Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 45% (293 to 161); teachers down 24% (21.5 to 16.4).
About F. L. Stanton Elementary School
F. L. Stanton Elementary School, located in Atlanta, Georgia, is a small elementary school. The school had 161 students in pre-K through 5 in 2024-25. Average enrollment for elementary schools in Georgia is about 605, so this school runs 73% smaller than that.
Atlanta Public Schools is made up of 87 schools with 49,945 students in all.
Black students make up 99% of enrollment at F. L. Stanton Elementary School. That compares with about 43% Black among all Fulton County residents. F. L. Stanton Elementary School's diversity index is 2%, against a US figure of 70%.
The school reports 16.4 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to about 9.8 students per teacher. The school has fewer students per teacher than the 13.3:1 average for elementary schools in Georgia. The free or reduced-price lunch share, often used to gauge student poverty, is 100%. Compared with the 62% average for public schools in Fulton County, the school's rate is higher.
Compared with Georgia schools that have similar shares of low-income students, F. L. Stanton Elementary School's results are 7.3 points below predicted: 18.3% against 25.7%.
According to the American Community Survey, in Fulton County, 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%. There are 205 public schools in Fulton County, enrolling about 138,270 students in all.
Kipp Atlanta Collegiate Charter School is the public school closest to F. L. Stanton Elementary School, about 0.5 miles away. The count of other public schools within five miles is at least 8. Compared with its nearest neighbors, F. L. Stanton Elementary School ranks 4th of 9 on average proficiency.
The school's federal locale classification is City: Large.
Enrollment declined 28% from its 2020-21 level of 223. Staffing shifted too: the ratio moved from 11.7:1 to 9.8:1.
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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 F. L. Stanton Elementary SchoolHow many students attend F. L. Stanton Elementary School?
F. L. Stanton Elementary School enrolls approximately 161 students in grades PK-05.
Is F. L. Stanton Elementary School an elementary, middle, or high school?
F. L. Stanton Elementary School is an elementary school covering grades PK-05.
How many teachers does F. L. Stanton Elementary School have?
F. L. Stanton Elementary School employs 16 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 9.8:1.
What is the racial breakdown of students at F. L. Stanton Elementary School?
At F. L. Stanton Elementary School, the student body is approximately 99% Black.
Is F. L. Stanton Elementary School public or private?
F. L. Stanton Elementary School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Atlanta Public Schools.
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