Enrollment
291
Elementary
DISTRICT 470 · STATE 605
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·ATLANTA PUBLIC SCHOOLS·NCES 130012003468
Finch Elementary
1114 Avon Ave SW, Atlanta, GA 30310 · (404) 802-4000 · Fulton County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL291 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
8.2:1
35 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 11.6:1 · STATE 13.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
100%
291 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 28 | 10% |
| Kindergarten | 32 | 11% |
| Grade 1 | 40 | 14% |
| Grade 2 | 35 | 12% |
| Grade 3 | 61 | 21% |
| Grade 4 | 49 | 17% |
| Grade 5 | 46 | 16% |
This year's kindergarten class (32) is 30% smaller than its 5th grade class (46).
Student demographics
5%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
School pathway
Students here typically continue to
Finch Elementary→Sylvan Hills Middle School
Based on published attendance-zone data from Atlanta Public Schools. Zones change; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
Georgia Milestones 2024-25 . % Proficient or DistinguishedEnglish Language Arts
18.5%
GA avg 40.1% . +6.7pp since 2021
Math
20.4%
GA avg 44.6% . +11.3pp 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 20 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 7 points since 2021, while math scores are up about 11 points.
Georgia Milestones results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 18.5% | 20.4% |
| 2023-24 | 21.8% | 18.6% |
| 2022-23 | 16.9% | 19.8% |
| 2021-22 | 11.8% | 9.1% |
% 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
21.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
25.7%
based on GA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-4.7pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 21% 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 Finch Elementary
Finch Elementary's state test result (21.0% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Finch Elementary this school | 291 | 100.0% | 21.0% |
| Randolph County Elementary School Cuthbert | 294 | 100.0% | 26.2% |
| Paul L. Dunbar Elementary School Atlanta | 279 | 100.0% | 19.9% |
| West Town Elementary School Albany | 309 | 100.0% | 19.6% |
| Barack and Michelle Obama Academy Atlanta | 297 | 100.0% | 27.2% |
| Cascade Elementary School Atlanta | 314 | 100.0% | 18.8% |
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 Finch Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Georgia | In Fulton County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 21.0% | #1,024 of 1,208 | #89 of 113 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 20.4% | #1,061 of 1,215 ▲ 5 | #95 of 113 ▲ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 18.5% | #1,053 of 1,215 ▼ 42 | #96 of 113 ▼ 10 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +9.0pp | #176 of 1,183 | #28 of 110 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 291 | #1,249 of 1,324 | #110 of 120 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 8.2:1 | #7 of 1,301 | #4 of 118 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 5.4% | #1,298 of 1,301 | #116 of 118 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 100% | #27 of 1,312 | #25 of 119 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -46.6% | #9 of 854 | #1 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
291
-75 (-20%) vs 2020
-39% since 2010-11, when it was 480
Student : Teacher
8.2:1
was 10.5:1
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 | 291 | 35.3 | 8.2:1 | 100% (291) |
| 2023-24 | 319 | 38.3 | 8.3:1 | 100% (319) |
| 2022-23 | 339 | 36.6 | 9.3:1 | 100% (339) |
| 2020-21 | 366 | 35 | 10.5:1 | 100% (366) |
| 2017-18 | 545 | 39 | 14.0:1 | 100% (545) |
| 2015-16 | 551 | 36 | 15.3:1 | 99% (548) |
| 2010-11 | 480 | 44 | 10.9:1 | 96% (463) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Finch Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 47% (545 to 291); teachers down 9% (39 to 35.3).
About Finch Elementary
Finch Elementary is a small elementary school in Atlanta, Georgia, (ZIP code 30310). Its 291 students are spread across pre-K through 5. The typical figure for elementary schools in Georgia is about 605 students.
In Atlanta Public Schools, 87 schools enroll a combined 49,945 students.
Most students at Finch Elementary are Black: 97% of enrollment. For comparison, the population of Fulton County is roughly 43% Black. The chance that two students picked at random at Finch Elementary belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 5%.
With 35.3 full-time-equivalent teachers in 2024-25, the ratio at Finch Elementary was 8.2:1. The 13.3:1 average for elementary schools in Georgia is higher than this school's figure. A measure often used for student poverty, free or reduced-price lunch eligibility, stands at 100%. On average, public schools in Fulton County report 62%.
The allk12 BeatsExpectations score for Finch Elementary is -4.7 points: 21.0% actual, 25.7% predicted.
Fulton County has about 1,076,561 residents, and median household income is about $95,292, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 59% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 8%. Federal data list 205 public schools in Fulton County, with a combined enrollment of about 138,270.
Of nearby public schools, Sylvan Hills Middle School is the closest, at about 0.5 miles. Inside a five-mile radius, there are at least 8 other public schools. Nearby schools with test data average 21.2% proficiency; Finch Elementary posts 21.0%.
In the federal locale system, Finch Elementary is coded City: Large, for schools inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more.
Finch Elementary saw enrollment fall 20% between 2020-21 and 2024-25. The number of students per teacher fell from 10.5 to 8.2 over 4 years.
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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 Finch ElementaryHow large is Finch Elementary?
Finch Elementary enrolls approximately 291 students in grades PK-05.
Is Finch Elementary an elementary, middle, or high school?
Finch Elementary is an elementary school covering grades PK-05.
How many students per teacher at Finch Elementary?
Approximately 8.2:1 students per teacher at Finch Elementary.
How diverse is Finch Elementary?
Finch Elementary reports a student body of 0% White, 1% Hispanic, 97% Black, 1% Two or more.
Is Finch Elementary public or private?
Finch Elementary is a public K-12 school, overseen by Atlanta Public Schools.
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