Fred A. Toomer Elementary School

Set in Atlanta, Georgia, Fred A. Toomer Elementary School is an intimate elementary-level community, one of the schools within Atlanta Public Schools. It educates 513 students across grades pre-K through 5.

Within Atlanta Public Schools, which oversees 87 schools and 49,945 students, Fred A. Toomer Elementary School is one campus in the system.

In terms of who attends, Fred A. Toomer Elementary School records that Black students make up the majority at 62%. Other groups include 29% White, 5% Hispanic, 3% multiracial. That is noticeably more Black than the county at large, where the share is closer to 51%.

On the income-and-resources front, The school reports having 39 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 13.1:1. That tracks the state average closely. Roughly 90% of students at Fred A. Toomer Elementary School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. By comparison, DeKalb County runs at roughly 77%, so the school's eligibility rate is above the surrounding baseline.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Fred A. Toomer Elementary School tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 30.7% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 32.7%.

Across the wider county, ACS estimates for DeKalb County put median household income runs about $80,644, 47% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 10%. Fred A. Toomer Elementary School is one of 154 public schools in DeKalb County (combined enrollment of about 102,960 students).

Ivy Preparatory Academy- Inc is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.6 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 7 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Fred A. Toomer Elementary School ranks 7th on composite proficiency, below the local average of 67.9%.

Fred A. Toomer Elementary School operates from an inner-city location.

Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Fred A. Toomer Elementary School has showed little movement, going from 504 students in 2018 to 513 in 2025. The Black share of enrollment edged down from 78% to 62% over that span. Class-load math has loosened: from 11.2:1 in 2018 to 13.1:1 in 2025.

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