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Alumni: what's one memory from Frederick Douglass High School that still sticks with you?
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Enrollment
1,296
High
DISTRICT 978 · STATE 1,120
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·ATLANTA PUBLIC SCHOOLS·NCES 130012000089
Frederick Douglass High School
225 Hamilton E Holmes Dr NW, Atlanta, GA 30318 · (404) 802-3100 · Fulton County
GRADES 09–12HIGH11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL1,296 STUDENTS
C
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Scored higher than 33% of Georgia public high schools
- C-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- B-Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
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 high schools
Student : Teacher
15.0:1
87 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.3:1 · STATE 15.2:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
100%
1,296 students
DISTRICT 82% · STATE 74%
Community
6
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other high schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 9 | 432 | 33% |
| Grade 10 | 346 | 27% |
| Grade 11 | 278 | 21% |
| Grade 12 | 240 | 19% |
Student demographics
19%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
Feeds from
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 DistinguishedMath
20.5%
GA avg 44.6% . +14.6pp since 2021
What this means: On the Georgia Milestones, Georgia's statewide test, about 21 of every 100 students at this school do math at grade level. The Georgia average is about 45 of 100. Math scores are up about 15 points since 2021.
Georgia Milestones results by year
| School year | Math |
|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 20.5% |
| 2023-24 | 32.5% |
| 2022-23 | 8.9% |
| 2021-22 | 5.9% |
% 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
22.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
25.7%
based on GA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-3.1pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 23% 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 Frederick Douglass High School
Frederick Douglass High School's state test result (22.6% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Frederick Douglass High School this school | 1,296 | 100.0% | 22.6% |
| Benjamin E. Mays High School Atlanta | 1,338 | 100.0% | 27.1% |
| Dougherty Comprehensive High School Albany | 1,191 | 100.0% | 25.0% |
| Martin Luther King- Jr. High School Lithonia | 1,370 | 100.0% | 11.7% |
| Cedar Grove High School Ellenwood | 1,121 | 100.0% | 17.3% |
| Lithonia High School Lithonia | 1,547 | 100.0% | 21.6% |
Matched among Georgia high 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 Frederick Douglass High School ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In Georgia | In Fulton County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 22.6% | #320 of 411 | #24 of 32 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 20.5% | #331 of 417 ▼ 96 | #26 of 32 ▼ 8 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 1,296 | #184 of 480 | #20 of 38 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.0:1 | #143 of 413 | #14 of 33 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 18.6% | #382 of 413 | #21 of 33 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 100% | #2 of 425 | #1 of 36 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +39.5% | #11 of 226 | #1 of 15 |
Ranked against other public high 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
1,296
+155 (+14%) vs 2020
-39% since 1990-91, when it was 2,136
Student : Teacher
15.0:1
was 15.4:1
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 | 1,296 | 86.6 | 15.0:1 | 100% (1,296) |
| 2023-24 | 1,194 | 89.6 | 13.3:1 | 100% (1,194) |
| 2022-23 | 1,112 | 76.5 | 14.5:1 | 100% (1,112) |
| 2020-21 | 1,141 | 74 | 15.4:1 | 100% (1,141) |
| 2017-18 | 929 | 64.3 | 14.4:1 | 100% (929) |
| 2015-16 | 875 | 61 | 14.3:1 | 100% (872) |
| 2010-11 | 1,284 | 80 | 16.1:1 | 87% (1,119) |
| 2000-01 | 2,083 | 107 | 19.5:1 | 54% (1,117) |
| 1990-91 | 2,136 | 114 | 18.7:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Frederick Douglass High School.
Since 2017-18: students up 40% (929 to 1,296); teachers up 35% (64.3 to 86.6).
About Frederick Douglass High School
Frederick Douglass High School is a medium-sized high school located in Atlanta, Georgia. Students in grades 9 through 12 attend, and enrollment is 1,296 students.
Atlanta Public Schools enrolls 49,945 students in 87 schools, including Frederick Douglass High School.
About 90% of the student body at Frederick Douglass High School is Black. Beyond that, enrollment is 8% Hispanic. In Fulton County overall, about 43% of residents are Black. Pick two students at random and there is a 19% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.
The school reports 86.6 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to about 15.0 students per teacher. That matches the 15.2:1 average for high schools in Georgia fairly closely. The free or reduced-price lunch share, often used to gauge student poverty, is 100%. It compares with 62% for public schools in Fulton County.
allk12 grades Frederick Douglass High School a C. The grade compares the school only with Georgia public high schools, because each state gives its own test.
BeatsExpectations compares each school's average proficiency rate on state tests with a prediction based on free or reduced-price lunch eligibility. For Frederick Douglass High School, the prediction is 25.7% and the result is 22.6%.
Census estimates describe Fulton County this way: the median household income is $95,292, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 59%, and about 8% of people live in poverty. Besides Frederick Douglass High School, Fulton County has 204 other public schools.
The closest public school to Frederick Douglass High School is Atlanta SMART Academy, about 0.7 miles away. Counting only straight-line distance, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. In a group of 8 nearby schools with scores, Frederick Douglass High School ranks 3rd on average proficiency.
Federal records code the school's setting as City: Large.
Federal data show a 14% enrollment increase, from 1,141 in 2020-21 to 1,296 in 2024-25.
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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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Other Frederick Douglass High schools
4 other US public schools in 4 states are named Frederick Douglass High. Frederick Douglass High School is the 2nd largest of the 5.
- Frederick Douglass High SchoolLexington, KY · 1,770 students
- Frederick Douglass HighUpper Marlboro, MD · 1,183 students
- Frederick Douglass HighBaltimore, MD · 539 students
- FREDERICK DOUGLASS HIGHCOLUMBIA, MO · 185 students
Nearby schools
- Atlanta SMART Academy0.7 mi · 221
- Kipp Atlanta Collegiate Charter School1.0 mi · 874
- Peyton Forest Elementary School1.1 mi · 283
- John Lewis Invictus Academy1.5 mi · 692
- F. L. Stanton Elementary School1.6 mi · 161
- Bazoline E. Usher/Collier Heights Elementary School1.7 mi · 390
Frequently asked questions
About Frederick Douglass High SchoolHow large is Frederick Douglass High School?
Frederick Douglass High School enrolls approximately 1,296 students in grades 09-12.
Is Frederick Douglass High School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Frederick Douglass High School is a high school covering grades 09-12.
How many teachers does Frederick Douglass High School have?
Frederick Douglass High School employs 87 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 15.0:1.
How diverse is Frederick Douglass High School?
Frederick Douglass High School reports a student body of 0% White, 8% Hispanic, 90% Black, 0% Asian, 1% Two or more.
What district is Frederick Douglass High School in?
Frederick Douglass High School is part of Atlanta Public Schools.
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