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Genesis Innovation Academy for Boys
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7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25About Genesis Innovation Academy for Boys
Genesis Innovation Academy for Boys is a modestly sized K-12 campus in Atlanta, Georgia, overseen by State Specialty Schools II- Genesis Innovation Academy-Boy. The school teaches 307 students in grades K through 11. That puts it 58% below the typical public school in Georgia, which averages around 738 students.
Operationally, Genesis Innovation Academy for Boys answers to State Specialty Schools II- Genesis Innovation Academy-Boy, which sets policy, hires staff, and reports enrollment to the state.
For racial and ethnic makeup, Genesis Innovation Academy for Boys logs that 84% of students identify as Black, making the school strongly Black-majority. Other groups include 11% Hispanic, 4% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 43% Black, putting the school's mix noticeably more Black than the area baseline.
Looking at the economic backdrop, Staff filings list 31 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 9.8:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 11.7:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Around 99% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. Set against Fulton County (around 62%), the school's rate is north of typical.
Zooming out to the county, the surrounding county (Fulton County) records that median household income runs about $95,292, 59% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 8% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Genesis Innovation Academy for Boys is one of 205 public schools in Fulton County (combined enrollment of about 138,270 students).
Genesis Innovation Academy for Girls is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.0 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools.
The campus sits in a city-core setting. Genesis Innovation Academy for Boys is a charter school, which puts it inside the public-school system but outside the standard district-managed model.
Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count edged up 35%: 228 students in 2018 compared to 307 in 2025. Over the same period, the Black share declined from 89% to 84%. The student-to-teacher ratio pulled in from 12.9:1 in 2018 to 9.8:1 today.
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