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Enrollment
1,093
Elementary
DISTRICT 556 · STATE 605
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·DEKALB COUNTY·NCES 130174004142
GLOBE Academy Charter School I
2225 Heritage Dr NE, Atlanta, GA 30345 · (404) 867-6183 · DeKalb County
GRADES KG–08ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBCHARTERREGULAR SCHOOL1,093 STUDENTS
B
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Scored higher than 64% of Georgia public elementary schools
- A-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.
- C-Three-year trend Change in reading and math proficiency over the last three test years.
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 elementary schools
Student : Teacher
12.8:1
85 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.1:1 · STATE 13.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
30%
324 students
DISTRICT 82% · STATE 74%
Community
6
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 | 144 | 13% |
| Grade 1 | 143 | 13% |
| Grade 2 | 140 | 13% |
| Grade 3 | 140 | 13% |
| Grade 4 | 114 | 10% |
| Grade 5 | 106 | 10% |
| Grade 6 | 118 | 11% |
| Grade 7 | 96 | 9% |
| Grade 8 | 92 | 8% |
This year's kindergarten class (144) is 57% larger than its 8th grade class (92).
Student demographics
73%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 63% · 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
Test scores
Georgia Milestones 2024-25 . % Proficient or DistinguishedEnglish Language Arts
61.5%
GA avg 40.1% . -3.3pp since 2021
Math
57.5%
GA avg 44.6% . -1.8pp since 2021
What this means: On the Georgia Milestones, Georgia's statewide test, about 61 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 58 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Georgia schools, those numbers are about 40 and 45. Reading and writing scores are down about 3 points since 2021, while math scores are down about 2 points.
Georgia Milestones results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 61.5% | 57.5% |
| 2023-24 | 68.0% | 58.3% |
| 2022-23 | 66.7% | 53.9% |
| 2021-22 | 64.7% | 59.3% |
% 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
61.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
62.0%
based on GA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-0.5pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 62% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 62% 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 GLOBE Academy Charter School I
GLOBE Academy Charter School I's state test result (61.5% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| GLOBE Academy Charter School I this school | 1,093 | 29.6% | 61.5% |
| King Springs Elementary School Smyrna | 1,101 | 26.1% | 63.3% |
| Sara Rawson Smith Elementary School Atlanta | 851 | 34.7% | 50.5% |
| Roland W. Russom Elementary Dallas | 982 | 34.1% | 49.0% |
| Cheatham Hill Elementary School Marietta | 1,021 | 41.5% | 52.8% |
| Still Elementary School Powder Springs | 755 | 32.2% | 52.9% |
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 GLOBE Academy Charter School I ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Georgia | In DeKalb County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 61.5% | #181 of 1,208 | #15 of 88 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 57.5% | #282 of 1,215 ▼ 1 | #17 of 88 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 61.5% | #129 of 1,215 ▼ 34 | #16 of 88 ▼ 2 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -2.5pp | #257 of 1,183 | #13 of 88 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 1,093 | #51 of 1,324 | #1 of 97 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.8:1 | #477 of 1,301 | #39 of 94 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 73.3% | #47 of 1,301 | #4 of 94 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 29.6% | #1,186 of 1,312 | #82 of 97 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +39.6% | #28 of 386 | #2 of 19 |
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
1,093
+21 (+2%) vs 2020
Student : Teacher
12.8:1
was 12.9:1
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 | 1,093 | 85.1 | 12.8:1 | 30% (324) |
| 2023-24 | 1,036 | 77.3 | 13.4:1 | 31% (326) |
| 2022-23 | 1,051 | 76 | 13.8:1 | 17% (181) |
| 2020-21 | 1,072 | 83 | 12.9:1 | 19% (206) |
| 2017-18 | 783 | 54.4 | 14.4:1 | 10% (75) |
| 2015-16 | 561 | 39 | 14.4:1 | 4% (21) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for GLOBE Academy Charter School I.
Since 2017-18: students up 40% (783 to 1,093); teachers up 56% (54.4 to 85.1).
About GLOBE Academy Charter School I
GLOBE Academy Charter School I is a large elementary school with its address in Atlanta, Georgia. Enrollment in 2024-25 was 1,093 students in kindergarten through 8. Against the 605-student average for elementary schools in Georgia, enrollment here is 81% higher.
DeKalb County counts 131 schools and 92,088 students, including GLOBE Academy Charter School I.
White students are the largest group at GLOBE Academy Charter School I, with 34% of enrollment. The rest of enrollment is 31% Black, 20% Hispanic, 9% multiracial, and 5% Asian. The chance that two students picked at random at GLOBE Academy Charter School I belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 73%.
At GLOBE Academy Charter School I, 85.1 full-time-equivalent teachers work with students, a ratio of about 12.8:1. Across elementary schools in Georgia, the average ratio is about 13.3:1. Students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch make up 30% of enrollment. Among public schools in DeKalb County, the average eligibility rate is 77%.
GLOBE Academy Charter School I is graded B by allk12, scoring above 64% of Georgia public elementary schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
Predicted from its free or reduced-price lunch share, GLOBE Academy Charter School I would score about 62.0%. It scores 61.5%, within a point of that figure.
In DeKalb County (population about 765,351), median household income is about $80,644, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 47%, and about 10% of people live in poverty. A total of 154 public schools operate in DeKalb County, serving about 102,960 students.
The closest public school, Lakeside High School, is about 0.4 miles from GLOBE Academy Charter School I. Within five miles are at least 8 other public schools. GLOBE Academy Charter School I is 2nd of 8 nearby schools by average proficiency rate.
The school's federal locale classification is Suburb: Large. GLOBE Academy Charter School I is a charter school, a type of public school that operates under a charter.
Enrollment in 2024-25 was 1,093, close to the 1,072 recorded in 2020-21.
The discussion area below is open to posts about school events, clubs, and volunteer needs. Questions from prospective families are welcome too.
DeKalb County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
765,351
Census ACS
Median income
$80,644
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
47%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
10%
Below federal line
Schools in county
154
102,960 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in DeKalb County
- Lakeside High SchoolHigh · 2,234 students
- Dunwoody High SchoolHigh · 2,012 students
- Chamblee High SchoolHigh · 1,867 students
- Cross Keys High SchoolHigh · 1,748 students
- Sequoyah Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,713 students
- Tucker High SchoolHigh · 1,614 students
Other schools in Atlanta
- Georgia Cyber Academy (Virtual)Combined · 9,952 students
- North Atlanta High SchoolHigh · 2,368 students
- Lakeside High SchoolHigh · 2,234 students
- Westlake High SchoolHigh · 2,056 students
- Riverwood International Charter SchoolHigh · 1,737 students
- Sequoyah Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,713 students
Nearby schools
- Lakeside High School0.4 mi · 2,234
- Oak Grove Elementary School0.9 mi · 429
- Hawthorne Elementary School1.3 mi · 378
- Sagamore Hills Elementary School1.3 mi · 428
- Dresden Elementary School1.4 mi · 606
- Briarlake Elementary School1.4 mi · 360
Frequently asked questions
About GLOBE Academy Charter School IWhat is the total enrollment at GLOBE Academy Charter School I?
GLOBE Academy Charter School I enrolls approximately 1,093 students in grades KG-08.
What age range does GLOBE Academy Charter School I serve?
GLOBE Academy Charter School I serves students from grade KG through grade 08.
How many students per teacher at GLOBE Academy Charter School I?
Approximately 12.8:1 students per teacher at GLOBE Academy Charter School I.
What is the student diversity at GLOBE Academy Charter School I?
Student demographics at GLOBE Academy Charter School I are roughly 34% White, 20% Hispanic, 31% Black, 5% Asian, 9% Two or more.
Who oversees GLOBE Academy Charter School I?
GLOBE Academy Charter School I is overseen by DeKalb County in DeKalb County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.