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Enrollment
587
Elementary
DISTRICT 616 · STATE 605
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·FULTON COUNTY·NCES 130228002887
Hamilton E. Holmes Elementary
2301 Connally Dr, East Point, GA 30344 · (470) 254-3092 · Fulton County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL587 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
14.3:1
41 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.2:1 · STATE 13.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
100%
587 students
DISTRICT 58% · 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 42 | 7% |
| Kindergarten | 89 | 15% |
| Grade 1 | 84 | 14% |
| Grade 2 | 82 | 14% |
| Grade 3 | 103 | 18% |
| Grade 4 | 84 | 14% |
| Grade 5 | 103 | 18% |
This year's kindergarten class (89) is 14% smaller than its 5th grade class (103).
Student demographics
37%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 72% · 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
Based on published attendance-zone data from Fulton County. Zones change; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
Georgia Milestones 2024-25 . % Proficient or DistinguishedEnglish Language Arts
27.0%
GA avg 40.1% . +5.2pp since 2021
Math
25.3%
GA avg 44.6% . +5.7pp since 2021
What this means: On the Georgia Milestones, Georgia's statewide test, about 27 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 25 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 5 points since 2021, while math scores are up about 6 points.
Georgia Milestones results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 27.0% | 25.3% |
| 2023-24 | 27.3% | 28.0% |
| 2022-23 | 24.3% | 22.9% |
| 2021-22 | 21.8% | 19.6% |
% 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
26.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
25.7%
based on GA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+0.3pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 26% 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 Hamilton E. Holmes Elementary
Hamilton E. Holmes Elementary's state test result (26.0% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 3 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hamilton E. Holmes Elementary this school | 587 | 100.0% | 26.0% |
| Kemp Primary Hampton | 626 | 100.0% | N/A |
| Kemp Elementary School Hampton | 586 | 100.0% | 27.3% |
| J. L. Lomax Elementary School Valdosta | 576 | 97.7% | 20.1% |
| Burroughs-Molette Elementary School Brunswick | 546 | 100.0% | 22.5% |
| Mount Zion Primary Jonesboro | 620 | 100.0% | N/A |
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 Hamilton E. Holmes Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Georgia | In Fulton County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 26.0% | #905 of 1,208 | #74 of 113 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 25.3% | #963 of 1,215 ▼ 73 | #82 of 113 ▼ 8 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 27.0% | #818 of 1,215 ▲ 39 | #70 of 113 ▲ 3 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +5.5pp | #349 of 1,183 | #46 of 110 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 587 | #635 of 1,324 | #51 of 120 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.3:1 | #937 of 1,301 | #96 of 118 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 37.2% | #986 of 1,301 | #55 of 118 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 100% | #243 of 1,312 | #59 of 119 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -17.3% | #301 of 854 | #41 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
587
-7 (-1%) vs 2020
+30% since 2010-11, when it was 452
Student : Teacher
14.3:1
was 14.5:1
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 | 587 | 41 | 14.3:1 | 100% (587) |
| 2023-24 | 589 | 41.9 | 14.1:1 | 100% (589) |
| 2022-23 | 538 | 41 | 13.1:1 | 100% (538) |
| 2020-21 | 594 | 41 | 14.5:1 | 100% (594) |
| 2017-18 | 710 | 47.2 | 15.0:1 | 100% (710) |
| 2015-16 | 782 | 50 | 15.6:1 | 100% (779) |
| 2010-11 | 452 | 36 | 12.6:1 | 93% (420) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Hamilton E. Holmes Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 17% (710 to 587); teachers down 13% (47.2 to 41).
About Hamilton E. Holmes Elementary
Hamilton E. Holmes Elementary is a mid-sized elementary school found in East Point, Georgia. It is open to students in pre-K through 5 and enrolls 587 students.
Hamilton E. Holmes Elementary is in Fulton County, a district with 87,563 students across 107 schools.
Federal enrollment data show Hamilton E. Holmes Elementary is 77% Black. Other groups make up 18% Hispanic and 3% multiracial. Fulton County as a whole is about 43% Black, so the school's share is higher. A diversity index of 37% means there is a 37% chance two randomly chosen students at Hamilton E. Holmes Elementary are from different groups.
For every teacher at Hamilton E. Holmes Elementary, there are about 14.3 students; the school has 41 full-time-equivalent teachers. The average for elementary schools in Georgia, 13.3:1, is lower. There are 587 students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, 100% of enrollment. It compares with 62% for public schools in Fulton County.
Predicted from its free or reduced-price lunch share, Hamilton E. Holmes Elementary would score about 25.7%. It scores 26.0%, within a point of that figure.
In Fulton County, where the school is located, median household income comes to about $95,292, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 59%, and about 8% of people live in poverty. There are 205 public schools in the county, enrolling about 138,270, Hamilton E. Holmes Elementary among them.
Paul D. West Middle School sits about 0.5 miles from Hamilton E. Holmes Elementary. Other public schools within five miles: at least 8. Hamilton E. Holmes Elementary comes in 1st of 7 nearby schools on average proficiency.
NCES assigns Hamilton E. Holmes Elementary the locale Suburb: Large, meaning in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Between 2020-21 and 2024-25, enrollment moved from 594 to 587, a small change.
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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
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Fulton County
- Westlake High SchoolHigh · 2,056 students
- Roswell High SchoolHigh · 2,035 students
- Alpharetta High SchoolHigh · 2,024 students
- Milton High SchoolHigh · 1,999 students
- Langston Hughes High SchoolHigh · 1,891 students
- Johns Creek High SchoolHigh · 1,789 students
Other schools in East Point
- Tri-Cities High SchoolHigh · 1,748 students
- Woodland Middle SchoolMiddle · 937 students
- Paul D. West Middle SchoolMiddle · 814 students
- Asa Hilliard Elementary SchoolElementary · 474 students
- Brookview Elementary SchoolElementary · 425 students
- Resurgence Hall Charter SchoolElementary · 408 students
Nearby schools
- Paul D. West Middle School0.5 mi · 814
- Conley Hills Elementary School0.9 mi · 377
- Fulton Leadership Academy0.9 mi · 166
- RISE Preparatory Charter School1.4 mi · 313
- D. M. Therrell High School1.4 mi · 964
- Cascade Elementary School1.5 mi · 314
Frequently asked questions
About Hamilton E. Holmes ElementaryHow many students attend Hamilton E. Holmes Elementary?
Hamilton E. Holmes Elementary enrolls approximately 587 students in grades PK-05.
Is Hamilton E. Holmes Elementary an elementary, middle, or high school?
Hamilton E. Holmes Elementary is an elementary school covering grades PK-05.
How many students per teacher at Hamilton E. Holmes Elementary?
Approximately 14.3:1 students per teacher at Hamilton E. Holmes Elementary.
How diverse is Hamilton E. Holmes Elementary?
Hamilton E. Holmes Elementary reports a student body of 1% White, 18% Hispanic, 77% Black, 1% Asian, 3% Two or more.
Is Hamilton E. Holmes Elementary public or private?
Hamilton E. Holmes Elementary is a public K-12 school, overseen by Fulton County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.