Harper-Archer Elementary School

Harper-Archer Elementary School is a moderately sized elementary campus in Atlanta, Georgia, part of Atlanta Public Schools. The school caters to 545 students in grades pre-K through 5.

Across the 87 schools in Atlanta Public Schools (49,945 students total), Harper-Archer Elementary School accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

Demographically, Harper-Archer Elementary School logs that the student body is overwhelmingly Black (88%). Other groups include 9% Hispanic. That is meaningfully more Black than the county at large, where the share is closer to 43%.

On the income-and-resources front, On paper, Harper-Archer Elementary School has 49 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 11.1:1. The state averages around 13.3:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Around 100% 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 somewhat above typical.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Harper-Archer Elementary School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 25.7%, the actual is 12.7%, a residual of -12.9 points.

In the surrounding community, 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 census figures put the poverty rate at about 8%. Harper-Archer Elementary School is one of 205 public schools in Fulton County (combined enrollment of about 138,270 students).

Bazoline E. Usher/Collier Heights Elementary School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.3 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, Harper-Archer Elementary School comes 7th of 7 in the immediate cluster, behind the nearby-schools average of 22.9%.

The campus sits in an inner-city setting.

In the discussion threads here, posts here usually surface around school events, parent volunteer needs, and clubs. Parents, students, alumni, and staff are welcome to weigh in.