Heards Ferry Elementary School

Located at 6151 Powers Ferry Rd, in Atlanta, Georgia, Heards Ferry Elementary School is an average-sized K-5 school that works with 699 students (grades pre-K through 5), part of Fulton County.

Fulton County runs 107 schools in total, collectively educating 87,563 students. Heards Ferry Elementary School is one of those campuses.

Looking at the student body, Heards Ferry Elementary School reports that 68% of the student body identifies as White. The remainder comes out to 11% Black, 9% Hispanic, 7% multiracial, 5% Asian. That is visibly more White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 38%.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Staff filings list 51 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 13.7:1 students per teacher. That tracks the state average closely. Roughly 11% of students at Heards Ferry Elementary School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. By comparison, Fulton County runs at roughly 62%, so the school's eligibility rate is meaningfully below the surrounding baseline.

With demographic context factored in, Heards Ferry Elementary School tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 71.7% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 84.5%.

Across the wider county, the surrounding county (Fulton County) records that median household earnings sit near $95,292, roughly 59% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 8% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Heards Ferry Elementary School is one of 205 public schools in Fulton County (combined enrollment of about 138,270 students).

Nearest neighbor: Fulton Academy of Virtual Excellence, around 0.0 miles off. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Heards Ferry Elementary School at 1st of 8; the average score across the group is 49.2%.

Geographically, the school is in a city-core area.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count fell 11%: 782 students in 2018 compared to 699 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share edged down from 77% to 68%. The student-to-teacher ratio pulled in from 15.8:1 in 2018 to 13.7:1 today.

Within the allk12 community for this school, posts here usually surface around science fair prep, picture-day reminders, and bus-route questions. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.