Enrollment
375
Elementary
DISTRICT 470 · STATE 605
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·ATLANTA PUBLIC SCHOOLS·NCES 130012002613
Heritage Academy Elementary School
3500 Villa Cir SE, Atlanta, GA 30354 · (404) 802-8650 · Fulton County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL375 STUDENTS
D
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Scored higher than 5% of Georgia public elementary schools
- DTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- DBeats 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
7.3:1
51 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 11.6:1 · STATE 13.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
100%
375 students
DISTRICT 82% · STATE 74%
Community
0
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 | 25 | 7% |
| Kindergarten | 51 | 14% |
| Grade 1 | 52 | 14% |
| Grade 2 | 62 | 17% |
| Grade 3 | 67 | 18% |
| Grade 4 | 62 | 17% |
| Grade 5 | 56 | 15% |
This year's kindergarten class (51) is 9% smaller than its 5th grade class (56).
Student demographics
9%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 47% · 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 Atlanta Public Schools. Zones change; confirm enrollment with the district.
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Georgia Milestones 2024-25 . % Proficient or DistinguishedEnglish Language Arts
16.3%
GA avg 40.1% . +3.6pp since 2021
Math
11.7%
GA avg 44.6% . -4.0pp since 2021
What this means: On the Georgia Milestones, Georgia's statewide test, about 16 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 12 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 4 points since 2021, while math scores are down about 4 points.
Georgia Milestones results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 16.3% | 11.7% |
| 2023-24 | 16.5% | 17.0% |
| 2022-23 | 20.9% | 25.2% |
| 2021-22 | 12.6% | 15.7% |
% 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
15.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
25.7%
based on GA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-10.6pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 15% 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 Heritage Academy Elementary School
Heritage Academy Elementary School's state test result (15.1% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Heritage Academy Elementary School this school | 375 | 100.0% | 15.1% |
| Flat Shoals Elementary School Decatur | 373 | 100.0% | 12.7% |
| Continental Colony Elementary School Atlanta | 368 | 100.0% | 19.5% |
| The Kindezi School Atlanta | 360 | 100.0% | 20.5% |
| Lamar Reese School of the Arts Albany | 368 | 100.0% | 41.8% |
| Bazoline E. Usher/Collier Heights Elementary School Atlanta | 390 | 100.0% | 24.6% |
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 Heritage Academy Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Georgia | In Fulton County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 15.1% | #1,143 of 1,208 | #107 of 113 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 11.7% | #1,184 of 1,215 ▼ 82 | #111 of 113 ▼ 9 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 16.3% | #1,101 of 1,215 ▲ 11 | #105 of 113 ▼ 7 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -0.2pp | #405 of 1,183 | #13 of 110 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 375 | #1,138 of 1,324 | #94 of 120 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 7.3:1 | #1 of 1,301 | #1 of 118 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 9.3% | #1,281 of 1,301 | #111 of 118 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 100% | #24 of 1,312 | #22 of 119 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -22.0% | #194 of 854 | #28 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
375
-67 (-15%) vs 2020
-14% since 2010-11, when it was 436
Student : Teacher
7.3:1
was 13.0:1
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 | 375 | 51.2 | 7.3:1 | 100% (375) |
| 2023-24 | 412 | 41.3 | 10.0:1 | 100% (412) |
| 2022-23 | 398 | 42.4 | 9.4:1 | 100% (398) |
| 2020-21 | 442 | 34 | 13.0:1 | 100% (442) |
| 2017-18 | 481 | 36.2 | 13.3:1 | 100% (481) |
| 2015-16 | 490 | 32 | 15.3:1 | 99% (487) |
| 2010-11 | 436 | 36 | 12.1:1 | 95% (416) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Heritage Academy Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 22% (481 to 375); teachers up 41% (36.2 to 51.2).
About Heritage Academy Elementary School
Heritage Academy Elementary School is a small elementary school in Atlanta, Georgia, one of the schools in Atlanta Public Schools. Students in pre-K through 5 attend the school, which enrolls 375 students. The average among elementary schools in Georgia is roughly 605 students; this school is 38% smaller than that.
Atlanta Public Schools enrolls 49,945 students, and its 87 schools include Heritage Academy Elementary School.
The student body at Heritage Academy Elementary School is 95% Black. Beyond that, enrollment is 3% Hispanic and 2% multiracial. The Black share of the county population is lower, at 43%. Pick two students at random and there is a 9% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.
The teaching staff at Heritage Academy Elementary School is 51.2 full-time-equivalent teachers, and the ratio is 7.3:1. The school has fewer students per teacher than the 13.3:1 average for elementary schools in Georgia. About 100% of students, or 375, qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. That rate is above the 62% average among public schools in Fulton County.
Measured against Georgia public elementary schools, Heritage Academy Elementary School receives a D. The grade weighs proficiency most heavily, then how results compare with what the school's low-income share predicts, then the three-year change.
Predicted from its free or reduced-price lunch share, Heritage Academy Elementary School would score about 25.7%. It scores 15.1%, 10.6 points below that figure.
Among Fulton County residents, the median household income is $95,292, about 59% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 8%. Besides Heritage Academy Elementary School, Fulton County has 204 other public schools.
Joseph Humphries Elementary School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.9 miles away. Within five miles of Heritage Academy Elementary School, there are at least 8 other public schools. Its average proficiency rate of 15.1% is below the 21.1% average for nearby schools.
Heritage Academy Elementary School is inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more, a location NCES labels City: Large.
The school enrolled 375 students in 2024-25, 67 fewer than the 442 it had in 2020-21. Federal data show the ratio falling from 13.0:1 to 7.3:1.
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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
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Frequently asked questions
About Heritage Academy Elementary SchoolHow many students attend Heritage Academy Elementary School?
Heritage Academy Elementary School enrolls approximately 375 students in grades PK-05.
Is Heritage Academy Elementary School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Heritage Academy Elementary School is an elementary school covering grades PK-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Heritage Academy Elementary School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Heritage Academy Elementary School is approximately 7.3:1 (51 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Heritage Academy Elementary School?
At Heritage Academy Elementary School, the student body is approximately 3% Hispanic, 95% Black, 2% Two or more.
Who oversees Heritage Academy Elementary School?
Heritage Academy Elementary School is overseen by Atlanta Public Schools in Fulton County.
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