Heritage Academy Elementary School

Heritage Academy Elementary School, a close-knit elementary campus in Atlanta, Georgia, operated by Atlanta Public Schools, enrolls 375 students, covering grades pre-K through 5. That puts it 38% smaller than the typical public school in Georgia, which averages around 605 students.

Atlanta Public Schools runs 87 schools in total, collectively educating 49,945 students. Heritage Academy Elementary School is one of those campuses.

Demographically, Heritage Academy Elementary School logs that 95% of students identify as Black, making the school strongly Black-majority. Beyond that, the school shows 3% Hispanic, 2% multiracial. That is visibly more Black than the county at large, where the share is closer to 43%.

On the resource side, On paper, Heritage Academy Elementary School has 51 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 7.3:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 13.3:1 average. An estimated 100% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. Set against Fulton County (around 62%), the school's rate is somewhat above typical.

After controlling for student poverty, Heritage Academy Elementary School tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 25.7% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 15.1%.

Across the wider county, the surrounding county (Fulton County) records that the typical household earns roughly $95,292 per year, about 59% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 8% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Heritage Academy Elementary School is one of 205 public schools in Fulton County (combined enrollment of about 138,270 students).

Nearest neighbor: Joseph Humphries Elementary School, around 0.9 miles off. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Heritage Academy Elementary School ranks 6th on composite proficiency, below the local average of 21.1%.

The campus sits in a metropolitan setting.

Over the past 7-year window. Heritage Academy Elementary School's enrollment has declined 22% since 2018, when it stood at 481 (now 375). Class-load math has pulled in: from 13.3:1 in 2018 to 7.3:1 in 2025.

On the community side, members of the Heritage Academy Elementary School community share and discuss open house dates, ride-share offers, and field-trip permission slips. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.