Ison Springs Elementary School

Ison Springs Elementary School operates as a compact primary school in Sandy Springs, Georgia, part of Fulton County. Current enrollment sits at 433 students spanning grades pre-K through 5. Enrollment runs roughly 28% below the state mean of about 605.

Fulton County comprises 107 schools with combined enrollment of 87,563 students; Ison Springs Elementary School is among them.

In terms of who attends, Ison Springs Elementary School reports that the largest single group is Black at 48%, but no single group is in the majority. The remainder is composed of 35% Hispanic, 7% multiracial, 6% White, 3% Asian.

On the resource side, The school employs 40 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 10.9:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 13.3:1, putting Ison Springs Elementary School tighter than the state norm the norm. Around 100% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, often used as a Title I proxy. By comparison, Fulton County runs at roughly 62%, so the school's eligibility rate is higher than the surrounding baseline.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Ison Springs Elementary School sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 25.7%; this one delivers 34.7%.

In the broader community, community-level numbers for Fulton County indicate median household income runs about $95,292, about 59% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 8%. Across Fulton County's 205 public schools (combined enrollment of about 138,270 students), Ison Springs Elementary School is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is Dunwoody Springs Elementary School, roughly 0.6 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Ison Springs Elementary School. On composite proficiency, Ison Springs Elementary School comes 8th of 8 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 57.2%.

Ison Springs Elementary School operates from a metropolitan location.

Trend over the last 7 years. Ison Springs Elementary School's enrollment has decreased 37% since 2018, when it stood at 684 (now 433). Class-load math has narrowed: from 14.4:1 in 2018 to 10.9:1 in 2025.

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