Ivy Preparatory Academy- Inc

Ivy Preparatory Academy- Inc, a cozy K-5 school in Atlanta, Georgia, one of the schools within State Specialty Schools I- Ivy Preparatory Academy- Inc, teaches 436 students, covering grades K through 8. Compared to the state average of about 605 students per school, that is 28% leaner than typical.

State Specialty Schools I- Ivy Preparatory Academy- Inc is the operating authority for Ivy Preparatory Academy- Inc, handling staffing, calendars, and reporting to the state department of education.

On demographics, Ivy Preparatory Academy- Inc logs that 91% of students identify as Black, making the school strongly Black-majority. Other groups include 5% Hispanic, 3% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 51% Black, putting the school's mix considerably more Black than the area baseline.

On the resource side, The school currently runs with 41 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 10.5:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 13.3:1, putting Ivy Preparatory Academy- Inc tighter than the state norm the norm. An estimated 79% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

Around the school, the surrounding county (DeKalb County) shows that median household earnings sit near $80,644, 47% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 10%. Across DeKalb County's 154 public schools (combined enrollment of about 102,960 students), Ivy Preparatory Academy- Inc is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is Burgess-Peterson Elementary School, roughly 0.4 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

The school occupies a suburban site. As a public charter, Ivy Preparatory Academy- Inc runs on public funding but with greater curricular and operational autonomy than a typical district school.

Looking at the recent track record. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Ivy Preparatory Academy- Inc has fell 15%, going from 512 students in 2018 to 436 in 2025. Black enrollment moved from 97% to 91% across the same window. Class-load math has fell: from 14.8:1 in 2018 to 10.5:1 in 2025.

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