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Enrollment
692
Middle
DISTRICT 577 · STATE 763
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·ATLANTA PUBLIC SCHOOLS·NCES 130012004276
John Lewis Invictus Academy
1890 Donald Lee Hollowell Pkwy, Atlanta, GA 30318 · (404) 802-6149 · Fulton County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL692 STUDENTS
D
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 7% of Georgia public middle 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 middle schools
Student : Teacher
11.6:1
60 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.1:1 · STATE 14.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
100%
692 students
DISTRICT 82% · STATE 74%
Community
6
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other middle schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 6 | 199 | 29% |
| Grade 7 | 237 | 34% |
| Grade 8 | 256 | 37% |
Student demographics
18%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
John Lewis Invictus Academy→Frederick Douglass High School
Based on published attendance-zone data from Atlanta Public Schools. Zones change; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
Georgia Milestones 2024-25 . % Proficient or DistinguishedEnglish Language Arts
11.5%
GA avg 40.1% . +0.8pp since 2021
Math
12.5%
GA avg 44.6% . +6.4pp since 2021
What this means: On the Georgia Milestones, Georgia's statewide test, about 12 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 13 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Georgia schools, those numbers are about 40 and 45. Reading and writing scores have held steady since 2021, while math scores are up about 6 points.
Georgia Milestones results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 11.5% | 12.5% |
| 2023-24 | 10.4% | 5.8% |
| 2022-23 | 13.0% | 5.6% |
| 2021-22 | 10.7% | 6.1% |
% 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
13.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
25.7%
based on GA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-11.9pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 14% 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 John Lewis Invictus Academy
John Lewis Invictus Academy's state test result (13.7% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| John Lewis Invictus Academy this school | 692 | 100.0% | 13.7% |
| Cedar Grove Middle School Decatur | 685 | 100.0% | 13.8% |
| McNair Middle School College Park | 727 | 100.0% | 22.6% |
| Jean Childs Young Middle School Atlanta | 657 | 100.0% | 14.2% |
| McNair Middle School Decatur | 701 | 100.0% | 23.5% |
| Glenn Hills Middle School Augusta | 706 | 100.0% | 5.3% |
Matched among Georgia middle 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 John Lewis Invictus Academy ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Georgia | In Fulton County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 13.7% | #439 of 470 | #33 of 35 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 12.5% | #439 of 474 ▲ 22 | #33 of 35 ▲ 2 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 11.5% | #463 of 474 ▲ 4 | #34 of 35 ▲ 1 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +3.6pp | #265 of 465 | #27 of 35 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 692 | #270 of 487 | #21 of 38 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 11.6:1 | #36 of 471 | #9 of 37 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 18.3% | #445 of 471 | #25 of 37 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 100% | #11 of 479 | #9 of 38 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +107.8% | #1 of 144 | #1 of 8 |
Ranked against other public middle 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
692
-258 (-27%) vs 2020
Student : Teacher
11.6:1
was 14.6:1
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 | 692 | 59.5 | 11.6:1 | 100% (692) |
| 2023-24 | 738 | 64.9 | 11.4:1 | 100% (738) |
| 2022-23 | 825 | 66.7 | 12.4:1 | 100% (825) |
| 2020-21 | 950 | 65 | 14.6:1 | 100% (950) |
| 2017-18 | 333 | 16.4 | 20.3:1 | 100% (333) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for John Lewis Invictus Academy.
Since 2017-18: students up 108% (333 to 692); teachers up 263% (16.4 to 59.5).
About John Lewis Invictus Academy
In Atlanta, Georgia, part of Fulton County, John Lewis Invictus Academy is a middle school. A federal count lists 692 students at the school, in grades 6 through 8.
The district, Atlanta Public Schools, operates 87 schools serving 49,945 students.
Most students at John Lewis Invictus Academy are Black: 90% of enrollment. Other groups include 8% Hispanic. The county population is about 43% Black. By the diversity index, John Lewis Invictus Academy comes in at 18%.
With 59.5 full-time-equivalent teachers in 2024-25, the ratio at John Lewis Invictus Academy was 11.6:1. Among middle schools in Georgia, the typical ratio is 14.1:1. Eligible students account for 100% of enrollment in the free or reduced-price lunch program. That rate is above the 62% average among public schools in Fulton County.
Measured against Georgia public middle schools, John Lewis Invictus Academy 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.
The BeatsExpectations prediction for John Lewis Invictus Academy is 25.7%, and its average proficiency rate on state tests is 13.7%.
Federal survey data for Fulton County show that median household income is about $95,292, about 59% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 8%. A total of 205 public schools operate in Fulton County, serving about 138,270 students.
The shortest distance from John Lewis Invictus Academy to another public school is about 0.5 miles, to Woodson Park Academy School. The five-mile area around John Lewis Invictus Academy holds at least 8 other public schools. The school's 13.7% average proficiency ranks 9th among 9 nearby schools.
NCES assigns John Lewis Invictus Academy the locale City: Large, meaning inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more.
Between 2020-21 and 2024-25, the student count declined from 950 to 692. There were fewer students per teacher in 2024-25 (11.6:1) than in 2020-21 (14.6:1).
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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 John Lewis Invictus AcademyWhat is the total enrollment at John Lewis Invictus Academy?
John Lewis Invictus Academy enrolls approximately 692 students in grades 06-08.
Is John Lewis Invictus Academy an elementary, middle, or high school?
John Lewis Invictus Academy is a middle school covering grades 06-08.
How many teachers does John Lewis Invictus Academy have?
John Lewis Invictus Academy employs 60 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 11.6:1.
How diverse is John Lewis Invictus Academy?
John Lewis Invictus Academy reports a student body of 0% White, 8% Hispanic, 90% Black, 2% Two or more.
Is John Lewis Invictus Academy public or private?
John Lewis Invictus Academy is a public K-12 school, overseen by Atlanta Public Schools.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.