John Wesley Dobbs Elementary School

John Wesley Dobbs Elementary School is one of the low-enrollment elementary-level communitys in Atlanta, Georgia, run under Atlanta Public Schools, with 330 students on its rolls from grades pre-K through 5. By comparison, Georgia's public schools average about 605 students each, so John Wesley Dobbs Elementary School sits 45% leaner than that benchmark.

Within Atlanta Public Schools, which oversees 87 schools and 49,945 students, John Wesley Dobbs Elementary School is one campus in the system.

Demographically, John Wesley Dobbs Elementary School shows that 86% of students identify as Black, making the school strongly Black-majority. Other groups include 12% Hispanic. The wider county runs roughly 43% Black, putting the school's mix considerably more Black than the area baseline.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Staff filings list 34 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 9.8:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 13.3:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Roughly 100% of students at John Wesley Dobbs Elementary School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. That share is noticeably above Fulton County's rate of about 62%.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, John Wesley Dobbs Elementary School tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 25.7% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 13.2%.

Across the wider county, census data for Fulton County shows median household income runs about $95,292, roughly 59% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 8% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Fulton County runs 205 public schools (combined enrollment of about 138,270 students), of which John Wesley Dobbs Elementary School is one.

Nearest neighbor: KIPP Vision Primary Charter School, around 0.7 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around John Wesley Dobbs Elementary School. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts John Wesley Dobbs Elementary School at 5th of 6; the average score across the group is 21.0%.

The campus sits in a metropolitan setting.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count fell 32%: 482 students in 2018 compared to 330 in 2025. Over the same period, the Black share contracted from 95% to 86%. Class-load math has narrowed: from 15.1:1 in 2018 to 9.8:1 in 2025.

On this page, the feed for John Wesley Dobbs Elementary School typically covers open house dates, ride-share offers, and field-trip permission slips. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.