Enrollment
237
Elementary
DISTRICT 470 · STATE 605
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·ATLANTA PUBLIC SCHOOLS·NCES 130012000043
Joseph Humphries Elementary School
3029 Humphries Drive SE, Atlanta, GA 30315 · (404) 802-8750 · Fulton County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL237 STUDENTS
C-
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Scored higher than 15% of Georgia public elementary schools
- DTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- C-Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- AThree-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 elementary schools
Student : Teacher
11.4:1
21 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 11.6:1 · STATE 13.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
100%
237 students
DISTRICT 82% · STATE 74%
Community
0
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 22 | 9% |
| Kindergarten | 26 | 11% |
| Grade 1 | 40 | 17% |
| Grade 2 | 38 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 37 | 16% |
| Grade 4 | 42 | 18% |
| Grade 5 | 32 | 14% |
This year's kindergarten class (26) is 19% smaller than its 5th grade class (32).
Student demographics
31%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
Based on published attendance-zone data from Atlanta Public Schools. Zones change; confirm enrollment with the district.
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Georgia Milestones 2024-25 . % Proficient or DistinguishedEnglish Language Arts
14.3%
GA avg 40.1% . +1.6pp since 2021
Math
29.4%
GA avg 44.6% . +20.6pp since 2021
What this means: On the Georgia Milestones, Georgia's statewide test, about 14 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 29 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Georgia schools, those numbers are about 40 and 45. Reading and writing scores are up about 2 points since 2021, while math scores are up about 21 points.
Georgia Milestones results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 14.3% | 29.4% |
| 2023-24 | 10.3% | 13.2% |
| 2022-23 | 17.2% | 13.1% |
| 2021-22 | 12.6% | 8.7% |
% 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
16.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
25.7%
based on GA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-9.4pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 16% 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 Joseph Humphries Elementary School
Joseph Humphries Elementary School's state test result (16.3% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Joseph Humphries Elementary School this school | 237 | 100.0% | 16.3% |
| West Manor Elementary School Atlanta | 247 | 100.0% | 33.4% |
| Berta Weathersbee Elementary School Lagrange | 252 | 98.4% | 24.7% |
| Cleveland Avenue Elementary School Atlanta | 253 | 100.0% | 18.6% |
| Toney Elementary School Decatur | 207 | 100.0% | 16.5% |
| Peyton Forest Elementary School Atlanta | 283 | 100.0% | 19.9% |
Matched among Georgia elementary 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 Joseph Humphries Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Georgia | In Fulton County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 16.3% | #1,123 of 1,208 | #103 of 113 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 29.4% | #871 of 1,215 ▲ 287 | #70 of 113 ▲ 37 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 14.3% | #1,145 of 1,215 ▲ 52 | #110 of 113 ▲ 2 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +11.1pp | #98 of 1,183 | #16 of 110 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 237 | #1,286 of 1,324 | #117 of 120 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 11.4:1 | #175 of 1,301 | #39 of 118 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 30.5% | #1,063 of 1,301 | #63 of 118 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 100% | #6 of 1,312 | #4 of 119 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -27.1% | #120 of 854 | #18 of 92 |
Ranked against other public elementary 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
237
-14 (-6%) vs 2020
-38% since 1990-91, when it was 381
Student : Teacher
11.4:1
was 9.3:1
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 | 237 | 20.7 | 11.4:1 | 100% (237) |
| 2023-24 | 259 | 20.6 | 12.6:1 | 100% (259) |
| 2022-23 | 262 | 20.7 | 12.7:1 | 100% (262) |
| 2020-21 | 251 | 27 | 9.3:1 | 100% (251) |
| 2017-18 | 325 | 27.1 | 12.0:1 | 100% (325) |
| 2015-16 | 355 | 32 | 11.1:1 | 99% (352) |
| 2010-11 | 345 | 26 | 13.3:1 | 98% (338) |
| 2000-01 | 619 | 41 | 15.1:1 | 80% (498) |
| 1990-91 | 381 | 21 | 18.1:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Joseph Humphries Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 27% (325 to 237); teachers down 24% (27.1 to 20.7).
About Joseph Humphries Elementary School
Joseph Humphries Elementary School is a very small elementary school that serves part of Atlanta, Georgia. In all, 237 students attend the school in pre-K through 5. That puts enrollment 61% below the 605-student average for elementary schools in Georgia.
Joseph Humphries Elementary School is one school in Atlanta Public Schools, a system of 87 schools with 49,945 students.
Of every 100 students at Joseph Humphries Elementary School, about 82 are Black. After that, the student body is 16% Hispanic. Census figures show Fulton County is about 43% Black. A diversity index of 31% means there is a 31% chance two randomly chosen students at Joseph Humphries Elementary School are from different groups.
There are 20.7 full-time-equivalent teachers at Joseph Humphries Elementary School, giving a ratio of 11.4:1. Elementary schools in Georgia have an average ratio of 13.3:1. By family income, 100% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. The rate at public schools in Fulton County averages 62%, lower than here.
Among Georgia public elementary schools, Joseph Humphries Elementary School outscored 15%, which works out to a C- on the allk12 Grade.
Test results at Joseph Humphries Elementary School are 9.4 points below what its free or reduced-price lunch share predicts (16.3% actual, 25.7% predicted).
In Fulton County, the median household earns about $95,292 a year, about 59% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 8%. Across Fulton County, 205 public schools serve about 138,270 students.
The closest school to Joseph Humphries Elementary School is South Atlanta High School, located about 0.8 miles away. Joseph Humphries Elementary School is one of several public schools in the area, with at least 8 others within five miles. Nearby schools average 19.2% on proficiency, and Joseph Humphries Elementary School is below that at 16.3%.
By NCES locale, the school is City: Large, or inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more.
Since 2020-21, enrollment has fallen 6%, from 251 to 237. Over the same period, the student-to-teacher ratio increased to 11.4:1, from 9.3:1.
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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 Joseph Humphries Elementary SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Joseph Humphries Elementary School?
Joseph Humphries Elementary School enrolls approximately 237 students in grades PK-05.
What grades does Joseph Humphries Elementary School serve?
Joseph Humphries Elementary School serves grades PK-05.
How many teachers does Joseph Humphries Elementary School have?
Joseph Humphries Elementary School employs 21 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 11.4:1.
What is the student diversity at Joseph Humphries Elementary School?
Student demographics at Joseph Humphries Elementary School are roughly 16% Hispanic, 82% Black, 1% Two or more.
Is Joseph Humphries Elementary School public or private?
Joseph Humphries Elementary School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Atlanta Public Schools.
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