Kindezi Old 4th Ward

Set in Atlanta, Georgia, Kindezi Old 4th Ward is a cozy elementary school, overseen by Atlanta Public Schools. It instructs 321 students across grades K through 8. Enrollment runs roughly 47% smaller than the state mean of about 605.

Atlanta Public Schools comprises 87 schools with combined enrollment of 49,945 students; Kindezi Old 4th Ward is among them.

Demographically, Kindezi Old 4th Ward records that 93% of students identify as Black, making the school strongly Black-majority. Beyond that, the school reports 2% multiracial, 2% White, 2% Hispanic. By comparison, Fulton County as a whole is about 43% Black, so the school skews considerably more Black than its surroundings.

On the resource side, Staff filings list 35 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 9.3:1 students per teacher. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 13.3:1 average. An estimated 97% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. By comparison, Fulton County runs at roughly 62%, so the school's eligibility rate is above the surrounding baseline.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Kindezi Old 4th Ward tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 27.3% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 18.6%.

In the surrounding community, community-level numbers for Fulton County indicate median household earnings sit near $95,292, 59% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 8%. Kindezi Old 4th Ward is one of 205 public schools in Fulton County (combined enrollment of about 138,270 students).

Nearest neighbor: David T Howard Middle School, around 0.7 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Kindezi Old 4th Ward ranks 8th on composite proficiency, below the local average of 48.3%.

Geographically, the school is in a city-core area. Kindezi Old 4th Ward is a charter school, which puts it inside the public-school system but outside the standard district-managed model.

Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Kindezi Old 4th Ward has contracted 31%, going from 468 students in 2018 to 321 in 2025. Black enrollment moved from 82% to 93% across the same window. Class-load math has grew: from 6.6:1 in 2018 to 9.3:1 in 2025.

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