Enrollment
289
Middle
DISTRICT 577 · STATE 763
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·ATLANTA PUBLIC SCHOOLS·NCES 130012003031
KIPP WAYS Academy Charter School
350 Temple St NW, Atlanta, GA 30314 · (404) 475-1941 · Fulton County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE11-CITYCHARTERTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL289 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.
- 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.
- 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
12.8:1
23 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.1:1 · STATE 14.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
100%
289 students
DISTRICT 82% · STATE 74%
Community
0
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 | 103 | 36% |
| Grade 7 | 93 | 32% |
| Grade 8 | 93 | 32% |
Student demographics
4%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
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Georgia Milestones 2024-25 . % Proficient or DistinguishedEnglish Language Arts
17.0%
GA avg 40.1% . -5.3pp since 2021
Math
13.0%
GA avg 44.6% . +4.2pp since 2021
What this means: On the Georgia Milestones, Georgia's statewide test, about 17 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 are down about 5 points since 2021, while math scores are up about 4 points.
Georgia Milestones results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 17.0% | 13.0% |
| 2023-24 | 18.4% | 14.3% |
| 2022-23 | 16.2% | 10.3% |
| 2021-22 | 22.3% | 8.8% |
% 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
14.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
25.7%
based on GA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-11.0pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 15% 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 KIPP WAYS Academy Charter School
KIPP WAYS Academy Charter School's state test result (14.7% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| KIPP WAYS Academy Charter School this school | 289 | 100.0% | 14.7% |
| KIPP Soul Academy Atlanta | 285 | 100.0% | 21.8% |
| KIPP VISION Charter School Atlanta | 300 | 100.0% | 19.6% |
| Kipp Strive Charter School Atlanta | 312 | 96.2% | 26.2% |
| Herman J. Russell West End Academy Atlanta | 342 | 100.0% | 17.0% |
| Judson Price Middle School Atlanta | 241 | 100.0% | 12.0% |
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 KIPP WAYS Academy Charter School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Georgia | In Fulton County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 14.7% | #432 of 470 | #31 of 35 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 13.0% | #436 of 474 ▼ 25 | #31 of 35 ▼ 3 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 17.0% | #434 of 474 no change | #29 of 35 no change |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -0.5pp | #59 of 465 | #1 of 35 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 289 | #443 of 487 | #32 of 38 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.8:1 | #110 of 471 | #19 of 37 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 4.1% | #471 of 471 | #37 of 37 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 100% | #9 of 479 | #7 of 38 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -19.5% | #61 of 305 | #7 of 26 |
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
289
-111 (-28%) vs 2020
-11% since 2010-11, when it was 326
Student : Teacher
12.8:1
was 13.3:1
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 | 289 | 22.6 | 12.8:1 | 100% (289) |
| 2023-24 | 395 | 31 | 12.7:1 | 94% (370) |
| 2022-23 | 392 | 30 | 13.1:1 | 100% (392) |
| 2020-21 | 400 | 30 | 13.3:1 | 95% (380) |
| 2017-18 | 359 | 26 | 13.8:1 | 100% (359) |
| 2015-16 | 326 | 23 | 14.2:1 | 99% (323) |
| 2010-11 | 326 | 26 | 12.5:1 | 79% (257) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for KIPP WAYS Academy Charter School.
Since 2017-18: students down 19% (359 to 289); teachers down 13% (26 to 22.6).
About KIPP WAYS Academy Charter School
Federal records list KIPP WAYS Academy Charter School as a middle-grades school in Atlanta, Georgia. It is open to students in grades 6 through 8 and enrolls 289 students. That is 62% below the average of about 763 students for middle schools in Georgia.
Atlanta Public Schools has 49,945 students spread across 87 schools.
The share of Black students at KIPP WAYS Academy Charter School is 98%. The county population is about 43% Black. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, KIPP WAYS Academy Charter School scores 4%.
KIPP WAYS Academy Charter School reported 22.6 full-time-equivalent teachers in 2024-25, a ratio of 12.8:1. By comparison, the average for middle schools in Georgia is 14.1:1. There are 289 students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, 100% of enrollment. The 62% average for public schools in Fulton County is 38 points lower.
Among Georgia public middle schools, KIPP WAYS Academy Charter School outscored 7%, which works out to a D on the allk12 Grade.
Schools in Georgia with a similar free or reduced-price lunch share are predicted to score about 25.7%. KIPP WAYS Academy Charter School scores 14.7%.
The school's county is Fulton County. According to Census Bureau estimates, median household income comes to about $95,292, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 59%, and about 8% of people live in poverty. Fulton County's 205 public schools enroll about 138,270 students and include KIPP WAYS Academy Charter School.
Less than a tenth of a mile separates KIPP WAYS Academy Charter School from the closest public school, Kipp WAYS Primary Charter School. Within five miles are at least 8 other public schools. Compared with its nearest neighbors, KIPP WAYS Academy Charter School ranks 5th of 9 on average proficiency.
The National Center for Education Statistics classifies the school's location as City: Large, meaning it is inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more. KIPP WAYS Academy Charter School is run as a public charter school.
From 2020-21 to 2024-25, enrollment decreased from 400 to 289, a 28% decline.
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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 KIPP WAYS Academy Charter SchoolHow many students attend KIPP WAYS Academy Charter School?
KIPP WAYS Academy Charter School enrolls approximately 289 students in grades 06-08.
What grades does KIPP WAYS Academy Charter School serve?
KIPP WAYS Academy Charter School serves grades 06-08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at KIPP WAYS Academy Charter School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at KIPP WAYS Academy Charter School is approximately 12.8:1 (23 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at KIPP WAYS Academy Charter School?
At KIPP WAYS Academy Charter School, the student body is approximately 1% Hispanic, 98% Black, 1% Two or more.
Is KIPP WAYS Academy Charter School public or private?
KIPP WAYS Academy Charter School is a public K-12 school operated as a charter, overseen by Atlanta Public Schools.
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