Kipp WAYS Primary Charter School

Kipp WAYS Primary Charter School operates as a medium-sized elementary-level community in Atlanta, Georgia, part of Atlanta Public Schools. Current enrollment sits at 559 students spanning grades K through 5.

Within Atlanta Public Schools, which oversees 87 schools and 49,945 students, Kipp WAYS Primary Charter School is one campus in the system.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Kipp WAYS Primary Charter School records that nearly all students (98%) are Black. By comparison, Fulton County as a whole is about 43% Black, so the school skews visibly more Black than its surroundings.

Looking at school resources, Staff filings list 43 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 13.2:1 students per teacher. That tracks the state average closely. Roughly 100% of students at Kipp WAYS Primary Charter 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, Kipp WAYS Primary Charter School sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 25.7%; this one delivers 14.5%.

In the broader community, ACS estimates for Fulton County put median household earnings sit near $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. Across Fulton County's 205 public schools (combined enrollment of about 138,270 students), Kipp WAYS Primary Charter School is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is KIPP WAYS Academy Charter School, roughly 0.0 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Kipp WAYS Primary Charter School. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Kipp WAYS Primary Charter School at 6th of 9; the average score across the group is 16.4%.

Kipp WAYS Primary Charter School operates from a metropolitan location. As a public charter, Kipp WAYS Primary Charter School runs on public funding but with greater curricular and operational autonomy than a typical district school.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count ticked up 37%: 409 students in 2018 compared to 559 in 2025.

On the community side, recent activity here tends to focus on science fair prep, picture-day reminders, and bus-route questions. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.