L. O. Kimberly Elementary School

L. O. Kimberly Elementary School is one of the low-enrollment primary schools in Atlanta, Georgia, run under Atlanta Public Schools, with 270 students on its rolls from grades pre-K through 5. That puts it 55% below the typical public school in Georgia, which averages around 605 students.

Across the 87 schools in Atlanta Public Schools (49,945 students total), L. O. Kimberly Elementary School accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

On demographics, L. O. Kimberly Elementary School shows that the student body is overwhelmingly Black (94%). Other groups include 5% Hispanic. The wider county runs roughly 43% Black, putting the school's mix meaningfully more Black than the area baseline.

Looking at school resources, Staff filings list 25 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 10.8:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 13.3:1, putting L. O. Kimberly Elementary School tighter than the state norm the norm. About 100% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. Set against Fulton County (around 62%), the school's rate is somewhat above typical.

After controlling for student poverty, L. O. Kimberly Elementary School tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 25.7% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 22.0%.

In the broader community, community-level numbers for Fulton County indicate median household earnings sit near $95,292, about 59% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 8%. Across Fulton County's 205 public schools (combined enrollment of about 138,270 students), L. O. Kimberly Elementary School is one campus in the mix.

D. M. Therrell High School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.2 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts L. O. Kimberly Elementary School at 4th of 7; the average score across the group is 21.1%.

L. O. Kimberly Elementary School operates from a downtown location.

Over the past 7-year window. L. O. Kimberly Elementary School's enrollment has edged down 37% since 2018, when it stood at 431 (now 270). Class-load math has pulled in: from 12.3:1 in 2018 to 10.8:1 in 2025.

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