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Enrollment
461
Elementary
DISTRICT 470 · STATE 605
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·ATLANTA PUBLIC SCHOOLS·NCES 130012000085
M. A. Jones Elementary School
1040 Fair St SW, Atlanta, GA 30314 · (404) 802-3900 · Fulton County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL461 STUDENTS
F
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Scored higher than 3% of Georgia public elementary schools
- FTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- DBeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- CThree-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
13.4:1
34 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 11.6:1 · STATE 13.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
100%
461 students
DISTRICT 82% · STATE 74%
Community
6
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 | 41 | 9% |
| Kindergarten | 50 | 11% |
| Grade 1 | 70 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 76 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 69 | 15% |
| Grade 4 | 76 | 16% |
| Grade 5 | 79 | 17% |
This year's kindergarten class (50) is 37% smaller than its 5th grade class (79).
Student demographics
11%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.
Test scores
Georgia Milestones 2024-25 . % Proficient or DistinguishedEnglish Language Arts
16.9%
GA avg 40.1% . +0.3pp since 2021
Math
13.0%
GA avg 44.6% . -2.6pp 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 have held steady since 2021, while math scores are down about 3 points.
Georgia Milestones results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 16.9% | 13.0% |
| 2023-24 | 16.8% | 11.4% |
| 2022-23 | 20.3% | 24.2% |
| 2021-22 | 16.6% | 15.6% |
% 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
14.2%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
25.7%
based on GA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-11.5pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 14% 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 M. A. Jones Elementary School
M. A. Jones Elementary School's state test result (14.2% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| M. A. Jones Elementary School this school | 461 | 100.0% | 14.2% |
| Alice Coachman Elementary School Albany | 448 | 100.0% | 15.3% |
| Tuskegee Airman Global Academy Atlanta | 447 | 100.0% | 26.8% |
| R. N. Fickett Elementary School Atlanta | 432 | 100.0% | 23.9% |
| Deerwood Academy Atlanta | 469 | 100.0% | 25.0% |
| Robert H Harvey Elementary School Albany | 431 | 100.0% | 24.3% |
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 M. A. Jones Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Georgia | In Fulton County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 14.2% | #1,159 of 1,208 | #110 of 113 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 13.0% | #1,170 of 1,215 ▲ 14 | #110 of 113 ▲ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 16.9% | #1,089 of 1,215 ▲ 16 | #102 of 113 ▼ 7 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -1.2pp | #337 of 1,183 | #8 of 110 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 461 | #948 of 1,324 | #80 of 120 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.4:1 | #656 of 1,301 | #70 of 118 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 10.9% | #1,273 of 1,301 | #106 of 118 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 100% | #12 of 1,312 | #10 of 119 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -14.8% | #375 of 854 | #49 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
461
-9 (-2%) vs 2020
+10% since 1990-91, when it was 418
Student : Teacher
13.4:1
was 13.8:1
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 | 461 | 34.3 | 13.4:1 | 100% (461) |
| 2023-24 | 481 | 36 | 13.4:1 | 100% (481) |
| 2022-23 | 461 | 34.6 | 13.3:1 | 100% (461) |
| 2020-21 | 470 | 34 | 13.8:1 | 100% (470) |
| 2017-18 | 541 | 38.7 | 14.0:1 | 100% (541) |
| 2015-16 | 576 | 39 | 14.8:1 | 99% (573) |
| 2010-11 | 609 | 36 | 16.9:1 | 96% (585) |
| 2000-01 | 348 | 33 | 10.6:1 | 93% (325) |
| 1990-91 | 418 | 28 | 14.9:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for M. A. Jones Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 15% (541 to 461); teachers down 11% (38.7 to 34.3).
About M. A. Jones Elementary School
M. A. Jones Elementary School is a small elementary school that serves part of Atlanta, Georgia. It enrolls 461 students in 2024-25. The grades offered are pre-K through 5. It has 24% fewer students than the average for elementary schools in Georgia (about 605).
M. A. Jones Elementary School reports to Atlanta Public Schools, which has 87 schools and 49,945 students.
Black students are 94% of those enrolled at M. A. Jones Elementary School. Other reported shares: 2% multiracial. That compares with about 43% Black among all Fulton County residents. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 11%.
There are 34.3 full-time-equivalent teachers at M. A. Jones Elementary School, giving a ratio of 13.4:1. The average ratio among elementary schools in Georgia is similar, at 13.3:1. A total of 461 students, or 100%, are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. Public schools in Fulton County average 62%.
M. A. Jones Elementary School earns an F on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 3% of Georgia public elementary schools.
The model predicts 25.7% for a school in Georgia with M. A. Jones Elementary School's free or reduced-price lunch share. M. A. Jones Elementary School posts 14.2%.
In the surrounding county, Fulton County, the median household earns about $95,292 a year, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 59%, and about 8% of people live in poverty. Counting M. A. Jones Elementary School, Fulton County has 205 public schools.
M. A. Jones Elementary School's nearest public school is Booker T. Washington High School (about 0.4 miles). The count of other public schools within five miles is at least 8. The average proficiency across nearby scored schools is 18.7%; M. A. Jones Elementary School's is 14.2%, ranking 8th of 9.
The NCES locale for M. A. Jones Elementary School is City: Large, which covers schools inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more.
From 2020-21 to 2024-25, enrollment held near 461, starting from 470.
People can post here about homework, tutoring, and testing dates and other school topics. Parents, students, alumni, and staff are welcome to post.
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 M. A. Jones Elementary SchoolHow large is M. A. Jones Elementary School?
M. A. Jones Elementary School enrolls approximately 461 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does M. A. Jones Elementary School serve?
M. A. Jones Elementary School serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
How many students per teacher at M. A. Jones Elementary School?
Approximately 13.4:1 students per teacher at M. A. Jones Elementary School.
How diverse is M. A. Jones Elementary School?
M. A. Jones Elementary School reports a student body of 2% White, 1% Hispanic, 94% Black, 0% Asian, 2% Two or more.
Is M. A. Jones Elementary School public or private?
M. A. Jones Elementary School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Atlanta Public Schools.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.