Main Street Charter Academy

Set in College Park, Georgia, Main Street Charter Academy is a reasonably sized elementary campus, one of the schools within Fulton County. It enrolls 817 students across grades K through 8. Enrollment runs roughly 35% larger than the state mean of about 605.

Across the 107 schools in Fulton County (87,563 students total), Main Street Charter Academy accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

Demographically, Main Street Charter Academy lists that nearly all students (90%) are Black. Beyond that, the school shows 5% Hispanic, 3% multiracial. By comparison, Fulton County as a whole is about 43% Black, so the school skews visibly more Black than its surroundings.

On the resource side, Staff filings list 51 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 16.0:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 13.3:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. An estimated 46% of students are eligible 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 below typical.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Main Street Charter Academy falls in the UNDERPERFORMING tier of the BeatsExpectations residual. Given its student profile, a typical campus would land near 53.5%; this one comes in at 35.4%, -18.1 points off the demographic line.

In the broader community, census data for Fulton County shows 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. Main Street Charter Academy is one of 205 public schools in Fulton County (combined enrollment of about 138,270 students).

The closest other public school is Brookview Elementary School, roughly 0.9 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, Main Street Charter Academy comes 1st of 7 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 18.4%.

Geographically, the school is in a commuter-belt area. Main Street Charter Academy operates as a public charter school, meaning it is publicly funded but governed independently of the surrounding district's traditional schools.

Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Main Street Charter Academy has decreased 5%, going from 861 students in 2018 to 817 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio tightened from 22.1:1 in 2018 to 16.0:1 today.

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