Morris Brandon Elementary School

Morris Brandon Elementary School is a primary school of big scale in Atlanta, Georgia, one of the schools within Atlanta Public Schools, serveing 911 students in grades pre-K through 5. That puts it 51% larger than the typical public school in Georgia, which averages around 605 students.

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

For racial and ethnic makeup, Morris Brandon Elementary School logs that the largest single group is White, at 58% of enrollment; the rest reads as 25% Black, 9% Hispanic, 5% multiracial, 4% Asian. That is meaningfully more White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 38%.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Morris Brandon Elementary School lists 56 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 16.1:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 13.3:1, putting Morris Brandon Elementary School higher than the state norm the norm. An estimated 19% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. Set against Fulton County (around 62%), the school's rate is south of typical.

After controlling for student poverty, Morris Brandon Elementary School sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 67.4%; this one delivers 71.6%.

Around the school, ACS estimates for Fulton County put median household income runs about $95,292, roughly 59% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 8%. Morris Brandon Elementary School is one of 205 public schools in Fulton County (combined enrollment of about 138,270 students).

Willis A. Sutton Middle School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.5 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 Morris Brandon Elementary School at 2nd of 9; the average score across the group is 54.0%.

The school occupies a metropolitan site.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count declined 10%: 1,017 students in 2018 compared to 911 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share declined from 69% to 58%.

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