Parkside Elementary School

Parkside Elementary School is a middle-of-the-pack primary school in Atlanta, Georgia, part of Atlanta Public Schools. The school serves 650 students in grades pre-K through 5.

Atlanta Public Schools comprises 87 schools with combined enrollment of 49,945 students; Parkside Elementary School is among them.

On the student-mix side, Parkside Elementary School records that the most-represented group is Black (44%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups; the rest reads as 41% White, 8% multiracial, 5% Hispanic. Compared to Fulton County overall, the school's racial mix sits in roughly the same range.

In terms of school funding signals, The school employs 55 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 11.8:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 13.3:1 average. An estimated 68% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Parkside Elementary School sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 42.3%; this one delivers 51.7%.

In the broader community, census data for Fulton County shows median household income runs about $95,292, 59% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 8%. Across Fulton County's 205 public schools (combined enrollment of about 138,270 students), Parkside Elementary School is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is Maynard Jackson High School, roughly 0.3 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Parkside Elementary School. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Parkside Elementary School at 3rd of 8; the average score across the group is 41.2%.

Parkside Elementary School operates from a city-core location.

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count increased 3%: 629 students in 2018 compared to 650 in 2025. Black enrollment moved from 65% to 44% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio pulled in from 14.1:1 in 2018 to 11.8:1 today.

In the discussion threads here, posts here usually surface around pickup logistics, teacher feedback, and after-school programs. Members of the school community can share what they know.