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If you had an hour of school board time for R. N. Fickett Elementary School, what would you bring up?
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Enrollment
432
Elementary
DISTRICT 470 · STATE 605
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·ATLANTA PUBLIC SCHOOLS·NCES 130012000103
R. N. Fickett Elementary School
3935 Rux Rd SW, Atlanta, GA 30331 · (404) 802-7850 · Fulton County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL432 STUDENTS
C
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Scored higher than 31% of Georgia public elementary schools
- C-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- C+Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- A-Three-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
12.8:1
34 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 11.6:1 · STATE 13.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
100%
432 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 | 29 | 7% |
| Kindergarten | 53 | 12% |
| Grade 1 | 61 | 14% |
| Grade 2 | 71 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 61 | 14% |
| Grade 4 | 81 | 19% |
| Grade 5 | 76 | 18% |
This year's kindergarten class (53) is 30% smaller than its 5th grade class (76).
Student demographics
8%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
21.6%
GA avg 40.1% . +5.3pp since 2021
Math
27.7%
GA avg 44.6% . +11.4pp since 2021
What this means: On the Georgia Milestones, Georgia's statewide test, about 22 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 28 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Georgia schools, those numbers are about 40 and 45. Reading and writing scores are up about 5 points since 2021, while math scores are up about 11 points.
Georgia Milestones results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 21.6% | 27.7% |
| 2023-24 | 23.0% | 30.2% |
| 2022-23 | 20.6% | 21.4% |
| 2021-22 | 16.3% | 16.3% |
% 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
23.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
25.7%
based on GA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-1.8pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 24% 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 R. N. Fickett Elementary School
R. N. Fickett Elementary School's state test result (23.9% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| R. N. Fickett Elementary School this school | 432 | 100.0% | 23.9% |
| Robert H Harvey Elementary School Albany | 431 | 100.0% | 24.3% |
| Brookview Elementary School East Point | 425 | 100.0% | 25.2% |
| Alice Coachman Elementary School Albany | 448 | 100.0% | 15.3% |
| William M.Boyd Elementary School Atlanta | 439 | 100.0% | 21.5% |
| Cirrus Charter Academy Macon | 429 | 100.0% | N/A |
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 R. N. Fickett Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Georgia | In Fulton County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 23.9% | #954 of 1,208 | #82 of 113 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 27.7% | #913 of 1,215 ▼ 78 | #76 of 113 ▼ 11 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 21.6% | #962 of 1,215 ▲ 14 | #83 of 113 no change |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +8.4pp | #197 of 1,183 | #33 of 110 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 432 | #1,021 of 1,324 | #86 of 120 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.8:1 | #462 of 1,301 | #61 of 118 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 8.1% | #1,289 of 1,301 | #114 of 118 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 100% | #16 of 1,312 | #14 of 119 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -21.2% | #208 of 854 | #30 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
432
-47 (-10%) vs 2020
-4% since 1990-91, when it was 452
Student : Teacher
12.8:1
was 12.3:1
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 | 432 | 33.8 | 12.8:1 | 100% (432) |
| 2023-24 | 477 | 38.1 | 12.5:1 | 96% (457) |
| 2022-23 | 451 | 35.7 | 12.6:1 | 100% (451) |
| 2020-21 | 479 | 39 | 12.3:1 | 100% (479) |
| 2017-18 | 548 | 39.7 | 13.8:1 | 100% (548) |
| 2015-16 | 552 | 40 | 13.8:1 | 99% (549) |
| 2010-11 | 619 | 42 | 14.7:1 | 85% (525) |
| 2000-01 | 765 | 55 | 13.9:1 | 91% (693) |
| 1990-91 | 452 | 26 | 17.4:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for R. N. Fickett Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 21% (548 to 432); teachers down 15% (39.7 to 33.8).
About R. N. Fickett Elementary School
R. N. Fickett Elementary School is an elementary school in Atlanta, Georgia, according to federal school records. A federal count lists 432 students at the school, in pre-K through 5. An average school in this group (elementary schools in Georgia) has about 605 students.
Atlanta Public Schools is the district for R. N. Fickett Elementary School. It has 87 schools and 49,945 students.
R. N. Fickett Elementary School's enrollment is 96% Black. That is higher than the 43% Black share among all Fulton County residents. R. N. Fickett Elementary School's diversity index is 8%, against a US figure of 70%.
Federal data list 33.8 full-time-equivalent teachers at R. N. Fickett Elementary School in 2024-25, for a ratio of 12.8:1. For comparison, elementary schools in Georgia average 13.3:1. The lunch program counts 100% of students at R. N. Fickett Elementary School as eligible for free or reduced-price meals. On average, public schools in Fulton County report 62%.
R. N. Fickett Elementary School is graded C by allk12, scoring above 31% of Georgia public elementary schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
R. N. Fickett Elementary School is 1.8 points below its predicted average proficiency rate on state tests (23.9% versus 25.7%), which places it in neither the top nor the bottom 10% in Georgia.
Within Fulton County, the median household income is $95,292, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 59% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 8%. In all, Fulton County has 205 public schools and roughly 138,270 students.
Nearest public school: Ralph Bunche Middle School, about 0.8 miles away. A five-mile radius around the school includes at least 8 other public schools. Local comparison: R. N. Fickett Elementary School ranks 3rd of 7 nearby schools, at 23.9% versus a 22.6% average.
The National Center for Education Statistics classifies the school's location as City: Large, meaning it is inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more.
R. N. Fickett Elementary School's enrollment declined from 479 in 2020-21 to 432 in 2024-25.
The R. N. Fickett Elementary School community page is open for posts about sports tryouts, band and choir, and theater. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.
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 R. N. Fickett Elementary SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at R. N. Fickett Elementary School?
R. N. Fickett Elementary School enrolls approximately 432 students in grades PK-05.
What grades does R. N. Fickett Elementary School serve?
R. N. Fickett Elementary School serves grades PK-05.
How many students per teacher at R. N. Fickett Elementary School?
Approximately 12.8:1 students per teacher at R. N. Fickett Elementary School.
How diverse is R. N. Fickett Elementary School?
R. N. Fickett Elementary School reports a student body of 0% White, 1% Hispanic, 96% Black, 2% Two or more.
Is R. N. Fickett Elementary School public or private?
R. N. Fickett 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.