RISE Preparatory Charter School

RISE Preparatory Charter School is a primary school of small scale in Atlanta, Georgia, one of the schools within State Specialty Schools II- RISE Preparatory Charter School, hosting 313 students in grades K through 8. Compared to the state average of about 605 students per school, that is 48% leaner than typical.

RISE Preparatory Charter School sits inside State Specialty Schools II- RISE Preparatory Charter School, the local public-school operator responsible for the campus.

Looking at the student body, RISE Preparatory Charter School shows that the student body is overwhelmingly Black (88%). The remainder looks like 8% Hispanic, 3% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 43% Black, putting the school's mix considerably more Black than the area baseline.

Looking at the economic backdrop, RISE Preparatory Charter School records 18 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 17.4:1. The state averages around 13.3:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. Around 88% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. By comparison, Fulton County runs at roughly 62%, so the school's eligibility rate is higher than the surrounding baseline.

In the surrounding community, ACS estimates for Fulton County put median household earnings sit near $95,292, about 59% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 8%. RISE Preparatory Charter School is one of 205 public schools in Fulton County (combined enrollment of about 138,270 students).

The closest other public school is Fulton Leadership Academy, roughly 0.6 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

The school occupies a suburban site. As a public charter, RISE Preparatory Charter School runs on public funding but with greater curricular and operational autonomy than a typical district school.

Within the allk12 community for this school, the feed for RISE Preparatory Charter School typically covers classroom updates, athletics, and weather closures. Members of the school community can share what they know.