Enrollment
344
Elementary
DISTRICT 616 · STATE 605
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·FULTON COUNTY·NCES 130228001032
Spalding Drive Elementary
130 W Spalding Dr, Atlanta, GA 30328 · (470) 254-5880 · Fulton County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY12-CITYREGULAR SCHOOL344 STUDENTS
A-
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 77% of Georgia public elementary schools
- ATest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- BBeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- B-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
10.7:1
32 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.2:1 · STATE 13.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
31%
108 students
DISTRICT 58% · STATE 74%
Community
0
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 | 50 | 15% |
| Kindergarten | 67 | 19% |
| Grade 1 | 40 | 12% |
| Grade 2 | 56 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 50 | 15% |
| Grade 4 | 45 | 13% |
| Grade 5 | 36 | 10% |
This year's kindergarten class (67) is 86% larger than its 5th grade class (36).
Student demographics
68%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 72% · 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
Test scores
Georgia Milestones 2024-25 . % Proficient or DistinguishedEnglish Language Arts
64.9%
GA avg 40.1% . +5.8pp since 2021
Math
66.4%
GA avg 44.6% . -2.3pp since 2021
What this means: On the Georgia Milestones, Georgia's statewide test, about 65 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 66 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 6 points since 2021, while math scores are down about 2 points.
Georgia Milestones results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 64.9% | 66.4% |
| 2023-24 | 58.3% | 61.3% |
| 2022-23 | 62.1% | 69.0% |
| 2021-22 | 59.0% | 68.8% |
% 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
63.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
61.1%
based on GA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+2.7pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 64% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 61% 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 Spalding Drive Elementary
Spalding Drive Elementary's state test result (63.9% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Spalding Drive Elementary this school | 344 | 31.4% | 63.9% |
| Briarlake Elementary School Decatur | 360 | 37.2% | 60.9% |
| Sagamore Hills Elementary School Atlanta | 428 | 30.4% | 58.3% |
| Northside Elementary School Newnan | 366 | 39.3% | 55.6% |
| Keheley Elementary School Marietta | 393 | 37.2% | 48.3% |
| Matthew Arthur Elementary School Kathleen | 450 | 36.4% | 72.2% |
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 Spalding Drive Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Georgia | In Fulton County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 63.9% | #156 of 1,208 | #30 of 113 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 66.4% | #170 of 1,215 ▲ 60 | #29 of 113 ▲ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 64.9% | #102 of 1,215 ▲ 91 | #30 of 113 ▲ 3 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +1.8pp | #614 of 1,183 | #83 of 110 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 344 | #1,189 of 1,324 | #99 of 120 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 10.7:1 | #84 of 1,301 | #22 of 118 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 67.7% | #198 of 1,301 | #23 of 118 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 31.4% | #1,174 of 1,312 | #89 of 119 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -19.2% | #253 of 854 | #36 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
344
+6 (+2%) vs 2020
-48% since 1990-91, when it was 663
Student : Teacher
10.7:1
was 10.6:1
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 | 344 | 32.2 | 10.7:1 | 31% (108) |
| 2023-24 | 352 | 31.1 | 11.3:1 | 38% (135) |
| 2022-23 | 367 | 31.5 | 11.7:1 | 29% (106) |
| 2020-21 | 338 | 32 | 10.6:1 | 22% (74) |
| 2017-18 | 426 | 32.2 | 13.2:1 | 31% (130) |
| 2015-16 | 436 | 33 | 13.2:1 | 31% (133) |
| 2010-11 | 467 | 33 | 14.2:1 | 43% (203) |
| 2000-01 | 585 | 42 | 13.9:1 | 43% (250) |
| 1990-91 | 663 | 34 | 19.5:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Spalding Drive Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 19% (426 to 344); teachers unchanged (32.2 to 32.2).
About Spalding Drive Elementary
In Atlanta, Georgia, Spalding Drive Elementary is a small elementary school. Enrollment stands at 344 students, covering pre-K through 5. That puts enrollment 43% below the 605-student average for elementary schools in Georgia.
Fulton County counts 87,563 students in its 107 schools, and Spalding Drive Elementary is one of them.
The biggest share of students at Spalding Drive Elementary, 47%, is White. The rest of enrollment is 26% Black, 17% Hispanic, 6% multiracial, and 4% Asian. Census estimates put the White share of Fulton County's population at about 38%. The diversity index for Spalding Drive Elementary is 68%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.
Its ratio of 10.7:1 is based on 32.2 full-time-equivalent teachers. Elementary schools in Georgia average 13.3:1, 2.7 more students per teacher than here. The share of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch is 31%. Public schools in Fulton County average 62%.
Spalding Drive Elementary holds an A- allk12 Grade, placing it above 77% of Georgia public elementary schools.
Based on its free or reduced-price lunch share, the BeatsExpectations model predicts an average proficiency rate across its state test results of 61.1% for Spalding Drive Elementary. The school posts 63.9%, 2.7 points above the prediction.
American Community Survey estimates for Fulton County show that median household income comes to about $95,292, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 59% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 8%. The county's public schools total 205, with about 138,270 students.
North Springs High School is the nearest public school to Spalding Drive Elementary, about 1.2 miles away. Counting only straight-line distance, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. On proficiency, Spalding Drive Elementary is ahead of the 57.2% nearby average, ranking 4th of 9.
The school's setting, by NCES definition, is City: Mid-size: inside a principal city with a population between 100,000 and 250,000.
Spalding Drive Elementary had 338 students in 2020-21 and 344 in 2024-25, nearly the same.
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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 Spalding Drive ElementaryHow large is Spalding Drive Elementary?
Spalding Drive Elementary enrolls approximately 344 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does Spalding Drive Elementary serve?
Spalding Drive Elementary serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
How many teachers does Spalding Drive Elementary have?
Spalding Drive Elementary employs 32 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 10.7:1.
What is the student diversity at Spalding Drive Elementary?
Student demographics at Spalding Drive Elementary are roughly 47% White, 17% Hispanic, 26% Black, 4% Asian, 6% Two or more.
Is Spalding Drive Elementary public or private?
Spalding Drive Elementary is a public K-12 school, overseen by Fulton County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.