Spalding Drive Elementary

Spalding Drive Elementary, a modestly sized primary school in Atlanta, Georgia, run under Fulton County, teaches 344 students, covering grades pre-K through 5. Compared to the state average of about 605 students per school, that is 43% below typical.

Fulton County comprises 107 schools with combined enrollment of 87,563 students; Spalding Drive Elementary is among them.

On demographics, Spalding Drive Elementary records that the most-represented group is White (47%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. Beyond that, the school lists 26% Black, 17% Hispanic, 6% multiracial, 4% Asian. That is noticeably more White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 38%.

In terms of school funding signals, On paper, Spalding Drive Elementary has 32 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 10.7:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 13.3:1, putting Spalding Drive Elementary tighter than the state norm the norm. Around 31% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. That share is south of Fulton County's rate of about 62%.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Spalding Drive Elementary tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 61.1% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 63.9%.

In the area at large, ACS estimates for Fulton County put median household income runs about $95,292, 59% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 8%. In all, Fulton County runs 205 public schools (combined enrollment of about 138,270 students), of which Spalding Drive Elementary is one.

North Springs High School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 1.2 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Spalding Drive Elementary. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Spalding Drive Elementary at 4th of 9; the average score across the group is 57.2%.

Geographically, the school is in a city-core area.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count edged down 19%: 426 students in 2018 compared to 344 in 2025. Asian enrollment moved from 9% to 4% across the same window. Class-load math has fell: from 13.2:1 in 2018 to 10.7:1 in 2025.

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