Enrollment
338
Elementary
DISTRICT 470 · STATE 605
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·ATLANTA PUBLIC SCHOOLS·NCES 130012000122
T. J. Perkerson Elementary School
2040 Brewer Blvd SW, Atlanta, GA 30310 · (404) 802-3950 · Fulton County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL338 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
9.8:1
34 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 11.6:1 · STATE 13.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
100%
338 students
DISTRICT 82% · 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
Student demographics
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. 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
T. J. Perkerson Elementary School→Sylvan Hills Middle School
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Georgia Milestones 2024-25 . % Proficient or DistinguishedEnglish Language Arts
16.5%
GA avg 40.1% . +2.9pp since 2021
Math
20.1%
GA avg 44.6% . -0.9pp since 2021
What this means: On the Georgia Milestones, Georgia's statewide test, about 16 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 20 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 3 points since 2021, while math scores have held steady.
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
18.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
25.7%
based on GA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-7.6pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 18% 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 →
7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
338
-117 (-26%) vs 2017
Student : Teacher
9.8:1
was 12.4:1
% White
3%
was 0%
% Hispanic
5%
was 4%
% Black
91%
was 95%
% Asian
0%
was 0%
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
About T. J. Perkerson Elementary School
T. J. Perkerson Elementary School is one of the tight-knit primary schools in Atlanta, Georgia, operated by Atlanta Public Schools, with 338 students on its rolls from grades pre-K through 5. That puts it 44% smaller than the typical public school in Georgia, which averages around 605 students.
Atlanta Public Schools comprises 87 schools with combined enrollment of 49,945 students; T. J. Perkerson Elementary School is among them.
For racial and ethnic makeup, T. J. Perkerson Elementary School reports that 91% of students identify as Black, making the school strongly Black-majority. Other groups include 5% Hispanic, 3% White. That is visibly more Black than the county at large, where the share is closer to 43%.
On the resource side, T. J. Perkerson Elementary School reports 34 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 9.8:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 13.3:1 average. Roughly 100% of students at T. J. Perkerson Elementary School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. That share is noticeably above Fulton County's rate of about 62%.
With demographic context factored in, T. J. Perkerson Elementary School sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 25.7%; this one delivers 18.1%.
In the surrounding community, Fulton County reports that median household earnings sit near $95,292, about 59% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 8%. Across Fulton County's 205 public schools (combined enrollment of about 138,270 students), T. J. Perkerson Elementary School is one campus in the mix.
Nearest neighbor: Ethos Classical Charter School, around 0.5 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around T. J. Perkerson Elementary School. On composite proficiency, T. J. Perkerson Elementary School comes 6th of 8 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 19.4%.
The campus sits in a downtown setting.
Over the past 7-year window. T. J. Perkerson Elementary School's enrollment has edged down 26% since 2018, when it stood at 455 (now 338). Class-load math has pulled in: from 12.4:1 in 2018 to 9.8:1 in 2025.
On the community side, members of the T. J. Perkerson Elementary School community share and discuss open house dates, ride-share offers, and field-trip permission slips. 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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Nearby schools
- Ethos Classical Charter School0.5 mi · 676
- Emma Hutchinson Elementary School1.2 mi · 295
- Sylvan Hills Middle School1.2 mi · 452
- Parklane Elementary School1.5 mi · 351
- Cleveland Avenue Elementary School1.6 mi · 253
- Tri-Cities High School1.7 mi · 1,748
Frequently asked questions
About T. J. Perkerson Elementary SchoolHow many students attend T. J. Perkerson Elementary School?
T. J. Perkerson Elementary School enrolls approximately 338 students in grades PK-05.
What grades does T. J. Perkerson Elementary School serve?
T. J. Perkerson Elementary School serves grades PK-05.
How many students per teacher at T. J. Perkerson Elementary School?
Approximately 9.8:1 students per teacher at T. J. Perkerson Elementary School.
How diverse is T. J. Perkerson Elementary School?
T. J. Perkerson Elementary School reports a student body of 3% White, 5% Hispanic, 91% Black, 1% Two or more.
Who oversees T. J. Perkerson Elementary School?
T. J. Perkerson Elementary School is overseen by Atlanta Public Schools in Fulton County.
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