The Kindezi School

The Kindezi School is an intimate elementary campus in Atlanta, Georgia, one of the schools within Atlanta Public Schools. The school enrolls 360 students in grades K through 8. Enrollment runs roughly 40% smaller than the state mean of about 605.

Atlanta Public Schools runs 87 schools in total, collectively educating 49,945 students. The Kindezi School is one of those campuses.

Looking at the student body, The Kindezi School records that nearly all students (93%) are Black; the rest breaks down as 3% Hispanic, 2% White. That is meaningfully more Black than the county at large, where the share is closer to 43%.

On the income-and-resources front, On paper, The Kindezi School has 42 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 8.5:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 13.3:1, putting The Kindezi School tighter than the state norm the norm. Around 100% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. By comparison, Fulton County runs at roughly 62%, so the school's eligibility rate is higher than the surrounding baseline.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), The Kindezi School tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 25.7% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 20.5%.

In the area at large, census data for Fulton County shows median household earnings sit near $95,292, roughly 59% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 8%. The Kindezi School is one of 205 public schools in Fulton County (combined enrollment of about 138,270 students).

Nearest neighbor: Atlanta Heights Charter School, around 0.6 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around The Kindezi School. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts The Kindezi School at 4th of 8; the average score across the group is 21.0%.

Geographically, the school is in a high-density area. The Kindezi School operates as a public charter school, meaning it is publicly funded but governed independently of the surrounding district's traditional schools.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count decreased 7%: 389 students in 2018 compared to 360 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio widened from 6.4:1 in 2018 to 8.5:1 today.

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