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Enrollment
496
Elementary
DISTRICT 470 · STATE 605
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·ATLANTA PUBLIC SCHOOLS·NCES 130012000059
Thomas Heathe Slater Elementary School
1320 Pryor Rd SW, Atlanta, GA 30315 · (404) 802-4050 · Fulton County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL496 STUDENTS
F
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 1% of Georgia public elementary schools
- FTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- DBeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
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
11.6:1
43 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 11.6:1 · STATE 13.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
100%
496 students
DISTRICT 82% · STATE 74%
Community
6
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 | 56 | 11% |
| Kindergarten | 63 | 13% |
| Grade 1 | 75 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 80 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 75 | 15% |
| Grade 4 | 80 | 16% |
| Grade 5 | 67 | 14% |
This year's kindergarten class (63) is 6% smaller than its 5th grade class (67).
Student demographics
7%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 47% · 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
School pathway
Students here typically continue to
Thomas Heathe Slater Elementary School→Judson Price Middle School
Based on published attendance-zone data from Atlanta Public Schools. Zones change; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
Georgia Milestones 2024-25 . % Proficient or DistinguishedEnglish Language Arts
16.2%
GA avg 40.1% . +10.0pp since 2021
Math
17.8%
GA avg 44.6% . +14.7pp 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 18 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 10 points since 2021, while math scores are up about 15 points.
Georgia Milestones results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 16.2% | 17.8% |
| 2023-24 | 8.7% | 12.7% |
| 2022-23 | 9.3% | 9.0% |
| 2021-22 | 6.1% | 3.1% |
% 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
13.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
25.7%
based on GA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-11.7pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 14% 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 →
Schools most like Thomas Heathe Slater Elementary School
Thomas Heathe Slater Elementary School's state test result (13.9% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Thomas Heathe Slater Elementary School this school | 496 | 100.0% | 13.9% |
| W.S. Hornsby Elementary School Augusta | 508 | 100.0% | 7.8% |
| KIPP Soul Primary Atlanta | 505 | 100.0% | 20.2% |
| Gadsden Elementary School Savannah | 493 | 99.0% | 16.6% |
| Murphey Candler Elementary School Lithonia | 512 | 100.0% | 18.8% |
| M. A. Jones Elementary School Atlanta | 461 | 100.0% | 14.2% |
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 Thomas Heathe Slater Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Georgia | In Fulton County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 13.9% | #1,160 of 1,208 | #111 of 113 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 17.8% | #1,108 of 1,215 ▲ 55 | #103 of 113 ▲ 6 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 16.2% | #1,102 of 1,215 ▲ 106 | #106 of 113 ▲ 7 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 496 | #862 of 1,324 | #73 of 120 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 11.6:1 | #213 of 1,301 | #40 of 118 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 6.7% | #1,296 of 1,301 | #115 of 118 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 100% | #9 of 1,312 | #7 of 119 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -15.4% | #353 of 854 | #45 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
496
+24 (+5%) vs 2020
-6% since 1990-91, when it was 530
Student : Teacher
11.6:1
was 11.5:1
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 | 496 | 42.6 | 11.6:1 | 100% (496) |
| 2023-24 | 534 | 40.1 | 13.3:1 | 100% (534) |
| 2022-23 | 569 | 42 | 13.6:1 | 100% (569) |
| 2020-21 | 472 | 41 | 11.5:1 | 100% (472) |
| 2017-18 | 586 | 43 | 13.6:1 | 100% (586) |
| 2015-16 | 562 | 35 | 16.1:1 | 99% (559) |
| 2010-11 | 495 | 43 | 11.5:1 | 98% (487) |
| 2000-01 | 407 | 36 | 11.3:1 | 96% (392) |
| 1990-91 | 530 | 36 | 14.7:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Thomas Heathe Slater Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 15% (586 to 496); teachers down 1% (43 to 42.6).
About Thomas Heathe Slater Elementary School
Thomas Heathe Slater Elementary School is an elementary school in Atlanta, Georgia, reachable at (404) 802-4050. Classes run from pre-K through 5, and the school has 496 students.
The Atlanta Public Schools system has 87 schools and 49,945 students.
Black students make up 97% of enrollment at Thomas Heathe Slater Elementary School. Census figures show Fulton County is about 43% Black. Pick two students at random and there is a 7% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.
The school reports 42.6 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to about 11.6 students per teacher. That is 1.7 students per teacher below the 13.3:1 average for elementary schools in Georgia. Free or reduced-price lunch eligibility covers 100% of students. The 62% average for public schools in Fulton County is 38 points lower.
The allk12 Grade for Thomas Heathe Slater Elementary School is F. Compared with Georgia public elementary schools, the school scored higher than 1% on a mix of test scores, poverty-adjusted results, and recent trend.
The model predicts 25.7% for a school in Georgia with Thomas Heathe Slater Elementary School's free or reduced-price lunch share. Thomas Heathe Slater Elementary School posts 13.9%.
Fulton County census figures show that the median household income is $95,292, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 59% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 8%. Fulton County is home to 205 public schools and about 138,270 public school students.
The shortest distance from Thomas Heathe Slater Elementary School to another public school is about 0.2 miles, to Carver High School. Counting only straight-line distance, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. On state test proficiency, Thomas Heathe Slater Elementary School ranks 7th in a group of 9 nearby schools.
Locale: City: Large. In NCES terms, the school is inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more.
Enrollment is up 5% from 2020-21, when Thomas Heathe Slater Elementary School had 472 students, to 2024-25, when it had 496.
The allk12 site hosts a discussion page for Thomas Heathe Slater Elementary School covering things like sports tryouts, band and choir, and theater. Reviews and ratings from people who know the school are welcome.
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 Thomas Heathe Slater Elementary SchoolHow large is Thomas Heathe Slater Elementary School?
Thomas Heathe Slater Elementary School enrolls approximately 496 students in grades PK-05.
Is Thomas Heathe Slater Elementary School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Thomas Heathe Slater Elementary School is an elementary school covering grades PK-05.
How many students per teacher at Thomas Heathe Slater Elementary School?
Approximately 11.6:1 students per teacher at Thomas Heathe Slater Elementary School.
How diverse is Thomas Heathe Slater Elementary School?
Thomas Heathe Slater Elementary School reports a student body of 1% Hispanic, 97% Black, 2% Two or more.
Who oversees Thomas Heathe Slater Elementary School?
Thomas Heathe Slater Elementary School is overseen by Atlanta Public Schools in Fulton County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.