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Teachers: what resource would make the biggest difference at Tuskegee Airman Global Academy this year?
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Enrollment
447
Elementary
DISTRICT 470 · STATE 605
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·ATLANTA PUBLIC SCHOOLS·NCES 130012004244
Tuskegee Airman Global Academy
1626 Westhaven Dr SW, Atlanta, GA 30311 · (404) 802-8450 · Fulton County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL447 STUDENTS
C+
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Scored higher than 43% of Georgia public elementary schools
- CTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- B-Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- A+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
10.2:1
44 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 11.6:1 · STATE 13.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
100%
447 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 | 21 | 5% |
| Kindergarten | 53 | 12% |
| Grade 1 | 71 | 16% |
| Grade 2 | 83 | 19% |
| Grade 3 | 78 | 17% |
| Grade 4 | 70 | 16% |
| Grade 5 | 71 | 16% |
This year's kindergarten class (53) is 25% smaller than its 5th grade class (71).
Student demographics
12%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
Test scores
Georgia Milestones 2024-25 . % Proficient or DistinguishedEnglish Language Arts
18.7%
GA avg 40.1% . +11.5pp since 2021
Math
33.3%
GA avg 44.6% . +22.5pp since 2021
What this means: On the Georgia Milestones, Georgia's statewide test, about 19 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 33 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 11 points since 2021, while math scores are up about 22 points.
Georgia Milestones results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 18.7% | 33.3% |
| 2023-24 | 21.1% | 29.8% |
| 2022-23 | 12.0% | 15.8% |
| 2021-22 | 7.3% | 10.9% |
% 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
26.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
25.7%
based on GA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+1.1pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 27% 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 Tuskegee Airman Global Academy
Tuskegee Airman Global Academy's state test result (26.8% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tuskegee Airman Global Academy this school | 447 | 100.0% | 26.8% |
| William M.Boyd Elementary School Atlanta | 439 | 100.0% | 21.5% |
| Deerwood Academy Atlanta | 469 | 100.0% | 25.0% |
| Alice Coachman Elementary School Albany | 448 | 100.0% | 15.3% |
| Cirrus Charter Academy Macon | 429 | 100.0% | N/A |
| Brookview Elementary School East Point | 425 | 100.0% | 25.2% |
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 Tuskegee Airman Global Academy ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Georgia | In Fulton County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 26.8% | #889 of 1,208 | #72 of 113 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 33.3% | #781 of 1,215 ▲ 67 | #61 of 113 ▲ 7 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 18.7% | #1,046 of 1,215 ▼ 17 | #94 of 113 ▼ 6 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +17.0pp | #23 of 1,183 | #4 of 110 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 447 | #979 of 1,324 | #81 of 120 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 10.2:1 | #49 of 1,301 | #12 of 118 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 12.4% | #1,262 of 1,301 | #100 of 118 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 100% | #35 of 1,312 | #33 of 119 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -32.9% | #65 of 854 | #11 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
447
-109 (-20%) vs 2020
Student : Teacher
10.2:1
was 13.9:1
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 | 447 | 43.8 | 10.2:1 | 100% (447) |
| 2023-24 | 466 | 41.2 | 11.3:1 | 100% (466) |
| 2022-23 | 520 | 35.9 | 14.5:1 | 100% (520) |
| 2020-21 | 556 | 40 | 13.9:1 | 100% (556) |
| 2017-18 | 666 | 42.7 | 15.6:1 | 100% (666) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Tuskegee Airman Global Academy.
Since 2017-18: students down 33% (666 to 447); teachers up 3% (42.7 to 43.8).
About Tuskegee Airman Global Academy
Tuskegee Airman Global Academy is a small elementary school located in Atlanta, Georgia. The school offers pre-K through 5 and enrolls 447 students. On average, elementary schools in Georgia enroll around 605, and this school is 26% below that mark.
District-wide, Atlanta Public Schools has 87 schools and 49,945 students.
Roughly 94% of students at Tuskegee Airman Global Academy are Black. Smaller groups are 4% Hispanic and 2% multiracial. County-wide, 43% of Fulton County residents are Black. Measured by the diversity index, the student body scores 12%.
The school's 43.8 full-time-equivalent teachers translate to a student-to-teacher ratio of 10.2:1. Statewide, elementary schools in Georgia average 13.3:1. Income data for the school show 100% of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. Across public schools in Fulton County, the average is 62%.
Tuskegee Airman Global Academy earns a C+ on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 43% of Georgia public elementary schools.
Based on student poverty, the model expects 25.7% at Tuskegee Airman Global Academy; the school's average proficiency rate across its state test results is 26.8%.
Census data for Fulton County show the median household earns about $95,292 a year, 59% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 8% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Public schools in Fulton County number 205, with about 138,270 students.
Kipp Strive Charter School is about 0.8 miles away, making it the nearest public school. Tuskegee Airman Global Academy is one of several public schools in the area, with at least 8 others within five miles. Tuskegee Airman Global Academy ranks 3rd of 9 among nearby schools on average proficiency, with 26.8% against a local average of 23.8%.
The school is inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more, according to its NCES locale (City: Large).
Enrollment fell 20% over 4 years, reaching 447 in 2024-25. The ratio of students to teachers went from 13.9:1 to 10.2:1 over the same years.
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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 Tuskegee Airman Global AcademyHow large is Tuskegee Airman Global Academy?
Tuskegee Airman Global Academy enrolls approximately 447 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does Tuskegee Airman Global Academy serve?
Tuskegee Airman Global Academy serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
How many students per teacher at Tuskegee Airman Global Academy?
Approximately 10.2:1 students per teacher at Tuskegee Airman Global Academy.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Tuskegee Airman Global Academy?
At Tuskegee Airman Global Academy, the student body is approximately 4% Hispanic, 94% Black, 2% Two or more.
Is Tuskegee Airman Global Academy public or private?
Tuskegee Airman Global Academy is a public K-12 school, overseen by Atlanta Public Schools.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.