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Parents: what's one thing you'd want the Virginia-Highland Elementary School administration to hear?
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Enrollment
649
Elementary
DISTRICT 470 · STATE 605
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·ATLANTA PUBLIC SCHOOLS·NCES 130012004656
Virginia-Highland Elementary School
774 Virginia Avenue NE, Atlanta, GA 30306 · (404) 802-3500 · Fulton County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY11-CITYREGULAR SCHOOL649 STUDENTS
A+
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Scored higher than 98% of Georgia public elementary schools
- A+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- A-Beats 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
14.2:1
46 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 11.6:1 · STATE 13.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
15%
100 students
DISTRICT 82% · STATE 74%
Community
5
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 | 22 | 3% |
| Kindergarten | 114 | 18% |
| Grade 1 | 116 | 18% |
| Grade 2 | 113 | 17% |
| Grade 3 | 102 | 16% |
| Grade 4 | 92 | 14% |
| Grade 5 | 90 | 14% |
This year's kindergarten class (114) is 27% larger than its 5th grade class (90).
Student demographics
64%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
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
75.9%
GA avg 40.1% . -5.8pp since 2023
Math
77.0%
GA avg 44.6% . -2.5pp since 2023
What this means: On the Georgia Milestones, Georgia's statewide test, about 76 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 77 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Georgia schools, those numbers are about 40 and 45. Reading and writing scores are down about 6 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 2 points.
Georgia Milestones results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 75.9% | 77.0% |
| 2023-24 | 81.7% | 79.5% |
% 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
79.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
69.4%
based on GA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+10.0pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 79% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 69% 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 Virginia-Highland Elementary School
Virginia-Highland Elementary School's state test result (79.3% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Virginia-Highland Elementary School this school | 649 | 15.4% | 79.3% |
| Due West Elementary School Marietta | 626 | 16.3% | 70.9% |
| Vaughan Elementary School Powder Springs | 600 | 18.0% | 64.3% |
| Ashford Park Elementary School Atlanta | 757 | 14.8% | 71.8% |
| Talley Street Upper Elementary School Decatur | 623 | 21.2% | 71.0% |
| Montgomery Elementary School Brookhaven | 728 | 14.7% | 72.2% |
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 Virginia-Highland Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Georgia | In Fulton County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 79.3% | #28 of 1,208 | #10 of 113 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 77.0% | #70 of 1,215 ▼ 24 | #22 of 113 ▼ 8 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 75.9% | #31 of 1,215 ▼ 17 | #15 of 113 ▼ 11 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 649 | #485 of 1,324 | #40 of 120 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.2:1 | #882 of 1,301 | #92 of 118 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 63.9% | #348 of 1,301 | #29 of 118 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 15.4% | #1,260 of 1,312 | #104 of 119 |
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.
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 649 | 45.8 | 14.2:1 | 15% (100) |
| 2023-24 | 561 | 44 | 12.8:1 | 16% (88) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Virginia-Highland Elementary School.
About Virginia-Highland Elementary School
Virginia-Highland Elementary School is a mid-sized elementary school for students in Atlanta, Georgia. It offers pre-K through 5 and has 649 students enrolled.
Across its 87 schools, Atlanta Public Schools enrolls 49,945 students. Virginia-Highland Elementary School is one of those schools.
Federal enrollment data show Virginia-Highland Elementary School is 55% White. Enrollment also includes 17% Black, 11% multiracial, 10% Hispanic, and 6% Asian. The school's White share is 17 points above the 38% share among Fulton County residents. A diversity index of 64% means there is a 64% chance two randomly chosen students at Virginia-Highland Elementary School are from different groups.
Virginia-Highland Elementary School has 45.8 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of about 14.2:1. Elementary schools in Georgia have an average ratio of 13.3:1. Eligibility for free or reduced-price lunch, often used to gauge student poverty, is 15%. For comparison, public schools in Fulton County average 62%.
Among Georgia public elementary schools, Virginia-Highland Elementary School outscored 98%, which works out to an A+ on the allk12 Grade.
The school's average proficiency rate across its state test results is 79.3%. For its free or reduced-price lunch share, the predicted value is 69.4%.
Looking at the county, Fulton County, the median household earns about $95,292 a year, 59% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 8% of people live in poverty. Fulton County has 205 public schools with about 138,270 students, including Virginia-Highland Elementary School.
Virginia-Highland Elementary School's closest public school neighbor is Midtown High School, about 0.5 miles away. The five-mile area around Virginia-Highland Elementary School holds at least 8 other public schools. Ranking the closest schools with test data puts Virginia-Highland Elementary School at 3rd of 8.
The NCES locale for Virginia-Highland Elementary School is City: Large, which covers schools inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more.
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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
Quick facts
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Frequently asked questions
About Virginia-Highland Elementary SchoolHow large is Virginia-Highland Elementary School?
Virginia-Highland Elementary School enrolls approximately 649 students in grades PK-05.
What grades does Virginia-Highland Elementary School serve?
Virginia-Highland Elementary School serves grades PK-05.
How many teachers does Virginia-Highland Elementary School have?
Virginia-Highland Elementary School employs 46 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 14.2:1.
How diverse is Virginia-Highland Elementary School?
Virginia-Highland Elementary School reports a student body of 55% White, 10% Hispanic, 17% Black, 6% Asian, 11% Two or more.
Who oversees Virginia-Highland Elementary School?
Virginia-Highland Elementary School is overseen by Atlanta Public Schools in Fulton County.
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