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What do students at Virginia-Highland Elementary School actually talk about outside of class?
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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
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
2
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
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.
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 →
About Virginia-Highland Elementary School
Virginia-Highland Elementary School, a mid-sized elementary campus in Atlanta, Georgia, one of the schools within Atlanta Public Schools, teaches 649 students, covering grades pre-K through 5.
Atlanta Public Schools runs 87 schools in total, collectively educating 49,945 students. Virginia-Highland Elementary School is one of those campuses.
On the student-mix side, Virginia-Highland Elementary School logs that White students make up the majority at 55%. Beyond that, the school records 17% Black, 11% multiracial, 10% Hispanic, 6% Asian. That is visibly more White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 38%.
In terms of school funding signals, The school reports having 46 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 14.2:1. The state averages around 13.3:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. Roughly 15% of students at Virginia-Highland Elementary School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. That share is below Fulton County's rate of about 62%.
With demographic context factored in, Virginia-Highland Elementary School sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 69.4%; this one delivers 79.3%.
Around the school, the surrounding county (Fulton County) shows that median household income runs about $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%. In all, Fulton County runs 205 public schools (combined enrollment of about 138,270 students), of which Virginia-Highland Elementary School is one.
Midtown High School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.5 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, Virginia-Highland Elementary School comes 3rd of 8 in the immediate cluster, ahead of the nearby-schools average of 58.0%.
Virginia-Highland Elementary School operates from a city-core location.
Within the allk12 community for this school, members of the Virginia-Highland Elementary School community share and discuss fundraisers, lost-and-found posts, and report-card season. 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
Quick facts
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- Sequoyah Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,713 students
Nearby schools
- Midtown High School0.5 mi · 1,696
- Hillside Conant School0.6 mi · 67
- UHS of Laurel Heights1.0 mi · 53
- Springdale Park Elementary School1.0 mi · 437
- Morningside Elementary School1.2 mi · 722
- Kindezi Old 4th Ward1.2 mi · 321
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.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.