Westside Atlanta Charter School

Westside Atlanta Charter School is a K-5 school of close-knit scale in Atlanta, Georgia, run under Atlanta Public Schools, caters to 349 students in grades K through 8. That puts it 42% leaner than the typical public school in Georgia, which averages around 605 students.

Westside Atlanta Charter School is one of 87 schools operated by Atlanta Public Schools, a district that serves 49,945 students overall.

Demographically, Westside Atlanta Charter School reports that 73% of the student body identifies as Black. Other groups include 14% White, 6% Hispanic, 6% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 43% Black, putting the school's mix meaningfully more Black than the area baseline.

On the resource side, The school currently runs with 33 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 10.4:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 13.3:1 average. Around 55% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, often used as a Title I proxy.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Westside Atlanta Charter School tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 49.1% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 40.5%.

In the area at large, community-level numbers for Fulton County indicate median household earnings sit near $95,292, roughly 59% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 8% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Fulton County's 205 public schools (combined enrollment of about 138,270 students), Westside Atlanta Charter School is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: William J. Scott Elementary School, around 0.5 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Westside Atlanta Charter School ranks 2nd on composite proficiency, ahead of the local average of 25.3%.

The school occupies a downtown site. Westside Atlanta Charter School is a charter school, which puts it inside the public-school system but outside the standard district-managed model.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count increased 26%: 276 students in 2018 compared to 349 in 2025. The White share of enrollment shrank from 38% to 14% over that span. Class-load math has narrowed: from 12.6:1 in 2018 to 10.4:1 in 2025.

On the community side, recent activity here tends to focus on science fair prep, picture-day reminders, and bus-route questions. Anyone with firsthand experience at this school can post or comment.