Woodson Park Academy School

Set in Atlanta, Georgia, Woodson Park Academy School is a moderately sized primary school, run under Atlanta Public Schools. It works with 842 students across grades pre-K through 8. That puts it 39% above the typical public school in Georgia, which averages around 605 students.

Atlanta Public Schools comprises 87 schools with combined enrollment of 49,945 students; Woodson Park Academy School is among them.

On the student-mix side, Woodson Park Academy School records that nearly all students (92%) are Black. The remainder is composed of 5% Hispanic. That is noticeably more Black than the county at large, where the share is closer to 43%.

In terms of school funding signals, On paper, Woodson Park Academy School has 71 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 11.8:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 13.3:1, putting Woodson Park Academy School tighter than the state norm the norm. Roughly 100% of students at Woodson Park Academy School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. By comparison, Fulton County runs at roughly 62%, so the school's eligibility rate is meaningfully above the surrounding baseline.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Woodson Park Academy School sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 25.7%; this one delivers 15.7%.

In the broader community, 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 the poverty rate sits near 8%. In all, Fulton County runs 205 public schools (combined enrollment of about 138,270 students), of which Woodson Park Academy School is one.

The closest other public school is John Lewis Invictus Academy, roughly 0.5 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Woodson Park Academy School ranks 5th on composite proficiency, below the local average of 16.3%.

The campus sits in a high-density setting.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Woodson Park Academy School has edged up 35%, going from 622 students in 2018 to 842 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio tightened from 15.1:1 in 2018 to 11.8:1 today.

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