State/Public Elementary Open

Garden Hills Elementary School

๐Ÿ“ 285 Sheridan Dr NE, Atlanta, Fulton County, 30305

468
Pupils
11.9
Pupil:teacher ratio

About this school

Garden Hills Elementary School is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in Atlanta, Fulton County. The school has 468 pupils enrolled. It is part of the Atlanta Public Schools school district. It serves grades Pre-Kโ€“5 in an urban setting. The school employs 39.2 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 11.9:1. 42% of students are proficient in reading. 32% are proficient in maths. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi, devices for students.

School details

School district
Atlanta Public Schools
Gender
Coeducational

Enrollment & staffing

Garden Hills Elementary School enrolls 468 students across grades Pre-Kโ€“5. The student body is 50% male and 50% female. A teaching staff of 39.2 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 11.9:1.

Male students
232 (50%)
Female students
236 (50%)
Teachers (FTE)
39.2
Student-teacher ratio
11.9:1
Grade span
Pre-Kโ€“5

Student demographics

By race and ethnicity, the student body is 43% Black or African American, 33% Hispanic or Latino and 19% White.

Race / ethnicityStudentsShare
Black or African American20043%
Hispanic or Latino15633%
White8819%
Asian132.8%
Two or more races112.4%

Source: NCES Common Core of Data.

Free & reduced-price lunch

271 of the school's 468 students (58%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 225 qualify for free lunch and 46 for a reduced price. The school participates in the National School Lunch Program. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility is a widely used indicator of the share of students from lower-income households.

School setting & status

City, LargeGrades Pre-Kโ€“5Title I

Garden Hills Elementary School is located in an urban setting (NCES locale: City, Large). The school runs a schoolwide Title I program, which provides federal funding to support students from low-income families. For civic and policy purposes, the school sits in congressional district GA-60, state senate district 39, state house district 54.

School district: Atlanta Public Schools

Garden Hills Elementary School is one of 86 schools in Atlanta Public Schools, based in Atlanta, Georgia. The district serves 49,945 students district-wide and employs 3,979 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 468 students, Garden Hills Elementary School is smaller than the district average of about 581 students per school.

49,945
District students
86
Schools
3,979
Teachers (FTE)

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International affiliations

IB World School
IB PYP (Ages 3โ€“12)
IBO code
002959
IB since
03 February 2006
IB region
Americas
Country
United States

Academic Performance

42%
Reading proficient
32%
Math proficient
17%
Poverty rate

Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.

Technology & Programs

๐Ÿ“ถ Fiber internet ๐Ÿ“ก Campus Wi-Fi ๐Ÿ’ป Provides devices

Setting: City - Large

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