📍 301 Peyton Rd SW, Atlanta, Fulton County, 30311
Peyton Forest Elementary School is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in Atlanta, Fulton County. The school has 386 pupils enrolled. It is part of the Atlanta Public Schools school district. It serves grades Pre-K–5 in an urban setting. The school employs 32.3 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 11.9:1. 15% of students are proficient in reading. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi, devices for students.
Peyton Forest Elementary School enrolls 386 students across grades Pre-K–5. The student body is 52% male and 48% female. A teaching staff of 32.3 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 11.9:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 89% Black or African American, 9.6% Hispanic or Latino and <1% American Indian or Alaska Native.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Black or African American | 342 | 89% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 37 | 9.6% |
| American Indian or Alaska Native | 2 | <1% |
| Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander | 2 | <1% |
| White | 1 | <1% |
| Asian | 1 | <1% |
| Two or more races | 1 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
386 of the school's 386 students (100%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 386 qualify for free lunch and 0 for a reduced price. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility is a widely used indicator of the share of students from lower-income households.
Peyton Forest 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-50, state senate district 38, state house district 55.
Peyton Forest 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 386 students, Peyton Forest Elementary School is smaller than the district average of about 581 students per school.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.
Setting: City - Large
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