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Charles R. Drew Charter School is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in Atlanta, DeKalb County. The school has 964 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 80.3 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 12.0:1. It operates as a public charter school. 47% of students are proficient in reading. 47% are proficient in maths. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi, devices for students.
Charles R. Drew Charter School enrolls 964 students across grades Pre-K–5. The student body is 48% male and 52% female. A teaching staff of 80.3 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 12.0:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 57% Black or African American, 33% White and 5.3% Two or more races.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Black or African American | 545 | 57% |
| White | 314 | 33% |
| Two or more races | 51 | 5.3% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 45 | 4.7% |
| Asian | 8 | <1% |
| American Indian or Alaska Native | 1 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
328 of the school's 964 students (34%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 255 qualify for free lunch and 73 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.
Charles R. Drew Charter School is located in an urban setting (NCES locale: City, Large). It operates as a public charter school. For civic and policy purposes, the school sits in congressional district GA-50, state senate district 42, state house district 83.
Charles R. Drew Charter 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 964 students, Charles R. Drew Charter School is larger 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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