📍 685 Mercer St SE, Atlanta, Fulton County, 30312
Parkside Elementary School is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in Atlanta, Fulton County. The school has 563 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 47.4 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 11.9:1. 37% of students are proficient in reading. 22% are proficient in maths. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi, devices for students.
Parkside Elementary School enrolls 563 students across grades Pre-K–5. The student body is 55% male and 45% female. A teaching staff of 47.4 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 11.9:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 49% Black or African American, 36% White and 8.2% Two or more races.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Black or African American | 278 | 49% |
| White | 202 | 36% |
| Two or more races | 46 | 8.2% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 29 | 5.2% |
| Asian | 7 | 1.2% |
| American Indian or Alaska Native | 1 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
255 of the school's 563 students (45%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 224 qualify for free lunch and 31 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.
Parkside 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 36, state house district 59.
Parkside 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 563 students, Parkside Elementary School is close to 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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