Atlanta Public School Sampler

Atlanta Public Schools 130 Trinity Ave SW Atlanta GA 30303 404-802-3500

Atlanta Public Schools operates 100 schools covering grades PK-12, which serve 49,773 students in the City of Atlanta. 61 schools are elementary level (PK-5 or K-5), 48 are middle schools (6-8), 15 are high schools (9-12), 4 are Freshmen Centers (9). Charles Drew Charter School and University Community Academy both take in grades K-8. Kipp Achieve Academy is for grades 5-7 and Kipp West Young Scholars Academy serves grades 5-8. Crim High School serves grades 8-12. Tech High Charter School takes in grades 9-10. APS-CEP Partnership School enrolls students in grades 6-11. Hillside Conant School encompasses grades K-12. 7 high schools offer small specialized or alternative programs. Student/teacher ratio is 14:1 (district-wide). The district employs 3,653 full-time classroom teachers 373 full-time support personnel, and 462 full-time administrators. 46% of teachers have a Bachelors Degree only, 42% have a Masters Degree. Per Pupil cost is $11,324. A variety of programs, services, and personnel are provided for Limited English Speaking (LEP) and Special Needs students. 2.7% of students are enrolled in the English to Speakers of other Languages (ESOL) program, 9.3% receive Special Education services, 8.5% are enrolled in Gifted Education programs. Support services for all students, as needed, include speech/language, tutoring and counseling.

Atlanta Public Schools	2006-2007 CRCT Percentages, Grade 3 (Reading, Math, English/Language Arts, Science, Social Science)
	Exceed Standards					Meet Standards
Subjects	Reading	Math	ELA	Science	Social Studies	Reading	Math	ELA	Science	Social Studies
Statewide Percentages	32	32	21	23	22	53	59	65	47	66
District Percentages	32	31	29	19	24	50	56	55	40	62
	Do Not Meet Standards
Subjects	Reading	Math	ELA	Science	Social Studies
Statewide Percentages	15	10	14	30	11
District Percentages	19	13	17	41	14

Atlanta Public Schools	2006-2007 CRCT Percentages, Grade 5 (Reading, Math, English/Language Arts, Science, Social Science)
	Exceed Standards					Meet Standards
Subjects	Reading	Math	ELA	Science	Social Studies	Reading	Math	ELA	Science	Social Studies
Statewide Percentages	23	32	25	21	21	63	56	63	45	67
District Percentages	22	29	26	13	18	58	56	61	67	39
	Do Not Meet Standards
Subjects	Reading	Math	ELA	Science	Social Studies
Statewide Percentages	15	12	12	33	12
District Percentages	20	15	13	48	16

Atlanta Public Schools	2006-2007 CRCT Percentages, Grade 8 (Reading, Math, English/Language Arts, Science, Social Science)
	Exceeds Standards					Meets Standards
Subjects	Reading	Math	ELA	Science	Social Studies	Reading	Math	ELA	Science	Social Studies
Statewide Percentages	18	25	29	14	30	70	56	60	61	55s
District Percentages	11	17	19	5	19	68	52	62	51	56
	Did Not Meet Standards
Subjects	Reading	Math	ELA	Science	Social Studies
Statewide Percentages	11	19	12	26	15
District Percentages	22	31	19	44	25

Atlanta Public Schools	2006-2007 Writing: Grade 8 (EGWA), Grade 11 (GHSWT)
	Exceeds		Meets
Subjects	Grade 8	Grade 11	Grade 8	Grade 11
Statewide Percentages	5	N/A	62	91
District Percentages	4	N/A	59	88
	Below/Does Not Meet
Subjects	Grade 8		Grade 11
Statewide Percentages	33		9
District Percentages	37		12

Atlanta Public Schools	2006-2007 Georgia High School Graduation Test (GHSGT): Percentages
	Pass Plus				Pass
Subjects	Math	ELA	Science	Social Studies	Math	ELA	Science	Social Studies
Statewide Percentages	54	72	22	41	39	24	53	46
District Percentages	37	62	14	34	44	31	49	44
	Fail
Subjects	Math	ELA	Science	Social Studies
Statewide Percentages	8	4	26	12
District Percentages	19	6	37	22

ACT Scores, 2007

	Mean Score
District	16
State	20

Note: Individual School Scores can easily be added to these tables.