Middle · Georgia

Atlanta SMART Academy

CharterFree meals for all

Atlanta SMART Academy, a public middle school in Atlanta, Georgia: grades 5–8, 221 students, 11.3 students per teacher (2024–25 school year). Part of State Specialty Schools II- Atlanta SMART Academy.

Size and class size

Compared with middle schools of the same state and the whole country. Students per teacher counts every full-time-equivalent teacher, not the size of each class.

Students
221
Teachers (FTE)
19.5
Students per teacher
11.3
Grades
5–8
Middle

Fewer students per teacher than 93% of middle schools in Georgia

Median 13.9 · 484 schools compared

Fewer students per teacher than 82% of middle schools in the US

Median 14.6 · 15,584 schools compared

Smaller than 95% of middle schools in Georgia

Median 733 · 484 schools compared

Smaller than 84% of middle schools in the US

Median 524 · 16,046 schools compared

State test results

Share of students scoring proficient or above on Georgia's tests, grades 3–8, 2024–25 school year.

Reading and writing

Georgia: 40%

33%proficient

+0.8 points from 2023–24 school year

A lower share proficient than 55% of middle schools in Georgia

Median 35% · 484 middle schools compared

198 students tested, grades 3–8 · Georgia Milestones EOG; proficient means Levels 3-4

Math

Georgia: 43%

20%proficient

A lower share proficient than 79% of middle schools in Georgia

Median 37% · 484 middle schools compared

198 students tested, grades 3–8 · Georgia Milestones EOG; proficient means Levels 3-4

Each state sets its own test and its own bar for “proficient”, so results compare only within a state. Results also follow family income closely: a school's share reflects its students' circumstances as much as its teaching.

Data sourced from the Education Data Center (www.eddatacenter.org), a partner project of the National Center for Civic Innovation, Inc. State Assessment Data Repository version 3.1. More information about these assessments over time, including participation and test changes, is available from the Education Data Center.

What it offers

Grades
Middle · Grades 5–8
Type
Charter school · Regular
Instruction
In person
Meals
Free breakfast and lunch for every student
Area
Large city

Which school a home is assigned to is decided by the district's attendance zones; check with State Specialty Schools II- Atlanta SMART Academy.

Location

Address
2636 Martin Luther King Jr Dr, Atlanta, GA 30311
Phone
(706)432-1773
City or town
Atlanta

Nearby middle schools

The closest public middle schools by straight-line distance. Attendance zones are set by each district.

SchoolGradesStudentsStudents / teacherReadingMath
6–865713.115%11%
John Lewis Invictus AcademyFree meals for all
6–869211.612%11%
Kipp Strive Charter SchoolCharterFree meals for all
6–831212.831%25%
KIPP WAYS Academy Charter SchoolCharterFree meals for all
6–828912.817%13%
KIPP Soul AcademyCharterFree meals for all
6–828512.817%26%
6–83428.816%14%

Reading and Math: share of tested students proficient or above on the state's own tests (grades 3–8, 2024–25 school year). Compare only within a state.

Data sourced from the Education Data Center (www.eddatacenter.org), a partner project of the National Center for Civic Innovation, Inc. State Assessment Data Repository version 3.1. More information about these assessments over time, including participation and test changes, is available from the Education Data Center.

Sources

Analisa does not rate schools. Figures are what a school has (students, teachers, programs), placed among schools of the same level; state test results are compared only within a state.

NCES 130025904374