Atlanta Neighborhood Charter - Elementary, Atlanta GA

Original Research by School Decision on Atlanta Neighborhood Charter - Elementary

Atlanta Neighborhood Charter - Elementary is a charter school serving kindergarten through fifth grade in southeast Atlanta, located at Grant Street in the 30315 zip code. The school enrolls a small student body, with steady class sizes of about the same count across most grade levels and a kindergarten class that is slightly smaller. Just over a modest share of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch.

The student body reflects Atlanta's diversity but leans toward white enrollment, with students of Black and multiracial backgrounds making up meaningful shares and smaller numbers of Hispanic and Asian students. The school's charter status means it operates independently within the public system while serving the same neighborhood as a district public school would.

On state assessments in 2024-25, the school's academic performance shows solid strength in reading and emerging strength in math, though with year-to-year variation by grade. In English language arts, proficiency rates range from high in third grade down to lower in fifth grade, a pattern worth understanding further with the school if you have an older elementary student. In math, third graders post high proficiency, but fourth and fifth graders score noticeably lower, suggesting that either the academic challenge of upper elementary math or the composition of those grades creates a steeper learning curve. Science proficiency in fifth grade sits below the reading and math rates. A single older data point from social studies showed exceptional results, though that assessment has since been discontinued in Georgia.

Among schools in Fulton County, this school ranks in the top quartile on its overall proficiency index, placing it above the typical performance level. Without school-level trend data across multiple years, it is hard to say whether the current results represent growth, stability, or a shift, so a parent may want to ask the school about recent performance trajectories and any curriculum or instructional changes.

The school operates within Atlanta Public Schools, a large urban district that has been undertaking significant change. In December 2025 the district approved a plan to close or restructure a substantial number of schools beginning in 2027-28, with many closures in historically Black neighborhoods in northwest and southwest Atlanta. Families with long-term enrollment should confirm whether this school is affected and what boundary or program changes may come. The district has also made a major investment in science of reading literacy instruction across all elementary schools, which directly shapes how students in this school are taught to read. School nutrition transitioned to in-house service in 2024-25, meaning the cafeteria experience changed as the district took direct control of meal preparation and sourcing.

The Grant Street location sits in southeast Atlanta, in the 30315 zip code, where median home values have declined recently and rental costs remain modest. This area is car-dependent by citywide standards, though the Atlanta BeltLine's trail loop and ongoing neighborhood development are gradually improving walkability in nearby pockets. The broader metro Atlanta job market remains strong, with continued corporate presence, healthcare and university employment, and tech sector growth, though the regional multifamily development pipeline has slowed to its lowest pace in over a decade.

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Academic performance

How students perform on state tests, by grade, set against the district.

Math

Grade 382%

School 82% · District 41% · ▲ 41 pts above district

▲ 42 pts above state median · ▲ 43 pts above county median

Grade 465%

School 65% · District 41% · ▲ 24 pts above district

▲ 20 pts above state median · ▲ 20 pts above county median

Grade 564%

School 64% · District 35% · ▲ 29 pts above district

▲ 26 pts above state median · ▲ 32 pts above county median

English language arts

Grade 383%

School 83% · District 35% · ▲ 48 pts above district

▲ 52 pts above state median · ▲ 51 pts above county median

Grade 477%

School 77% · District 38% · ▲ 39 pts above district

▲ 43 pts above state median · ▲ 44 pts above county median

Grade 571%

School 71% · District 39% · ▲ 32 pts above district

▲ 33 pts above state median · ▲ 31 pts above county median

Science

Grade 562%

School 62% · District 38% · ▲ 25 pts above district

▲ 23 pts above state median · ▲ 26 pts above county median

Social studies

Grades 3-899%

School 99% · district not reported

▲ 15 pts above state median · ▲ 22 pts above county median

This schoolAtlanta Public Schools, same grade

Graduation rate (ACGR) reflects the federally published Adjusted Cohort Graduation Rate for the most recent year available. We refresh this data annually at the close of each academic year in June. The federal source publishes a banded rate (for example, "90-94%") instead of an exact number for cohorts small enough to risk identifying individual students. The state distribution chart, where shown, plots every school in the state with a published rate or band; schools whose rate is federally suppressed are excluded. Where the federal source publishes a band rather than an exact rate, the school is placed within its band using a stable, ID-derived offset, so its position is consistent across visits.

Proficiency by household income

English language arts

Grade 3Lower-income50%Higher-income82%32 pp gap

Grade 4Lower-income42%Higher-income64%22 pp gap

Grades 3-8Lower-income41%Higher-income77%35 pp gap

Mathematics

Grade 3Lower-income30%Higher-income73%43 pp gap

Grade 4Lower-income42%Higher-income65%24 pp gap

Grades 3-8Lower-income31%Higher-income69%38 pp gap