Sweet Apple Elementary School, Roswell GA

Original Research by School Decision on Sweet Apple Elementary School

Sweet Apple Elementary School is a regular public elementary school in Roswell, Georgia, serving pre-kindergarten through fifth grade as part of Fulton County Schools. The school sits on Etris Road, a residential side street in the northern reach of Roswell's established neighborhoods, away from the historic downtown core and the main commercial corridors.

The school's academic profile shows solid overall performance, with math proficiency across its tested grades running in the mid-to-high range. Reading outcomes are more varied. By grade level, math proficiency is strong in fifth grade and remains steady in third and fourth. In reading, fifth-grade performance is notably strong, while third-grade proficiency sits at a lower point, with fourth grade in between. Science data is available only for fifth grade, where proficiency is moderate. When proficiency rates are averaged across all tested subjects and grades, Sweet Apple ranks in the top quartile among Fulton County districts, a meaningful position. Trend data spans only one year, so growth patterns are not yet visible in the available record.

The student body is predominantly white, with smaller shares of Asian, multiracial, Hispanic, and Black students. A small portion of the enrollment qualifies for free or reduced-price lunch, suggesting the school draws from a relatively affluent catchment. The school's enrollment is moderate for an elementary school with this grade span, with larger cohorts in kindergarten through second grade and smaller enrollments in the early primary grades and fifth grade.

Roswell itself is an affluent residential suburb north of Atlanta with a preserved historic downtown anchored by Canton Street but car-oriented residential character elsewhere. Housing values and rents in the area are high; homeownership carries a substantial price relative to household income. Major employers nearby include Kimberly-Clark, North Fulton Hospital, and a GM IT Innovation Center. The city is undergoing downtown revitalization with mixed-use infill development, though the neighborhood around Sweet Apple is established and stable residential.

Fulton County Schools has undertaken a major district-wide literacy initiative called Every Child Reads, funded by federal pandemic relief, that unified reading instruction across all elementary classrooms around Science of Reading principles and placed literacy coaches at every elementary school. The district has also consolidated some schools to address enrollment pressures; redistricting took effect in the 2025-26 school year. The district has maintained its school property tax millage rate steady for multiple years while rising home values have produced effective tax increases for homeowners.

A parent may want to look into third-grade reading proficiency further with the school to understand what instructional supports or interventions are in place for students working below proficiency in that grade, and how the Every Child Reads initiative has shaped reading instruction in the early grades.

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Academic performance

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

Math

Grade 385%

School 85% · District 58% · ▲ 27 pts above district

▲ 45 pts above state median · ▲ 47 pts above county median

Grade 484%

School 84% · District 62% · ▲ 22 pts above district

▲ 39 pts above state median · ▲ 40 pts above county median

Grade 588%

School 88% · District 54% · ▲ 34 pts above district

▲ 50 pts above state median · ▲ 56 pts above county median

English language arts

Grade 369%

School 69% · District 50% · ▲ 19 pts above district

▲ 39 pts above state median · ▲ 37 pts above county median

Grade 475%

School 75% · District 54% · ▲ 21 pts above district

▲ 40 pts above state median · ▲ 41 pts above county median

Grade 588%

School 88% · District 59% · ▲ 29 pts above district

▲ 50 pts above state median · ▲ 48 pts above county median

Science

Grade 576%

School 76% · District 56% · ▲ 21 pts above district

▲ 37 pts above state median · ▲ 41 pts above county median

Social studies

Grades 3-895%

School 95% · district not reported

▲ 12 pts above state median · ▲ 19 pts above county median

This schoolFulton County, 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-income43%Higher-income77%34 pp gap

Grade 4Lower-income75%Higher-income82%7 pp gap

Grades 3-8Lower-income59%Higher-income83%24 pp gap

Mathematics

Grade 3Lower-income50%Higher-income88%38 pp gap

Grade 4Lower-income83%Higher-income89%6 pp gap

Grades 3-8Lower-income62%Higher-income88%26 pp gap