The top reported proficiency rate is 66% in Social studies. The lowest is 28% in English language arts.
Original Research by School Decision on Feldwood Elementary School
Feldwood Elementary is a small, pre-K-through-fifth-grade school in College Park serving a student body that is almost entirely African American and economically low-income. All enrolled students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. The school sits in a mixed-use city on Atlanta's southern edge—a historic residential district anchored by Craftsman-era homes and a walkable downtown, alongside airport logistics, convention facilities, and hotels tied to Hartsfield-Jackson Airport.
Academic performance at Feldwood is well below proficiency benchmarks across tested subjects. On the most recent state assessments, roughly three in ten students met standards in English language arts, about one in three in mathematics, and slightly more than one in three in science. Performance is uneven by grade. Third-grade math proficiency sits in the mid-range, but fourth-grade math drops sharply. Fifth-grade English language arts shows relative strength compared to grades three and four, and fifth-grade science is the school's highest-performing area. The school has only one year of recent test results available, so trend data was not present at the time of this profile.
Feldwood's overall proficiency level across tested subjects places it above the midpoint among Fulton County's schools, though that positioning reflects where it sits in a county with wide variation in performance across its elementary schools. State testing data for special education students, English learners, and other population subgroups were not available, so it is unclear whether gaps within the school exist beyond what overall numbers show. A parent may want to look into this further with the school.
The school is part of Fulton County Schools, which in recent years has invested substantially in a unified, evidence-based reading program called Every Child Reads, implemented with Science of Reading training for elementary teachers and literacy coaching at each K-5 school. This district-wide initiative replaced a patchwork of older reading programs and has been publicly credited with measurable gains in recent Georgia Milestones results. The district also maintains a long-standing local homestead property tax exemption that caps annual increases for homeowners, a stable feature of the tax environment in this area.
College Park itself is in active growth. The city has reacquired land from decades-old noise-abatement buyout programs and is now redeveloping it as Airport City, part of a transit-oriented aerotropolis plan. Major institutional employers including the FAA, Delta, Chick-fil-A, and Woodward Academy anchor the regional economy. MARTA rail service connects College Park to Atlanta, and a new pedestrian bridge will link the Gateway Center Convention complex to the walkable historic downtown. Housing costs in the area are below the national median, and home values have been in slight decline recently while rental costs have risen modestly.
Feldwood is a small neighborhood school serving a high-need, high-poverty community. The data available tells a straightforward story: test results are low, the school is part of a district making targeted literacy gains, and the surrounding community is economically modest but undergoing visible infrastructure investment. Parents considering this school should have a direct conversation with leadership about what academic support and supplementary services are in place for students who are not yet meeting grade-level standards, and whether the school's participation in the district's literacy work is producing upward movement in the coming years.
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