Atlanta Classical Academy
Atlanta · GA · Atlanta Public Schools · Public charter · K-12 combined
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Atlanta Girls School → The Westminster Schools → Cumberland Academy Of Georgia → Holy Spirit Preparatory School → The Galloway School → Sora Schools → The Lovett School → North Atlanta High School →📋 At a glance
- 📚 10 AP courses offered — Elite
- 🔢 2 calculus classes · 6 physics · 4 chemistry
- 🎓 AP rigor: 76th percentile nationally
- 📝 SAT/ACT participation: 55th percentile by test-taker volume
- 🎓 4-yr grad rate: 95% (75th percentile nationally)
Composed from federal CRDC offerings, EDFacts ACGR, and other public data. Full breakdowns below.
How Atlanta Classical Academy compares for families
Stronger-than-average college-prep profile.
- ▸ StatewideAP rigor in the top 24% nationally with 10 AP courses.
- ▸ LocallyGA sits right at the US average on NAEP 8th-grade math — local school quality will set your kid apart.
- ▸ vs Similar SchoolsThe closest comparables nearby: Atlanta Girls School, The Westminster Schools, Cumberland Academy Of Georgia and 5 more. See the sidebar to compare side-by-side.
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🎓 Academic rigor
AP + advanced-course offerings
Elite — exceptional AP + advanced course breadth
76th percentile nationally
Source: federal Civil Rights Data Collection (CRDC 2020-21). CRDC reports what's offered + enrolled — it doesn't collect AP exam pass rates (College Board owns that data and doesn't release it school-level).
SAT / ACT participation
CRDC federal data · 2020-2155th percentile by test-taker volume
Source: federal Civil Rights Data Collection (CRDC 2020-21). Volume — not score — is what's reported here. A higher count means more students at this school are entering the college admissions pipeline. Note: 2020-21 was COVID-disrupted; some districts (especially those that stayed remote longer) report unusually low or zero takers.
🎓 4-year graduation rate · federal EDFacts
What % of students graduate on time?
75th percentile nationally
Source: federal EDFacts ACGR (Adjusted Cohort Graduation Rate), 2019 vintage via Urban Institute. EDFacts publishes a range (low-high) to preserve privacy on small cohorts; we display the midpoint.
👩🏫 Teacher workforce · federal CRDC
Teacher experience & reliability
Source: federal Civil Rights Data Collection (CRDC 2017-18 — the most recent vintage that publishes per-school teacher quality fields; the 2020-21 sweep had them suppressed). "Inexperienced" = teachers in their first or second year. "Chronic absence" = teachers absent 10+ days/year.
🏛️ Federal Title I context
Lower-need school
Not Title I eligible (FRPL < 25%)
<25% of students qualify for free/reduced lunch. Well below the Title I threshold; expect a higher-income student body on average.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data, free/reduced-price lunch eligibility. The actual Title I designation is a district decision and may differ from eligibility — but the federal eligibility math is what we show here. We don't claim to assert whether the district formally chose to enroll this school in Title I.
Chronic absenteeism
Why this matters to enrollment: A low chronic-absence rate is the cleanest school-level signal of strong family connection, classroom culture, and student engagement — all upstream drivers of enrollment stability. For school leaders: an Enrollment Trend Audit traces this dynamic forward →
Source: U.S. Department of Education, Civil Rights Data Collection 2020–2021. Rate = students chronically absent ÷ 2024 total enrollment.
Enrollment trend & projection
Total enrollment + grade 12, NCES Common Core of Data (2021–2024).
If the recent trend holds…
At its recent rate of +0.4%/year, projecting from 2024's 697 students:
An extrapolation of the recent trajectory, not a forecast of the school's plans; ignores one-off shocks.
Revenue upside
At $22,105 per student in district revenue, the 15 students projected to be gained by 2029 represent ≈ $331,575/year in additional funding.
District total revenue ÷ enrollment, NCES F-33. Public funding largely follows enrollment, so a shrinking class is a recurring budget hit.
Nearby high schools — the local competition
The closest high schools families here also consider, and where their enrollment is heading.
| School | Type | Miles | HS enrollment | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Atlanta Girls School Atlanta |
Private | 0.9 | 187 | -24.6% |
| The Westminster Schools Atlanta |
Private | 1.6 | 1,900 | +1.4% |
| Cumberland Academy Of Georgia Atlanta |
Private | 1.7 | 100 | +2.0% |
| Holy Spirit Preparatory School Atlanta |
Private | 2.3 | 391 | -32.0% |
| The Galloway School Atlanta |
Private | 2.3 | 729 | +1.5% |
| Sora Schools Atlanta |
Private | 2.3 | 148 | — |
| The Lovett School Atlanta |
Private | 2.7 | 1,659 | -0.7% |
| North Atlanta High School Atlanta |
Public | 2.7 | 2,368 | +6.8% |