NCES CCD 2024-25 12 schools GA

Best-Resourced Schools in East Point, GA

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12 public K-12 schools in East Point from NCES Common Core of Data: enrollment, grade span, demographics, and Civil Rights Data Collection statistics for every active campus.

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12
Schools
7,108
Students
35.4/100
Avg Resource Index
14.5:1
Avg Student-Teacher Ratio

National city placement

Lean reported-resource profile

According to NCES CCD 2024-25, East Point has more public-school enrollment than 70% of the 4,487 US cities in this directory. East Point's average Resource Investment Index falls in the lower portion of the 4,487-city comparison set. The index is a resource snapshot, not an academic grade: it reflects the federal staffing, counselor, gifted-program, and attendance fields available for local campuses. The most useful next step is to open the individual schools below and identify which component is pulling each score down, because the same city average can hide very different campus-level constraints.

Combined-grade campuses shape the local portfolio

6 of East Point's 12 listed schools use NCES's combined or “other” grade-level classification. Citywide averages therefore blend campuses serving unusually broad or nonstandard grade spans with conventional elementary, middle, and high schools. Grade configuration is a first-order comparison here, not a minor label.

Economic need crosses separate district systems

90.7% of enrollment in reporting East Point schools is eligible for free lunch, while the city list spans 3 districts. That pairing makes a citywide average especially easy to misread: the need measure follows students, but staffing decisions, calendars, program rules, and federal allocations are administered through separate district structures. The 34-point gap between Fulton Leadership Academy and Woodland Middle School shows how much reported resource capacity can vary inside the same municipal label. Compare schools within the same district first, then use the city view to see how those local systems differ.

City enrollment
Top 30%
School count
Top 31%
Resource Index average
27th percentile
Teacher staffing
61st percentile

Tri-Cities High School accounts for 24.6% of all East Point public-school enrollment

That concentration means East Point-wide averages can mask substantial variation outside the largest entity. Grade level: High. The share measures enrollment concentration only; it does not establish how districts allocate programs, capital, or staff. Enrollment-weighted aggregates give this entity more weight than any smaller peer, while an unweighted entity average treats every record equally.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data

East Point school enrollment varies 7.7× across entities

East Point school enrollment ranges from 227 students (lowest) to 1,748 students (highest), a spread of 1,521 students. That relatively narrow ratio reflects an unusually homogeneous school portfolio for a city this size. Per-school staffing and program breadth can differ sharply at opposite ends of that enrollment range, so the city average should not be treated as a typical campus.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data

East Point reports 90.7% free-lunch eligibility

The reported share is above 87.5%, so economic need is widespread across the measured student population. Title I operates under the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA, 2015), but its statutory allocation uses additional LEA-level counts and rules not represented by this average. This percentage is an economic-need context measure; it does not establish a Title I award, show dollars received, or describe how funds are distributed among campuses.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data

East Point student-teacher ratio is 14.5:1 — near the typical range (US average ~15.7) — citywide staffing is neither unusually lean nor unusually crowded by this measure

student-teacher ratio is the simplest comparative metric but it does not capture the full picture: the ratio counts FTE classroom teachers against total enrollment, push-in specialists, English-language aides, special-education co-teachers, and counselors are not included in most reporting Variation between sub-units within East Point is typically wider than the East Point-aggregate figure suggests.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data, Public School Universe

4 of East Point's 12 listed schools are charters

33% of the city's listed public-school campuses are reported as charter schools in NCES CCD. Charter status identifies a different governance arrangement; it does not establish admissions availability, academic quality, or the share of city students enrolled in those campuses. Open each school record to compare enrollment and staffing directly.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data

# School Score
1. Fulton Leadership Academy 58
2. Rise Prep School 54
3. Conley Hills Elementary School 38
4. Rise Grammar School 37
5. Parklane Elementary School 36
6. Resurgence Hall Charter School 34
7. Asa Hilliard Elementary School 32
8. Brookview Elementary School 31
9. Paul D. West Middle School 28
10. Hamilton E. Holmes Elementary 28
11. Tri-Cities High School 25
12. Woodland Middle School 24

Most racially and ethnically mixed schools in East Point

Ranked by the Simpson student-body diversity index (0-100) from NCES race and ethnicity data, where higher means a more evenly mixed student body. It measures mix, not quality.

  1. 1 Paul D. West Middle School 53.2/100
  2. 2 Conley Hills Elementary School 50.3/100
  3. 3 Parklane Elementary School 49.8/100
  4. 4 Tri-Cities High School 45.3/100
  5. 5 Hamilton E. Holmes Elementary 37.2/100

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Which East Point school has the highest Resource Investment Index? ▼

Fulton Leadership Academy has the highest Resource Investment Index among the East Point schools in this federal-data comparison at 58/100. The index summarizes reported staffing, counseling, gifted-program, and attendance inputs; it is not an academic rating.

How many schools are in East Point, GA? ▼

East Point has 12 public schools with a total enrollment of 7,108 students. 4 are charter schools. Average student-teacher ratio: 14.5:1.

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Data from NCES Common Core of Data (CCD) 2024-25 and Civil Rights Data Collection (CRDC) 2021-22. The Resource Investment Index uses reported student-teacher ratio, counselor access, gifted programs, and attendance; it is not an academic rating. Cities must include at least five schools to be listed. This public-data comparison is for informational purposes: verify current enrollment, attendance boundaries, and programs with the school district before acting. See the guide to understanding NCES data.