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Peyton Forest Elementary School

Public Grades PK, KG-5

986^th

SchoolDigger Rank ?

of 1,238 Georgia Elementary Schools

Better than 20% of Georgia elementary schools

Summary

Peyton Forest Elementary School is a public elementary school in Atlanta, Georgia, serving 309 students in grades PK-5. The school is part of the Atlanta Public Schools district, which is ranked 139 out of 206 districts in the state.

Peyton Forest Elementary consistently underperforms academically compared to the district and state averages. In the 2024-2025 school year, only 32.6% of 3rd graders, 23.4% of 4th graders, and 11.5% of 5th graders were proficient or better in English Language Arts, compared to 34.9% and 39.3% for the district and state, respectively. The school has been ranked in the bottom 20% of Georgia elementary schools for several years and maintains a 1-star rating from SchoolDigger. However, the school has a relatively low student-teacher ratio and higher per-student spending compared to nearby schools.

When comparing Peyton Forest Elementary to nearby schools like KIPP Strive Primary Charter School, Harper-Archer Elementary School, and Bazoline E. Usher/Collier Heights Elementary School, it becomes clear that Peyton Forest is underperforming academically. These nearby schools generally have higher percentages of students proficient or better in the Milestones Assessments and higher school rankings and ratings. The data suggests that Peyton Forest Elementary has significant room for improvement, and targeted interventions, professional development for teachers, and a focus on evidence-based instructional practices could potentially help the school improve student outcomes and move up in the state rankings.

283

Students ?

10.8

Student/teacher ratio ?

$34,679

Per pupil spending ?

100%

Free/discounted lunch ?

301 Peyton Rd SW
Atlanta, GA 30311

(404) 802-7100

District: Atlanta Public Schools

Students who attend Peyton Forest Elementary School usually attend:

Middle:	Jean Childs Young Middle School
High:	Benjamin E. Mays High School

Racial breakdown:

African American:

85.9%

Hispanic:

12.0%

Two or more races:

1.1%

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At a glance

▲ Ranking trend: Improving — 9th percentile in 2015 → 20th in 2025

Strengths

✓Ranking is trending up — up 11 percentile points since 2015

✓Small classes — about 11 students per teacher

Worth a look

!Test scores below the Georgia average (22% vs 42% meeting standards)

!In the lower quartile statewide (20th percentile)

!High chronic absenteeism (31% vs 20% Georgia)

Students meeting standards (2024-2025) ?

This school22%

District avg38%

Georgia avg42%

986^th of 1,238

Georgia public elementary schools ?

Bottom 20%▲ up 12 pts since 2015

From bottom 9% (2015) to bottom 20% (2025)

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★★★★★

SchoolDigger rating ?

30^th of 55Elementary Schools in the Atlanta Public Schools

139^th of 206Atlanta Public Schools among Georgia districts

Statewide rank percentile over time (100 = the top-ranked school in the state; click a legend item to add a student group)

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All Students

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Georgia percentile	Rating
2025	20.8	986 of 1238	20.4%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	12.2	1154 of 1248	7.5%	☆☆☆☆☆
2023	13.3	1113 of 1242	10.4%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	11.8	1128 of 1244	9.3%	☆☆☆☆☆
2021	16.7	1018 of 1214	16.1%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	18.8	1017 of 1234	17.6%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	15.8	1038 of 1209	14.1%	★☆☆☆☆
2017	14.1	1062 of 1205	11.9%	★☆☆☆☆
2016	11.1	1148 of 1233	6.9%	☆☆☆☆☆
2015	12.6	1134 of 1240	8.5%	☆☆☆☆☆
2014	5.1	1181 of 1231	4.1%	☆☆☆☆☆
2013	10.8	1118 of 1225	8.7%	☆☆☆☆☆
2012	17.7	1046 of 1201	12.9%	★☆☆☆☆
2011	32.8	933 of 1212	23.0%	★☆☆☆☆
2010	58.9	549 of 1183	53.6%	★★★☆☆
2009	86.4	87 of 1133	92.3%	★★★★★
2008	75.6	234 of 1134	79.4%	★★★★☆
2007	62.9	443 of 1125	60.6%	★★★☆☆
2006	66.7	409 of 1101	62.9%	★★★☆☆

By subject vs Georgia (2024-2025) ?

Mathematics25%-21 vs state

English Language Arts22%-17 vs state

Science17%-26 vs state

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by a parent
Saturday, April 20, 2019

this is the worst school my daughter has attended. This school lacks everything, and needs to be shut down. the teachers have out of school relationships with the kids. Also the teachers and the favorite kids bullying other kids including mine. I went to teacher and parent dinner and she reeked of weed. the kids were listening to rap music with cuss words in it. My child has been jumped on video and nothing was done to the kids who did this. This school is terrible i do not think it is needs to be open my daughter has not learn nothing this year due to all the distractions the school has Close Quote

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School													Students/Teachers											Ranking (2025)				Ranking (2024)				Milestones Assessment English Language Arts (2025)						Milestones Assessment Mathematics (2025)						Milestones Assessment Science (2025)		Milestones Assessment Social Studies (2025)	Per Pupil Expenditures (2025)
Name	Type	Grades	Address	City	Zip	County	District	Is Charter	Is Magnet	Is Virtual	Is Title I	Phone	Enrollment	Full-time Teachers	Student/ Teacher Ratio	Free/Discounted Lunch Recipients	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Average Standard Score (2025)	Statewide Rank (2025)	State Percentile (2025)	SchoolDigger Rating (2025)	Average Standard Score (2024)	Statewide Rank (2024)	State Percentile (2024)	Rank Change from Previous Year	Milestones Assessment English Language Arts 3rd Grade	Milestones Assessment English Language Arts 4th Grade	Milestones Assessment English Language Arts 5th Grade	Milestones Assessment English Language Arts 6th Grade	Milestones Assessment English Language Arts 7th Grade	Milestones Assessment English Language Arts 8th Grade	Milestones Assessment Mathematics 3rd Grade	Milestones Assessment Mathematics 4th Grade	Milestones Assessment Mathematics 5th Grade	Milestones Assessment Mathematics 6th Grade	Milestones Assessment Mathematics 7th Grade	Milestones Assessment Mathematics 8th Grade	Milestones Assessment Science 5th Grade	Milestones Assessment Science 8th Grade	Milestones Assessment Social Studies 8th Grade	Per Pupil Expenditures Total	Sub-total from Federal Funds	Sub-total from State/Local Funds
Peyton Forest Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	301 Peyton Rd SW	Atlanta	30311	Fulton County	Atlanta Public Schools	No	No	No	Yes	(404) 802-7100	283	26	10.8	100.0%	1 (0.4%)	243 (85.9%)	34 (12.0%)	1 (0.4%)	1 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (1.1%)	20.8	986^th of 1238 public elementary schools	20.4%		12.2	1154^th of 1248 public elementary schools	7.5%	168	32.6	23.4	11.5				34.9	29.8	11.5				17.3			$34,679	$1,837	$32,841
West Manor Elementary School	Public	K-5	570 Lynhurst Dr SW	Atlanta	30311	Fulton County	Atlanta Public Schools	No	No	No	Yes	(404) 802-3350	247	23	10.9	100.0%	1 (0.4%)	200 (81.0%)	37 (15.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	9 (3.6%)	47.4	601^st of 1238 public elementary schools	51.5%		34.1	783^rd of 1248 public elementary schools	37.3%	182	41.0	29.7	46.7				30.8	19.4	44.4				46.7			$33,146	$2,462	$30,684
Beecher Hills Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	2257 Bollingbrook Dr SW	Atlanta	30311	Fulton County	Atlanta Public Schools	No	No	No	Yes	(404) 802-8300	237	22	11.0	100.0%	1 (0.4%)	223 (94.1%)	3 (1.3%)	1 (0.4%)	1 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	8 (3.4%)	62.1	411^th of 1238 public elementary schools	66.8%		48.3	580^th of 1248 public elementary schools	53.5%	169	41.7	56.7	42.9				44.4	66.7	38.1				42.9			$40,846	$1,895	$38,951
Harper-Archer Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	3399 Collier Dr NW	Atlanta	30331	Fulton County	Atlanta Public Schools	No	No	No	Yes	(404) 802-8500	545	49	11.0	100.0%	2 (0.4%)	481 (88.3%)	48 (8.8%)	2 (0.4%)	5 (0.9%)	0 (0.0%)	7 (1.3%)	7	1211^th of 1238 public elementary schools	2.2%		9.9	1186^th of 1248 public elementary schools	5.0%	25	14.0	10.8	6.6				12.9	13.5	8.8				11.1			$31,645	$1,985	$29,661
Bazoline E. Usher/Collier Heights Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	631 Harwell Rd NW	Atlanta	30318	Fulton County	Atlanta Public Schools	No	No	No	Yes	(404) 802-5700	390	36	10.9	100.0%	2 (0.5%)	360 (92.3%)	21 (5.4%)	1 (0.3%)	1 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	5 (1.3%)	24	942^nd of 1238 public elementary schools	23.9%		20.7	1001^st of 1248 public elementary schools	19.8%	59	21.7	23.9	29.7				23.3	32.8	25.7				27.0			$32,608	$2,372	$30,236
The Kindezi School	Public, Charter	K-8	286 Wilson Mill Rd SW	Atlanta	30331	Fulton County	Atlanta Public Schools	Yes	No	No	Yes	(404) 671-4920	360	42	8.5	100.0%	8 (2.2%)	336 (93.3%)	12 (3.3%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	4 (1.1%)	27.5	882^nd of 1238 public elementary schools	28.8%		25	928^th of 1248 public elementary schools	25.6%	46	27.3	23.3	30.8	25.0	10.0	22.5	47.7	34.9	17.9	7.5	3.3	7.5	23.1	15.0	10.0	$25,883	$2,764	$23,119
F. L. Stanton Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	1625 Martin Luther King Jr Dr	Atlanta	30314	Fulton County	Atlanta Public Schools	No	No	No	Yes	(404) 802-7500	161	16	9.8	100.0%	0 (0.0%)	159 (98.8%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (1.2%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	16.7	1055^th of 1238 public elementary schools	14.8%		14.2	1110^th of 1248 public elementary schools	11.1%	55	3.8	20.7	28.2				3.8	27.6	17.9				28.2			$41,200	$2,107	$39,093
Atlanta Heights Charter School	Public, Charter	K-8	3712 Martin Luther King Jr Dr	Atlanta	30331	Fulton County	State Specialty Schools II- Atlanta Heights Charter School	Yes	No	No	Yes	(404) 472-3003	663	34	19.5	100.0%	0 (0.0%)	574 (86.6%)	32 (4.8%)	1 (0.2%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	55 (8.3%)	16.6	1056^th of 1238 public elementary schools	14.7%		12.3	1152^nd of 1248 public elementary schools	7.7%	96	26.9	16.2	22.1	12.5	16.2	16.7	25.4	19.4	22.1	5.6	8.7	19.7	26.5	11.4	9.7	$18,539	$3,331	$15,208
Cascade Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	1654 S Alvarado Terrace SW	Atlanta	30311	Fulton County	Atlanta Public Schools	No	No	No	Yes	(404) 802-8100	314	38	8.1	100.0%	0 (0.0%)	297 (94.6%)	10 (3.2%)	1 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	6 (1.9%)	15.8	1079^th of 1238 public elementary schools	12.8%		14	1117^th of 1248 public elementary schools	10.5%	38	22.2	22.6	14.6				28.9	17.0	14.6				18.8			$30,505	$1,560	$28,945
Tuskegee Airman Global Academy	Public	PK, KG-5	1626 Westhaven Dr SW	Atlanta	30311	Fulton County	Atlanta Public Schools	No	No	No	Yes	(404) 802-8450	447	44	10.2	100.0%	0 (0.0%)	418 (93.5%)	16 (3.6%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (0.7%)	0 (0.0%)	10 (2.2%)	25.5	919^th of 1238 public elementary schools	25.8%		24.7	932^nd of 1248 public elementary schools	25.3%	13	18.8	12.5	25.4				42.0	38.9	19.7				29.6			$31,461	$1,754	$29,706

Frequently Asked Questions about Peyton Forest Elementary School

Is Peyton Forest Elementary School a good school?

Peyton Forest Elementary School ranks in the bottom 20.4% of Georgia elementary schools.

How many students attend Peyton Forest Elementary School?

In the 2024-25 school year, 283 students attended Peyton Forest Elementary School.

What district is Peyton Forest Elementary School in?

Atlanta Public Schools

What is the racial makeup of Peyton Forest Elementary School?

Students at Peyton Forest Elementary School are 86% African American, 12% Hispanic, 1% Two or more races.

What schools do graduates of Peyton Forest Elementary School attend?

Students who attend Peyton Forest Elementary School usually go on to attend:

Middle : Jean Childs Young Middle School
High : Benjamin E. Mays High School

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