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Fred A. Toomer Elementary School

Q: Is Fred A. Toomer Elementary School a good school?

Fred A. Toomer Elementary School ranks 568 th of 1219 Georgia elementary schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 3 stars out of 5.

Public Grades PK, KG-5

568^th

SchoolDigger Rank ?

of 1,219 Georgia Elementary Schools

Better than 53% of Georgia elementary schools

Summary

Fred A. Toomer Elementary School in Atlanta, GA, serves approximately 513 students in grades PK-5 in the Kirkwood neighborhood as part of Atlanta Public Schools. The school has made a remarkable turnaround over the past seven years, climbing from the 11th percentile statewide in 2017-2018 to the 53rd percentile in 2025-2026—its highest ranking in a decade and a move from a 1-star to a 3-star rating.

This upward momentum is especially notable given the school's changing student population. The percentage of students qualifying for free/reduced lunch jumped from 56% in 2022-2023 to 90% in 2024-2025, yet academic performance continued to improve. In 2025-2026, 5th-grade science proficiency (48.2%) actually exceeded both the district (41.7%) and state (44.2%) averages. The school has also made significant progress reducing chronic absenteeism, dropping from 46.9% in 2021-2022 to 22.5%—now better than the district average of 27.6%. While math scores in grades 4 and 5 still trail state averages, 3rd-grade math matches the state average exactly, suggesting strong early-grade instruction.

Compared to nearby schools, Toomer's story is one of progress amid different circumstances. Within a two-mile radius, schools like Springdale Park Elementary School (99th percentile) and Mary Lin Elementary School (98th percentile) rank much higher, but they serve far fewer economically disadvantaged students (free/reduced lunch rates between 5% and 48%). Toomer's per-student spending of $27,321 is higher than Burgess-Peterson Elementary School ($24,690) and Fernbank Elementary School ($17,952), but comparable to Springdale Park ($26,553). For parents, Toomer represents a school that is clearly heading in the right direction—improving academics, better attendance, and strong science outcomes—while still having room to grow in math and ensuring consistent success across all grade levels.

513

Students ?

13.0

Student/teacher ratio ?

$27,321

Per pupil spending ?

90.3%

Free/discounted lunch ?

65 Rogers St NE
Atlanta, GA 30317

(404) 802-3450

District: Atlanta Public Schools

Students who attend Fred A. Toomer Elementary School usually attend:

Middle:	Martin L. King Junior Middle School
High:	Maynard Jackson High School

Racial breakdown:

African American:

62.4%

White:

28.7%

Hispanic:

5.3%

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At a glance

▲ Ranking trend: Improving — 41st percentile in 2016 → 53rd in 2026

Strengths

✓Ranking is trending up — up 12 percentile points since 2016

✓Above the Georgia median (53rd percentile)

Worth a look

!Some student groups rank well below the school's overall statewide standing

Students meeting standards (2025-2026) ?

This school43%

District avg44%

Georgia avg47%

568^th of 1,219

Georgia public elementary schools ?

Top 47%▲ up 13 pts since 2016

From bottom 41% (2016) to top 47% (2026)

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★★★★★

SchoolDigger rating ?

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

120^th of 201Atlanta 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
2026	48.2	568 of 1219	53.4%	★★★☆☆
2025	34.4	763 of 1238	38.4%	★★☆☆☆
2024	40.8	682 of 1236	44.8%	★★☆☆☆
2023	23.5	936 of 1223	23.5%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	20.5	973 of 1220	20.2%	★☆☆☆☆
2021	20.3	953 of 1214	21.5%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	15.6	1056 of 1234	14.4%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	13.0	1075 of 1209	11.1%	★☆☆☆☆
2017	25.4	906 of 1205	24.8%	★☆☆☆☆
2016	39.9	729 of 1233	40.9%	★★☆☆☆
2015	30.0	865 of 1240	30.2%	★★☆☆☆
2014	20.0	1058 of 1231	14.1%	★☆☆☆☆
2013	22.9	1021 of 1225	16.7%	★☆☆☆☆
2012	36.3	894 of 1201	25.6%	★☆☆☆☆
2011	50.2	711 of 1212	41.3%	★★☆☆☆
2010	43.5	781 of 1183	34.0%	★★☆☆☆
2009	35.0	837 of 1133	26.1%	★☆☆☆☆
2008	76.4	218 of 1134	80.8%	★★★★☆
2007	76.6	231 of 1125	79.5%	★★★★☆
2006	69.7	363 of 1101	67.0%	★★★☆☆

African American

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Georgia percentile	Rating
2026	35.8	528 of 828	36.2%	★★☆☆☆
2025	24.6	714 of 892	20.0%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	21.0	759 of 879	13.7%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	13.0	846 of 870	2.8%	☆☆☆☆☆
2022	14.0	848 of 876	3.2%	☆☆☆☆☆

Female

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Georgia percentile	Rating
2026	49.1	539 of 1186	54.6%	★★★☆☆
2025	35.9	740 of 1224	39.5%	★★☆☆☆
2024	44.6	636 of 1223	48.0%	★★☆☆☆
2023	28.0	865 of 1212	28.6%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	24.1	927 of 1206	23.1%	★☆☆☆☆

Male

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Georgia percentile	Rating
2026	47.2	573 of 1183	51.6%	★★★☆☆
2025	33.8	777 of 1225	36.6%	★★☆☆☆
2024	36.0	756 of 1220	38.0%	★★☆☆☆
2023	20.5	983 of 1210	18.8%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	20.0	977 of 1209	19.2%	★☆☆☆☆

White

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Georgia percentile	Rating
2026	89.4	53 of 700	92.4%	★★★★★
2024	98.9	2 of 772	99.7%	★★★★★

How student groups rank statewide ? (each group's percentile vs the same group at other schools — higher is better; the +/- beside each compares the group with this school's overall percentile)

White (2026)92nd percentile+39 vs school

Female (2026)55th percentile~ school

Male (2026)52nd percentile~ school

African American (2026)36th percentile-17 vs school

By subject vs Georgia (2025-2026) ?

Science48%+4 vs state

Mathematics41%-7 vs state

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What people are saying

by a citizen
Sunday, June 22, 2014

Toomer Elementary is a sub-performing school with a ghetto mentality. The expectations and commitment levels are low. Instead of lamenting about how their students go to an “inner city school”, get free lunch, live in poverty and are raised by single parents, etc, etc..., Toomer teachers ought to start raising the bar and raising expectations. Toomer is the lowest performing school in the cluster and all of the cluster schools are Title 1, so Title 1 status cannot be used as an excuse. The standardized test scores confirm it. Drew Charter, Burgess-Peterson, even Whitefoord all score higher than Toomer. Close Quote

by a parent
Tuesday, June 17, 2014

It’s going to take all summer to undo the bad habits my 1st grader picked up at Toomer Elementary. Toomer teachers need extra training on how to manage disruptive personalities and students from diverse environments. They really don’t have a handle on it and it lowers the classroom quality level. My child’s teacher did not have control of the class. I was told stories about how the kids would throw things, talk back and use crass language. I could see it all start to unravel in my child’s behavior and speech, when he started bringing home all the negative things he picked up during the school day. I cringe when I think about the type of character my child could become if he stayed at Toomer. We’re leaving. Close Quote

by a parent
Monday, February 13, 2012

Considering where this school has come from it now represents a successful racially and economically diverse public school (a rarity in Atlanta)! The parental and community involvement is energizing and the school now has a principal and teachers that are committed to making it one of the best elementary schools in the area (it already outscores in several areas its wealthier, more established neighbors!) Close Quote

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School													Students/Teachers											Ranking (2026)				Ranking (2025)				Milestones Assessment Mathematics (2026)						Milestones Assessment Science (2026)		Milestones Assessment Social Studies (2026)	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 (2026)	Statewide Rank (2026)	State Percentile (2026)	SchoolDigger Rating (2026)	Average Standard Score (2025)	Statewide Rank (2025)	State Percentile (2025)	Rank Change from Previous Year	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
Fred A. Toomer Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	65 Rogers St NE	Atlanta	30317	DeKalb County	Atlanta Public Schools	No	No	No	Yes	(404) 802-3450	513	39	13.0	90.3%	147 (28.7%)	320 (62.4%)	27 (5.3%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.2%)	17 (3.3%)	48.2	568^th of 1219 public elementary schools	53.4%		34.4	763^rd of 1238 public elementary schools	38.4%	195	48.3	35.6	39.8				48.2			$27,321	$2,059	$25,262
Ivy Preparatory Academy- Inc	Public, Charter	K-8	1807 Memorial Dr SE	Atlanta	30317	DeKalb County	State Specialty Schools I- Ivy Preparatory Academy- Inc	Yes	No	No	Yes	(404) 622-2727	436	41	10.5	79.4%	1 (0.2%)	398 (91.3%)	22 (5.0%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	14 (3.2%)	26.8	881^st of 1219 public elementary schools	27.7%		29.4	843^rd of 1238 public elementary schools	31.9%	38	26.1	37.3	19.1	29.5	18.4	46.6	36.2	45.2	22.6	$14,373	$1,113	$13,261
Charles R. Drew Charter School	Public, Charter	PK, KG-5	301 E Lake Blvd SE	Atlanta	30317	DeKalb County	Atlanta Public Schools	Yes	No	No	No	(404) 687-0001	961	89	10.8	38.0%	308 (32.0%)	539 (56.1%)	44 (4.6%)	6 (0.6%)	2 (0.2%)	3 (0.3%)	59 (6.1%)	88.4	145^th of 1219 public elementary schools	88.1%		91.9	109^th of 1238 public elementary schools	91.2%	36	72.8	70.4	66.9				61.4			$30,852	$06	$30,846
Burgess-Peterson Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	480 Clifton St SE	Atlanta	30316	Fulton County	Atlanta Public Schools	No	No	No	Yes	(404) 802-3400	580	39	14.9	48.4%	225 (38.8%)	247 (42.6%)	39 (6.7%)	12 (2.1%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.2%)	56 (9.7%)	90.9	118^th of 1219 public elementary schools	90.3%		87.3	158^th of 1238 public elementary schools	87.2%	40	69.0	75.3	73.0				66.3			$24,690	$1,003	$23,688
Mary Lin Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	586 Candler Park Dr NE	Atlanta	30307	Fulton County	Atlanta Public Schools	No	No	No	No	(404) 802-8850	526	35	15.2	5.3%	387 (73.6%)	46 (8.7%)	27 (5.1%)	22 (4.2%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	43 (8.2%)	98.1	20^th of 1219 public elementary schools	98.4%		98.3	20^th of 1238 public elementary schools	98.4%		83.6	83.1	91.3				87.0			$24,003	$1,048	$22,954
Fifth Avenue Upper Elementary School	Public	3-5	101 5th Ave	Decatur	30030	DeKalb County	City Schools of Decatur	No	No	No	No	(404) 370-4460	529	45	11.7	11.3%	366 (69.2%)	62 (11.7%)	26 (4.9%)	31 (5.9%)	2 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	42 (7.9%)	95.3	67^th of 1219 public elementary schools	94.5%		96.4	56^th of 1238 public elementary schools	95.5%	11	81.5	92.5	82.4				64.8			$19,783	$175	$19,608
Oakhurst Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-2	175 Mead Rd	Decatur	30030	DeKalb County	City Schools of Decatur	No	No	No	No	(404) 370-4470	233	22	10.4	11.2%	143 (61.4%)	26 (11.2%)	15 (6.4%)	15 (6.4%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	34 (14.6%)								(n/a)										$27,844	$119	$27,725
Springdale Park Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	803 Briarcliff Rd NE	Atlanta	30306	Fulton County	Atlanta Public Schools	No	No	No	No	(404) 802-6050	437	34	12.9	18.3%	247 (56.5%)	75 (17.2%)	53 (12.1%)	18 (4.1%)	1 (0.2%)	1 (0.2%)	42 (9.6%)	98.7	8^th of 1219 public elementary schools	99.3%		98.8	10^th of 1238 public elementary schools	99.2%	2	85.0	90.4	90.0				91.7			$26,553	$941	$25,612
Fernbank Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	157 Heaton Park Dr NE	Atlanta	30307	Fulton County	DeKalb County	No	No	No	No	(678) 874-9302	895	56	15.9	27.8%	401 (44.8%)	206 (23.0%)	69 (7.7%)	144 (16.1%)	5 (0.6%)	0 (0.0%)	70 (7.8%)	86.4	162^nd of 1219 public elementary schools	86.7%		88.2	146^th of 1238 public elementary schools	88.2%	16	76.3	60.2	63.8				67.8			$17,952	$1,289	$16,663
Ronald E McNair Discover Learning Academy Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	2162 Second Ave	Decatur	30032	DeKalb County	DeKalb County	No	No	No	Yes	(678) 874-3402	475	36	13.1	100.0%	14 (2.9%)	428 (90.1%)	17 (3.6%)	6 (1.3%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	9 (1.9%)	6.1	1196^th of 1219 public elementary schools	1.9%		18.1	1027^th of 1238 public elementary schools	17.0%	169	20.6	17.6	10.1				3.9			$21,016	$1,793	$19,224

Frequently Asked Questions about Fred A. Toomer Elementary School

How many students attend Fred A. Toomer Elementary School?

In the 2024-25 school year, 513 students attended Fred A. Toomer Elementary School.

What schools do graduates of Fred A. Toomer Elementary School attend?

Students who attend Fred A. Toomer Elementary School usually go on to attend:

Middle : Martin L. King Junior Middle School
High : Maynard Jackson High School

What is the racial makeup of Fred A. Toomer Elementary School?

Students at Fred A. Toomer Elementary School are 62% African American, 29% White, 5% Hispanic, 3% Two or more races.

What district is Fred A. Toomer Elementary School in?

Atlanta Public Schools

Is Fred A. Toomer Elementary School a good school?

Fred A. Toomer Elementary School ranks 568^th of 1219 Georgia elementary schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 3 stars out of 5.

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