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Michael R. Hollis Innovation Academy

Public Grades PK, KG-8

1174^th

SchoolDigger Rank ?

of 1,219 Georgia Elementary Schools

Better than 4% of Georgia elementary schools

Summary

Michael R. Hollis Innovation Academy is a PK-8 school in Atlanta's historic West End neighborhood, serving 583 students as part of Atlanta Public Schools, where every student qualifies for free or reduced lunch.

The most significant challenge facing this school is chronic absenteeism. In the most recent school year, 48.2% of students were chronically absent—meaning they missed 10% or more of school days—compared to 27.6% for the district and 17.7% statewide. This rate has remained stubbornly high over the past five years, even as the district has made progress. The connection to academics is clear: with nearly half of students missing substantial instructional time, it's difficult for any school to maintain momentum. The school does spend heavily on support, investing $35,088 per student—more than three times what KIPP Strive Primary Charter School spends ($10,925)—and maintains a low student-teacher ratio of 8.1:1. Yet academic outcomes remain among the lowest in the area, ranking in the bottom 5% of Georgia elementary schools.

There are some bright spots worth noting. Fourth-grade math proficiency (28.8%) is nearly triple the rate seen in 3rd and 5th grades, suggesting certain instructional approaches are working and could be replicated. Eighth-grade science performance has also occasionally matched or exceeded district averages. The school's state ranking has improved from the 0th percentile to the 4th percentile in recent years, showing incremental progress. When compared to nearby Woodson Park Academy School (24th percentile) or Kipp WAYS Primary Charter School, Hollis still trails significantly, but the pockets of success in 4th and 8th grades suggest that with a focused effort on improving attendance, the school's substantial resources could begin to translate into better outcomes for its students.

583

Students ?

8.1

Student/teacher ratio ?

$35,088

Per pupil spending ?

100%

Free/discounted lunch ?

225 James P. Brawley Drive NW
Atlanta, GA 30314

(404) 802-8200

District: Atlanta Public Schools

Students who attend Michael R. Hollis Innovation Academy usually attend:

High:

Booker T. Washington High School

Racial breakdown:

African American:

93.0%

Hispanic:

5.3%

Two or more races:

0.5%

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Test scores delayed: 2026 rankings for Georgia do not yet include English Language Arts scores, which will not be released by the Georgia Department of Education until winter 2026.

At a glance

▼ Ranking trend: Declining — 11th percentile in 2019 → 4th in 2026

Strengths

✓Small classes — about 8 students per teacher

Worth a look

!Test scores below the Georgia average (14% vs 43% meeting standards)

!In the lower quartile statewide (4th percentile)

!High chronic absenteeism (48% vs 18% Georgia)

Students meeting standards (2025-2026) ?

This school14%

District avg38%

Georgia avg43%

Elementary school

1,174^th of 1,219

Georgia public elementary schools ?

Bottom 4%▼ down 8 pts since 2019

From bottom 11% (2019) to bottom 4% (2026)

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★★★★★

SchoolDigger rating ?

Middle school

515^th of 578

Georgia public middle schools ?

Bottom 11%▲ up 5 pts since 2019

From bottom 6% (2019) to bottom 11% (2026)

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★★★★★

SchoolDigger rating ?

54^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)

Elementary school ranking

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All Students

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Georgia percentile	Rating
2026	8.0	1174 of 1219	3.7%	☆☆☆☆☆
2025	10.1	1181 of 1238	4.6%	☆☆☆☆☆
2024	5.7	1230 of 1236	0.5%	☆☆☆☆☆
2023	5.6	1217 of 1223	0.5%	☆☆☆☆☆
2022	7.7	1195 of 1220	2.0%	☆☆☆☆☆
2021	6.1	1212 of 1214	0.2%	☆☆☆☆☆
2019	13.3	1093 of 1234	11.4%	★☆☆☆☆

African American

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Georgia percentile	Rating
2026	16.1	768 of 828	7.2%	☆☆☆☆☆
2025	17.9	809 of 892	9.3%	☆☆☆☆☆
2024	10.8	863 of 879	1.8%	☆☆☆☆☆
2023	10.1	860 of 870	1.1%	☆☆☆☆☆
2022	14.0	846 of 876	3.4%	☆☆☆☆☆

Female

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Georgia percentile	Rating
2026	13.6	1084 of 1186	8.6%	☆☆☆☆☆
2025	14.4	1108 of 1224	9.5%	☆☆☆☆☆
2024	6.7	1208 of 1223	1.2%	☆☆☆☆☆
2023	5.8	1208 of 1212	0.3%	☆☆☆☆☆
2022	8.5	1176 of 1206	2.5%	☆☆☆☆☆

Male

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Georgia percentile	Rating
2026	6.2	1159 of 1183	2.0%	☆☆☆☆☆
2025	8.0	1194 of 1225	2.5%	☆☆☆☆☆
2024	5.9	1210 of 1220	0.8%	☆☆☆☆☆
2023	6.1	1202 of 1210	0.7%	☆☆☆☆☆
2022	8.3	1180 of 1209	2.4%	☆☆☆☆☆

Middle school ranking

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All Students

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Georgia percentile	Rating
2026	13.7	515 of 578	10.9%	★☆☆☆☆
2025	18.9	475 of 585	18.8%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	19.6	481 of 578	16.8%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	14.6	511 of 569	10.2%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	10.7	527 of 558	5.6%	☆☆☆☆☆
2021	5.0	542 of 542	0.0%	☆☆☆☆☆
2019	9.4	524 of 559	6.3%	☆☆☆☆☆

African American

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Georgia percentile	Rating
2026	24.4	382 of 480	20.4%	★☆☆☆☆
2025	32.5	325 of 494	34.2%	★★☆☆☆
2024	27.0	367 of 489	24.9%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	20.1	430 of 485	11.3%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	18.6	431 of 482	10.6%	★☆☆☆☆

Female

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Georgia percentile	Rating
2026	14.5	492 of 550	10.5%	★☆☆☆☆
2025	21.3	454 of 567	19.9%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	22.9	439 of 558	21.3%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	11.4	521 of 553	5.8%	☆☆☆☆☆
2022	9.1	524 of 544	3.7%	☆☆☆☆☆

Male

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Georgia percentile	Rating
2026	12.6	499 of 550	9.3%	☆☆☆☆☆
2025	16.1	496 of 569	12.8%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	16.7	484 of 561	13.7%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	17.5	470 of 559	15.9%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	13.3	497 of 553	10.1%	★☆☆☆☆

Special Education

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Georgia percentile	Rating
2025	41.7	240 of 442	45.7%	★★☆☆☆

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)

Elementary school

Female (2026)9th percentile+5 vs school

African American (2026)7th percentile+4 vs school

Male (2026)2nd percentile~ school

Middle school

Special Education (2025)46th percentile+27 vs school

African American (2026)20th percentile+10 vs school

Female (2026)11th percentile~ school

Male (2026)9th percentile~ school

By subject vs Georgia (2025-2026) ?

Science14%-24 vs state

Mathematics14%-31 vs state

Social Studies13%-28 vs state

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by a parent
Friday, February 8, 2019

This title one school is not all its cracked up to be. Money not well spent that is suppose to be for students it is instead used to beautify the school. Students without teachers for months on end. Classes put into place for students but are not followed through. Spanish class no spanish teacher but a sub instead. Music class but no "real" music unless your in the upper grades. Teachers yelling at students in hallways and doors being slammed by teachers. Teachers and other faculty do talk to people kids any kind of way. I witnessed it as a parent , one student was put on blast in front of classmates as well as myself about his appearance, IM DISGUSTED! Employees sitting at their desk with food and paper work scatterd followed by bad attitudes. Two female security guards one young one older. The older security does her job, the younger security guard fratanizes with teachers students and parents. Carrying on conversation during work hours. I witnessed a student leaving school property while security at desk. Services not being provided to students who are really in need. I have seen many parents withdraw their kids from this school given into defeat due to lack of support from school. At the last PTA parents were informed that the school overall had a low reading percentage. That makes no sense, you have kids as far as the 5th grade and your telling parents this now and requesting extra help from us. Of course as a parent you do your best for your kids. This school in particular does not want to do any work but likes what they can benefit from it. Just to say that there school did it first but I dont see anything. The Principal Dr. Ford was even flustered last year when majority of the students had to take the Georgia Milestones test over. OVERALL SHAME ITS A WASTE OF A SCHOOL WITH THE WRONG LEADERS BUT IT HAS SO MUCH POTENTIAL WITH MANY RESOURCES WITHIN THE COMMUNITY. THEY NEED A TRUE LEADER AND NOT EVERYONE WAS MADE FOR THAT. Close Quote

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School													Students/Teachers											Ranking (2026)				Ranking (2025)				Milestones Assessment Algebra I (2026)	Milestones Assessment Mathematics (2026)						Milestones Assessment Science (2026)		Milestones Assessment Social Studies (2026)	Milestones Assessment HS Physical Science (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 Algebra I End of Course	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	Milestones Assessment HS Physical Science 8th Grade	Per Pupil Expenditures Total	Sub-total from Federal Funds	Sub-total from State/Local Funds
Michael R. Hollis Innovation Academy	Public	PK, KG-8	225 James P. Brawley Drive NW	Atlanta	30314	Fulton County	Atlanta Public Schools	No	No	No	Yes	(404) 802-8200	583	72	8.1	100.0%	2 (0.3%)	542 (93.0%)	31 (5.3%)	1 (0.2%)	2 (0.3%)	2 (0.3%)	3 (0.5%)	8	1174^th of 1219 public elementary schools	3.7%		10.1	1181^st of 1238 public elementary schools	4.6%	7		10.3	28.8	10.8	10.4	12.2	14.0	12.0	16.5	12.6		$35,088	$2,602	$32,487
Kipp WAYS Primary Charter School	Public, Charter	K-5	350 Temple St NW	Atlanta	30314	Fulton County	Atlanta Public Schools	Yes	No	No	Yes	(404) 924-6310	559	43	13.1	100.0%	0 (0.0%)	546 (97.7%)	3 (0.5%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	9 (1.6%)	14.5	1085^th of 1219 public elementary schools	11.0%		11.4	1155^th of 1238 public elementary schools	6.7%	70		27.3	33.3	17.2				11.5				$13,697	$1,718	$11,980
M. A. Jones Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	1040 Fair St SW	Atlanta	30314	Fulton County	Atlanta Public Schools	No	No	No	Yes	(404) 802-3900	461	34	13.4	100.0%	8 (1.7%)	435 (94.4%)	6 (1.3%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.2%)	10 (2.2%)	15.4	1071^st of 1219 public elementary schools	12.1%		10.2	1179^th of 1238 public elementary schools	4.8%	108		29.5	28.4	20.3				17.8				$28,215	$1,985	$26,230
Centennial Place Academy (Charter)	Public, Charter	K-8	531 Luckie St NW	Atlanta	30313	Fulton County	Atlanta Public Schools	Yes	No	No	Yes	(404) 802-8550	757	75	10.1	100.0%	9 (1.2%)	681 (90.0%)	29 (3.8%)	6 (0.8%)	3 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	29 (3.8%)	35.3	747^th of 1219 public elementary schools	38.7%		27	890^th of 1238 public elementary schools	28.1%	143	61.9	48.6	43.8	32.8	19.5	30.1	41.2	27.8	14.3	34.9	61.9	$24,409	$1,238	$23,171
Paul L. Dunbar Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	500 Whitehall Ter SW	Atlanta	30312	Fulton County	Atlanta Public Schools	No	No	No	Yes	(404) 802-7950	279	23	11.9	100.0%	0 (0.0%)	266 (95.3%)	7 (2.5%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	5 (1.8%)	7.5	1178^th of 1219 public elementary schools	3.4%		16	1075^th of 1238 public elementary schools	13.2%	103		11.8	21.0	14.3				14.3				$36,030	$2,442	$33,588
Woodson Park Academy School	Public	PK, KG-8	1605 Donald Lee Hollowell Pkwy	Atlanta	30318	Fulton County	Atlanta Public Schools	No	No	No	Yes	(404) 802-7750	842	71	11.8	100.0%	6 (0.7%)	777 (92.3%)	40 (4.8%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	16 (1.9%)	24.2	930^th of 1219 public elementary schools	23.7%		15.4	1083^rd of 1238 public elementary schools	12.5%	153		27.2	38.2	20.3	15.3	25.7	12.7	38.2	16.9	19.7		$26,586	$856	$25,730
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%)	18.9	1012^th of 1219 public elementary schools	17.0%		16.7	1055^th of 1238 public elementary schools	14.8%	43		28.6	33.3	11.1				29.6				$41,200	$2,107	$39,093
KIPP Strive Primary Charter School	Public, Charter	K-5	1448 Lucile Ave SW	Atlanta	30310	Fulton County	Atlanta Public Schools	Yes	No	No	Yes	(404) 924-6310	627	38	16.4	100.0%	18 (2.9%)	596 (95.1%)	8 (1.3%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	4 (0.6%)	38	697^th of 1219 public elementary schools	42.8%		29.3	846^th of 1238 public elementary schools	31.7%	149		28.8	42.8	37.2				42.6				$10,925	$1,050	$9,875
Wesley International Academy Charter	Public, Charter	K-8	211 Memorial Dr SE	Atlanta	30312	Fulton County	Atlanta Public Schools	Yes	No	No	Yes	(678) 904-9137	776	57	13.5	96.4%	37 (4.8%)	667 (86.0%)	30 (3.9%)	6 (0.8%)	2 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	34 (4.4%)	32.8	787^th of 1219 public elementary schools	35.4%		26.8	895^th of 1238 public elementary schools	27.7%	108	83.3	30.1	37.3	42.4	20.8	22.6	38.4	34.8	37.3	46.5		$25,997	$1,422	$24,575
Charles L. Gideons Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	897 Welch St SW	Atlanta	30310	Fulton County	Atlanta Public Schools	No	No	No	Yes	(404) 802-7700	311	28	11.0	100.0%	13 (4.2%)	273 (87.8%)	13 (4.2%)	1 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	11 (3.5%)	21.4	962^nd of 1219 public elementary schools	21.1%		10.7	1169^th of 1238 public elementary schools	5.6%	207		28.5	28.3	25.5				31.9				$26,855	$1,081	$25,774

Frequently Asked Questions about Michael R. Hollis Innovation Academy

What schools do graduates of Michael R. Hollis Innovation Academy attend?

Students who attend Michael R. Hollis Innovation Academy usually go on to attend:

High : Booker T. Washington High School

What district is Michael R. Hollis Innovation Academy in?

Atlanta Public Schools

What is the racial makeup of Michael R. Hollis Innovation Academy?

Students at Michael R. Hollis Innovation Academy are 93% African American, 5% Hispanic.

Is Michael R. Hollis Innovation Academy a good school?

Michael R. Hollis Innovation Academy ranks in the bottom 3.7% of Georgia elementary schools.

How many students attend Michael R. Hollis Innovation Academy?

In the 2024-25 school year, 583 students attended Michael R. Hollis Innovation Academy.

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