ANCS Elementary, Atlanta: admission, report card and calendar

Last checked Oct. 6, 2026. Sources: the ANCS Elementary website, APS’s charter school directory, 2026-27 student calendar (PDF), the Governor’s Office of Student Achievement’s 2025 School Grades data and the federal NCES school directory.

Atlanta Neighborhood Charter School, Elementary Campus is a public charter school in Atlanta Public Schools. It teaches kindergarten through fifth grade at 688 Grant St. SE. Charter schools in APS are authorized by the Atlanta Board of Education and the State Board of Education, according to the district.

• Address: 688 Grant St. SE, Atlanta, GA 30315
• Phone: 404-624-6226
• Grades: K to 5
• Website: atlncs.org

Who to call

• ANCS Elementary front office: 404-624-6226
• Enroll: through the school; see its website for application dates
• Atlanta Public Schools main line: 404-802-3500

Principal

Nicole King is principal, according to APS’s charter school directory. Alastair Pullen is executive director of Atlanta Neighborhood Charter School, according to the same source.

Enrollment and teachers

The state counted 395 students at ANCS Elementary in its 2025 School Grades data. The most recent federal figure, from the NCES directory for the 2023-24 school year, is 394 students and 33 full-time-equivalent teachers, about 11.9 students per teacher.

State report card

ANCS Elementary’s 2025 CCRPI single score was 93.1, according to the state’s School Grades data. The Georgia average for elementary schools was 78.6 and Atlanta Public Schools’ was 80.3. The school’s single score was 77.6 in 2023, 87.9 in 2024 and 93.1 in 2025. The full report card, with subgroups and the parts of the score, is on the state’s ANCS Elementary report card.

CCRPI is the Georgia Department of Education’s “comprehensive school improvement, accountability, and communication platform,” according to GaDOE. The single score runs from 0 to 100 and is built from content mastery, progress, closing gaps and readiness, plus graduation rate for high schools. Georgia does not publish an A-to-F letter grade for schools in its 2025 data.

Georgia Milestones, 2025, share of tested students at each of the two top levels:

The same data show 74.2% of fifth graders read at or above grade level, against 55.1% statewide.

Admission

ANCS Elementary does not take students by APS attendance zone; families apply to the school. Application dates and rules are on the school’s website. APS’s About Our Schools page lists it with the Jackson cluster.

Calendar

Charter schools can set their own calendars, so check the school’s website first. The district’s dates, from the APS 2026-27 student calendar (PDF), are:

• Monday, Oct. 12, and Tuesday, Oct. 13: Indigenous Peoples’ Day and teacher professional learning days, no school for students
• Wednesday, Oct. 14, to Friday, Oct. 16: fall break
• Tuesday, Nov. 3: Election Day, a teacher professional learning day; no school for students
• Monday, Nov. 23, to Friday, Nov. 27: Thanksgiving break
• Monday, Dec. 21, to Friday, Jan. 1: December break; the second semester begins Tuesday, Jan. 5, 2027
• Monday, Feb. 15, to Friday, Feb. 19, 2027: Presidents Day, then winter break
• Monday, April 5, to Friday, April 9, 2027: spring break
• Thursday, May 27, 2027: last day of school

More

• The school’s website
• The state’s report card for ANCS Elementary
• APS’s charter school directory
• Every public school in Atlanta, with zones and scores: our Atlanta public schools guide
• District calendar, enrollment and the Board of Education: our Atlanta schools guide

Frequently asked questions

What grades does ANCS Elementary serve?

Kindergarten through fifth grade, according to the state’s 2025 School Grades data.

What is ANCS Elementary’s CCRPI score?

93.1 in 2025, according to the state’s School Grades data, against a Georgia elementary school average of 78.6. It was 87.9 in 2024.

How do you enroll at ANCS Elementary?

Through the school, not the APS zone process; check the school’s website for application dates.