Barack and Michelle Obama Academy, 970 Martin St. SE: grades Pre-K-5, 282 students in 2025, CCRPI 78.7. Zone, feeders and calendar.
Last checked Oct. 6, 2026. Sources: the Barack and Michelle Obama Academy website, Atlanta Public Schools’ feeder pattern list, 2026-27 student calendar (PDF), the Governor’s Office of Student Achievement’s 2025 School Grades data and the federal NCES school directory.
Barack and Michelle Obama Academy is an Atlanta Public Schools elementary school in the district’s Jackson cluster. It teaches prekindergarten through fifth grade at 970 Martin St. SE.
- Address: 970 Martin St. SE, Atlanta, GA 30315
- Phone: 404-802-4200
- Grades: Pre-K to 5
- Website: bamoacademy.atlantapublicschools.us
Who to call
- Barack and Michelle Obama Academy front office: 404-802-4200
- Register a new student: the district’s online New Student Enrollment application, then call the school with your application number
- Bus routes: the APS Transportation Call Center, 404-802-5500
- Atlanta Public Schools main line: 404-802-3500
- Is this your school? Check an address with the APS School Zone Locator
Principal
Shannon Holloman is principal, according to the school’s website.
Enrollment and teachers
The state counted 282 students at Barack and Michelle Obama Academy in its 2025 School Grades data. The most recent federal figure, from the NCES directory for the 2023-24 school year, is 269 students and 22 full-time-equivalent teachers, about 12.2 students per teacher.
State report card
Barack and Michelle Obama Academy’s 2025 CCRPI single score was 78.7, 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 71.7 in 2023, 76.1 in 2024 and 78.7 in 2025. The full report card, with subgroups and the parts of the score, is on the state’s Barack and Michelle Obama Academy 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:
| Subject | Proficient | Distinguished |
|---|---|---|
| English language arts | 26.0% | 5.5% |
| Math | 24.4% | 7.1% |
| Science (fifth grade) | 22.5% | 2.5% |
The same data show 30.2% of fifth graders read at or above grade level, against 55.1% statewide.
Attendance zone
Zones are drawn by Atlanta Public Schools, so a neighborhood name or mailing address does not settle which school a home is zoned for. Check the address with the APS School Zone Locator; the district’s zone map for Barack and Michelle Obama Academy shows the school’s boundary.
Students at Barack and Michelle Obama Academy go on to King Middle and then Maynard Jackson High, according to the district’s feeder pattern list. APS says its cluster model sends every student at an elementary school to the same middle school and then the same high school.
In December 2025 the Atlanta Board of Education approved Phase 1 of APS Forward 2040, the district’s long-range facilities plan, which closes six schools in fall 2027, according to the district. APS has not yet adopted the new zones: draft maps are on the APS Forward 2040 page and a board vote is planned for Monday, Dec. 7. We found no approved rezoning that changes Barack and Michelle Obama Academy’s own zone so far.
Calendar
From the district’s 2026-27 student calendar (PDF) (all district dates are on the calendar page):
- 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 Barack and Michelle Obama Academy
- The district’s zone map for Barack and Michelle Obama Academy and School Zone Locator
- APS’s schools and feeder patterns and About Our Schools pages
- 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 Barack and Michelle Obama Academy serve?
Prekindergarten through fifth grade, according to the state’s 2025 School Grades data.
What is Barack and Michelle Obama Academy’s CCRPI score?
78.7 in 2025, according to the state’s School Grades data, against a Georgia elementary school average of 78.6. It was 76.1 in 2024.
Which schools does Barack and Michelle Obama Academy feed into?
King Middle, then Maynard Jackson High, according to the district’s feeder list.
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