Bolton Academy, Atlanta: zone, report card and calendar

Last checked Oct. 6, 2026. Sources: the Bolton 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.

Bolton Academy is an Atlanta Public Schools elementary school in the district’s North Atlanta cluster. It teaches prekindergarten through fifth grade at 2268 Adams Drive NW.

• Address: 2268 Adams Drive NW, Atlanta, GA 30318
• Phone: 404-802-8350
• Grades: Pre-K to 5
• Website: bolton.atlantapublicschools.us

Who to call

• Bolton Academy front office: 404-802-8350
• 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

Heather Stephenson is principal, according to the school’s website.

Enrollment and teachers

The state counted 596 students at Bolton Academy in its 2025 School Grades data. The most recent federal figure, from the NCES directory for the 2023-24 school year, is 557 students and 42 full-time-equivalent teachers, about 13.3 students per teacher.

State report card

Bolton Academy’s 2025 CCRPI single score was 88.2, 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 89.0 in 2023, 92.4 in 2024 and 88.2 in 2025. The full report card, with subgroups and the parts of the score, is on the state’s Bolton 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:

The same data show 70.0% 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 Bolton Academy shows the school’s boundary.

Students at Bolton Academy go on to Sutton Middle and then North Atlanta 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.

We found no board-approved rezoning that changes Bolton Academy’s zone. 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. The zone changes that follow, which the board is scheduled to vote on Monday, Dec. 7, are centered on the closing elementary schools; draft maps are on the district’s APS Forward 2040 page.

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

Bell times

Arrival runs from 7:15 to 7:45 a.m.; students may go to their classrooms from 7:25 a.m., and the car rider lane closes at 7:45 a.m., according to the school’s arrival and dismissal page.

More

• The school’s website
• The state’s report card for Bolton Academy
• The district’s zone map for Bolton 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 Bolton Academy serve?

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

What is Bolton Academy’s CCRPI score?

88.2 in 2025, according to the state’s School Grades data, against a Georgia elementary school average of 78.6. It was 92.4 in 2024.

Which schools does Bolton Academy feed into?

Sutton Middle, then North Atlanta High, according to the district’s feeder list.