Ralph J. Bunche Middle School, Atlanta: report card and calendar

Last checked Oct. 6, 2026. Sources: the Bunche Middle 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.

Ralph J. Bunche Middle School is an Atlanta Public Schools middle school in the district’s Therrell cluster. It teaches sixth through eighth grade at 1925 Niskey Lake Road SW.

• Address: 1925 Niskey Lake Road SW, Atlanta, GA 30331
• Phone: 404-802-6700
• Grades: 6 to 8
• Website: bunche.atlantapublicschools.us

Who to call

• Bunche Middle front office: 404-802-6700
• 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

Kimberly Whitfield is principal, according to the school’s website.

Enrollment and teachers

The state counted 770 students at Bunche Middle in its 2025 School Grades data. The most recent federal figure, from the NCES directory for the 2023-24 school year, is 712 students and 59 full-time-equivalent teachers, about 12.1 students per teacher.

State report card

Bunche Middle’s 2025 CCRPI single score was 62.0, according to the state’s School Grades data. The Georgia average for middle schools was 78.4 and Atlanta Public Schools’ was 74.0. The school’s single score was 58.9 in 2023, 53.9 in 2024 and 62.0 in 2025. The full report card, with subgroups and the parts of the score, is on the state’s Bunche Middle 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 38.2% of eighth graders read at or above grade level, against 56.4% 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 Bunche Middle shows the school’s boundary.

Bunche Middle draws from Continental Colony Elementary, Deerwood Academy, Fickett Elementary and Kimberly Elementary, and its students go on to Therrell High, according to the district’s feeder pattern list.

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. In this cluster, Continental Colony Elementary is among the schools the plan affects. 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 Bunche Middle’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 Bunche Middle
• The district’s zone map for Bunche Middle 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 Bunche Middle serve?

Sixth through eighth grade, according to the state’s 2025 School Grades data.

What is Bunche Middle’s CCRPI score?

62.0 in 2025, according to the state’s School Grades data, against a Georgia middle school average of 78.4. It was 53.9 in 2024.

Which high school does Bunche Middle feed into?

Therrell High, according to the district’s feeder list.