Drew Charter Elementary, 301 Eva Davis Way SE: grades Pre-K-5, 889 students in 2025, CCRPI 95.1. Admission, report card and calendar.

Last checked Oct. 6, 2026. Sources: the Drew Charter 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.

Charles R. Drew Charter School Elementary Academy is a public charter school in Atlanta Public Schools. It teaches prekindergarten through fifth grade at 301 Eva Davis Way SE. Charter schools in APS are authorized by the Atlanta Board of Education and the State Board of Education, according to the district.

Who to call

  • Drew Charter Elementary front office: 404-687-0001
  • Enroll: through the school; see its website for application dates
  • Atlanta Public Schools main line: 404-802-3500

Principal

Monishae O’Neill is principal, according to APS’s charter school directory. Peter McKnight is head of schools for Drew Charter School, according to the same source.

Enrollment and teachers

The state counted 889 students at Drew Charter Elementary in its 2025 School Grades data. The most recent federal figure, from the NCES directory for the 2023-24 school year, is 959 students and 88 full-time-equivalent teachers, about 10.9 students per teacher.

State report card

Drew Charter Elementary’s 2025 CCRPI single score was 95.1, 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 92.0 in 2023, 93.8 in 2024 and 95.1 in 2025. The full report card, with subgroups and the parts of the score, is on the state’s Drew Charter 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:

Subject Proficient Distinguished
English language arts 30.3% 33.0%
Math 36.7% 33.0%
Science (fifth grade) 36.7% 39.3%

The same data show 73.8% of fifth graders read at or above grade level, against 55.1% statewide.

Admission

Drew Charter Elementary does not take students by APS attendance zone; families apply to the school. The school’s website posts lottery results for new students. 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

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Frequently asked questions

What grades does Drew Charter Elementary serve?

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

What is Drew Charter Elementary’s CCRPI score?

95.1 in 2025, according to the state’s School Grades data, against a Georgia elementary school average of 78.6. It was 93.8 in 2024.

How do you enroll at Drew Charter Elementary?

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