Drew Charter Junior and Senior Academy, 300 Eva Davis Way SE: grades 6-12, 953 students in 2025, CCRPI 88.1. Admission, report card and calendar.
Last checked Oct. 6, 2026. Sources: the Drew Charter Junior and Senior Academy website, APS’s charter school directory, 2026-27 student calendar (PDF), the Governor’s Office of Student Achievement’s 2025 School Grades data, the federal NCES school directory and the GHSA.
Charles R. Drew Charter School Junior and Senior Academy is a public charter school in Atlanta Public Schools. It teaches sixth through 12th grade at 300 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.
- Address: 300 Eva Davis Way SE, Atlanta, GA 30317
- Phone: 470-355-1200
- Grades: 6 to 12
- Website: www.drewcharterschool.org
Who to call
- Drew Charter Junior and Senior Academy front office: 470-355-1200
- Enroll: through the school; see its website for application dates
- Atlanta Public Schools main line: 404-802-3500
Principal
Cynthia Gunner is junior academy principal, according to APS’s charter school directory. Kendrick Myers is senior academy principal and Peter McKnight head of schools, according to the same source.
Enrollment and teachers
The state counted 953 students at Drew Charter Junior and Senior Academy in its 2025 School Grades data. The most recent federal figure, from the NCES directory for the 2023-24 school year, is 916 students and 74 full-time-equivalent teachers, about 12.4 students per teacher.
State report card
Drew Charter Junior and Senior Academy’s 2025 CCRPI single score was 88.1, according to the state’s School Grades data. Because it spans more than one level, the state also scores each part: middle grades 91.3 and high grades 85.1. The Georgia single score for all schools was 78.0 and Atlanta Public Schools’ was 77.0. The school’s single score was 80.3 in 2023, 76.1 in 2024 and 88.1 in 2025. The full report card, with subgroups and the parts of the score, is on the state’s Drew Charter Junior and Senior 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.
The four-year graduation rate was 98.2% for 2025, against 87.2% statewide and 90.5% for Atlanta Public Schools, according to the same data.
Georgia Milestones, 2025, share of tested students at each of the two top levels:
Grades 6 to 8
| Subject | Proficient | Distinguished |
|---|---|---|
| English language arts | 40.7% | 22.4% |
| Math | 33.3% | 33.8% |
| Science (eighth grade) | 40.0% | 12.9% |
| Social studies (eighth grade) | 32.9% | 3.2% |
High school end-of-course tests
| Subject | Proficient | Distinguished |
|---|---|---|
| English language arts | 39.7% | 14.7% |
| Math | 35.5% | 19.0% |
| Science | 28.6% | 18.6% |
| Social studies | 13.8% | 61.2% |
The same data show 74.2% of eighth graders read at or above grade level, against 56.4% statewide.
Admission
Drew Charter Junior and Senior Academy 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
Sports and activities
Drew Charter Junior and Senior Academy plays in Region 5 of Class AA (2A) for 2026-27, according to the GHSA region alignments. The region’s other schools are Ben Franklin Academy, Coretta Scott King Academy, Eagles Landing Christian, Greenforest Christian, Landmark Christian, Paideia, Southwest Atlanta Christian, Stilwell Arts, Trinity Christian, Utopian Academy, W. D. Mohammed, Washington and Whitefield Academy. The GHSA marks the school as not playing varsity football.
Atlanta results are on our scoreboard.
More
- The school’s website
- The state’s report card for Drew Charter Junior and Senior Academy
- 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 Drew Charter Junior and Senior Academy serve?
Sixth through 12th grade, according to the state’s 2025 School Grades data.
What is Drew Charter Junior and Senior Academy’s CCRPI score?
Its single score was 88.1 in 2025, according to the state’s School Grades data; the Georgia single score for all schools was 78.0. It was 76.1 in 2024.
What is Drew Charter Junior and Senior Academy’s graduation rate?
98.2% for 2025, the four-year rate in the state’s School Grades data, against 87.2% statewide.
How do you enroll at Drew Charter Junior and Senior Academy?
Through the school, not the APS zone process; check the school’s website for application dates.
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