Paul L. Dunbar Elementary School, Atlanta: report card and calendar

Last checked Oct. 6, 2026. Sources: the Dunbar Elementary 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.

Paul L. Dunbar Elementary School is an Atlanta Public Schools elementary school in the district’s Jackson cluster. It teaches prekindergarten through fifth grade at 500 Whitehall Terrace SW.

• Address: 500 Whitehall Terrace SW, Atlanta, GA 30312
• Phone: 404-802-7950
• Grades: Pre-K to 5
• Website: dunbar.atlantapublicschools.us

Who to call

• Dunbar Elementary front office: 404-802-7950
• 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

Fantara Houston is principal, according to the school’s website.

Enrollment and teachers

The state counted 328 students at Dunbar Elementary in its 2025 School Grades data. The most recent federal figure, from the NCES directory for the 2023-24 school year, is 250 students and 28 full-time-equivalent teachers, about 8.9 students per teacher.

State report card

Dunbar Elementary’s 2025 CCRPI single score was 61.1, 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 47.3 in 2023, 75.6 in 2024 and 61.1 in 2025. The full report card, with subgroups and the parts of the score, is on the state’s Dunbar 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:

The same data show 28.2% 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 Dunbar Elementary shows the school’s boundary.

Students at Dunbar Elementary 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. Dunbar Elementary is one of the schools the plan affects: the district’s APS Forward 2040 page names Dunbar Elementary among the impacted schools whose students will move to a “welcoming school” in August 2027. APS posted a draft attendance-zone map for Dunbar Elementary on Oct. 5, 2026 (map), has a second survey open Oct. 5 to 14, and plans to bring a recommendation to the board in November with a vote on Monday, Dec. 7. New zones would take effect in August 2027. The board’s December 2025 action item has the approved plan.

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 Dunbar Elementary
• The district’s zone map for Dunbar Elementary 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 Dunbar Elementary serve?

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

What is Dunbar Elementary’s CCRPI score?

61.1 in 2025, according to the state’s School Grades data, against a Georgia elementary school average of 78.6. It was 75.6 in 2024.

Which schools does Dunbar Elementary feed into?

King Middle, then Maynard Jackson High, according to the district’s feeder list.