Finch Elementary School, Atlanta: zone, report card and calendar

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

Finch Elementary School is an Atlanta Public Schools elementary school in the district’s Carver cluster. It teaches prekindergarten through fifth grade at 1114 Avon Ave. SW.

• Address: 1114 Avon Ave. SW, Atlanta, GA 30310
• Phone: 404-802-4000
• Grades: Pre-K to 5
• Website: finch.atlantapublicschools.us

Who to call

• Finch Elementary front office: 404-802-4000
• 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

Tara C. Spencer is principal, according to the school’s website.

Enrollment and teachers

The state counted 306 students at Finch Elementary in its 2025 School Grades data. The most recent federal figure, from the NCES directory for the 2023-24 school year, is 319 students and 38 full-time-equivalent teachers, about 8.4 students per teacher.

State report card

Finch Elementary’s 2025 CCRPI single score was 64.2, 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 64.0 in 2023, 65.4 in 2024 and 64.2 in 2025. The full report card, with subgroups and the parts of the score, is on the state’s Finch 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 23.9% 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 Finch Elementary shows the school’s boundary.

Finch Elementary is in the Carver cluster, according to the district’s feeder pattern list. The cluster’s middle schools are Price Middle and Sylvan Hills Middle, and it ends at the Carver campus on McDonough Boulevard, home of Carver Early College and STEAM Academy at Carver. Check the zone locator for the middle school an address is zoned for.

We found no board-approved rezoning that changes Finch Elementary’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

More

• The school’s website
• The state’s report card for Finch Elementary
• The district’s zone map for Finch 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 Finch Elementary serve?

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

What is Finch Elementary’s CCRPI score?

64.2 in 2025, according to the state’s School Grades data, against a Georgia elementary school average of 78.6. It was 65.4 in 2024.

Which schools does Finch Elementary feed into?

Price or Sylvan Hills middle school, then the Carver campus (Carver Early College or STEAM Academy at Carver), according to the district’s feeder list.