Russell West End Academy, 765 Peeples St. SW: grades 6-8, 396 students in 2025, CCRPI 65.5. Zone, feeders and calendar.
Last checked Oct. 6, 2026. Sources: the Russell West End Academy 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.
Herman J. Russell West End Academy is an Atlanta Public Schools middle school in the district’s Washington cluster. It teaches sixth through eighth grade at 765 Peeples St. SW.
- Address: 765 Peeples St. SW, Atlanta, GA 30310
- Phone: 404-802-6800
- Grades: 6 to 8
- Website: hjrussell.atlantapublicschools.us
Who to call
- Russell West End Academy front office: 404-802-6800
- 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
Chendra Dupree is principal, according to the school’s website.
Enrollment and teachers
The state counted 396 students at Russell West End Academy in its 2025 School Grades data. The most recent federal figure, from the NCES directory for the 2023-24 school year, is 366 students and 36 full-time-equivalent teachers, about 10.2 students per teacher.
State report card
Russell West End Academy’s 2025 CCRPI single score was 65.5, 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 55.0 in 2023, 62.8 in 2024 and 65.5 in 2025. The full report card, with subgroups and the parts of the score, is on the state’s Russell West End 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.
Georgia Milestones, 2025, share of tested students at each of the two top levels:
| Subject | Proficient | Distinguished |
|---|---|---|
| English language arts | 15.9% | 2.7% |
| Math | 13.9% | 3.0% |
| Science (eighth grade) | 15.9% | 5.6% |
| Social studies (eighth grade) | 9.4% | 1.9% |
The same data show 23.9% 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 Russell West End Academy shows the school’s boundary.
Russell West End Academy draws from Hollis Innovation Academy, M. Agnes Jones Elementary and Tuskegee Airmen Global Academy, and its students go on to Washington 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. The district says the zone work will move the F.L. Stanton Elementary zone from the Douglass feeder pattern into the Washington pattern for middle and high school. 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 Russell West End Academy’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
Bell times
Breakfast and homeroom run from 8:45 a.m., first period starts at 9:15 a.m. and the last period ends at 4:15 p.m., according to the school’s bell schedule.
More
- The school’s website
- The state’s report card for Russell West End Academy
- The district’s zone map for Russell West End Academy 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 Russell West End Academy serve?
Sixth through eighth grade, according to the state’s 2025 School Grades data.
What is Russell West End Academy’s CCRPI score?
65.5 in 2025, according to the state’s School Grades data, against a Georgia middle school average of 78.4. It was 62.8 in 2024.
Which high school does Russell West End Academy feed into?
Washington High, according to the district’s feeder list.
What time does Russell West End Academy start?
9:15 a.m., according to the school’s website.
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