Sarah Rawson Smith Elementary School, Atlanta: report card

Last checked Oct. 6, 2026. Sources: the Sarah Smith 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.

Sarah Rawson Smith Elementary School is an Atlanta Public Schools elementary school in the district’s North Atlanta cluster. It teaches prekindergarten through fifth grade at 370 Old Ivy Road NE.

• Address: 370 Old Ivy Road NE, Atlanta, GA 30342
• Phone: 404-802-3850
• Grades: Pre-K to 5
• Website: sarahsmith.atlantapublicschools.us

Who to call

• Sarah Smith Elementary front office: 404-802-3850
• 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

Stacey Perot is principal, according to the school’s website.

Enrollment and teachers

The state counted 900 students at Sarah Smith Elementary in its 2025 School Grades data. The most recent federal figure, from the NCES directory for the 2023-24 school year, is 875 students and 68 full-time-equivalent teachers, about 12.9 students per teacher.

State report card

Sarah Smith Elementary’s 2025 CCRPI single score was 82.1, 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 74.2 in 2023, 77.2 in 2024 and 82.1 in 2025. The full report card, with subgroups and the parts of the score, is on the state’s Sarah Smith 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 67.7% 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 Sarah Smith Elementary shows the school’s boundary.

Students at Sarah Smith Elementary go on to Sutton Middle and then North Atlanta 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.

We found no board-approved rezoning that changes Sarah Smith 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 Sarah Smith Elementary
• The district’s zone map for Sarah Smith 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 Sarah Smith Elementary serve?

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

What is Sarah Smith Elementary’s CCRPI score?

82.1 in 2025, according to the state’s School Grades data, against a Georgia elementary school average of 78.6. It was 77.2 in 2024.

Which schools does Sarah Smith Elementary feed into?

Sutton Middle, then North Atlanta High, according to the district’s feeder list.