Sylvan Hills Middle, 1461 Sylvan Road SW: grades 6-8, 528 students in 2025, CCRPI 65.7. Zone, feeders and calendar.
Last checked Oct. 6, 2026. Sources: the Sylvan Hills Middle 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.
Sylvan Hills Middle School is an Atlanta Public Schools middle school in the district’s Carver cluster. It teaches sixth through eighth grade at 1461 Sylvan Road SW.
- Address: 1461 Sylvan Road SW, Atlanta, GA 30310
- Phone: 404-802-6200
- Grades: 6 to 8
- Website: sylvan.atlantapublicschools.us
Who to call
- Sylvan Hills Middle front office: 404-802-6200
- 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
Patricia Ford is principal, according to the school’s website.
Enrollment and teachers
The state counted 528 students at Sylvan Hills Middle in its 2025 School Grades data. The most recent federal figure, from the NCES directory for the 2023-24 school year, is 430 students and 35 full-time-equivalent teachers, about 12.3 students per teacher.
State report card
Sylvan Hills Middle’s 2025 CCRPI single score was 65.7, 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 64.2 in 2023, 67.8 in 2024 and 65.7 in 2025. The full report card, with subgroups and the parts of the score, is on the state’s Sylvan Hills Middle 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 | 15.3% | 3.6% |
| Math | 20.0% | 4.1% |
| Social studies (eighth grade) | 14.1% | 1.4% |
The same data show 27.5% 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 Sylvan Hills Middle shows the school’s boundary.
Sylvan Hills Middle is one of two middle schools in the Carver cluster, with Price Middle, according to the district’s feeder pattern list. The cluster’s elementary schools are Slater Elementary, Finch Elementary, Kindezi at Gideons and Perkerson Elementary; the district’s list does not say which feed which middle school, so check the zone locator. The cluster ends at the Carver campus, home of Carver Early College and STEAM Academy at Carver.
We found no board-approved rezoning that changes Sylvan Hills Middle’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 Sylvan Hills Middle
- The district’s zone map for Sylvan Hills Middle 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 Sylvan Hills Middle serve?
Sixth through eighth grade, according to the state’s 2025 School Grades data.
What is Sylvan Hills Middle’s CCRPI score?
65.7 in 2025, according to the state’s School Grades data, against a Georgia middle school average of 78.4. It was 67.8 in 2024.
Which high school does Sylvan Hills Middle feed into?
The Carver campus on McDonough Boulevard, home of Carver Early College and STEAM Academy at Carver, according to the district’s feeder list.
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