Virginia-Highland Elementary School, Atlanta: report card

Last checked Oct. 6, 2026. Sources: the Virginia-Highland Elementary website, Atlanta Public Schools’ feeder pattern list, 2026-27 student calendar (PDF) and the Governor’s Office of Student Achievement’s 2025 School Grades data.

Virginia-Highland Elementary School is an Atlanta Public Schools elementary school in the district’s Midtown cluster. It teaches prekindergarten through fifth grade at 774 Virginia Ave. NE.

• Address: 774 Virginia Ave. NE, Atlanta, GA 30306
• Phone: 404-802-7200
• Grades: Pre-K to 5
• Website: virginiahighland.atlantapublicschools.us

Who to call

• Virginia-Highland Elementary front office: 404-802-7200
• 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

Terry Harness is principal, according to the school’s website.

Enrollment and teachers

The state counted 665 students at Virginia-Highland Elementary in its 2025 School Grades data. The federal NCES directory’s latest file, for the 2023-24 school year, does not list the school.

State report card

Virginia-Highland Elementary’s 2025 CCRPI single score was 97.2, 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 98.5 in 2024 and 97.2 in 2025. The full report card, with subgroups and the parts of the score, is on the state’s Virginia-Highland 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 89.8% 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 Virginia-Highland Elementary shows the school’s boundary.

Students at Virginia-Highland Elementary go on to Howard Middle and then Midtown 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 Virginia-Highland 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

Bell times

Doors open at 7:15 a.m. and student hours are 7:45 a.m. to 2:20 p.m., according to the school’s hours and location page.

More

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

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

What is Virginia-Highland Elementary’s CCRPI score?

97.2 in 2025, according to the state’s School Grades data, against a Georgia elementary school average of 78.6. It was 98.5 in 2024.

Which schools does Virginia-Highland Elementary feed into?

Howard Middle, then Midtown High, according to the district’s feeder list.

What time does Virginia-Highland Elementary start?

7:45 a.m., according to the school’s website.