Atlanta Public Schools (APS) is a school district based in Atlanta, Georgia, United States. It is run by the Atlanta Board of Education with Interim Superintendent Dr. Danielle S. Battle. The system has an active enrollment of 54,956 students, attending a total of 103 school sites: 50 elementary schools, 15 middle schools, 21 high schools, four single-gender academies and 13 charter schools. The school system also supports two alternative schools for middle and/or high school students, two community schools, and an adult learning center.
Frederick Douglass High School
Henry W. Grady High School
First Lady Michelle Obama visits Burgess-Peterson Academy, February 9, 2011.
Sutton Middle School
Atlanta annexations and wards
From its incorporation in 1847, the municipal boundaries of Atlanta, Georgia, United States, were extended repeatedly from a small area around its railroad station to today's city covering 131.7 square miles (341 km2).
Layout of Atlanta's five wards (1874 to 1883)
Layout of Atlanta's six wards (1883 to 1894)
1952 annexation