APS -- Atlanta Public Schools

Teacher Salary and Benefits

Over four thousand educators are employed at Atlanta Public Schools. The tables below detail teacher and administration salaries at Atlanta Public Schools. The data is obtained from a number of sources. Note: The information provided below is for informational purposes only, for official information please contact the school district directly.

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APS Teacher Salary Details

The following table details salary ranges for teachers that is sourced by the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) for the Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Marietta region. There can be wide variations in salary, which can be attributed to experience or education levels. For example, a teacher with a master's in education may have higher salary than an entry level teacher.

 Average SalarySalary Range
Preschool Teacher$39,460$23,550-$60,850
Kindergarten Teacher$66,350$47,670 - $97,810
Elementary School Teacher$67,530$48,500 - $94,240
Middle School Teacher$72,260$48,320 - $99,080
High School Teacher$71,230$46,750 - $100,290
PE Teacher$53,650$20,470 - $91,050

Source: Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) 2022, MSA: Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Marietta, SOC Codes: 25-2011, 25-2012, 25-2021, 25-2022, 25-2031, 27-2022, 25-3098, 25-9041

Special Education Teacher Salary

The table below details salary ranges for special education teachers that work for APS and surrounding area school districts.

 Average SalarySalary Range
Special Ed. (Preschool)$39,460$23,550-$60,850
Special Ed. (Kindergarten & Elementary)$71,990$50,260 - $101,040

Source: Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) 2022, MSA: Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Marietta, SOC Codes: 25-2051, 25-2052, 25-2053, 25-2054

School Administrators and Staff Salary

Learn more about salary ranges and details on school administrators, counselors, and librarians for the Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Marietta area below.

 Average SalarySalary Range
School Administrators (Preschool)$64,550$38,380-$98,280
School Administrators (Elementary, Middle, & High School)$103,270$78,690 - $129,360
Guidance & School Counselors$65,960$38,730 - $100,010

Source: Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) 2022, MSA: Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Marietta, SOC Codes: 11-9031,11-9032,21-1012,25-4021

Employee and Teacher Benefits (Estimated)

The estimated value of administrator and teacher benefits provided by Atlanta Public Schools is listed below. These estimates are calculated from the figures obtained from the NCES Finance Survey (2012).

 DistrictGeorgia
Teachers & Aides$14,378$16,677
Administrators$10,587$13,029

Source: Local Education Agency (School District) Finance Survey (F-33) Data (2012)

Atlanta Public Schools Jobs and Careers

The following tables outlines the number of teachers, administrators, and support staff that are employed by Atlanta Public Schools. This information is obtained through a self reported survey provided by the NCES Universe Survey.

Total Number of Teachers Employed

Total number of teachers employed by Atlanta Public Schools per grade classification is displayed below.

 201220132014
Total Teachers3,6193,6903,659
Preschool Teachers121817
Kindergarten Teachers268272269
Elementary School Teachers1,6241,6691,661
Middle & High School Teachers1,3521,3091,303
Teachers for Classes w/o Grade Levels362421410

Source: National Center For Education Statistics (NCES), CCD Local Education Agency (School District) Universe Survey 2014

Instructional Supervisors, Coordinators, and Teaching Assistants

Total number of instructional supervisors, coordinators, and teaching assistant jobs are listed in the table below.

 201220132014
Supervisors & Coordinators754744
Teaching Assistants631615587

Source: National Center For Education Statistics (NCES), CCD Local Education Agency (School District) Universe Survey 2014

District and School Administrators and Support Staff

Total number of school administrators and support staff that work for Atlanta Public Schools are shown in the table below.

 201220132014
Total Administrators & Staff2,0602,0602,073
District Administrators221280297
District Support Staff191181187
School Administrators216250258
School Administrative Support Staff261233236
Student Support Staff145158165
Other Support Staff1,006959930
Librarians898989
Guidance Counselors128120122
Elementary School Guidance Counselors474645
Middle & High School Guidance Counselors827478

Atlanta Public Schools Schools

We have listed the 105 schools and their contact information, which is operated by Atlanta Public Schools in the list below. To view additional information about each school click on the school link.

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Atlanta Public Schools Map & Boundaries

School Grades Full-Time Teachers Students
Adamsville Primary School
286 Wilson Mill Rd Sw
Atlanta GA 30331
(404) 802-4300
PK-2 29 392
Aps-Cep Partnership School
2930 Forrest Hills Dr Sw
Atlanta GA 30315
(404) 591-7275
6-12 38 246
Avon Street School
1114 Avon Ave Sw
Atlanta GA 30310
(404) 802-4000
PK-5 33 540
Beecher Hills Elementary School
2257 Bolling Brook Dr Sw
Atlanta GA 30311
(404) 802-8300
PK-5 26 369
Benteen Elementary School
200 Cassanova St Se
Atlanta GA 30315
(404) 802-7300
PK-5 21 276
Bethune Elementary School
220 Northside Dr Nw
Atlanta GA 30314
(404) 802-8200
PK-5 38 532
Booker T. Washington - Early College Small School
45 Whitehouse Dr Sw
Atlanta GA 30314
(404) 802-4600
9-12 12 246
Booker T. Washington High School - Banking, Finance and Investment
45 Whitehouse Dr Sw
Atlanta GA 30314
(404) 802-4600
9-12 25 296
Booker T. Washington High School - Health, Science and Nutrition
45 Whitehouse Dr Sw
Atlanta GA 30314
(404) 802-4600
9-12 22 348
Boyd Elementary School
1891 Johnson Rd Nw
Atlanta GA 30318
(404) 802-8150
PK-5 34 488
Brandon Elementary School
2741 Howell Mill Rd Nw
Atlanta GA 30327
(404) 802-7250
PK-5 74 1,137
Brown Middle School
765 Peeples St Sw
Atlanta GA 30310
(404) 802-6800
6-8 50 700
Bunche Middle School
1925 Niskey Lake Rd Sw
Atlanta GA 30331
(404) 802-6700
6-8 50 703
Burgess-Peterson Elementary School
480 Clifton St Se
Atlanta GA 30316
(404) 802-3400
PK-5 32 348
Cascade Elementary School
2326 Venetian Dr Sw
Atlanta GA 30311
(404) 802-8100
PK-5 29 439
Centennial Place Elementary School
531 Luckie St Nw
Atlanta GA 30313
(404) 802-8550
PK-5 37 514
Charles R. Drew Charter School
301 East Lake Blvd Se
Atlanta GA 30317
(404) 687-0001
PK-9 101 1,313
Cleveland Elementary School
2672 Old Hapeville Rd Sw
Atlanta GA 30315
(404) 802-8400
PK-5 28 364
Coan Middle School
1550 Hosea L Williams Dr Ne
Atlanta GA 30317
(404) 802-6600
6-8 31 261
Connally Elementary School
1654 South Alvarado Ter Sw
Atlanta GA 30311
(404) 802-8450
PK-5 30 412
Continental Colony Elementary School
3181 Hogan Rd Sw
Atlanta GA 30331
(404) 802-8000
PK-5 29 413
Coretta Scott King Young Women's Academy High Scho
1190 Northwest Dr Nw
Atlanta GA 30318
(404) 802-4900
9-12 28 290
Coretta Scott King Young Women's Academy Middle Sc
1190 Northwest Dr Nw
Atlanta GA 30318
(404) 802-4962
6-8 27 301
Crim High School
256 Clifton St Se
Atlanta GA 30317
(404) 802-5800
9-12 43 266
D. H. Stanton Elementary School
970 Martin St Se
Atlanta GA 30315
(404) 802-4200
PK-5 24 252
Deerwood Academy School
3070 Fairburn Rd Sw
Atlanta GA 30331
(404) 802-3300
PK-5 39 643
Dobbs Elementary School
2025 Jonesboro Rd Se
Atlanta GA 30315
(404) 802-8050
PK-5 38 552
Douglass High School
225 Hamilton East Holmes Dr Nw
Atlanta GA 30318
(404) 802-3100
9-12 59 808
Dunbar Elementary School
403 Richardson St Sw
Atlanta GA 30312
(404) 802-7950
PK-5 29 419
Early College High School at Carver
55 Mcdonough Blvd Se
Atlanta GA 30315
(404) 802-4405
9-12 18 347
F. L. Stanton Elementary School
1625 Martin Luther King Jr Dr
Atlanta GA 30314
(404) 802-7500
KG-5 26 283
Fain Elementary School
101 Hemphill School Rd Nw
Atlanta GA 30331
(404) 802-8600
PK-5 34 517
Fickett Elementary School
3935 Rux Rd Sw
Atlanta GA 30331
(404) 802-7850
PK-5 38 523
Garden Hills Elementary School
285 Sheridan Dr Ne
Atlanta GA 30305
(404) 802-7800
PK-5 48 624
Gideons Elementary School
897 Welch St Sw
Atlanta GA 30310
(404) 802-7700
PK-5 32 537
Grady High School
929 Charles Allen Dr Ne
Atlanta GA 30309
(404) 802-3001
9-12 100 1,330
Grove Park Elementary School
20 Evelyn Way Nw
Atlanta GA 30318
(404) 802-7750
3-5 26 322
Harper-Archer Middle School
3399 Collier Dr Nw
Atlanta GA 30331
(404) 802-6500
6-8 47 620
Heritage Academy Elementary
3500 Villa Circlese
Atlanta GA 30354
(404) 802-8650
PK-5 38 544
Hillside Conant School
690 Courtenay Dr Ne
Atlanta GA 30306
(404) 875-4551
1-12 10 75
Hope Elementary School
112 Blvd Ne
Atlanta GA 30312
(404) 802-7450
PK-5 25 385
Humphries Elementary School
3029 Humphries Dr Se
Atlanta GA 30354
(404) 802-8750
PK-5 28 356
Hutchinson Elementary School
650 Cleveland Ave Sw
Atlanta GA 30315
(404) 802-7650
PK-5 32 395
Imagine Wesley International Academy Charter Facility
1049 Custer Ave Se
Atlanta GA 30316
(678) 904-9137
KG-8 57 708
Inman Middle School
774 Virginia Ave Ne
Atlanta GA 30306
(404) 802-3200
6-8 63 981
Intown Charter Academy
386 Pine St Ne
Atlanta GA 30308
(404) 881-1030
KG-8 30 325
Jackson Elementary School
1325 Mount Paran Rd Nw
Atlanta GA 30327
(404) 802-8800
PK-5 61 918
Kennedy Middle School
225 James P Brawley Dr Nw
Atlanta GA 30314
(404) 802-3600
6-8 13 64
Kimberly Elementary School
3090 Mcmurray Dr Sw
Atlanta GA 30311
(404) 802-7600
PK-5 34 461
Kindezi
1890 Detroit Ave Nw
Atlanta GA 30314
(404) 671-4920
KG-6 40 190
King Middle School
545 Hill St Se
Atlanta GA 30312
(404) 802-5400
6-8 36 471
Kipp Atlanta Collegiate
98 Anderson Ave
Atlanta GA 30314
(404) 326-4858
9-11 27 366
Kipp Strive Academy
1444 Lucile Ave Sw
Atlanta GA 30310
(404) 753-1530
5-8 24 349
Kipp Strive Primary
1444 Lucile Ave Sw
Atlanta GA 30310
(404) 924-6310
KG-1 3 224
Kipp Vision
660 Mcwilliams Rd Se
Atlanta GA 30315
(404) 537-5252
5-8 22 347
Kipp Vision Primary
660 Mcwilliams Rd Se
Atlanta GA 30315
(404) 537-5252
KG-KG 9 109
Kipp West Atlanta Young Scholars Academy
80 Joseph East Lowery Blvd Nw
Atlanta GA 30314
(404) 475-1941
5-8 24 329
Latin Academy Charter School
2050 Tiger Flowers Dr Nw
Atlanta GA 30314
(404) 587-1371
6-7 11 187
Lin Elementary School
586 Candler Park Dr Ne
Atlanta GA 30307
(404) 802-8850
KG-5 41 596
Long Middle School
3200 Latona Dr Sw
Atlanta GA 30354
(404) 802-4800
6-8 51 702
M. A. Jones Elementary School
1040 Fair St Sw
Atlanta GA 30314
(404) 802-3900
PK-5 36 518
Mays High School
3450 Benjamin East Mays Dr Sw
Atlanta GA 30331
(404) 802-5100
9-12 102 1,562
Miles Elementary School
4215 Bakers Ferry Rd Sw
Atlanta GA 30331
(404) 802-8900
3-5 24 319
Morningside Elementary School
1053 East Rock Springs Rd Ne
Atlanta GA 30306
(404) 802-8950
PK-5 52 799
Neighborhood Charter School
688 Grant St Se
Atlanta GA 30315
(404) 624-6226
KG-5 29 432
North Atlanta High School
4111 Northside Parkway Nw
Atlanta GA 30327
(404) 802-4700
9-12 95 1,596
Parkside Elementary School
685 Mercer St Se
Atlanta GA 30312
(404) 802-4100
PK-5 46 637
Perkerson Elementary School
2040 Brewer Blvd Sw
Atlanta GA 30310
(404) 802-3950
PK-5 37 533
Peyton Forest Elementary School
301 Peyton Rd Sw
Atlanta GA 30311
(404) 802-7100
PK-5 30 464
Pitts-Mitchell Elementary Replacement School
2268 Adams Dr Nw
Atlanta GA 30318
(404) 802-8350
PK-5 42 675
Price Middle School
1670 Benjamin Weldon Bickers
Atlanta GA 30315
(404) 802-6300
6-8 28 344
Rivers Elementary School
8 Peachtree Battle Ave Nw
Atlanta GA 30305
(404) 802-7050
PK-5 46 667
School of Health Sciences and Research at Carver
55 Mcdonough Blvd Se
Atlanta GA 30315
(404) 802-4420
9-12 30 381
School of Technology at Carver
55 Mcdonough Blvd Se
Atlanta GA 30315
(404) 802-4410
9-12 24 353
Scott Elementary School
1752 Hollywood Rd Nw
Atlanta GA 30318
(404) 802-7000
PK-5 28 343
Slater Elementary School
1320 Pryor Rd Sw
Atlanta GA 30315
(404) 802-4050
PK-5 39 561
Smith Elementary School
370 Old Ivy Rd Ne
Atlanta GA 30342
(404) 802-3880
PK-5 81 1,261
South Atlanta Law and Social Justice School
800 Hutchens Rd Se
Atlanta GA 30354
(404) 802-5045
9-12 30 303
South Atlanta School of Computer Animation and Design
800 Hutchens Rd Se
Atlanta GA 30354
(404) 362-5057
9-12 23 304
South Atlanta School of Health and Medical Science
800 Hutchens Rd Se
Atlanta GA 30354
(404) 802-5050
9-12 23 311
Southeast Atlanta Charter Middle School
820 Essie Ave Se
Atlanta GA 30316
(678) 904-0051
6-8 27 234
Southside High School
801 Glenwood Ave Se
Atlanta GA 30316
(404) 802-5200
9-12 63 960
Springdale Park Elementary School
1246 Ponce De Leon Ave Ne
Atlanta GA 30306
(404) 802-7150
PK-5 40 639
Sutton Middle School
2875 Northside Dr Nw
Atlanta GA 30305
(404) 802-5600
6-8 82 1,501
Sylvan Hills Middle School
1461 Sylvan Rd Sw
Atlanta GA 30310
(404) 802-6200
6-8 39 583
The Best Academy at Benjamin S. Carson
1890 Donald Lee Hollowell Park
Atlanta GA 30318
(404) 802-4944
6-8 22 322
The Best Academy High School at Benjamin S. Carson
1820 Mary Dell Dr Se
Atlanta GA 30316
(404) 802-4944
9-12 29 259
The School of the Arts at Carver
55 Mcdonough Blvd Se
Atlanta GA 30315
(404) 802-4415
9-12 28 402
Therrell School of Engineering, Math, and Science
3099 Panther Trl Sw
Atlanta GA 30311
(404) 346-2523
9-12 31 342
Therrell School of Health and Science
3099 Panther Trl Sw
Atlanta GA 30311
(404) 346-2523
9-12 20 250
Therrell School of Law, Government and Public Policy
3099 Panther Trl Sw
Atlanta GA 30311
(404) 346-2523
9-12 18 265
Thomasville Heights Elementary School
1820 Henry Thomas Dr Se
Atlanta GA 30315
(404) 802-5750
PK-5 23 358
Toomer Elementary School
65 Rogers St Ne
Atlanta GA 30317
(404) 802-3450
PK-5 27 379
Towns Elementary School
760 Bolton Rd Nw
Atlanta GA 30331
(404) 699-4560
PK-5 35 339
Usher Elementary School
631 Harwell Rd Nw
Atlanta GA 30318
(404) 802-5700
PK-5 36 403
Venetian Hills Elementary School
1910 Venetian Dr Sw
Atlanta GA 30311
(404) 802-4550
PK-5 26 376
West Manor Elementary School
570 Lynhurst Dr Sw
Atlanta GA 30311
(404) 802-3350
KG-5 25 302
Westside Atlanta Charter School
1903 Drew Dr Nw
Atlanta GA 30318
(404) 931-4827
KG-2 8 122
Whitefoord Elementary School
35 Whitefoord Ave Se
Atlanta GA 30317
(404) 802-6900
PK-5 22 266
Woodson Primary School
1605 Donald Lee Hollowell Park
Atlanta GA 30318
(404) 802-7350
PK-2 26 366
Young Middle School
3116 Benjamin East Mays Dr Sw
Atlanta GA 30311
(404) 802-5900
6-8 66 1,047