Ison Springs Elementary, 8261 Ison Road, Sandy Springs: pre-K to grade 5, 473 students and an 82.9 CCRPI score in 2025. 470-254-4020.
Last checked Oct. 5, 2026. Sources: Ison Springs Elementary School, Fulton County Schools and its attendance zone map data, the state’s 2025 School Grades data and the federal NCES school directory.
Ison Springs Elementary School is a Fulton County Schools elementary school for pre-K through grade 5 on Ison Road in north Sandy Springs. It is the one Sandy Springs public school whose federal directory listing carries a Sandy Springs mailing address. About 8,500 address points in Sandy Springs are zoned to Ison Springs, according to the district’s map data.
Who to call
- Front office: 470-254-4020, 8261 Ison Road, Sandy Springs, GA 30350
- School website: isonsprings.fultonschools.org
- Enrolling a new student: the district’s online registration. District main line: 470-254-3600.
- Buses: Fulton County Schools Transportation North, 470-254-2970
| Address | 8261 Ison Road, Sandy Springs, GA 30350 |
| Phone | 470-254-4020 |
| Grades | Pre-K to 5 |
| School day | 7:40 a.m. to 2:20 p.m. |
| District | Fulton County Schools |
Principal
Principal Lakasha Lee, according to the school’s principal’s message.
Enrollment and teachers
- Federal count: 469 students in the 2023-24 school year, with 38 full-time-equivalent teachers, according to the NCES directory. That works out to about 12 students per teacher.
- State count: 473 students in the state’s 2025 School Grades report, compared with 508 in 2024 and 504 in 2023.
- School’s own count: the school profile gives a current enrollment of 625, without a date. It says the school serves kindergarten through grade 5 plus pre-K and self-contained autism classes.
State report card
Georgia grades schools with the College and Career Ready Performance Index (CCRPI), which the Georgia Department of Education calls “Georgia’s annual tool for measuring how well schools, districts, and the state are preparing students for the next educational level,” according to its accountability page. Scores run from 0 to 100. Georgia no longer issues letter grades.
| Report year | CCRPI score |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 82.9 |
| 2024 | 77.3 |
| 2023 | 62.1 |
The 2025 score breaks down into content mastery 64.5, progress 98.2, closing gaps 85.3 and readiness 82.1. In reading, 50% of third graders and 54.1% of fifth graders scored at or above the midpoint of the state’s grade-level Lexile range.
Georgia Milestones, 2025 end-of-grade tests (share of tested students at the proficient and distinguished levels):
| Subject | Proficient | Distinguished |
|---|---|---|
| English language arts | 28.2% | 9.8% |
| Math | 34.4% | 10.4% |
| Science (fifth grade) | 17.9% | 10.7% |
See the full report on the state’s School Grades page for Ison Springs or on GaDOE’s CCRPI reporting site. Both are interactive dashboards; the figures above come from the state’s downloadable data file.
Attendance zone and feeder schools
Check any address with the district’s Find Your School lookup or its attendance zone map.
Under the district’s 2026-27 Sandy Springs feeder pattern, all of Ison Springs feeds Sandy Springs Middle, which sends all its students to North Springs High.
No rezoning that affects Ison Springs has been approved. The district’s current redistricting review covers south and north Fulton, not the Sandy Springs schools, and the district says no attendance zone changes, closures or consolidations have been approved.
Calendar and bell times
From the district’s 2026-27 calendar:
- Monday, Oct. 12: holiday, schools closed
- Tuesday, Nov. 3: Election Day, a remote learning day
- Nov. 23-27: Thanksgiving break
- Dec. 21 to Jan. 1, 2027: winter break
The district’s bell schedule page lists Ison Springs’ day as 7:40 a.m. to 2:20 p.m., the same hours as the district’s other elementary schools.
Title I
Ison Springs is a Title I school, according to its Title I page. Title I is a federal program that gives schools extra money for instruction, teaching and family engagement; the page posts the school’s family engagement plan and school-family compacts in English and Spanish.
More on Sandy Springs schools
- The school’s website and the district’s school profile reports
- Every public school in Sandy Springs, with zones and report cards
Frequently asked questions
What grades does Ison Springs Elementary serve?
Ison Springs serves pre-K through grade 5. It is a Fulton County Schools elementary school at 8261 Ison Road in Sandy Springs.
What is Ison Springs Elementary’s CCRPI score?
Ison Springs scored 82.9 on Georgia’s College and Career Ready Performance Index in the state’s 2025 School Grades report, up from 77.3 in 2024 and 62.1 in 2023.
Which high school does Ison Springs Elementary feed into?
Ison Springs feeds Sandy Springs Middle School and then North Springs High School, according to the district’s 2026-27 feeder pattern.
What time does Ison Springs Elementary start?
The school day runs 7:40 a.m. to 2:20 p.m., according to the Fulton County Schools bell schedule.
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