Crabapple Crossing Elementary School, 12775 Birmingham Highway, Milton: pre-K to 5, 622 students, 93.3 CCRPI in the state's 2025 report. 470-254-7055.
Last checked 2026-10-04. Sources: Crabapple Crossing Elementary School, Fulton County Schools, the state’s 2025 School Grades data and the federal NCES school directory.
Crabapple Crossing Elementary School is a Fulton County Schools elementary school for pre-K through grade 5 on Birmingham Highway in the Crabapple area of Milton. The federal school directory lists an Alpharetta mailing address, but the school’s own website, the district and the state report card place it in Milton. The district’s address map data puts about 1,900 address points inside Alpharetta city limits in the Crabapple Crossing Elementary zone.
Who to call
- Front office: 470-254-7055, 12775 Birmingham Highway, Milton, GA 30004
- School website: crabapplecrossing.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 | 12775 Birmingham Highway, Milton, GA 30004 |
| Phone | 470-254-7055 |
| Grades | Pre-K to 5 |
| School day | 7:40 a.m. to 2:20 p.m. |
| District | Fulton County Schools |
Principal
Principal Laura Butler, according to the school’s Principal’s Message page, which says she is in her second year at the school.
Enrollment and teachers
- Federal count: 624 students in the 2023-24 school year, with 39 full-time-equivalent teachers, according to the NCES directory. That works out to about 16 students per teacher.
- State count: 622 students in the state’s 2025 School Grades report, compared with 645 in 2024 and 674 in 2023.
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 | 93.3 |
| 2024 | 90.4 |
| 2023 | 89.4 |
The 2025 score breaks down into content mastery 99.3, progress 85.7, closing gaps 94.1 and readiness 96.8. In reading, 70.8% of third graders and 83.3% 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 | 43.6% | 35.3% |
| Math | 38.3% | 45.4% |
| Science (fifth grade) | 39.6% | 27.4% |
See the full report on the state’s School Grades page for Crabapple Crossing Elementary 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 on the district’s attendance zone map or with Find Your School.
Under the district’s 2026-27 north Fulton feeder pattern:
- Middle school: all Crabapple Crossing students go on to Northwestern Middle, which is split between Cambridge High and Milton High.
Redistricting. No rezoning that affects Crabapple Crossing Elementary has been approved. Neither the school nor the middle school it feeds is among the schools in the district’s current redistricting, consolidation and closure review, which the School Board started Sept. 17, 2026. Our story on the review lists the schools that are.
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 Crabapple Crossing Elementary’s day as 7:40 a.m. to 2:20 p.m., the same hours it lists for the other elementary schools that serve Alpharetta.
More on Alpharetta schools
- The school’s website and the district’s school profile reports
- Every public school in Alpharetta
- Our Alpharetta schools guide for enrollment documents and board meetings
Frequently asked questions
What grades does Crabapple Crossing Elementary School serve?
Crabapple Crossing Elementary School serves pre-K through grade 5. It is a Fulton County Schools elementary school at 12775 Birmingham Highway in Milton.
What is Crabapple Crossing Elementary School’s CCRPI score?
Crabapple Crossing Elementary scored 93.3 on Georgia’s College and Career Ready Performance Index in the state’s 2025 School Grades report, up from 90.4 in 2024.
Which middle and high school does Crabapple Crossing Elementary feed into?
Crabapple Crossing Elementary sends all its students to Northwestern Middle, according to the district’s 2026-27 feeder pattern. Northwestern Middle goes on to Cambridge High or Milton High.
What time does Crabapple Crossing Elementary School start?
Fulton County Schools lists Crabapple Crossing Elementary’s hours as 7:40 a.m. to 2:20 p.m.
Have your say