FAST, a public charter school at 11365 Crabapple Road, Roswell: grades K-8 by lottery, 570 students and a 78.6 CCRPI score in 2025. 678-321-1100.
Last checked Oct. 6, 2026. Sources: FAST (admissions, administration and parents pages), Fulton County Schools charter school list and bell schedule, the state’s 2025 School Grades data and the federal NCES school directory.
Fulton Academy of Science and Technology, known as FAST, is a public charter school for kindergarten through eighth grade on Crabapple Road in north Roswell. It is one of the start-up charter schools on the Fulton County Schools charter school list, and its website says it was founded in 2016. There is no attendance zone: students are admitted by lottery from across the district.
Who to call
- Front office: 678-321-1100, 11365 Crabapple Road, Roswell, GA 30075
- School website: fastk8.org
- Admissions and tours: the school’s Policy and Eligibility page and tour sign-ups
- Buses: the school’s transportation page; Fulton County Schools Transportation North, 470-254-2970
| Address | 11365 Crabapple Road, Roswell, GA 30075 |
| Phone | 678-321-1100 |
| Grades | Kindergarten to 8 |
| School day | 7:40 a.m. to 3:10 p.m. |
| District | Fulton County Schools (public charter school) |
How admission works
From the school’s Policy and Eligibility page:
- Lottery. FAST “admits students through a fair, random lottery managed by a third party.”
- Dates for 2027-28. Applications open at noon Friday, Jan. 1, 2027. Submit by Wednesday, Feb. 10, to be included in the lottery drawing on Thursday, Feb. 18. Late applications go on the waitlist in the order they are received.
- Who can apply. Students must live in the Fulton County Schools district, outside Atlanta city limits, and meet the standard age requirements for public school.
- Tours. Walking tours run weekly from November through April, with no walk-ins or private tours, according to the tour page.
Principal
Principal Mary Miller, according to the school’s administration page, which also lists Antonio Vance as executive director.
Enrollment and teachers
- Federal count: 456 students in the 2023-24 school year, with 44 full-time-equivalent teachers, according to the NCES directory. That works out to about 10 students per teacher.
- State count: 570 students in the state’s 2025 School Grades report, compared with 478 in 2024 and 588 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. The state’s 2025 School Grades data carries no letter grade for the school.
| Report year | CCRPI score |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 78.6 |
| 2024 | 80.0 |
| 2023 | 91.7 |
The state also publishes separate scores for FAST’s elementary and middle grades. In 2025 the elementary grades scored 79.5 (content mastery 92.2, progress 69.6, closing gaps 61.5 and readiness 91.3) and the middle grades scored 76.8 (content mastery 84.9, progress 69.7, closing gaps 53.6 and readiness 94.4). In reading, 66.1% of third graders, 82.2% of fifth graders and 84.3% of eighth 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):
| Grades and subject | Proficient | Distinguished |
|---|---|---|
| Grades 3-5 English language arts | 47.4% | 23.7% |
| Grades 3-5 math | 42.8% | 25% |
| Grade 5 science | 26.7% | 35.6% |
| Grades 6-8 English language arts | 53.5% | 21.8% |
| Grades 6-8 math | 37.4% | 19.5% |
| Grade 8 science | 57.1% | 6.1% |
| Grade 8 social studies | 42.9% | 4.1% |
See the full report on the state’s School Grades page for FAST or on GaDOE’s CCRPI reporting site. Both are interactive dashboards; the figures above come from the state’s downloadable data file.
What the school says it offers
The school’s About page and academics page describe:
- Design thinking and STEM across subjects, with project-based units of six to eight weeks
- An extra hour a day, four days a week, for an innovation class in every grade
- An eighth grade capstone project that lasts the full year
- Specials: PE, health, music, art and coding
- Wit & Wisdom, the literacy curriculum
Getting there, uniforms and calendar
- Buses. The school’s transportation page says it has two bus stops coordinated by Fulton County Schools and held a lottery for bus seats for 2026-27. Most families carpool.
- Uniforms. Students wear uniforms, and the same page says at least one cobalt blue Lands’ End polo with the school logo is required.
- Calendar. FAST posts its own 2026-27 school calendar. The district’s bell schedule page lists its day as 7:40 a.m. to 3:10 p.m.
More on Roswell schools
- The school’s website and its board page
- Every public school in Roswell, with zones and report cards
Frequently asked questions
How do you get into Fulton Academy of Science and Technology?
FAST admits students through a random lottery run by a third party. Applications for the 2027-28 school year open at noon Jan. 1, 2027; apply by Feb. 10 to be in the Feb. 18 drawing. Students must live in the Fulton County Schools district outside Atlanta city limits.
What grades does FAST serve?
FAST serves kindergarten through eighth grade at 11365 Crabapple Road in Roswell. It opened in 2016.
What is FAST’s CCRPI score?
FAST scored 78.6 on Georgia’s College and Career Ready Performance Index in the state’s 2025 School Grades report, down from 80.0 in 2024 and 91.7 in 2023.
What time does FAST start?
Fulton County Schools lists FAST’s hours as 7:40 a.m. to 3:10 p.m.
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