Springdale Park Elementary School is part of Atlanta Public Schools. SPARK was built as a certified LEED Gold school with the unique feature of a roof-top garden. The building was designed by Perkins+Will and has won the Atlanta Urban Design Commission Award of Excellence, the AIA Georgia Design Award, and the USGBC Award for Excellence in Sustainability in 2010. It was recently highlighted by the United States Green Building Council through their "High Performance, Healthy Schools" program for both their physical resources and their programming.