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Enrollment
757
Elementary
DISTRICT 556 · STATE 605
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·DEKALB COUNTY·NCES 130174000729
Ashford Park Elementary School
2968 Cravenridge Dr NE, Atlanta, GA 30319 · (678) 676-6702 · DeKalb County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL757 STUDENTS
A
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 90% of Georgia public elementary schools
- ATest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- BBeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- AThree-year trend Change in reading and math proficiency over the last three test years.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Georgia public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
14.8:1
51 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.1:1 · STATE 13.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
15%
112 students
DISTRICT 82% · STATE 74%
Community
6
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 25 | 3% |
| Kindergarten | 157 | 21% |
| Grade 1 | 159 | 21% |
| Grade 2 | 136 | 18% |
| Grade 3 | 123 | 16% |
| Grade 4 | 86 | 11% |
| Grade 5 | 71 | 9% |
This year's kindergarten class (157) is 121% larger than its 5th grade class (71).
Student demographics
59%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 63% · STATE 71% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
School pathway
Students here typically continue to
Based on published attendance-zone data from DeKalb County. Zones change; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
Georgia Milestones 2024-25 . % Proficient or DistinguishedEnglish Language Arts
73.0%
GA avg 40.1% . +5.2pp since 2021
Math
74.8%
GA avg 44.6% . +14.6pp since 2021
What this means: On the Georgia Milestones, Georgia's statewide test, about 73 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 75 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Georgia schools, those numbers are about 40 and 45. Reading and writing scores are up about 5 points since 2021, while math scores are up about 15 points.
Georgia Milestones results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 73.0% | 74.8% |
| 2023-24 | 72.2% | 73.2% |
| 2022-23 | 72.5% | 70.3% |
| 2021-22 | 67.8% | 60.3% |
% Proficient or Distinguished, all students and all tested grades.
Source: Georgia Milestones. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
71.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
69.7%
based on GA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+2.1pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 72% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 70% typical for Georgia schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among Georgia's top nor bottom 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like Ashford Park Elementary School
Ashford Park Elementary School's state test result (71.8% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ashford Park Elementary School this school | 757 | 14.8% | 71.8% |
| Montgomery Elementary School Brookhaven | 728 | 14.7% | 72.2% |
| Parkway Elementary School Evans | 795 | 19.6% | 75.3% |
| Ford Elementary School Acworth | 750 | 16.9% | 64.0% |
| Simpson Elementary School Peachtree Corners | 881 | 17.6% | 81.9% |
| Virginia-Highland Elementary School Atlanta | 649 | 15.4% | 79.3% |
Matched among Georgia elementary schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where Ashford Park Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Georgia | In DeKalb County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 71.8% | #81 of 1,208 | #9 of 88 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 74.8% | #85 of 1,215 ▲ 14 | #8 of 88 ▼ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 73.0% | #48 of 1,215 ▲ 16 | #5 of 88 ▲ 3 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +9.9pp | #139 of 1,183 | #9 of 88 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 757 | #292 of 1,324 | #18 of 97 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.8:1 | #1,058 of 1,301 | #79 of 94 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 58.6% | #536 of 1,301 | #31 of 94 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 14.8% | #1,266 of 1,312 | #88 of 97 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +37.6% | #32 of 386 | #3 of 19 |
Ranked against other public elementary schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
757
+39 (+5%) vs 2020
+67% since 1990-91, when it was 453
Student : Teacher
14.8:1
was 13.1:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 757 | 51 | 14.8:1 | 15% (112) |
| 2023-24 | 725 | 48.7 | 14.9:1 | 16% (116) |
| 2022-23 | 697 | 47.7 | 14.6:1 | 12% (84) |
| 2020-21 | 718 | 55 | 13.1:1 | 11% (79) |
| 2017-18 | 550 | 47.7 | 11.5:1 | 20% (111) |
| 2015-16 | 559 | 44 | 12.7:1 | 28% (159) |
| 2010-11 | 494 | 33 | 15.0:1 | 47% (234) |
| 2000-01 | 388 | 29 | 13.4:1 | 61% (235) |
| 1990-91 | 453 | 28 | 16.2:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Ashford Park Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students up 38% (550 to 757); teachers up 7% (47.7 to 51).
About Ashford Park Elementary School
At 2968 Cravenridge Dr NE in Atlanta, Georgia, Ashford Park Elementary School operates as a medium-sized elementary school. School enrollment was 757 students in 2024-25, in pre-K through 5. The average among elementary schools in Georgia is roughly 605 students; this school is 25% above that.
The DeKalb County system has 131 schools and 92,088 students.
White students account for 61% of enrollment at Ashford Park Elementary School. The remaining students are 11% Black, 11% Hispanic, 9% multiracial, and 7% Asian. Census figures show DeKalb County is about 29% White. The chance that two students picked at random at Ashford Park Elementary School belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 59%.
The ratio of students to teachers is 14.8:1, with 51 full-time-equivalent teachers on staff. For comparison, elementary schools in Georgia average 13.3:1. The percentage of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch is 15%. The rate at public schools in DeKalb County averages 77%, higher than here.
The allk12 Grade for Ashford Park Elementary School is A. Compared with Georgia public elementary schools, the school scored higher than 90% on a mix of test scores, poverty-adjusted results, and recent trend.
The model predicts 69.7% for a school in Georgia with Ashford Park Elementary School's free or reduced-price lunch share. Ashford Park Elementary School posts 71.8%.
Ashford Park Elementary School is located in DeKalb County, where median household income is about $80,644, 47% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 10% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Federal data list 154 public schools in DeKalb County, with a combined enrollment of about 102,960.
The school nearest to Ashford Park Elementary School is John Robert Lewis Elementary School, at a distance of about 0.9 miles. Within five miles of Ashford Park Elementary School, there are at least 8 other public schools. On average proficiency, Ashford Park Elementary School is 1st of 9 nearby schools with test data.
Locale data from NCES put Ashford Park Elementary School in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more (Suburb: Large).
Ashford Park Elementary School had 718 students in 2020-21 and 757 in 2024-25, a 5% rise. The ratio was 13.1:1 in 2020-21 and 14.8:1 in 2024-25.
Discussions about Ashford Park Elementary School may include school safety, transportation, and start times. Alumni can share how the school prepared them.
DeKalb County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
765,351
Census ACS
Median income
$80,644
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
47%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
10%
Below federal line
Schools in county
154
102,960 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in DeKalb County
- Lakeside High SchoolHigh · 2,234 students
- Dunwoody High SchoolHigh · 2,012 students
- Chamblee High SchoolHigh · 1,867 students
- Cross Keys High SchoolHigh · 1,748 students
- Sequoyah Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,713 students
- Tucker High SchoolHigh · 1,614 students
Other schools in Atlanta
- Georgia Cyber Academy (Virtual)Combined · 9,952 students
- North Atlanta High SchoolHigh · 2,368 students
- Lakeside High SchoolHigh · 2,234 students
- Westlake High SchoolHigh · 2,056 students
- Riverwood International Charter SchoolHigh · 1,737 students
- Sequoyah Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,713 students
Nearby schools
- John Robert Lewis Elementary School0.9 mi · 840
- DeKalb PATH Academy Charter School0.9 mi · 369
- Chamblee Middle School1.7 mi · 1,018
- Dresden Elementary School1.8 mi · 606
- Montclair Elementary School1.8 mi · 590
- Chamblee High School1.9 mi · 1,867
Frequently asked questions
About Ashford Park Elementary SchoolHow many students attend Ashford Park Elementary School?
Ashford Park Elementary School enrolls approximately 757 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does Ashford Park Elementary School serve?
Ashford Park Elementary School serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
How many teachers does Ashford Park Elementary School have?
Ashford Park Elementary School employs 51 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 14.8:1.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Ashford Park Elementary School?
At Ashford Park Elementary School, the student body is approximately 61% White, 11% Hispanic, 11% Black, 7% Asian, 9% Two or more.
What district is Ashford Park Elementary School in?
Ashford Park Elementary School is part of DeKalb County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.