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Which teacher or staff member at Austin Elementary School deserves more recognition?
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Enrollment
803
Elementary
DISTRICT 556 · STATE 605
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·DEKALB COUNTY·NCES 130174000637
Austin Elementary School
5321 Roberts Dr, Dunwoody, GA 30338 · (678) 874-8102 · DeKalb County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY13-CITYREGULAR SCHOOL803 STUDENTS
A
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 89% of Georgia public elementary schools
- A+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- A-Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- C-Three-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
15.8:1
51 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.1:1 · STATE 13.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
5%
38 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 | 55 | 7% |
| Kindergarten | 150 | 19% |
| Grade 1 | 144 | 18% |
| Grade 2 | 127 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 150 | 19% |
| Grade 4 | 81 | 10% |
| Grade 5 | 96 | 12% |
This year's kindergarten class (150) is 56% larger than its 5th grade class (96).
Student demographics
66%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
76.1%
GA avg 40.1% . -6.7pp since 2021
Math
88.0%
GA avg 44.6% . +2.7pp since 2021
What this means: On the Georgia Milestones, Georgia's statewide test, about 76 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 88 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Georgia schools, those numbers are about 40 and 45. Reading and writing scores are down about 7 points since 2021, while math scores are up about 3 points.
Georgia Milestones results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 76.1% | 88.0% |
| 2023-24 | 81.3% | 90.2% |
| 2022-23 | 76.7% | 87.0% |
| 2021-22 | 82.9% | 85.3% |
% 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
83.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
74.9%
based on GA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+9.0pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 84% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 75% 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 Austin Elementary School
Austin Elementary School's state test result (83.9% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Austin Elementary School this school | 803 | 4.7% | 83.9% |
| Vickery Creek Elementary School Cumming | 982 | 6.9% | 67.8% |
| East Side Elementary School Marietta | 1,072 | 8.7% | 77.4% |
| Cogburn Woods Elementary School Alpharetta | 786 | 14.0% | 74.3% |
| Sharon Elementary School Suwanee | 865 | 14.3% | 78.5% |
| Sope Creek Elementary School Marietta | 1,104 | 9.1% | 78.4% |
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 Austin Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Georgia | In DeKalb County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 83.9% | #11 of 1,208 | #2 of 88 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 88.0% | #9 of 1,215 ▼ 1 | #1 of 88 ▲ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 76.1% | #30 of 1,215 ▼ 14 | #3 of 88 ▼ 1 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -2.0pp | #278 of 1,183 | #14 of 88 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 803 | #229 of 1,324 | #11 of 97 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.8:1 | #1,204 of 1,301 | #89 of 94 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 65.9% | #265 of 1,301 | #18 of 94 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 4.7% | #1,310 of 1,312 | #97 of 97 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +25.1% | #74 of 386 | #6 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
803
+121 (+18%) vs 2020
+135% since 1990-91, when it was 342
Student : Teacher
15.8:1
was 12.9:1
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 | 803 | 51 | 15.8:1 | 5% (38) |
| 2023-24 | 743 | 44.3 | 16.8:1 | 5% (38) |
| 2022-23 | 665 | 40.3 | 16.5:1 | 3% (23) |
| 2020-21 | 682 | 53 | 12.9:1 | 5% (31) |
| 2017-18 | 642 | 44.2 | 14.5:1 | 2% (16) |
| 2015-16 | 656 | 41 | 16.0:1 | 4% (27) |
| 2010-11 | 696 | 43 | 16.2:1 | 6% (42) |
| 2000-01 | 491 | 36 | 13.6:1 | 5% (23) |
| 1990-91 | 342 | 25 | 13.7:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Austin Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students up 25% (642 to 803); teachers up 15% (44.2 to 51).
About Austin Elementary School
Austin Elementary School is an elementary school in Dunwoody, Georgia, and it is part of DeKalb County. The school's enrollment of 803 students covers pre-K through 5. Enrollment is 33% higher than the average for elementary schools in Georgia, which is about 605.
A total of 131 schools make up DeKalb County, with 92,088 students enrolled.
At Austin Elementary School, the largest share of students is White, at 48%. The school is also 30% Asian, 7% Hispanic, 7% multiracial, and 6% Black. That is higher than the 29% White share among all DeKalb County residents. The school's diversity index is 66%, meaning two students picked at random have a 66% chance of belonging to different racial or ethnic groups.
At Austin Elementary School, 51 full-time-equivalent teachers work with students, a ratio of about 15.8:1. That is higher than the 13.3:1 average for elementary schools in Georgia. Roughly 5% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price lunch. Compared with the 77% average for public schools in DeKalb County, the school's rate is lower.
The allk12 Grade for Austin Elementary School is A. Compared with Georgia public elementary schools, the school scored higher than 89% on a mix of test scores, poverty-adjusted results, and recent trend.
Austin Elementary School sits between the top and bottom 10% of Georgia schools on BeatsExpectations, with an actual average proficiency rate on state tests of 83.9% and a predicted 74.9%.
In the county around the school, DeKalb County, the median household income is $80,644, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 47% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 10%. DeKalb County is home to 154 public schools and about 102,960 public school students.
The next-closest public school is Woodland Elementary School, about 1.0 miles away. The count of other public schools within five miles is at least 8. Among its closest neighbors with test data, Austin Elementary School is 1st of 9 on proficiency.
NCES assigns Austin Elementary School the locale City: Small, meaning inside a principal city with a population under 100,000.
Compared with 2020-21, the school had 121 more students in 2024-25. The school's ratio rose from 12.9:1 to 15.8:1 between 2020-21 and 2024-25.
The allk12 site hosts a discussion page for Austin Elementary School covering things like sports schedules, lunch menus, and spirit week. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.
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 Dunwoody
- Dunwoody High SchoolHigh · 2,012 students
- Dunwoody Elementary SchoolElementary · 790 students
- Chesnut Elementary SchoolElementary · 551 students
- Vanderlyn Elementary SchoolElementary · 441 students
- Kingsley Elementary SchoolElementary · 386 students
Other Austin Elementary schools
15 other US public schools in 4 states are named Austin Elementary. Austin Elementary School is the 2nd largest of the 16.
- Austin Elementary SchoolCONROE, TX · 896 students
- Austin Elementary SchoolGALVESTON, TX · 784 students
- Austin Elementary SchoolDAYTON, TX · 771 students
- Austin Elementary SchoolABILENE, TX · 729 students
- Austin Elementary SchoolAustin, IN · 645 students
Nearby schools
- Woodland Elementary School1.0 mi · 851
- Dunwoody High School1.3 mi · 2,012
- Vanderlyn Elementary School1.5 mi · 441
- Dunwoody Springs Elementary School1.5 mi · 548
- North Springs High School1.7 mi · 1,195
- Dunwoody Elementary School1.8 mi · 790
Frequently asked questions
About Austin Elementary SchoolHow many students attend Austin Elementary School?
Austin Elementary School enrolls approximately 803 students in grades PK-05.
What grades does Austin Elementary School serve?
Austin Elementary School serves grades PK-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Austin Elementary School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Austin Elementary School is approximately 15.8:1 (51 FTE teachers).
What is the student diversity at Austin Elementary School?
Student demographics at Austin Elementary School are roughly 48% White, 7% Hispanic, 6% Black, 30% Asian, 7% Two or more.
Who oversees Austin Elementary School?
Austin Elementary School is overseen by DeKalb County in DeKalb County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.