Austin Elementary School

Austin Elementary School is an elementary school of middle-of-the-pack scale in Dunwoody, Georgia, part of DeKalb County, instructing 803 students in grades pre-K through 5. By comparison, Georgia's public schools average about 605 students each, so Austin Elementary School sits 33% above that benchmark.

Within DeKalb County, which oversees 131 schools and 92,088 students, Austin Elementary School is one campus in the system.

On demographics, Austin Elementary School shows that the most-represented group is White (48%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. Beyond that, the school reports 30% Asian, 7% Hispanic, 7% multiracial, 6% Black. By comparison, DeKalb County as a whole is about 29% White, so the school skews meaningfully more White than its surroundings.

In terms of school funding signals, Staff filings list 51 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 15.8:1 students per teacher. That figure is higher than the state norm's 13.3:1 average. About 5% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. By comparison, DeKalb County runs at roughly 77%, so the school's eligibility rate is lower than the surrounding baseline.

After controlling for student poverty, Austin Elementary School sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 74.9%; this one delivers 83.9%.

Around the school, community-level numbers for DeKalb County indicate median household earnings sit near $80,644, about 47% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 10%. Across DeKalb County's 154 public schools (combined enrollment of about 102,960 students), Austin Elementary School is one campus in the mix.

Woodland Elementary School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 1.0 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Austin Elementary School ranks 1st on composite proficiency, above the local average of 50.5%.

Geographically, the school is in a downtown area.

Over the past 7-year window. Austin Elementary School's enrollment has rose 25% since 2018, when it stood at 642 (now 803). Over the same period, the White share ticked down from 62% to 48%. Class-load math has loosened: from 14.5:1 in 2018 to 15.8:1 in 2025.

On the community side, posts here usually surface around fundraisers, lost-and-found posts, and report-card season. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.