Avondale Elementary School

Avondale Elementary School, a reasonably sized elementary campus in Avondale Estates, Georgia, run under DeKalb County, educates 521 students, covering grades pre-K through 5.

DeKalb County runs 131 schools in total, collectively educating 92,088 students. Avondale Elementary School is one of those campuses.

On demographics, Avondale Elementary School reports that the largest single group is Black, at 60% of enrollment; the rest is composed of 18% White, 9% Asian, 8% Hispanic, 4% multiracial. That is noticeably more Black than the county at large, where the share is closer to 51%.

In terms of school funding signals, Staff filings list 42 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 12.4:1 students per teacher. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 13.3:1 average. Roughly 92% of students at Avondale Elementary School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. Set against DeKalb County (around 77%), the school's rate is north of typical.

With demographic context factored in, Avondale Elementary School tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 30.0% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 28.1%.

In the broader community, DeKalb County reports that median household earnings sit near $80,644, 47% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 10%. In all, DeKalb County runs 154 public schools (combined enrollment of about 102,960 students), of which Avondale Elementary School is one.

DeKalb Arts Academy is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.4 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Avondale Elementary School. On composite proficiency, Avondale Elementary School comes 6th of 7 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 56.9%.

Geographically, the school is in a residential area.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Avondale Elementary School has climbed 4%, going from 503 students in 2018 to 521 in 2025. The Black share of enrollment fell from 84% to 60% over that span.

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