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Enrollment
844
Elementary
DISTRICT 556 · STATE 605
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·DEKALB COUNTY·NCES 130174004248
Barack H. Obama Elementary Magnet School of Technology
3132 Clifton Church Rd SE, Atlanta, GA 30316 · (678) 874-4402 · DeKalb County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL844 STUDENTS
B-
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Scored higher than 54% of Georgia public elementary schools
- CTest 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.
- A+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
16.2:1
52 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.1:1 · STATE 13.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
100%
844 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 | 67 | 8% |
| Kindergarten | 136 | 16% |
| Grade 1 | 115 | 14% |
| Grade 2 | 139 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 124 | 15% |
| Grade 4 | 130 | 15% |
| Grade 5 | 133 | 16% |
This year's kindergarten class (136) is about the same size as its 5th grade class (133).
Student demographics
20%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
29.6%
GA avg 40.1% . +8.7pp since 2021
Math
32.0%
GA avg 44.6% . +15.1pp since 2021
What this means: On the Georgia Milestones, Georgia's statewide test, about 30 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 32 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 9 points since 2021, while math scores are up about 15 points.
Georgia Milestones results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 29.6% | 32.0% |
| 2023-24 | 35.2% | 33.1% |
| 2022-23 | 23.6% | 22.5% |
| 2021-22 | 20.9% | 16.9% |
% 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
30.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
25.7%
based on GA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+4.9pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 31% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 26% 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 Barack H. Obama Elementary Magnet School of Technology
Barack H. Obama Elementary Magnet School of Technology's state test result (30.6% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Barack H. Obama Elementary Magnet School of Technology this school | 844 | 100.0% | 30.6% |
| Woodson Park Academy School Atlanta | 842 | 100.0% | 15.7% |
| Live Oak Elementary School Albany | 833 | 100.0% | 25.2% |
| Mary A Buckner Academy Columbus | 789 | 100.0% | N/A |
| Centennial Place Academy (Charter) Atlanta | 757 | 100.0% | 25.9% |
| DeKalb Agriculture Technology and Environment School Stone Mountain | 760 | 99.9% | 51.0% |
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 Barack H. Obama Elementary Magnet School of Technology ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Georgia | In DeKalb County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 30.6% | #785 of 1,208 | #39 of 88 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 32.0% | #815 of 1,215 ▼ 48 | #39 of 88 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 29.6% | #730 of 1,215 ▼ 95 | #37 of 88 ▼ 4 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +11.9pp | #81 of 1,183 | #7 of 88 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 844 | #186 of 1,324 | #9 of 97 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 16.2:1 | #1,247 of 1,301 | #94 of 94 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 19.8% | #1,200 of 1,301 | #71 of 94 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 100% | #194 of 1,312 | #41 of 97 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -11.1% | #489 of 854 | #57 of 73 |
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
844
-158 (-16%) vs 2020
Student : Teacher
16.2:1
was 15.9:1
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 | 844 | 52 | 16.2:1 | 100% (844) |
| 2023-24 | 918 | 52.5 | 17.5:1 | 100% (918) |
| 2022-23 | 949 | 48.5 | 19.6:1 | 100% (949) |
| 2020-21 | 1,002 | 63 | 15.9:1 | 99% (994) |
| 2017-18 | 949 | 52.8 | 18.0:1 | 100% (949) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Barack H. Obama Elementary Magnet School of Technology.
Since 2017-18: students down 11% (949 to 844); teachers down 2% (52.8 to 52).
About Barack H. Obama Elementary Magnet School of Technology
Barack H. Obama Elementary Magnet School of Technology, a mid-sized elementary school, is located in Atlanta, Georgia. The school teaches pre-K through 5 and enrolls 844 students. That puts enrollment 40% bigger than the 605-student average for elementary schools in Georgia.
Barack H. Obama Elementary Magnet School of Technology sits within DeKalb County, which has 131 schools and 92,088 students.
Barack H. Obama Elementary Magnet School of Technology is 89% Black by enrollment. The rest of enrollment is 5% Hispanic and 3% multiracial. Census estimates put the Black share of DeKalb County's population at about 51%. The diversity index for Barack H. Obama Elementary Magnet School of Technology is 20%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.
With 52 full-time-equivalent teachers, the student-to-teacher ratio is about 16.2:1. Elementary schools in Georgia average 13.3:1, 2.9 fewer students per teacher than here. Roughly 100% of students come from households that qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. By comparison, the figure for public schools in DeKalb County is 77%.
Barack H. Obama Elementary Magnet School of Technology holds a B- allk12 Grade, placing it above 54% of Georgia public elementary schools.
The BeatsExpectations prediction for Barack H. Obama Elementary Magnet School of Technology is 25.7%, and its average proficiency rate across its state test results is 30.6%.
Five-year Census Bureau estimates for DeKalb County show that median household income comes to about $80,644, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 47% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 10%. Across DeKalb County, 154 public schools serve about 102,960 students.
Barack H. Obama Elementary Magnet School of Technology's closest public school neighbor is Cedar Grove Middle School, about 0.7 miles away. The five-mile area around Barack H. Obama Elementary Magnet School of Technology holds at least 8 other public schools. Nearby schools average 17.7% on proficiency, and Barack H. Obama Elementary Magnet School of Technology is above that at 30.6%.
By NCES locale, the school is Suburb: Large, or in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Over 4 years, enrollment decreased by 158 students, from 1,002 to 844.
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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
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- Cedar Grove Middle School0.7 mi · 685
- Flat Shoals Elementary School1.3 mi · 373
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- Cedar Grove High School1.4 mi · 1,121
- DeKalb Regional Youth Detention Center1.5 mi · 11
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Frequently asked questions
About Barack H. Obama Elementary Magnet School of TechnologyHow large is Barack H. Obama Elementary Magnet School of Technology?
Barack H. Obama Elementary Magnet School of Technology enrolls approximately 844 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does Barack H. Obama Elementary Magnet School of Technology serve?
Barack H. Obama Elementary Magnet School of Technology serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Barack H. Obama Elementary Magnet School of Technology?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Barack H. Obama Elementary Magnet School of Technology is approximately 16.2:1 (52 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Barack H. Obama Elementary Magnet School of Technology?
At Barack H. Obama Elementary Magnet School of Technology, the student body is approximately 1% White, 5% Hispanic, 89% Black, 1% Asian, 3% Two or more.
Is Barack H. Obama Elementary Magnet School of Technology public or private?
Barack H. Obama Elementary Magnet School of Technology is a public K-12 school, overseen by DeKalb County.
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