Briar Vista Elementary School

Briar Vista Elementary School is one of the cozy elementary campuss in Atlanta, Georgia, operated by DeKalb County, with 482 students on its rolls from grades pre-K through 5. By comparison, Georgia's public schools average about 605 students each, so Briar Vista Elementary School sits 20% below that benchmark.

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

On demographics, Briar Vista Elementary School shows that the largest single group is Black at 39%, but no single group is in the majority. Other groups include 28% Hispanic, 20% White, 6% Asian, 5% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 51% Black, putting the school's mix noticeably less Black than the area baseline.

On the resource side, On paper, Briar Vista Elementary School has 38 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 12.7:1. The state averages about 13.3:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. An estimated 71% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Briar Vista Elementary School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 40.6%, the actual is 45.9%, a residual of +5.3 points.

Around the school, census data for DeKalb County shows median household income runs about $80,644, about 47% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 10% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Briar Vista Elementary School is one of 154 public schools in DeKalb County (combined enrollment of about 102,960 students).

The closest other public school is Morningside Elementary School, roughly 1.2 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Briar Vista Elementary School. Among the 7 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Briar Vista Elementary School ranks 4th on composite proficiency, beneath the local average of 49.2%.

Geographically, the school is in an outer-ring area.

Over the past 7-year window. Briar Vista Elementary School's enrollment has declined 3% since 2018, when it stood at 499 (now 482). Over the same period, the Hispanic share declined from 36% to 28%. Class-load math has widened: from 11.5:1 in 2018 to 12.7:1 in 2025.

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