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Enrollment
812
Elementary
DISTRICT 520 · STATE 605
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·DOUGLAS COUNTY·NCES 130186003670
Brighten Academy
5897 Prestley Mill Rd, Douglasville, GA 30135 · (770) 615-3680 · Douglas County
GRADES KG–08ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBCHARTERREGULAR SCHOOL812 STUDENTS
C
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Scored higher than 26% of Georgia public elementary schools
- BTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- FBeats 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
17.1:1
48 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.8:1 · STATE 13.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
35%
283 students
DISTRICT 75% · 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 78 | 10% |
| Grade 1 | 83 | 10% |
| Grade 2 | 82 | 10% |
| Grade 3 | 95 | 12% |
| Grade 4 | 100 | 12% |
| Grade 5 | 104 | 13% |
| Grade 6 | 98 | 12% |
| Grade 7 | 84 | 10% |
| Grade 8 | 88 | 11% |
This year's kindergarten class (78) is 11% smaller than its 8th grade class (88).
Student demographics
45%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 60% · 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
Test scores
Georgia Milestones 2024-25 . % Proficient or DistinguishedEnglish Language Arts
44.0%
GA avg 40.1% . -1.9pp since 2021
Math
37.7%
GA avg 44.6% . -3.4pp since 2021
What this means: On the Georgia Milestones, Georgia's statewide test, about 44 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 38 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 2 points since 2021, while math scores are down about 3 points.
Georgia Milestones results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 44.0% | 37.7% |
| 2023-24 | 45.7% | 40.8% |
| 2022-23 | 44.6% | 36.0% |
| 2021-22 | 46.0% | 41.1% |
% 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
UNDERPERFORMING
Bottom 10% of GA schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
42.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
59.3%
based on GA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-16.5pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 43% of students here test proficient in math and reading, below the roughly 59% typical for Georgia schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations compares each school with others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school lands here when its results trail those comparable schools, which is not the same as having low scores. A higher-scoring school can still fall in this tier if similar schools score higher still.
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 Brighten Academy
Brighten Academy's state test result (42.8% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Brighten Academy this school | 812 | 34.9% | 42.8% |
| Charles R. Drew Charter School Atlanta | 961 | 38.0% | 69.2% |
| Main Street Charter Academy College Park | 817 | 46.1% | 35.4% |
| Timber Ridge Elementary School McDonough | 713 | 46.6% | 45.1% |
| East Lake Elementary McDonough | 671 | 46.3% | 50.7% |
| Esther F. Garrison School for the Arts Savannah | 770 | 51.0% | 63.1% |
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 Brighten Academy ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Georgia | In Douglas County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 42.8% | #492 of 1,208 | #4 of 21 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 37.7% | #666 of 1,215 ▼ 79 | #11 of 21 ▼ 6 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 44.0% | #378 of 1,215 ▲ 15 | #3 of 21 ▲ 1 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -2.7pp | #249 of 1,183 | #6 of 21 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 812 | #214 of 1,324 | #2 of 23 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 17.1:1 | #1,275 of 1,301 | #22 of 23 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 45.3% | #861 of 1,301 | #20 of 23 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 34.9% | #1,151 of 1,312 | #22 of 22 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +4.2% | #290 of 386 | N/A |
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
812
-20 (-2%) vs 2020
+92% since 2010-11, when it was 424
Student : Teacher
17.1:1
was 18.9:1
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 | 812 | 47.6 | 17.1:1 | 35% (283) |
| 2023-24 | 814 | 44.9 | 18.1:1 | 51% (416) |
| 2022-23 | 800 | 46.3 | 17.3:1 | 55% (438) |
| 2020-21 | 832 | 44 | 18.9:1 | 31% (261) |
| 2017-18 | 779 | 40.1 | 19.4:1 | 36% (284) |
| 2015-16 | 693 | 35 | 19.8:1 | 33% (226) |
| 2010-11 | 424 | 22 | 19.3:1 | 22% (93) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Brighten Academy.
Since 2017-18: students up 4% (779 to 812); teachers up 19% (40.1 to 47.6).
About Brighten Academy
Brighten Academy is a medium-sized elementary school in Douglasville, Georgia, (ZIP code 30135). The school's enrollment of 812 students covers kindergarten through 8. Enrollment is 34% higher than the average for elementary schools in Georgia, which is about 605.
Within Douglas County, Brighten Academy is one of 35 schools. The district enrolls 25,521 students.
Black students account for 72% of enrollment at Brighten Academy. Other groups include 11% White, 9% Hispanic, and 6% multiracial. The county population is about 50% Black. By the diversity index, Brighten Academy comes in at 45%.
Brighten Academy employs 47.6 full-time-equivalent teachers. That gives a ratio of about 17.1:1. That ratio is over the 13.3:1 average for elementary schools in Georgia. Free or reduced-price lunch eligibility was 35% in 2024-25. On average, public schools in Douglas County report 71%.
Measured against Georgia public elementary schools, Brighten Academy receives a C. The grade weighs proficiency most heavily, then how results compare with what the school's low-income share predicts, then the three-year change.
Brighten Academy falls short of its prediction by 16.5 points. The model expects 59.3% for a school with its free or reduced-price lunch share in Georgia; the school's rate is 42.8%.
Within Douglas County, median household income is about $82,984, 31% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 9% of people live in poverty. The public schools of Douglas County number 37 and enroll about 26,121.
The closest public school to Brighten Academy is Douglas County High School, about 1.0 miles away. Other public schools within five miles number at least 8. Nearby schools with test data average 26.8% proficiency; Brighten Academy posts 42.8%.
Brighten Academy has an NCES locale of Suburb: Large. The school is classified as a charter school in federal data.
The student count changed little between 2020-21 (832) and 2024-25 (812). There were fewer students per teacher in 2024-25 (17.1:1) than in 2020-21 (18.9:1).
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Douglas County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
147,888
Census ACS
Median income
$82,984
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
31%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
9%
Below federal line
Schools in county
37
26,121 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Douglas County
- Douglas County High SchoolHigh · 1,958 students
- New Manchester High SchoolHigh · 1,894 students
- Alexander High SchoolHigh · 1,830 students
- Chapel Hill High SchoolHigh · 1,646 students
- Lithia Springs Comprehensive High SchoolHigh · 1,460 students
- Chapel Hill Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,036 students
Other schools in Douglasville
- Douglas County High SchoolHigh · 1,958 students
- New Manchester High SchoolHigh · 1,894 students
- South Paulding High SchoolHigh · 1,881 students
- Alexander High SchoolHigh · 1,830 students
- Chapel Hill High SchoolHigh · 1,646 students
- Chapel Hill Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,036 students
Nearby schools
- Douglas County High School1.0 mi · 1,958
- Eastside Elementary School1.2 mi · 433
- Burnett Elementary School1.2 mi · 380
- Zest Preparatory Academy School1.2 mi · 209
- Stewart Middle School1.8 mi · 533
- Chestnut Log Middle School1.9 mi · 719
Frequently asked questions
About Brighten AcademyWhat is the total enrollment at Brighten Academy?
Brighten Academy enrolls approximately 812 students in grades KG-08.
Is Brighten Academy an elementary, middle, or high school?
Brighten Academy is an elementary school covering grades KG-08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Brighten Academy?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Brighten Academy is approximately 17.1:1 (48 FTE teachers).
How diverse is Brighten Academy?
Brighten Academy reports a student body of 11% White, 9% Hispanic, 72% Black, 2% Asian, 6% Two or more.
Who oversees Brighten Academy?
Brighten Academy is overseen by Douglas County in Douglas County.
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