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Enrollment
394
Elementary
DISTRICT 556 · STATE 605
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·DEKALB COUNTY·NCES 130174000654
Brockett Elementary School
1855 Brockett Rd, Tucker, GA 30084 · (678) 874-2602 · DeKalb County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL394 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
10.4:1
38 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.1:1 · STATE 13.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
92%
362 students
DISTRICT 82% · STATE 74%
Community
1
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 | 22 | 6% |
| Kindergarten | 51 | 13% |
| Grade 1 | 62 | 16% |
| Grade 2 | 67 | 17% |
| Grade 3 | 56 | 14% |
| Grade 4 | 65 | 16% |
| Grade 5 | 71 | 18% |
This year's kindergarten class (51) is 28% smaller than its 5th grade class (71).
Student demographics
74%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
29.4%
GA avg 40.1% . +3.3pp since 2021
Math
32.0%
GA avg 44.6% . +4.2pp since 2021
What this means: On the Georgia Milestones, Georgia's statewide test, about 29 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 3 points since 2021, while math scores are up about 4 points.
Georgia Milestones results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 29.4% | 32.0% |
| 2023-24 | 33.2% | 33.3% |
| 2022-23 | 28.8% | 29.8% |
| 2021-22 | 26.1% | 27.9% |
% 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
30.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
29.9%
based on GA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+0.6pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 31% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 30% 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 Brockett Elementary School
Brockett Elementary School's state test result (30.5% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Brockett Elementary School this school | 394 | 91.9% | 30.5% |
| Morrow Elementary School Morrow | 406 | 100.0% | 27.1% |
| Lake City Elementary School Lake City | 479 | 100.0% | 27.4% |
| Huntley Hills Elementary School Chamblee | 507 | 80.5% | 34.2% |
| Smoke Rise Elementary School Stone Mountain | 539 | 84.4% | 34.9% |
| Midvale Elementary School Tucker | 417 | 78.7% | 41.4% |
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 Brockett Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Georgia | In DeKalb County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 30.5% | #786 of 1,208 | #40 of 88 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 32.0% | #814 of 1,215 ▼ 51 | #38 of 88 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 29.4% | #737 of 1,215 ▼ 45 | #38 of 88 ▲ 1 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +3.8pp | #470 of 1,183 | #42 of 88 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 394 | #1,105 of 1,324 | #73 of 97 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 10.4:1 | #56 of 1,301 | #7 of 94 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 74.1% | #33 of 1,301 | #2 of 94 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 91.9% | #559 of 1,312 | #49 of 97 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -14.9% | #371 of 854 | #50 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
394
-31 (-7%) vs 2020
-24% since 1990-91, when it was 521
Student : Teacher
10.4:1
was 12.1:1
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 | 394 | 38 | 10.4:1 | 92% (362) |
| 2023-24 | 402 | 32.8 | 12.3:1 | 78% (314) |
| 2022-23 | 416 | 31.3 | 13.3:1 | 100% (416) |
| 2020-21 | 425 | 35 | 12.1:1 | 64% (272) |
| 2017-18 | 463 | 34.7 | 13.3:1 | 76% (353) |
| 2015-16 | 472 | 35 | 13.5:1 | 76% (357) |
| 2010-11 | 427 | 28 | 15.3:1 | 64% (274) |
| 2000-01 | 476 | 31 | 15.3:1 | 53% (253) |
| 1990-91 | 521 | 30 | 17.4:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Brockett Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 15% (463 to 394); teachers up 10% (34.7 to 38).
About Brockett Elementary School
Brockett Elementary School is the name of a small elementary school in Tucker, Georgia. It serves 394 students in pre-K through 5. The average among elementary schools in Georgia is roughly 605 students; this school is 35% smaller than that.
DeKalb County has a total of 131 schools and 92,088 students, Brockett Elementary School among them.
No single group makes up more than half of enrollment at Brockett Elementary School. The largest is Hispanic students, at 37%. Other students are 29% Black, 13% Asian, 13% White, and 7% multiracial. That is higher than the 11% Hispanic share among all DeKalb County residents. The school's diversity index is 74%, meaning two students picked at random have a 74% chance of belonging to different racial or ethnic groups.
The school reported 38 full-time-equivalent teachers in 2024-25 and a ratio of 10.4:1. The school has fewer students per teacher than the 13.3:1 average for elementary schools in Georgia. Eligible students account for 92% of enrollment in the free or reduced-price lunch program. By comparison, the figure for public schools in DeKalb County is 77%.
Brockett Elementary School is within a point of its predicted average proficiency rate on state tests (30.5% versus 29.9%), which places it in neither the top nor the bottom 10% in Georgia.
Federal survey data for DeKalb County show that the median household income is $80,644, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 47% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 10%. DeKalb County is home to 154 public schools and about 102,960 public school students.
Nearby, Stone Mountain Middle School is about 0.7 miles away. There are at least 8 more public schools inside five miles. Local comparison: Brockett Elementary School ranks 5th of 9 nearby schools, at 30.5% versus a 36.3% average.
The federal government classifies Brockett Elementary School's location as Suburb: Large.
Federal data show a 7% enrollment decrease, from 425 in 2020-21 to 394 in 2024-25. The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 12.1:1 in 2020-21 to 10.4:1 in 2024-25.
The Brockett Elementary School community page is open for posts about sports schedules, lunch menus, and spirit week. Anyone with firsthand experience at this school can post or comment.
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
Related schools
Other schools in DeKalb County
- Lakeside High SchoolHigh · 2,234 students
- Dunwoody High SchoolHigh · 2,012 students
- Chamblee High SchoolHigh · 1,867 students
- Cross Keys High SchoolHigh · 1,748 students
- Sequoyah Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,713 students
- Tucker High SchoolHigh · 1,614 students
Other schools in Tucker
- Tucker High SchoolHigh · 1,614 students
- Nesbit Elementary SchoolElementary · 1,191 students
- Tucker Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,173 students
- Idlewood Elementary SchoolElementary · 889 students
- Midvale Elementary SchoolElementary · 417 students
- Livsey Elementary SchoolElementary · 383 students
Nearby schools
- Stone Mountain Middle School0.7 mi · 986
- Idlewood Elementary School0.7 mi · 889
- Tucker Middle School0.8 mi · 1,173
- Tucker High School1.3 mi · 1,614
- Midvale Elementary School1.5 mi · 417
- DeKalb Agriculture Technology and Environment School1.6 mi · 760
Frequently asked questions
About Brockett Elementary SchoolHow many students attend Brockett Elementary School?
Brockett Elementary School enrolls approximately 394 students in grades PK-05.
What grades does Brockett Elementary School serve?
Brockett Elementary School serves grades PK-05.
How many students per teacher at Brockett Elementary School?
Approximately 10.4:1 students per teacher at Brockett Elementary School.
How diverse is Brockett Elementary School?
Brockett Elementary School reports a student body of 13% White, 37% Hispanic, 29% Black, 13% Asian, 7% Two or more.
Is Brockett Elementary School public or private?
Brockett Elementary School is a public K-12 school, overseen by DeKalb County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.