Browns Mill Elementary School

Browns Mill Elementary School operates as a close-knit elementary school in Lithonia, Georgia, overseen by DeKalb County. Current enrollment sits at 411 students spanning grades pre-K through 5. By comparison, Georgia's public schools average about 605 students each, so Browns Mill Elementary School sits 32% smaller than that benchmark.

DeKalb County comprises 131 schools with combined enrollment of 92,088 students; Browns Mill Elementary School is among them.

Looking at the student body, Browns Mill Elementary School logs that the student body is overwhelmingly Black (88%). Other groups include 8% Hispanic, 3% multiracial. That is visibly more Black than the county at large, where the share is closer to 51%.

On the resource side, The school employs 31 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 13.3:1. The state averages about 13.3:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. Roughly 100% of students at Browns Mill Elementary School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. Set against DeKalb County (around 77%), the school's rate is meaningfully above typical.

With demographic context factored in, Browns Mill Elementary School sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 25.7%; this one delivers 15.8%.

Across the wider county, census data for DeKalb County shows median household income runs about $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 Browns Mill Elementary School is one.

The closest other public school is Edward L. Bouie- Sr. Elementary School, roughly 0.9 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Browns Mill Elementary School at 6th of 9; the average score across the group is 24.2%.

Geographically, the school is in a suburban area.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Browns Mill Elementary School has shrank 27%, going from 560 students in 2018 to 411 in 2025. Over the same period, the Black share fell from 94% to 88%.

On the community side, members of the Browns Mill Elementary School community share and discuss classroom updates, athletics, and weather closures. The community welcomes input from current and former families.