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Alumni: what's one memory from Browns Mill Elementary School that still sticks with you?
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Enrollment
411
Elementary
DISTRICT 556 · STATE 605
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·DEKALB COUNTY·NCES 130174002112
Browns Mill Elementary School
4863 Browns Mill Rd, Lithonia, GA 30038 · (678) 676-8302 · DeKalb County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL411 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
13.3:1
31 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.1:1 · STATE 13.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
100%
411 students
DISTRICT 82% · STATE 74%
Community
5
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 | 36 | 9% |
| Kindergarten | 62 | 15% |
| Grade 1 | 62 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 58 | 14% |
| Grade 3 | 66 | 16% |
| Grade 4 | 57 | 14% |
| Grade 5 | 70 | 17% |
This year's kindergarten class (62) is 11% smaller than its 5th grade class (70).
Student demographics
22%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
17.5%
GA avg 40.1% . +3.6pp since 2021
Math
21.3%
GA avg 44.6% . +12.5pp since 2021
What this means: On the Georgia Milestones, Georgia's statewide test, about 17 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 21 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 4 points since 2021, while math scores are up about 13 points.
Georgia Milestones results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 17.5% | 21.3% |
| 2023-24 | 14.0% | 14.1% |
| 2022-23 | 15.4% | 13.2% |
| 2021-22 | 13.9% | 8.8% |
% 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
15.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
25.7%
based on GA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-9.9pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 16% 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 Browns Mill Elementary School
Browns Mill Elementary School's state test result (15.8% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Browns Mill Elementary School this school | 411 | 100.0% | 15.8% |
| Turner Elementary School Albany | 412 | 100.0% | 19.8% |
| Barton Chapel Elementary School Augusta | 427 | 100.0% | 6.9% |
| Marbut Elementary School Lithonia | 427 | 100.0% | 24.5% |
| Lee Elementary School College Park | 438 | 100.0% | 35.8% |
| Georgetown Elementary School Columbus | 394 | 100.0% | 14.9% |
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 Browns Mill Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Georgia | In DeKalb County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 15.8% | #1,132 of 1,208 | #78 of 88 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 21.3% | #1,037 of 1,215 ▲ 105 | #58 of 88 ▲ 20 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 17.5% | #1,072 of 1,215 ▲ 79 | #65 of 88 ▲ 21 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +8.0pp | #215 of 1,183 | #15 of 88 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 411 | #1,073 of 1,324 | #72 of 97 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.3:1 | #608 of 1,301 | #51 of 94 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 21.7% | #1,177 of 1,301 | #66 of 94 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 100% | #186 of 1,312 | #33 of 97 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -26.6% | #128 of 854 | #29 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
411
+11 (+3%) vs 2020
-44% since 1990-91, when it was 737
Student : Teacher
13.3:1
was 11.8:1
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 | 411 | 31 | 13.3:1 | 100% (411) |
| 2023-24 | 421 | 30.7 | 13.7:1 | 100% (421) |
| 2022-23 | 383 | 25.1 | 15.3:1 | 100% (383) |
| 2020-21 | 400 | 34 | 11.8:1 | 99% (396) |
| 2017-18 | 560 | 39.5 | 14.2:1 | 87% (486) |
| 2015-16 | 657 | 40 | 16.4:1 | 86% (567) |
| 2010-11 | 745 | 43 | 17.3:1 | 77% (572) |
| 2000-01 | 853 | 49 | 17.4:1 | 44% (373) |
| 1990-91 | 737 | 36 | 20.5:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Browns Mill Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 27% (560 to 411); teachers down 22% (39.5 to 31).
About Browns Mill Elementary School
Browns Mill Elementary School is a small elementary school. Its address is in Lithonia, Georgia. The school serves 411 students in pre-K through 5 in 2024-25. The average among elementary schools in Georgia is roughly 605 students; this school is 32% smaller than that.
DeKalb County includes 131 schools. Together they enroll 92,088 students.
Browns Mill Elementary School enrolls a student body that is 88% Black. The rest of enrollment is 8% Hispanic and 3% multiracial. Census estimates put the Black share of DeKalb County's population at about 51%. The chance that two students picked at random at Browns Mill Elementary School belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 22%.
The school has about 13.3 students per teacher and 31 full-time-equivalent teachers. Elementary schools in Georgia have a similar average ratio of 13.3:1. About 100% of enrolled students meet the income rules for free or reduced-price lunch. That is 23 points above the 77% average for public schools in DeKalb County.
Based on student poverty, the model expects 25.7% at Browns Mill Elementary School; the school's average proficiency rate on state tests is 15.8%.
Census Bureau estimates for DeKalb County show that median household income is about $80,644, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 47%, and about 10% of people live in poverty. A total of 154 public schools operate in DeKalb County, serving about 102,960 students.
The closest public school, Edward L. Bouie- Sr. Elementary School, is about 0.9 miles from Browns Mill Elementary School. Within five miles are at least 8 other public schools. Compared with its nearest neighbors, Browns Mill Elementary School ranks 6th of 9 on average proficiency.
Browns Mill Elementary School falls in the Suburb: Large locale category, used for schools in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Between 2020-21 and 2024-25, the student count climbed from 400 to 411. There were more students per teacher in 2024-25 (13.3:1) than in 2020-21 (11.8:1).
Questions about science fairs, picture day, and bus routes can be posted here. Reviews and ratings from people who know the school are welcome.
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 Lithonia
- Lithonia High SchoolHigh · 1,547 students
- Martin Luther King- Jr. High SchoolHigh · 1,370 students
- Arabia Mountain High School - Academy of Engineering- MedicHigh · 1,224 students
- Miller Grove High SchoolHigh · 1,073 students
- Lithonia Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,062 students
- Flat Rock Elementary SchoolElementary · 977 students
Nearby schools
- Edward L. Bouie- Sr. Elementary School0.9 mi · 599
- Salem Middle School1.0 mi · 827
- Martin Luther King- Jr. High School1.2 mi · 1,370
- Chapel Hill Middle School1.5 mi · 614
- Chapel Hill Elementary School1.7 mi · 495
- Fairington Elementary School1.9 mi · 461
Frequently asked questions
About Browns Mill Elementary SchoolHow large is Browns Mill Elementary School?
Browns Mill Elementary School enrolls approximately 411 students in grades PK-05.
What grades does Browns Mill Elementary School serve?
Browns Mill Elementary School serves grades PK-05.
How many students per teacher at Browns Mill Elementary School?
Approximately 13.3:1 students per teacher at Browns Mill Elementary School.
How diverse is Browns Mill Elementary School?
Browns Mill Elementary School reports a student body of 0% White, 8% Hispanic, 88% Black, 0% Asian, 3% Two or more.
Is Browns Mill Elementary School public or private?
Browns Mill 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.