Enrollment
267
Elementary
DISTRICT 556 · STATE 605
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·DEKALB COUNTY·NCES 130174000734
Cary Reynolds Elementary School
1663 East Nancy Creek Drive, Atlanta, GA 30319 · (678) 676-6802 · DeKalb County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL267 STUDENTS
D
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Scored higher than 12% of Georgia public elementary schools
- C-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- DBeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- B-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
9.9:1
27 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.1:1 · STATE 13.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
87%
232 students
DISTRICT 82% · STATE 74%
Community
0
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 | 20 | 7% |
| Kindergarten | 41 | 15% |
| Grade 1 | 35 | 13% |
| Grade 2 | 40 | 15% |
| Grade 3 | 55 | 21% |
| Grade 4 | 33 | 12% |
| Grade 5 | 43 | 16% |
This year's kindergarten class (41) is about the same size as its 5th grade class (43).
Student demographics
20%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
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Georgia Milestones 2024-25 . % Proficient or DistinguishedEnglish Language Arts
18.8%
GA avg 40.1% . -0.2pp since 2021
Math
20.8%
GA avg 44.6% . +5.9pp since 2021
What this means: On the Georgia Milestones, Georgia's statewide test, about 19 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 have held steady since 2021, while math scores are up about 6 points.
Georgia Milestones results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 18.8% | 20.8% |
| 2023-24 | 26.6% | 24.2% |
| 2022-23 | 16.8% | 20.0% |
| 2021-22 | 19.0% | 15.0% |
% 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
21.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
32.5%
based on GA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-11.1pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 21% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 32% 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 Cary Reynolds Elementary School
Cary Reynolds Elementary School's state test result (21.3% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cary Reynolds Elementary School this school | 267 | 86.9% | 21.3% |
| Roan Elementary School Dalton | 421 | 88.6% | 31.9% |
| Belmont Hills Elementary School Smyrna | 267 | 100.0% | 27.0% |
| LaBelle Elementary School Marietta | 339 | 100.0% | 25.4% |
| McEver Elementary School Gainesville | 487 | 85.6% | 23.5% |
| Tadmore Elementary School Gainesville | 488 | 91.4% | 20.7% |
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 Cary Reynolds Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Georgia | In DeKalb County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 21.3% | #1,012 of 1,208 | #53 of 88 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 20.8% | #1,049 of 1,215 ▼ 88 | #60 of 88 ▼ 11 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 18.8% | #1,043 of 1,215 ▼ 168 | #61 of 88 ▼ 10 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +2.8pp | #543 of 1,183 | #48 of 88 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 267 | #1,270 of 1,324 | #90 of 97 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 9.9:1 | #39 of 1,301 | #5 of 94 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 19.6% | #1,205 of 1,301 | #74 of 94 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 86.9% | #624 of 1,312 | #56 of 97 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -66.4% | #1 of 854 | #1 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
267
-203 (-43%) vs 2020
-57% since 1990-91, when it was 624
Student : Teacher
9.9:1
was 9.8:1
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 | 267 | 27 | 9.9:1 | 87% (232) |
| 2023-24 | 256 | 26.3 | 9.7:1 | 94% (240) |
| 2022-23 | 283 | 28.3 | 10.0:1 | 92% (260) |
| 2020-21 | 470 | 48 | 9.8:1 | 80% (377) |
| 2017-18 | 794 | 65.3 | 12.2:1 | 89% (708) |
| 2015-16 | 1,200 | 82 | 14.6:1 | 97% (1,166) |
| 2010-11 | 830 | 54 | 15.4:1 | 92% (764) |
| 2000-01 | 857 | 55 | 15.6:1 | 93% (800) |
| 1990-91 | 624 | 40 | 15.6:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Cary Reynolds Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 66% (794 to 267); teachers down 59% (65.3 to 27).
About Cary Reynolds Elementary School
Cary Reynolds Elementary School is a small elementary school in Atlanta, Georgia, under DeKalb County. The school's 267 students are in pre-K through 5. Enrollment is 56% lower than the average for elementary schools in Georgia, which is about 605.
DeKalb County has 131 schools and 92,088 students, and Cary Reynolds Elementary School is one of those schools.
Federal enrollment data show Cary Reynolds Elementary School is 90% Hispanic. Other groups include 4% Asian and 3% multiracial. The county population is about 11% Hispanic. Pick two students at random and there is a 20% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.
Cary Reynolds Elementary School counts 27 full-time-equivalent teachers, about 9.9 students for each one. On average, elementary schools in Georgia have 13.3:1, compared with 9.9:1 here. About 87% of enrolled students meet the income rules for free or reduced-price lunch. Across public schools in DeKalb County, the average is 77%.
Cary Reynolds Elementary School is graded D by allk12, scoring above 12% of Georgia public elementary schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
When test results are adjusted for free or reduced-price lunch eligibility, Cary Reynolds Elementary School is 11.1 points below its prediction. Actual: 21.3%. Predicted: 32.5%.
County data help place the school in context: in DeKalb County, the median household income is $80,644, roughly 47% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 10% of residents live below the federal poverty line. DeKalb County is home to 154 public schools and about 102,960 public school students.
Montgomery Elementary School is the closest public school, about 0.8 miles away in a straight line. In all, at least 8 other public schools sit within five miles of Cary Reynolds Elementary School. Of the 9 nearby schools with scores, including this one, Cary Reynolds Elementary School is 9th on average proficiency.
By NCES locale, the school is Suburb: Large, or in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Enrollment records show 470 in 2020-21 and 267 in 2024-25. Because schools sometimes add or drop grades, the two numbers may not be directly comparable.
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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
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- Chesnut Elementary School1.6 mi · 551
- Peachtree Middle School1.7 mi · 1,214
Frequently asked questions
About Cary Reynolds Elementary SchoolHow large is Cary Reynolds Elementary School?
Cary Reynolds Elementary School enrolls approximately 267 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does Cary Reynolds Elementary School serve?
Cary Reynolds Elementary School serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
How many students per teacher at Cary Reynolds Elementary School?
Approximately 9.9:1 students per teacher at Cary Reynolds Elementary School.
How diverse is Cary Reynolds Elementary School?
Cary Reynolds Elementary School reports a student body of 0% White, 90% Hispanic, 2% Black, 4% Asian, 3% Two or more.
Who oversees Cary Reynolds Elementary School?
Cary Reynolds Elementary School is overseen by DeKalb County in DeKalb County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.