Cary Reynolds Elementary School

Cary Reynolds Elementary School operates as a compact K-5 school in Atlanta, Georgia, run under DeKalb County. Current enrollment sits at 267 students spanning grades pre-K through 5. Enrollment runs roughly 56% smaller than the state mean of about 605.

Cary Reynolds Elementary School is one of 131 schools operated by DeKalb County, a district that serves 92,088 students overall.

Demographically, Cary Reynolds Elementary School logs that nearly all students (90%) are Hispanic. The remainder breaks down as 4% Asian, 3% multiracial. By comparison, DeKalb County as a whole is about 11% Hispanic, so the school skews visibly more Hispanic than its surroundings.

In terms of school funding signals, Staff filings list 27 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 9.9:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 13.3:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Around 87% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. That share is north of DeKalb County's rate of about 77%.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Cary Reynolds Elementary School tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 32.5% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 21.3%.

In the surrounding community, ACS estimates for DeKalb County put median household earnings sit near $80,644, 47% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 10%. Cary Reynolds Elementary School is one of 154 public schools in DeKalb County (combined enrollment of about 102,960 students).

Montgomery Elementary School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.8 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Cary Reynolds Elementary School ranks 9th on composite proficiency, below the local average of 55.3%.

The campus sits in an outer-ring setting.

Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Cary Reynolds Elementary School has decreased 66%, going from 794 students in 2018 to 267 in 2025. Over the same period, the Asian share shrank from 11% to 4%. Class-load math has narrowed: from 12.2:1 in 2018 to 9.9:1 in 2025.

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