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Alumni: what's one memory from Chesnut Elementary School that still sticks with you?
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Enrollment
551
Elementary
DISTRICT 556 · STATE 605
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·DEKALB COUNTY·NCES 130174000724
Chesnut Elementary School
4576 N Peachtree Rd, Dunwoody, GA 30338 · (678) 676-7102 · DeKalb County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY13-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL551 STUDENTS
B+
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Scored higher than 71% of Georgia public elementary schools
- A-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- BBeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- BThree-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
12.8:1
43 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.1:1 · STATE 13.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
52%
285 students
DISTRICT 82% · STATE 74%
Community
6
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 | 40 | 7% |
| Kindergarten | 66 | 12% |
| Grade 1 | 82 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 84 | 15% |
| Grade 3 | 98 | 18% |
| Grade 4 | 97 | 18% |
| Grade 5 | 84 | 15% |
This year's kindergarten class (66) is 21% smaller than its 5th grade class (84).
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
53.8%
GA avg 40.1% . +5.0pp since 2021
Math
48.2%
GA avg 44.6% . +3.4pp since 2021
What this means: On the Georgia Milestones, Georgia's statewide test, about 54 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 48 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 5 points since 2021, while math scores are up about 3 points.
Georgia Milestones results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 53.8% | 48.2% |
| 2023-24 | 60.9% | 60.7% |
| 2022-23 | 49.7% | 43.7% |
| 2021-22 | 48.7% | 44.8% |
% 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
53.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
50.6%
based on GA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+2.5pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 53% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 51% 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 Chesnut Elementary School
Chesnut Elementary School's state test result (53.1% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chesnut Elementary School this school | 551 | 51.7% | 53.1% |
| Big Shanty Elementary School Kennesaw | 511 | 50.9% | 47.8% |
| High Point Elementary School Atlanta | 684 | 56.9% | 46.8% |
| Kennesaw Elementary School Kennesaw | 560 | 51.3% | N/A |
| Lewis Elementary School Kennesaw | 550 | 55.3% | 50.8% |
| Baker Elementary School Acworth | 738 | 49.3% | 47.2% |
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 Chesnut Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Georgia | In DeKalb County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 53.1% | #292 of 1,208 | #22 of 88 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 48.2% | #444 of 1,215 ▼ 203 | #23 of 88 ▼ 8 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 53.8% | #215 of 1,215 ▼ 51 | #20 of 88 ▼ 3 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +4.2pp | #437 of 1,183 | #38 of 88 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 551 | #731 of 1,324 | #34 of 97 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.8:1 | #468 of 1,301 | #38 of 94 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 74.0% | #35 of 1,301 | #3 of 94 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 51.7% | #1,019 of 1,312 | #73 of 97 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +21.6% | #94 of 386 | #8 of 19 |
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
551
+108 (+24%) vs 2020
+26% since 1990-91, when it was 437
Student : Teacher
12.8:1
was 12.3:1
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 | 551 | 43 | 12.8:1 | 52% (285) |
| 2023-24 | 512 | 40.5 | 12.6:1 | 50% (257) |
| 2022-23 | 520 | 32.5 | 16.0:1 | 40% (207) |
| 2020-21 | 443 | 36 | 12.3:1 | 37% (163) |
| 2017-18 | 453 | 35.7 | 12.7:1 | 44% (198) |
| 2015-16 | 463 | 32 | 14.5:1 | 38% (176) |
| 2010-11 | 532 | 34 | 15.7:1 | 29% (153) |
| 2000-01 | 496 | 30 | 16.5:1 | 23% (113) |
| 1990-91 | 437 | 26 | 16.8:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Chesnut Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students up 22% (453 to 551); teachers up 20% (35.7 to 43).
About Chesnut Elementary School
Chesnut Elementary School is an elementary school located in Dunwoody, Georgia, in DeKalb County. The school reports 551 students in pre-K through 5.
Chesnut Elementary School is among 131 schools run by DeKalb County, which serves 92,088 students.
Chesnut Elementary School has no majority group; Black students are the largest, at 32%. Smaller groups are 30% Hispanic, 24% White, 7% Asian, and 6% multiracial. County-wide, 51% of DeKalb County residents are Black. Chesnut Elementary School's diversity index is 74%, against a US figure of 70%.
The school employs the equivalent of 43 full-time teachers, for a ratio of 12.8:1. That is close to the 13.3:1 average for elementary schools in Georgia. The free or reduced-price lunch rate at Chesnut Elementary School is 52%. Public schools in DeKalb County average 77%.
Chesnut Elementary School is graded B+ by allk12, scoring above 71% of Georgia public elementary schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
On the allk12 BeatsExpectations measure, Chesnut Elementary School is 2.5 points above the average proficiency rate on state tests predicted for its free or reduced-price lunch share: 53.1% actual, 50.6% predicted. That is outside both the top and bottom 10% in Georgia.
DeKalb County has these Census figures: the median household income is $80,644, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 47%, and about 10% of people live in poverty. In all, DeKalb County has 154 public schools and roughly 102,960 students.
Peachtree Middle School is located about 0.2 miles from Chesnut Elementary School. The five-mile area around Chesnut Elementary School holds at least 8 other public schools. The nearest schools with test data average 42.8%, lower than Chesnut Elementary School's 53.1%.
Under the NCES locale system, Chesnut Elementary School is City: Small.
Enrollment has grown by 108 students since 2020-21, to 551.
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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
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 Dunwoody
- Dunwoody High SchoolHigh · 2,012 students
- Austin Elementary SchoolElementary · 803 students
- Dunwoody Elementary SchoolElementary · 790 students
- Vanderlyn Elementary SchoolElementary · 441 students
- Kingsley Elementary SchoolElementary · 386 students
Nearby schools
- Peachtree Middle School0.2 mi · 1,214
- Hightower Elementary School1.1 mi · 604
- Dunwoody Elementary School1.2 mi · 790
- Huntley Hills Elementary School1.2 mi · 507
- Kingsley Elementary School1.4 mi · 386
- Vanderlyn Elementary School1.6 mi · 441
Frequently asked questions
About Chesnut Elementary SchoolHow large is Chesnut Elementary School?
Chesnut Elementary School enrolls approximately 551 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does Chesnut Elementary School serve?
Chesnut Elementary School serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Chesnut Elementary School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Chesnut Elementary School is approximately 12.8:1 (43 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Chesnut Elementary School?
At Chesnut Elementary School, the student body is approximately 24% White, 30% Hispanic, 32% Black, 7% Asian, 6% Two or more.
Is Chesnut Elementary School public or private?
Chesnut 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.