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What's one thing DeKalb Arts Academy gets right about preparing students for what comes next?
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Enrollment
768
Elementary
DISTRICT 556 · STATE 605
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·DEKALB COUNTY·NCES 130174000656
DeKalb Arts Academy
3131 Old Rockbridge Rd, Avondale Estates, GA 30002 · (678) 874-1302 · DeKalb County
GRADES KG–08ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL768 STUDENTS
A
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 93% 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.
- ABeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- A-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
14.8:1
52 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.1:1 · STATE 13.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
76%
584 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 58 | 8% |
| Grade 1 | 83 | 11% |
| Grade 2 | 89 | 12% |
| Grade 3 | 90 | 12% |
| Grade 4 | 55 | 7% |
| Grade 5 | 71 | 9% |
| Grade 6 | 130 | 17% |
| Grade 7 | 103 | 13% |
| Grade 8 | 89 | 12% |
This year's kindergarten class (58) is 35% smaller than its 8th grade class (89).
Student demographics
32%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
Test scores
Georgia Milestones 2024-25 . % Proficient or DistinguishedEnglish Language Arts
57.1%
GA avg 40.1% . +1.2pp since 2021
Math
44.3%
GA avg 44.6% . +11.7pp since 2021
What this means: On the Georgia Milestones, Georgia's statewide test, about 57 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 44 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 1 points since 2021, while math scores are up about 12 points.
Georgia Milestones results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 57.1% | 44.3% |
| 2023-24 | 70.7% | 44.5% |
| 2022-23 | 62.4% | 44.9% |
| 2021-22 | 55.9% | 32.6% |
% 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
OUTPERFORMING
Top 10% of GA schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
54.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
38.1%
based on GA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+16.5pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 55% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 38% typical for Georgia schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations ranks schools against others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school can post high scores and still fall short of its prediction, or post lower scores and still beat it. This school clears its prediction by about 16 points, placing it in Georgia's top 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 DeKalb Arts Academy
DeKalb Arts Academy's state test result (54.5% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| DeKalb Arts Academy this school | 768 | 76.0% | 54.5% |
| New Manchester Elementary School Douglasville | 818 | 74.4% | 37.9% |
| John Robert Lewis Elementary School Macon | 712 | 78.9% | 11.2% |
| Walnut Creek Elementary McDonough | 712 | 74.7% | 21.9% |
| Martin Luther King Jr Elementary School Macon | 675 | 79.4% | 21.6% |
| Tussahaw Elementary McDonough | 886 | 78.4% | 19.7% |
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 DeKalb Arts Academy ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Georgia | In DeKalb County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 54.5% | #265 of 1,208 | #20 of 88 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 44.3% | #531 of 1,215 ▼ 24 | #28 of 88 ▼ 3 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 57.1% | #167 of 1,215 ▼ 90 | #19 of 88 ▼ 7 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +6.5pp | #280 of 1,183 | #21 of 88 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 768 | #270 of 1,324 | #16 of 97 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.8:1 | #1,041 of 1,301 | #77 of 94 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 31.5% | #1,045 of 1,301 | #53 of 94 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 76.0% | #769 of 1,312 | #66 of 97 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +36.4% | #37 of 386 | #4 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
768
+156 (+25%) vs 2020
+44% since 1990-91, when it was 534
Student : Teacher
14.8:1
was 13.6:1
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 | 768 | 52 | 14.8:1 | 76% (584) |
| 2023-24 | 591 | 39.8 | 14.8:1 | 65% (382) |
| 2022-23 | 582 | 42 | 13.9:1 | 56% (326) |
| 2020-21 | 612 | 45 | 13.6:1 | 52% (321) |
| 2017-18 | 563 | 34 | 16.6:1 | 57% (322) |
| 2015-16 | 550 | 35 | 15.7:1 | 64% (352) |
| 2010-11 | 541 | 38 | 14.2:1 | 70% (377) |
| 2000-01 | 351 | 33 | 10.6:1 | 87% (305) |
| 1990-91 | 534 | 47 | 11.4:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for DeKalb Arts Academy.
Since 2017-18: students up 36% (563 to 768); teachers up 53% (34 to 52).
About DeKalb Arts Academy
DeKalb Arts Academy is a mid-sized elementary school with an address in Avondale Estates, Georgia. It offers kindergarten through 8 and has 768 students enrolled. That is 27% bigger than the average of about 605 students for elementary schools in Georgia.
DeKalb County counts 92,088 students in its 131 schools, and DeKalb Arts Academy is one of them.
By race and ethnicity, DeKalb Arts Academy is 82% Black. Other groups make up 6% multiracial, 6% White, and 4% Hispanic. DeKalb County as a whole is about 51% Black, so the school's share is higher. A diversity index of 32% means there is a 32% chance two randomly chosen students at DeKalb Arts Academy are from different groups.
DeKalb Arts Academy has 52 full-time-equivalent teachers on staff and a student-to-teacher ratio of 14.8:1. The school's 14.8:1 compares with an average of 13.3:1 for elementary schools in Georgia. The school has 76% of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. That is in line with the 77% average for public schools in DeKalb County.
DeKalb Arts Academy holds an A allk12 Grade, placing it above 93% of Georgia public elementary schools.
DeKalb Arts Academy posts an average proficiency rate across its state test results of 54.5%. Schools with its free or reduced-price lunch share in Georgia are predicted to post 38.1%, so the school is 16.5 points ahead and in the state's top 10%.
The school's county is DeKalb County. According to Census Bureau estimates, the median household earns about $80,644 a year, roughly 47% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 10% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Public schools in DeKalb County number 154, with about 102,960 students.
Measured in a straight line, Avondale Elementary School is about 0.4 miles from DeKalb Arts Academy. Around the school, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. Of 8 schools in the immediate area with test results, DeKalb Arts Academy ranks 4th on average proficiency.
DeKalb Arts Academy 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.
Over the 4 years from 2020-21 to 2024-25, enrollment increased 25%. The school's ratio increased from 13.6:1 to 14.8:1 between 2020-21 and 2024-25.
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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 Avondale Estates
- Museum School Avondale EstatesElementary · 588 students
- Avondale Elementary SchoolElementary · 521 students
- DeKalb School of the ArtsHigh · 298 students
Nearby schools
- Avondale Elementary School0.4 mi · 521
- Robert Shaw Theme School0.6 mi · 307
- Museum School Avondale Estates0.9 mi · 588
- DeKalb School of the Arts1.4 mi · 298
- Talley Street Upper Elementary School1.5 mi · 623
- Glennwood Elementary School1.7 mi · 184
Frequently asked questions
About DeKalb Arts AcademyHow many students attend DeKalb Arts Academy?
DeKalb Arts Academy enrolls approximately 768 students in grades KG-08.
Is DeKalb Arts Academy an elementary, middle, or high school?
DeKalb Arts Academy is an elementary school covering grades KG-08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at DeKalb Arts Academy?
The student-to-teacher ratio at DeKalb Arts Academy is approximately 14.8:1 (52 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at DeKalb Arts Academy?
At DeKalb Arts Academy, the student body is approximately 6% White, 4% Hispanic, 82% Black, 1% Asian, 6% Two or more.
Is DeKalb Arts Academy public or private?
DeKalb Arts Academy 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.