Enrollment
369
Middle
DISTRICT 857 · STATE 763
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·DEKALB COUNTY·NCES 130174003339
DeKalb PATH Academy Charter School
3007 Hermance Dr NE, Brookhaven, GA 30319 · (404) 846-3242 · DeKalb County
GRADES 05–08MIDDLE21-SUBURBCHARTERTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL369 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
14.8:1
25 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.2:1 · STATE 14.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
100%
369 students
DISTRICT 82% · STATE 74%
Community
0
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other middle schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 5 | 95 | 26% |
| Grade 6 | 94 | 25% |
| Grade 7 | 93 | 25% |
| Grade 8 | 87 | 24% |
Student demographics
18%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
33.7%
GA avg 40.1% . +3.0pp since 2021
Math
26.5%
GA avg 44.6% . +5.1pp since 2021
What this means: On the Georgia Milestones, Georgia's statewide test, about 34 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 27 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 3 points since 2021, while math scores are up about 5 points.
Georgia Milestones results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 33.7% | 26.5% |
| 2023-24 | 36.1% | 20.1% |
| 2022-23 | 31.5% | 23.3% |
| 2021-22 | 30.7% | 21.4% |
% 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
25.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
25.7%
based on GA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+0.1pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 26% 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 DeKalb PATH Academy Charter School
DeKalb PATH Academy Charter School's state test result (25.8% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| DeKalb PATH Academy Charter School this school | 369 | 100.0% | 25.8% |
| Pearson Middle School Marietta | 806 | 100.0% | 22.6% |
| Eastbrook Middle School Dalton | 624 | 100.0% | 22.1% |
| Berkmar Middle School Lilburn | 1,039 | 92.1% | 36.8% |
| Smitha Middle School Marietta | 866 | 99.1% | 30.3% |
| Dalton Jr. High School Dalton | 517 | 72.0% | 36.9% |
Matched among Georgia middle 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 PATH Academy Charter School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Georgia | In DeKalb County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 25.8% | #346 of 470 | #11 of 23 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 26.5% | #344 of 474 ▲ 26 | #10 of 23 ▲ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 33.7% | #251 of 474 ▼ 4 | #9 of 23 ▼ 1 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +4.1pp | #241 of 465 | #7 of 23 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 369 | #426 of 487 | #22 of 23 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.8:1 | #296 of 471 | #17 of 23 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 18.1% | #446 of 471 | #19 of 23 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 100% | #60 of 479 | #14 of 23 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +0.3% | #142 of 144 | #9 of 9 |
Ranked against other public middle 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
369
+1 (+0%) vs 2020
+12% since 2010-11, when it was 329
Student : Teacher
14.8:1
was 15.3:1
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 | 369 | 25 | 14.8:1 | 100% (369) |
| 2023-24 | 368 | 17 | 21.6:1 | 98% (360) |
| 2022-23 | 368 | 23 | 16.0:1 | 98% (360) |
| 2020-21 | 368 | 24 | 15.3:1 | 74% (272) |
| 2017-18 | 368 | 22.5 | 16.4:1 | 96% (355) |
| 2015-16 | 365 | 23 | 15.9:1 | 98% (356) |
| 2010-11 | 329 | 23 | 14.3:1 | 88% (289) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for DeKalb PATH Academy Charter School.
Since 2017-18: students unchanged (368 to 369); teachers up 11% (22.5 to 25).
About DeKalb PATH Academy Charter School
DeKalb PATH Academy Charter School is a small middle-grades school in Brookhaven, Georgia, administered by DeKalb County. The school had 369 students in grades 5 through 8 in 2024-25. Average enrollment for middle schools in Georgia is about 763, so this school runs 52% smaller than that.
Federal data list 131 schools in DeKalb County, with 92,088 students enrolled.
Hispanic students make up 90% of enrollment at DeKalb PATH Academy Charter School. The remaining shares are 6% Black and 3% Asian. Census estimates put the Hispanic share of DeKalb County's population at about 11%. Pick two students at random and there is an 18% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.
The count of teachers at DeKalb PATH Academy Charter School is 25 full-time equivalents, for a ratio of 14.8:1. That is close to the 14.1:1 average for middle schools in Georgia. Around 100% of the school's students qualify for free or reduced-price meals. Public schools in DeKalb County average 77%.
DeKalb PATH Academy Charter School scores 25.8% on state tests, averaged across results. The predicted figure, based on its student poverty level, is 25.7%.
In DeKalb County (population about 765,351), the median household income is $80,644, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 47% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 10%. There are 154 public schools in DeKalb County, enrolling about 102,960 students in all.
Ashford Park Elementary School is the public school closest to DeKalb PATH Academy Charter School, about 0.9 miles away. The count of other public schools within five miles is at least 8. The average proficiency across nearby scored schools is 42.9%; DeKalb PATH Academy Charter School's is 25.8%, ranking 6th of 9.
Locale: Suburb: Large. In NCES terms, the school is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more. Federal records list DeKalb PATH Academy Charter School as a charter school.
Over 4 years, enrollment stayed close to where it was, going from 368 to 369.
The DeKalb PATH Academy Charter School community page is open for posts about sports schedules, lunch menus, and spirit week. Anyone with firsthand experience at this school can post or comment.
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
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- Lakeside High SchoolHigh · 2,234 students
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- 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 Brookhaven
- Cross Keys High SchoolHigh · 1,748 students
- John Robert Lewis Elementary SchoolElementary · 840 students
- Montgomery Elementary SchoolElementary · 728 students
- Montclair Elementary SchoolElementary · 590 students
- Woodward Elementary SchoolElementary · 553 students
Nearby schools
- Ashford Park Elementary School0.9 mi · 757
- John Robert Lewis Elementary School1.6 mi · 840
- Ridgeview Charter School2.0 mi · 945
- Chamblee Middle School2.1 mi · 1,018
- Montclair Elementary School2.2 mi · 590
- Cross Keys High School2.2 mi · 1,748
Frequently asked questions
About DeKalb PATH Academy Charter SchoolHow large is DeKalb PATH Academy Charter School?
DeKalb PATH Academy Charter School enrolls approximately 369 students in grades 05-08.
What age range does DeKalb PATH Academy Charter School serve?
DeKalb PATH Academy Charter School serves students from grade 05 through grade 08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at DeKalb PATH Academy Charter School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at DeKalb PATH Academy Charter School is approximately 14.8:1 (25 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at DeKalb PATH Academy Charter School?
At DeKalb PATH Academy Charter School, the student body is approximately 0% White, 90% Hispanic, 6% Black, 3% Asian, 0% Two or more.
Who oversees DeKalb PATH Academy Charter School?
DeKalb PATH Academy Charter School is overseen by DeKalb County in DeKalb County.
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