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Which teacher or staff member at DeKalb Preparatory Academy Charter deserves more recognition?
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Enrollment
537
Elementary
DISTRICT 556 · STATE 605
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·DEKALB COUNTY·NCES 130174004071
DeKalb Preparatory Academy Charter
1402 Austin Dr, Decatur, GA 30032 · (404) 492-5061 · DeKalb County
GRADES KG–08ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBCHARTERTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL537 STUDENTS
D
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 7% of Georgia public elementary schools
- DTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- C-Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- C-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
14.5:1
37 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.1:1 · STATE 13.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
100%
537 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 | 61 | 11% |
| Grade 1 | 54 | 10% |
| Grade 2 | 50 | 9% |
| Grade 3 | 62 | 12% |
| Grade 4 | 58 | 11% |
| Grade 5 | 55 | 10% |
| Grade 6 | 63 | 12% |
| Grade 7 | 73 | 14% |
| Grade 8 | 61 | 11% |
This year's kindergarten class (61) is about the same size as its 8th grade class (61).
Student demographics
10%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
21.2%
GA avg 40.1% . -6.1pp since 2021
Math
11.6%
GA avg 44.6% . +0.1pp since 2021
What this means: On the Georgia Milestones, Georgia's statewide test, about 21 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 12 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Georgia schools, those numbers are about 40 and 45. Reading and writing scores are down about 6 points since 2021, while math scores have held steady.
Georgia Milestones results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 21.2% | 11.6% |
| 2023-24 | 28.6% | 11.1% |
| 2022-23 | 25.9% | 14.0% |
| 2021-22 | 27.3% | 11.6% |
% 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
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
18.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
25.7%
based on GA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-7.0pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 19% 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 Preparatory Academy Charter
DeKalb Preparatory Academy Charter's state test result (18.7% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| DeKalb Preparatory Academy Charter this school | 537 | 100.0% | 18.7% |
| Martin Luther King- Jr. Elementary School Albany | 537 | 100.0% | 15.1% |
| KIPP Vision Primary Charter School Atlanta | 562 | 100.0% | 21.8% |
| Murphey Candler Elementary School Lithonia | 512 | 100.0% | 18.8% |
| W.S. Hornsby Elementary School Augusta | 508 | 100.0% | 7.8% |
| Kipp WAYS Primary Charter School Atlanta | 559 | 100.0% | 14.5% |
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 Preparatory Academy Charter ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Georgia | In DeKalb County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 18.7% | #1,081 of 1,208 | #65 of 88 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 11.6% | #1,185 of 1,215 ▲ 3 | #84 of 88 ▲ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 21.2% | #975 of 1,215 ▼ 151 | #53 of 88 ▼ 6 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -3.0pp | #234 of 1,183 | #11 of 88 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 537 | #773 of 1,324 | #40 of 97 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.5:1 | #974 of 1,301 | #74 of 94 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 10.4% | #1,275 of 1,301 | #92 of 94 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 100% | #192 of 1,312 | #39 of 97 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +3.9% | #296 of 386 | #15 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
537
-28 (-5%) vs 2020
Student : Teacher
14.5:1
was 16.6:1
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 | 537 | 37 | 14.5:1 | 100% (537) |
| 2023-24 | 562 | 34 | 16.5:1 | 83% (467) |
| 2022-23 | 562 | 39.5 | 14.2:1 | 72% (405) |
| 2020-21 | 565 | 34 | 16.6:1 | 77% (433) |
| 2017-18 | 517 | 40.5 | 12.8:1 | 79% (411) |
| 2015-16 | 437 | 35 | 12.5:1 | 79% (344) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for DeKalb Preparatory Academy Charter.
Since 2017-18: students up 4% (517 to 537); teachers down 9% (40.5 to 37).
About DeKalb Preparatory Academy Charter
DeKalb Preparatory Academy Charter is a mid-sized elementary school based in Decatur, Georgia. Its grade span covers kindergarten through 8, with 537 students on the rolls.
Besides DeKalb Preparatory Academy Charter, DeKalb County runs 130 other schools. The district enrolls 92,088 students.
By race and ethnicity, DeKalb Preparatory Academy Charter is 95% Black. Enrollment also includes 3% Hispanic and 2% multiracial. The school's Black share is 44 points above the 51% share among DeKalb County residents. A diversity index of 10% means there is a 10% chance two randomly chosen students at DeKalb Preparatory Academy Charter are from different groups.
DeKalb Preparatory Academy Charter lists 37 full-time-equivalent teachers; that is about 14.5 students per teacher. The school's 14.5:1 compares with an average of 13.3:1 for elementary schools in Georgia. Free or reduced-price lunch covers 100% of the student body. That is higher than the 77% average for public schools in DeKalb County.
Among Georgia public elementary schools, DeKalb Preparatory Academy Charter outscored 7%, which works out to a D on the allk12 Grade.
On a poverty-adjusted basis, DeKalb Preparatory Academy Charter falls in the middle 80% of Georgia schools: 18.7% actual against 25.7% predicted.
Looking at the county, DeKalb County, the median household earns about $80,644 a year, 47% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 10% of people live in poverty. DeKalb County has 154 public schools with about 102,960 students, including DeKalb Preparatory Academy Charter.
Among nearby public schools, Towers High School is closest at about 0.4 miles. In all, at least 8 other public schools sit within five miles of DeKalb Preparatory Academy Charter. Among the 9 closest schools with test data, this one included, DeKalb Preparatory Academy Charter ranks 5th on average proficiency.
NCES assigns DeKalb Preparatory Academy Charter the locale Suburb: Large, meaning in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more. NCES lists DeKalb Preparatory Academy Charter as a charter school.
Enrollment in 2024-25 stood at 537, compared with 565 in 2020-21. In 2020-21, the student-to-teacher ratio was 16.6:1; by 2024-25 it was 14.5:1.
The allk12 page for DeKalb Preparatory Academy Charter lets the school community talk about special education services, counseling, and support programs. Current and former families are welcome to add their experience.
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 Decatur
- Decatur High SchoolHigh · 1,901 students
- Beacon Hill Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,285 students
- Southwest DeKalb High SchoolHigh · 1,237 students
- Druid Hills Middle SchoolMiddle · 985 students
- Columbia High SchoolHigh · 877 students
- Towers High SchoolHigh · 876 students
Nearby schools
- Towers High School0.4 mi · 876
- Rowland Elementary School0.7 mi · 390
- Peachcrest Elementary School0.8 mi · 729
- Snapfinger Elementary School1.6 mi · 356
- Columbia High School1.9 mi · 877
- Dunaire Elementary School2.0 mi · 432
Frequently asked questions
About DeKalb Preparatory Academy CharterHow large is DeKalb Preparatory Academy Charter?
DeKalb Preparatory Academy Charter enrolls approximately 537 students in grades KG-08.
Is DeKalb Preparatory Academy Charter an elementary, middle, or high school?
DeKalb Preparatory Academy Charter is an elementary school covering grades KG-08.
How many students per teacher at DeKalb Preparatory Academy Charter?
Approximately 14.5:1 students per teacher at DeKalb Preparatory Academy Charter.
How diverse is DeKalb Preparatory Academy Charter?
DeKalb Preparatory Academy Charter reports a student body of 3% Hispanic, 95% Black, 1% Asian, 2% Two or more.
Who oversees DeKalb Preparatory Academy Charter?
DeKalb Preparatory Academy Charter is overseen by DeKalb County in DeKalb County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.