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Which teacher or staff member at Doraville United Elementary School deserves more recognition?
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Enrollment
1,003
Elementary
DISTRICT 556 · STATE 605
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·DEKALB COUNTY·NCES 130174004403
Doraville United Elementary School
3630 Shallowford Rd NE, Atlanta, GA 30340 · (404) 202-0093 · DeKalb County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL1,003 STUDENTS
F
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Scored higher than 2% of Georgia public elementary schools
- FTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- DBeats 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
69 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.1:1 · STATE 13.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
100%
999 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 | 71 | 7% |
| Kindergarten | 170 | 17% |
| Grade 1 | 143 | 14% |
| Grade 2 | 165 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 163 | 16% |
| Grade 4 | 180 | 18% |
| Grade 5 | 111 | 11% |
This year's kindergarten class (170) is 53% larger than its 5th grade class (111).
Student demographics
14%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
13.6%
GA avg 40.1% . +0.6pp since 2021
Math
16.1%
GA avg 44.6% . -6.9pp since 2021
What this means: On the Georgia Milestones, Georgia's statewide test, about 14 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 16 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Georgia schools, those numbers are about 40 and 45. Reading and writing scores have held steady since 2021, while math scores are down about 7 points.
Georgia Milestones results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 13.6% | 16.1% |
| 2023-24 | 13.7% | 17.7% |
| 2022-23 | 14.6% | 16.6% |
| 2021-22 | 12.9% | 23.1% |
% 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
14.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
25.9%
based on GA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-11.3pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 15% 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 Doraville United Elementary School
Doraville United Elementary School's state test result (14.6% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Doraville United Elementary School this school | 1,003 | 99.6% | 14.6% |
| Lyman Hall Elementary School Gainesville | 785 | 96.2% | 15.4% |
| Chicopee Elementary School Gainesville | 809 | 92.5% | 11.8% |
| John Robert Lewis Elementary School Brookhaven | 840 | 87.9% | 17.2% |
| Fair Oaks Elementary School Marietta | 703 | 100.0% | 30.1% |
| Rockbridge Elementary School Norcross | 990 | 87.8% | 17.1% |
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 Doraville United Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Georgia | In DeKalb County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 14.6% | #1,155 of 1,208 | #81 of 88 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 16.1% | #1,136 of 1,215 ▼ 51 | #76 of 88 ▼ 12 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 13.6% | #1,156 of 1,215 ▲ 3 | #80 of 88 ▲ 7 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -3.2pp | #217 of 1,183 | #9 of 88 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 1,003 | #80 of 1,324 | #2 of 97 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.5:1 | #986 of 1,301 | #75 of 94 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 14.4% | #1,247 of 1,301 | #88 of 94 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 99.6% | #459 of 1,312 | #45 of 97 |
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
1,003
+318 (+46%) vs 2020
Student : Teacher
14.5:1
was 11.2:1
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 | 1,003 | 69 | 14.5:1 | 100% (999) |
| 2023-24 | 931 | 65 | 14.3:1 | 96% (891) |
| 2022-23 | 919 | 51 | 18.0:1 | 91% (839) |
| 2020-21 | 685 | 61 | 11.2:1 | 53% (364) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Doraville United Elementary School.
About Doraville United Elementary School
Families in Atlanta, Georgia, are served by Doraville United Elementary School, a large elementary school. It enrolled 1,003 students in pre-K through 5 for the 2024-25 school year. Enrollment is 66% higher than the average for elementary schools in Georgia, which is about 605.
Within DeKalb County, Doraville United Elementary School is one of 131 schools. The district enrolls 92,088 students.
Hispanic students are the large majority at Doraville United Elementary School, with 92% of enrollment. Other groups include 4% Black. By comparison, DeKalb County residents are about 11% Hispanic. The chance that two students picked at random at Doraville United Elementary School belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 14%.
The school's student-to-teacher ratio is about 14.5:1, with 69 full-time-equivalent teachers. Among elementary schools in Georgia, the typical ratio is 13.3:1. Lunch subsidy eligibility at Doraville United Elementary School is 100%. On average, public schools in DeKalb County report 77%.
allk12 grades Doraville United Elementary School an F. The grade compares the school only with Georgia public elementary schools, because each state gives its own test.
Doraville United Elementary School's average proficiency rate on state tests of 14.6% is 11.3 points below the 25.9% the model predicts from its lunch-eligibility share.
Federal survey data for DeKalb County show that median household income is about $80,644, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 47% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 10%. A total of 154 public schools operate in DeKalb County, serving about 102,960 students.
Nearby, Tapestry Public Charter School is about 0.9 miles away. Other public schools within five miles number at least 8. Doraville United Elementary School is 8th of 9 nearby schools by average proficiency rate.
On the NCES locale scale, the school is Suburb: Large.
In 2020-21, federal data counted 685 students at Doraville United Elementary School; in 2024-25, 1,003. The grades served may not have been the same in both years. There were more students per teacher in 2024-25 (14.5:1) than in 2020-21 (11.2:1).
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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 Atlanta
- Georgia Cyber Academy (Virtual)Combined · 9,952 students
- North Atlanta High SchoolHigh · 2,368 students
- Lakeside High SchoolHigh · 2,234 students
- Westlake High SchoolHigh · 2,056 students
- Riverwood International Charter SchoolHigh · 1,737 students
- Sequoyah Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,713 students
Nearby schools
- Tapestry Public Charter School0.9 mi · 300
- Sequoyah Middle School0.9 mi · 1,713
- Chamblee High School1.1 mi · 1,867
- Chamblee Middle School1.4 mi · 1,018
- Huntley Hills Elementary School1.4 mi · 507
- Hightower Elementary School1.6 mi · 604
Frequently asked questions
About Doraville United Elementary SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Doraville United Elementary School?
Doraville United Elementary School enrolls approximately 1,003 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does Doraville United Elementary School serve?
Doraville United Elementary School serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
How many students per teacher at Doraville United Elementary School?
Approximately 14.5:1 students per teacher at Doraville United Elementary School.
What is the student diversity at Doraville United Elementary School?
Student demographics at Doraville United Elementary School are roughly 1% White, 92% Hispanic, 4% Black, 2% Asian, 0% Two or more.
What district is Doraville United Elementary School in?
Doraville United Elementary School is part of DeKalb County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.