Doraville United Elementary School

Doraville United Elementary School is a K-5 school of expansive scale in Atlanta, Georgia, part of DeKalb County, caters to 1,003 students in grades pre-K through 5. Compared to the state average of about 605 students per school, that is 66% above typical.

DeKalb County runs 131 schools in total, collectively educating 92,088 students. Doraville United Elementary School is one of those campuses.

On demographics, Doraville United Elementary School shows that the student body is overwhelmingly Hispanic (92%). Beyond that, the school records 4% Black. By comparison, DeKalb County as a whole is about 11% Hispanic, so the school skews meaningfully more Hispanic than its surroundings.

In terms of school funding signals, The school reports having 69 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 14.5:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 13.3:1 average. Roughly 100% of students at Doraville United Elementary School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. That share is noticeably above DeKalb County's rate of about 77%.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Doraville United Elementary School tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 25.9% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 14.6%.

Around the school, community-level numbers for DeKalb County indicate the typical household earns roughly $80,644 per year, 47% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 10%. Across DeKalb County's 154 public schools (combined enrollment of about 102,960 students), Doraville United Elementary School is one campus in the mix.

Tapestry Public Charter School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.9 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Doraville United Elementary School ranks 8th on composite proficiency, beneath the local average of 33.4%.

The school occupies a residential site.

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