Dresden Elementary School

Dresden Elementary School is an elementary-level community of medium-sized scale in Chamblee, Georgia, part of DeKalb County, works with 606 students in grades pre-K through 5.

Dresden Elementary School is one of 131 schools operated by DeKalb County, a district that instructs 92,088 students overall.

On demographics, Dresden Elementary School reports that nearly all students (92%) are Hispanic. The remainder is composed of 4% Native American. By comparison, DeKalb County as a whole is about 11% Hispanic, so the school skews visibly more Hispanic than its surroundings.

On the income-and-resources front, On paper, Dresden Elementary School has 51 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 11.9:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 13.3:1, putting Dresden Elementary School tighter than the state norm the norm. An estimated 92% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. By comparison, DeKalb County runs at roughly 77%, so the school's eligibility rate is above the surrounding baseline.

With demographic context factored in, Dresden Elementary School falls in the UNDERPERFORMING tier of the BeatsExpectations residual. Given its student profile, a typical campus would land near 29.6%; this one comes in at 10.4%, -19.2 points off the demographic line.

In the broader community, ACS estimates for DeKalb County put median household earnings sit near $80,644, roughly 47% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 10%. Across DeKalb County's 154 public schools (combined enrollment of about 102,960 students), Dresden Elementary School is one campus in the mix.

Hawthorne Elementary School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 1.3 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Dresden Elementary School at 9th of 9; the average score across the group is 36.5%.

The campus sits in a residential setting.

Looking at the recent track record. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Dresden Elementary School has ticked down 38%, going from 978 students in 2018 to 606 in 2025. Class-load math has narrowed: from 14.2:1 in 2018 to 11.9:1 in 2025.

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