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What's something Dresden Elementary School does better than most schools?
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Enrollment
606
Elementary
DISTRICT 556 · STATE 605
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·DEKALB COUNTY·NCES 130174000651
Dresden Elementary School
2449 Dresden Dr, Chamblee, GA 30341 · (678) 676-7202 · DeKalb County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL606 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
11.9:1
51 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.1:1 · STATE 13.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
92%
560 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 | 41 | 7% |
| Kindergarten | 91 | 15% |
| Grade 1 | 103 | 17% |
| Grade 2 | 103 | 17% |
| Grade 3 | 86 | 14% |
| Grade 4 | 92 | 15% |
| Grade 5 | 90 | 15% |
This year's kindergarten class (91) is about the same size as its 5th grade class (90).
Student demographics
15%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
4.6%
GA avg 40.1% . -3.5pp since 2021
Math
11.0%
GA avg 44.6% . +2.9pp since 2021
What this means: On the Georgia Milestones, Georgia's statewide test, about 5 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 11 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 4 points since 2021, while math scores are up about 3 points.
Georgia Milestones results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 4.6% | 11.0% |
| 2023-24 | 10.3% | 10.3% |
| 2022-23 | 9.4% | 8.7% |
| 2021-22 | 8.1% | 8.1% |
% 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
UNDERPERFORMING
Bottom 10% of GA schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
10.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
29.6%
based on GA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-19.2pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 10% of students here test proficient in math and reading, below the roughly 30% typical for Georgia schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations compares each school with others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school lands here when its results trail those comparable schools, which is not the same as having low scores. A higher-scoring school can still fall in this tier if similar schools score higher still.
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 Dresden Elementary School
Dresden Elementary School's state test result (10.4% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dresden Elementary School this school | 606 | 92.4% | 10.4% |
| Hightower Elementary School Doraville | 604 | 88.6% | 18.6% |
| Blue Ridge Elementary School Dalton | 632 | 85.3% | 22.0% |
| Woodward Elementary School Brookhaven | 553 | 84.6% | 20.6% |
| Sugar Hill Elementary Gainesville | 685 | 84.8% | 28.1% |
| Lyman Hall Elementary School Gainesville | 785 | 96.2% | 15.4% |
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 Dresden Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Georgia | In DeKalb County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 10.4% | #1,194 of 1,208 | #88 of 88 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 11.0% | #1,191 of 1,215 ▲ 2 | #85 of 88 ▲ 2 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 4.6% | #1,215 of 1,215 ▼ 17 | #88 of 88 no change |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -0.3pp | #400 of 1,183 | #26 of 88 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 606 | #582 of 1,324 | #26 of 97 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 11.9:1 | #247 of 1,301 | #23 of 94 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 14.7% | #1,243 of 1,301 | #86 of 94 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 92.4% | #556 of 1,312 | #48 of 97 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -38.0% | #34 of 854 | #14 of 73 |
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
606
+23 (+4%) vs 2020
-9% since 1990-91, when it was 664
Student : Teacher
11.9:1
was 11.9:1
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 | 606 | 51 | 11.9:1 | 92% (560) |
| 2023-24 | 555 | 45 | 12.3:1 | 75% (417) |
| 2022-23 | 615 | 43 | 14.3:1 | 100% (615) |
| 2020-21 | 583 | 49 | 11.9:1 | 66% (382) |
| 2017-18 | 978 | 69 | 14.2:1 | 89% (872) |
| 2015-16 | 1,168 | 76 | 15.4:1 | 97% (1,129) |
| 2010-11 | 837 | 56 | 14.9:1 | 90% (756) |
| 2000-01 | 744 | 50 | 14.9:1 | 89% (662) |
| 1990-91 | 664 | 39 | 17.0:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Dresden Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 38% (978 to 606); teachers down 26% (69 to 51).
About Dresden Elementary School
Dresden Elementary School is one of the public schools in Chamblee, Georgia. It is a mid-sized elementary school. It enrolls 606 students in 2024-25. The grades offered are pre-K through 5.
DeKalb County oversees Dresden Elementary School and 130 other schools, with 92,088 students in total.
Of every 100 students at Dresden Elementary School, about 92 are Hispanic. Smaller groups are 4% Native American. For comparison, the population of DeKalb County is roughly 11% Hispanic. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 15%.
Dresden Elementary School reported 51 full-time-equivalent teachers in 2024-25, a ratio of 11.9:1. Elementary schools in Georgia average 13.3:1, 1.5 more students per teacher than here. There are 560 students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, 92% of enrollment. The rate at public schools in DeKalb County averages 77%, lower than here.
Dresden Elementary School posts an average proficiency rate across its state test results of 10.4%. Schools with its free or reduced-price lunch share in Georgia are predicted to post 29.6%, so the school is 19.2 points behind and in the state's bottom 10%.
In DeKalb County, where the school is located, the median household earns about $80,644 a year, roughly 47% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 10%. Public schools in DeKalb County number 154, with about 102,960 students.
Among nearby public schools, Hawthorne Elementary School is closest at about 1.3 miles. Dresden Elementary School is one of several public schools in the area, with at least 8 others within five miles. Nearby schools with test data average 36.5% proficiency; Dresden Elementary School posts 10.4%.
By NCES locale, the school is Suburb: Large, or in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
From 583 students in 2020-21, enrollment rose to 606 by 2024-25.
The discussion board for Dresden Elementary School is open to topics like pickup and drop-off, after-school programs, and teacher feedback. Teachers and staff are welcome to share updates too.
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 Chamblee
- Chamblee High SchoolHigh · 1,867 students
- Henderson Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,367 students
- Chamblee Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,018 students
- Huntley Hills Elementary SchoolElementary · 507 students
Other Dresden Elementary schools
4 other US public schools in 5 states are named Dresden Elementary. Dresden Elementary School is the largest of the 5.
- Dresden Elementary SchoolDresden, OH · 491 students
- Dresden ElementaryDresden, TN · 440 students
- Dresden Elementary SchoolSTERLING HEIGHTS, MI · 420 students
- Dresden Elementary SchoolDresden, ME · 74 students
Nearby schools
- Hawthorne Elementary School1.3 mi · 378
- GLOBE Academy Charter School I1.4 mi · 1,093
- John Robert Lewis Elementary School1.4 mi · 840
- Tapestry Public Charter School1.5 mi · 300
- Lakeside High School1.7 mi · 2,234
- Ashford Park Elementary School1.8 mi · 757
Frequently asked questions
About Dresden Elementary SchoolHow large is Dresden Elementary School?
Dresden Elementary School enrolls approximately 606 students in grades PK-05.
Is Dresden Elementary School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Dresden Elementary School is an elementary school covering grades PK-05.
How many teachers does Dresden Elementary School have?
Dresden Elementary School employs 51 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 11.9:1.
What is the student diversity at Dresden Elementary School?
Student demographics at Dresden Elementary School are roughly 0% White, 92% Hispanic, 2% Black, 1% Asian, 0% Two or more.
Is Dresden Elementary School public or private?
Dresden Elementary School is a public K-12 school, overseen by DeKalb County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.