Dunaire Elementary School

Dunaire Elementary School, a low-enrollment elementary school in Stone Mountain, Georgia, operated by DeKalb County, teaches 432 students, covering grades pre-K through 5. Compared to the state average of about 605 students per school, that is 29% below typical.

DeKalb County comprises 131 schools with combined enrollment of 92,088 students; Dunaire Elementary School is among them.

On demographics, Dunaire Elementary School logs that the largest single group is Black, at 62% of enrollment. Beyond that, the school reports 24% Asian, 7% Hispanic, 5% White. That is noticeably more Black than the county at large, where the share is closer to 51%.

Looking at school resources, On paper, Dunaire Elementary School has 32 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 13.5:1. The state averages about 13.3:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. Around 100% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. That share is north of DeKalb County's rate of about 77%.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Dunaire Elementary School tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 25.7% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 21.2%.

In the area at large, census data for DeKalb County shows median household income runs about $80,644, roughly 47% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 10%. In all, DeKalb County runs 154 public schools (combined enrollment of about 102,960 students), of which Dunaire Elementary School is one.

Allgood Elementary School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 1.0 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Dunaire Elementary School ranks 7th on composite proficiency, below the local average of 36.4%.

Geographically, the school is in a suburban area.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count shrank 39%: 712 students in 2018 compared to 432 in 2025. Black enrollment moved from 79% to 62% across the same window. Class-load math has fell: from 15.1:1 in 2018 to 13.5:1 in 2025.

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