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Enrollment
790
Elementary
DISTRICT 556 · STATE 605
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·DEKALB COUNTY·NCES 130174003914
Dunwoody Elementary School
1923 Womack Rd, Dunwoody, GA 30338 · (678) 875-4002 · DeKalb County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY13-CITYREGULAR SCHOOL790 STUDENTS
B+
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 74% of Georgia public elementary schools
- ATest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- BBeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- FThree-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
14.1:1
56 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.1:1 · STATE 13.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
22%
177 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 | 35 | 4% |
| Kindergarten | 125 | 16% |
| Grade 1 | 138 | 17% |
| Grade 2 | 134 | 17% |
| Grade 3 | 137 | 17% |
| Grade 4 | 96 | 12% |
| Grade 5 | 125 | 16% |
This year's kindergarten class (125) is about the same size as its 5th grade class (125).
Student demographics
75%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
64.0%
GA avg 40.1% . -9.6pp since 2021
Math
64.8%
GA avg 44.6% . -11.9pp since 2021
What this means: On the Georgia Milestones, Georgia's statewide test, about 64 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 65 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 10 points since 2021, while math scores are down about 12 points.
Georgia Milestones results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 64.0% | 64.8% |
| 2023-24 | 72.0% | 74.8% |
| 2022-23 | 70.8% | 75.7% |
| 2021-22 | 73.6% | 76.8% |
% 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
71.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
65.8%
based on GA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+5.3pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 71% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 66% 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 Dunwoody Elementary School
Dunwoody Elementary School's state test result (71.0% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dunwoody Elementary School this school | 790 | 22.4% | 71.0% |
| State Bridge Crossing Elementary School Alpharetta | 657 | 16.9% | 78.5% |
| Cogburn Woods Elementary School Alpharetta | 786 | 14.0% | 74.3% |
| Dolvin Elementary School Alpharetta | 642 | 17.0% | 79.2% |
| Kedron Elementary School Peachtree City | 843 | 21.0% | 75.6% |
| Britt David Elementary Computer Magnet Academy Columbus | 552 | 16.8% | 94.7% |
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 Dunwoody Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Georgia | In DeKalb County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 71.0% | #89 of 1,208 | #10 of 88 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 64.8% | #187 of 1,215 ▼ 99 | #13 of 88 ▼ 7 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 64.0% | #108 of 1,215 ▼ 43 | #12 of 88 ▼ 3 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -10.8pp | #16 of 1,183 | #1 of 88 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 790 | #245 of 1,324 | #14 of 97 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.1:1 | #863 of 1,301 | #63 of 94 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 75.1% | #21 of 1,301 | #1 of 94 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 22.4% | #1,215 of 1,312 | #84 of 97 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -27.5% | #112 of 854 | #27 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
790
-144 (-15%) vs 2020
+7% since 2010-11, when it was 738
Student : Teacher
14.1:1
was 10.5:1
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 | 790 | 56 | 14.1:1 | 22% (177) |
| 2023-24 | 774 | 55.5 | 13.9:1 | 21% (165) |
| 2022-23 | 796 | 56.5 | 14.1:1 | 18% (145) |
| 2020-21 | 934 | 89 | 10.5:1 | 10% (89) |
| 2017-18 | 1,090 | 66 | 16.5:1 | 10% (104) |
| 2015-16 | 1,045 | 64 | 16.3:1 | 11% (111) |
| 2010-11 | 738 | 38 | 19.4:1 | 15% (108) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Dunwoody Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 28% (1,090 to 790); teachers down 15% (66 to 56).
About Dunwoody Elementary School
Dunwoody Elementary School, a mid-sized elementary school, is located in Dunwoody, Georgia. Its grade span covers pre-K through 5, with 790 students on the rolls. On average, elementary schools in Georgia enroll around 605, and this school is 31% larger than that mark.
Dunwoody Elementary School is in DeKalb County, a district with 92,088 students across 131 schools.
White students make up 32% of enrollment at Dunwoody Elementary School, the largest share of any group. The rest of enrollment is 28% Asian, 23% Black, 11% Hispanic, and 5% multiracial. That is in line with DeKalb County, where about 29% of residents are White. On a 0 to 100 scale, the school's diversity index is 75, compared with 70 nationally.
There are 56 full-time-equivalent teachers at Dunwoody Elementary School, giving a ratio of 14.1:1. The school's 14.1:1 compares with an average of 13.3:1 for elementary schools in Georgia. By family income, 22% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. Public schools in DeKalb County average 77%.
Dunwoody Elementary School earns a B+ on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 74% of Georgia public elementary schools.
The allk12 BeatsExpectations score for Dunwoody Elementary School is +5.3 points: 71.0% actual, 65.8% predicted.
The county, DeKalb County, is where the school is located. The median household earns about $80,644 a year, 47% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 10% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Public schools in DeKalb County number 154, with about 102,960 students.
Vanderlyn Elementary School, about 0.4 miles away, is the closest public school. Counting only straight-line distance, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. By average proficiency, Dunwoody Elementary School is 3rd among 9 schools close by.
By NCES locale, the school is City: Small, or inside a principal city with a population under 100,000.
The school shrank from 934 students in 2020-21 to 790 in 2024-25. There were more students per teacher in 2024-25 (14.1:1) than in 2020-21 (10.5:1).
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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 Dunwoody
- Dunwoody High SchoolHigh · 2,012 students
- Austin Elementary SchoolElementary · 803 students
- Chesnut Elementary SchoolElementary · 551 students
- Vanderlyn Elementary SchoolElementary · 441 students
- Kingsley Elementary SchoolElementary · 386 students
Nearby schools
- Vanderlyn Elementary School0.4 mi · 441
- Dunwoody High School0.5 mi · 2,012
- Kingsley Elementary School0.8 mi · 386
- Peachtree Middle School1.0 mi · 1,214
- Chesnut Elementary School1.2 mi · 551
- Austin Elementary School1.8 mi · 803
Frequently asked questions
About Dunwoody Elementary SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Dunwoody Elementary School?
Dunwoody Elementary School enrolls approximately 790 students in grades PK-05.
What grades does Dunwoody Elementary School serve?
Dunwoody Elementary School serves grades PK-05.
How many teachers does Dunwoody Elementary School have?
Dunwoody Elementary School employs 56 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 14.1:1.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Dunwoody Elementary School?
At Dunwoody Elementary School, the student body is approximately 32% White, 11% Hispanic, 23% Black, 28% Asian, 5% Two or more.
Is Dunwoody Elementary School public or private?
Dunwoody 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.