Dunwoody Elementary School

Dunwoody Elementary School is one of the mid-sized primary schools in Dunwoody, Georgia, run under DeKalb County, with 790 students on its rolls from grades pre-K through 5. That puts it 31% bigger than the typical public school in Georgia, which averages around 605 students.

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

Looking at the student body, Dunwoody Elementary School logs that the most-represented group is White (32%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. Beyond that, the school reports 28% Asian, 23% Black, 11% Hispanic, 5% multiracial. Compared to DeKalb County overall, the school's racial mix sits in roughly the same range.

In terms of school funding signals, On paper, Dunwoody Elementary School has 56 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 14.1:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 13.3:1 average. An estimated 22% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. That share is below DeKalb County's rate of about 77%.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Dunwoody Elementary School tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 65.8% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 71.0%.

Across the wider county, census data for DeKalb County shows median household earnings sit near $80,644, about 47% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 10% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, DeKalb County runs 154 public schools (combined enrollment of about 102,960 students), of which Dunwoody Elementary School is one.

Nearest neighbor: Vanderlyn Elementary School, around 0.4 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Dunwoody Elementary School ranks 3rd on composite proficiency, ahead of the local average of 48.7%.

The campus sits in a high-density setting.

Five-year trend. Dunwoody Elementary School's enrollment has shrank 28% since 2018, when it stood at 1,090 (now 790). The White share of enrollment decreased from 40% to 32% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio tightened from 16.5:1 in 2018 to 14.1:1 today.

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