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Enrollment
599
Elementary
DISTRICT 556 · STATE 605
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·DEKALB COUNTY·NCES 130174001531
Edward L. Bouie- Sr. Elementary School
5100 Rock Springs Rd, Lithonia, GA 30038 · (678) 676-8202 · DeKalb County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL599 STUDENTS
A-
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 80% of Georgia public elementary schools
- BTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- A-Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- A-Three-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
16.2:1
37 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.1:1 · STATE 13.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
87%
521 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 | 57 | 10% |
| Kindergarten | 86 | 14% |
| Grade 1 | 75 | 13% |
| Grade 2 | 110 | 18% |
| Grade 3 | 97 | 16% |
| Grade 4 | 81 | 14% |
| Grade 5 | 93 | 16% |
This year's kindergarten class (86) is 8% smaller than its 5th grade class (93).
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
Test scores
Georgia Milestones 2024-25 . % Proficient or DistinguishedEnglish Language Arts
45.0%
GA avg 40.1% . +2.8pp since 2021
Math
42.8%
GA avg 44.6% . +13.6pp since 2021
What this means: On the Georgia Milestones, Georgia's statewide test, about 45 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 43 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Georgia schools, those numbers are about 40 and 45. Reading and writing scores are up about 3 points since 2021, while math scores are up about 14 points.
Georgia Milestones results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 45.0% | 42.8% |
| 2023-24 | 50.6% | 43.4% |
| 2022-23 | 46.1% | 41.0% |
| 2021-22 | 42.2% | 29.1% |
% 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
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
44.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
32.4%
based on GA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+12.1pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 45% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 32% 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 Edward L. Bouie- Sr. Elementary School
Edward L. Bouie- Sr. Elementary School's state test result (44.5% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Edward L. Bouie- Sr. Elementary School this school | 599 | 87.0% | 44.5% |
| Wynbrooke Elementary School Stone Mountain | 546 | 84.4% | 51.2% |
| Narvie Harris Elementary School Decatur | 535 | 88.4% | 49.9% |
| Chattahoochee Hills Charter School Fairburn | 536 | 83.0% | 29.5% |
| Wesley Lakes Elementary School McDonough | 564 | 83.3% | 20.0% |
| Martin Luther King Jr Elementary School Macon | 675 | 79.4% | 21.6% |
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 Edward L. Bouie- Sr. Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Georgia | In DeKalb County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 44.5% | #448 of 1,208 | #27 of 88 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 42.8% | #568 of 1,215 ▼ 33 | #29 of 88 ▼ 2 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 45.0% | #352 of 1,215 ▼ 44 | #28 of 88 ▼ 2 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +8.2pp | #205 of 1,183 | #14 of 88 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 599 | #603 of 1,324 | #29 of 97 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 16.2:1 | #1,243 of 1,301 | #93 of 94 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 15.1% | #1,240 of 1,301 | #84 of 94 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 87.0% | #622 of 1,312 | #55 of 97 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -16.5% | #318 of 854 | #45 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
599
-43 (-7%) vs 2020
-39% since 2000-01, when it was 986
Student : Teacher
16.2:1
was 16.1:1
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 | 599 | 37 | 16.2:1 | 87% (521) |
| 2023-24 | 600 | 34 | 17.6:1 | 75% (451) |
| 2022-23 | 612 | 32 | 19.1:1 | 100% (612) |
| 2020-21 | 642 | 40 | 16.1:1 | 69% (443) |
| 2017-18 | 717 | 42.3 | 16.9:1 | 71% (508) |
| 2015-16 | 702 | 42 | 16.7:1 | 65% (456) |
| 2010-11 | 835 | 50 | 16.7:1 | 56% (467) |
| 2000-01 | 986 | 53 | 18.6:1 | 42% (412) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Edward L. Bouie- Sr. Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 16% (717 to 599); teachers down 13% (42.3 to 37).
About Edward L. Bouie- Sr. Elementary School
In Lithonia, Georgia, part of DeKalb County, Edward L. Bouie- Sr. Elementary School is an elementary school. It covers pre-K through 5, with a total enrollment of 599 students.
Edward L. Bouie- Sr. Elementary School is one school in a 131-school district, DeKalb County, which enrolls 92,088 students.
The large majority of students at Edward L. Bouie- Sr. Elementary School, 92%, are Black. The remaining shares are 5% Hispanic and 3% multiracial. DeKalb County as a whole is about 51% Black, so the school's share is higher. The chance that two students picked at random at Edward L. Bouie- Sr. Elementary School belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 15%.
With 37 full-time-equivalent teachers in 2024-25, the ratio at Edward L. Bouie- Sr. Elementary School was 16.2:1. The 13.3:1 average for elementary schools in Georgia is lower than this school's figure. A measure often used for student poverty, free or reduced-price lunch eligibility, stands at 87%. By comparison, the figure for public schools in DeKalb County is 77%.
The allk12 Grade for Edward L. Bouie- Sr. Elementary School is A-. Compared with Georgia public elementary schools, the school scored higher than 80% on a mix of test scores, poverty-adjusted results, and recent trend.
Edward L. Bouie- Sr. Elementary School posts an average proficiency rate on state tests of 44.5%, compared with a predicted 32.4%. It is not in the top or bottom 10% of Georgia schools on BeatsExpectations.
Recent Census Bureau figures for DeKalb County show that median household income is about $80,644, 47% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 10% of people live in poverty. Federal data list 154 public schools in DeKalb County, with a combined enrollment of about 102,960.
Nearby, Browns Mill Elementary School is about 0.9 miles away. Edward L. Bouie- Sr. Elementary School is one of several public schools in the area, with at least 8 others within five miles. Edward L. Bouie- Sr. Elementary School ranks 1st of 8 among nearby schools on average proficiency, with 44.5% against a local average of 15.9%.
Edward L. Bouie- Sr. Elementary School has an NCES locale of Suburb: Large.
From 2020-21 to 2024-25, Edward L. Bouie- Sr. Elementary School went from 642 students to 599.
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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 Lithonia
- Lithonia High SchoolHigh · 1,547 students
- Martin Luther King- Jr. High SchoolHigh · 1,370 students
- Arabia Mountain High School - Academy of Engineering- MedicHigh · 1,224 students
- Miller Grove High SchoolHigh · 1,073 students
- Lithonia Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,062 students
- Flat Rock Elementary SchoolElementary · 977 students
Nearby schools
- Browns Mill Elementary School0.9 mi · 411
- Salem Middle School1.1 mi · 827
- Fairington Elementary School1.2 mi · 461
- Chapel Hill Middle School2.0 mi · 614
- DeKalb Brilliance Academy2.1 mi · 357
- Martin Luther King- Jr. High School2.1 mi · 1,370
Frequently asked questions
About Edward L. Bouie- Sr. Elementary SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Edward L. Bouie- Sr. Elementary School?
Edward L. Bouie- Sr. Elementary School enrolls approximately 599 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does Edward L. Bouie- Sr. Elementary School serve?
Edward L. Bouie- Sr. Elementary School serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
How many teachers does Edward L. Bouie- Sr. Elementary School have?
Edward L. Bouie- Sr. Elementary School employs 37 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 16.2:1.
What is the student diversity at Edward L. Bouie- Sr. Elementary School?
Student demographics at Edward L. Bouie- Sr. Elementary School are roughly 5% Hispanic, 92% Black, 0% Asian, 3% Two or more.
Who oversees Edward L. Bouie- Sr. Elementary School?
Edward L. Bouie- Sr. Elementary School is overseen by DeKalb County in DeKalb County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.