Fernbank Elementary School

Fernbank Elementary School, a reasonably sized elementary school in Atlanta, Georgia, overseen by DeKalb County, caters to 895 students, covering grades pre-K through 5. Compared to the state average of about 605 students per school, that is 48% above typical.

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

On demographics, Fernbank Elementary School logs that the most-represented group is White (45%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups; the rest reads as 23% Black, 16% Asian, 8% multiracial, 8% Hispanic. That is noticeably more White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 29%.

Looking at school resources, The school reports having 56 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 16.0:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 13.3:1 average. Around 28% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. Set against DeKalb County (around 77%), the school's rate is south of typical.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Fernbank Elementary School sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 63.0%; this one delivers 64.9%.

In the area at large, the surrounding county (DeKalb County) logs that median household income runs about $80,644, roughly 47% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 10% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Fernbank Elementary School is one of 154 public schools in DeKalb County (combined enrollment of about 102,960 students).

Nearest neighbor: Westchester Elementary School, around 0.6 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Fernbank Elementary School. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Fernbank Elementary School at 4th of 5; the average score across the group is 69.4%.

Fernbank Elementary School operates from a suburban location.

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count expanded 3%: 868 students in 2018 compared to 895 in 2025. Hispanic enrollment moved from 31% to 8% across the same window. Class-load math has widened: from 13.6:1 in 2018 to 16.0:1 in 2025.

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