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Parents: what's one thing you'd want the Flat Rock Elementary School administration to hear?
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Enrollment
977
Elementary
DISTRICT 556 · STATE 605
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·DEKALB COUNTY·NCES 130174003634
Flat Rock Elementary School
4603 Evans Mill Rd, Lithonia, GA 30038 · (678) 875-3202 · DeKalb County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL977 STUDENTS
D
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 10% of Georgia public elementary schools
- DTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- C-Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- BThree-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
15.5:1
63 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.1:1 · STATE 13.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
100%
977 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 | 63 | 6% |
| Kindergarten | 138 | 14% |
| Grade 1 | 129 | 13% |
| Grade 2 | 144 | 15% |
| Grade 3 | 172 | 18% |
| Grade 4 | 152 | 16% |
| Grade 5 | 179 | 18% |
This year's kindergarten class (138) is 23% smaller than its 5th grade class (179).
Student demographics
19%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
16.5%
GA avg 40.1% . +1.1pp since 2021
Math
17.5%
GA avg 44.6% . +6.6pp since 2021
What this means: On the Georgia Milestones, Georgia's statewide test, about 17 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 17 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 1 points since 2021, while math scores are up about 7 points.
Georgia Milestones results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 16.5% | 17.5% |
| 2023-24 | 16.7% | 15.2% |
| 2022-23 | 16.3% | 16.1% |
| 2021-22 | 15.4% | 10.9% |
% 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
16.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
25.7%
based on GA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-9.2pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 17% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 26% 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 Flat Rock Elementary School
Flat Rock Elementary School's state test result (16.5% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Flat Rock Elementary School this school | 977 | 100.0% | 16.5% |
| Live Oak Elementary Covington | 936 | 100.0% | 16.4% |
| W.G. Nunn Elementary Valdosta | 974 | 97.5% | 19.0% |
| Barack H. Obama Elementary Magnet School of Technology Atlanta | 844 | 100.0% | 30.6% |
| Woodson Park Academy School Atlanta | 842 | 100.0% | 15.7% |
| Michelle Obama STEM Elementary Academy Hampton | 1,048 | 100.0% | 25.3% |
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 Flat Rock Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Georgia | In DeKalb County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 16.5% | #1,118 of 1,208 | #74 of 88 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 17.5% | #1,116 of 1,215 ▲ 6 | #71 of 88 ▲ 3 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 16.5% | #1,094 of 1,215 ▲ 13 | #68 of 88 ▲ 9 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +3.8pp | #473 of 1,183 | #45 of 88 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 977 | #95 of 1,324 | #3 of 97 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.5:1 | #1,182 of 1,301 | #87 of 94 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 18.6% | #1,214 of 1,301 | #77 of 94 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 100% | #189 of 1,312 | #36 of 97 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -2.9% | #783 of 854 | #70 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
977
+12 (+1%) vs 2020
-14% since 2010-11, when it was 1,136
Student : Teacher
15.5:1
was 15.8:1
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 | 977 | 63 | 15.5:1 | 100% (977) |
| 2023-24 | 986 | 61.8 | 15.9:1 | 100% (986) |
| 2022-23 | 996 | 57.8 | 17.2:1 | 100% (996) |
| 2020-21 | 965 | 61 | 15.8:1 | 99% (958) |
| 2017-18 | 1,006 | 68.3 | 14.7:1 | 100% (1,006) |
| 2015-16 | 1,073 | 65 | 16.5:1 | 85% (913) |
| 2010-11 | 1,136 | 69 | 16.5:1 | 79% (897) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Flat Rock Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 3% (1,006 to 977); teachers down 8% (68.3 to 63).
About Flat Rock Elementary School
Flat Rock Elementary School is a public elementary school in Lithonia, Georgia. It reported 977 students in pre-K through 5 in 2024-25. By comparison, elementary schools in Georgia enroll about 605 students on average.
DeKalb County has 131 schools; together they serve 92,088 students.
The share of Black students at Flat Rock Elementary School is 90%. Enrollment also includes 6% Hispanic and 3% multiracial. The school's Black share is 39 points above the 51% share among DeKalb County residents. Measured by the diversity index, the student body scores 19%.
A staff of 63 full-time-equivalent teachers puts the student-to-teacher ratio at 15.5:1. The average for elementary schools in Georgia, 13.3:1, is lower. The share of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch is 100%. It compares with 77% for public schools in DeKalb County.
Flat Rock Elementary School earns a D on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 10% of Georgia public elementary schools.
The BeatsExpectations prediction for Flat Rock Elementary School is 25.7%, and its average proficiency rate across its state test results is 16.5%.
Five-year Census Bureau estimates for DeKalb County show that the median household earns about $80,644 a year, about 47% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 10% of residents are in poverty. DeKalb County has 154 public schools with about 102,960 students, including Flat Rock Elementary School.
Flat Rock Elementary School's nearest public school is Salem Middle School (about 1.4 miles). The count of other public schools within five miles is at least 8. Ranked by average proficiency, Flat Rock Elementary School places 5th out of 9 schools in its immediate area.
Its NCES locale code is Suburb: Large: the school is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
The student count changed little between 2020-21 (965) and 2024-25 (977).
This page is set up for the Flat Rock Elementary School community to discuss homework, tutoring, and testing dates. Members of the school community can share what they know.
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
- Salem Middle SchoolMiddle · 827 students
Other Flat Rock Elementary schools
3 other US public schools in 4 states are named Flat Rock Elementary. Flat Rock Elementary School is the largest of the 4.
- Flat Rock ElementaryPowhatan, VA · 654 students
- Flat Rock ElementaryAnderson, SC · 429 students
- Flat Rock ElementaryMount Airy, NC · 217 students
Nearby schools
- Salem Middle School1.4 mi · 827
- Arabia Mountain High School - Academy of Engineering- Medic1.7 mi · 1,224
- Murphey Candler Elementary School1.9 mi · 512
- Browns Mill Elementary School2.1 mi · 411
- Martin Luther King- Jr. High School2.3 mi · 1,370
- Edward L. Bouie- Sr. Elementary School2.5 mi · 599
Frequently asked questions
About Flat Rock Elementary SchoolHow many students attend Flat Rock Elementary School?
Flat Rock Elementary School enrolls approximately 977 students in grades PK-05.
Is Flat Rock Elementary School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Flat Rock Elementary School is an elementary school covering grades PK-05.
How many teachers does Flat Rock Elementary School have?
Flat Rock Elementary School employs 63 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 15.5:1.
What is the student diversity at Flat Rock Elementary School?
Student demographics at Flat Rock Elementary School are roughly 0% White, 6% Hispanic, 90% Black, 0% Asian, 3% Two or more.
Who oversees Flat Rock Elementary School?
Flat Rock 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.