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Teachers: what resource would make the biggest difference at Flat Shoals Elementary School this year?
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Enrollment
373
Elementary
DISTRICT 556 · STATE 605
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·DEKALB COUNTY·NCES 130174000725
Flat Shoals Elementary School
3226 Flat Shoals Rd, Decatur, GA 30034 · (678) 874-4602 · DeKalb County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL373 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
12.0:1
31 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.1:1 · STATE 13.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
100%
373 students
DISTRICT 82% · STATE 74%
Community
1
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 | 22 | 6% |
| Kindergarten | 50 | 13% |
| Grade 1 | 55 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 59 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 67 | 18% |
| Grade 4 | 53 | 14% |
| Grade 5 | 67 | 18% |
This year's kindergarten class (50) is 25% smaller than its 5th grade class (67).
Student demographics
12%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
13.1%
GA avg 40.1% . +4.3pp since 2021
Math
12.0%
GA avg 44.6% . +4.0pp since 2021
What this means: On the Georgia Milestones, Georgia's statewide test, about 13 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 12 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 4 points since 2021, while math scores are up about 4 points.
Georgia Milestones results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 13.1% | 12.0% |
| 2023-24 | 14.9% | 14.1% |
| 2022-23 | 8.6% | 10.2% |
| 2021-22 | 8.8% | 8.0% |
% 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
12.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
25.7%
based on GA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-13.0pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 13% 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 Shoals Elementary School
Flat Shoals Elementary School's state test result (12.7% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Flat Shoals Elementary School this school | 373 | 100.0% | 12.7% |
| Heritage Academy Elementary School Atlanta | 375 | 100.0% | 15.1% |
| Continental Colony Elementary School Atlanta | 368 | 100.0% | 19.5% |
| The Kindezi School Atlanta | 360 | 100.0% | 20.5% |
| Bazoline E. Usher/Collier Heights Elementary School Atlanta | 390 | 100.0% | 24.6% |
| Columbia Elementary School Decatur | 364 | 100.0% | 16.2% |
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 Shoals Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Georgia | In DeKalb County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 12.7% | #1,176 of 1,208 | #85 of 88 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 12.0% | #1,182 of 1,215 ▼ 39 | #83 of 88 ▼ 4 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 13.1% | #1,171 of 1,215 ▼ 32 | #84 of 88 ▼ 2 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +4.1pp | #447 of 1,183 | #40 of 88 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 373 | #1,140 of 1,324 | #78 of 97 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.0:1 | #282 of 1,301 | #27 of 94 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 12.3% | #1,263 of 1,301 | #91 of 94 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 100% | #176 of 1,312 | #23 of 97 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -33.5% | #62 of 854 | #23 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
373
-118 (-24%) vs 2020
-49% since 1990-91, when it was 735
Student : Teacher
12.0:1
was 13.3:1
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 | 373 | 31 | 12.0:1 | 100% (373) |
| 2023-24 | 469 | 32.5 | 14.4:1 | 100% (469) |
| 2022-23 | 552 | 33.5 | 16.5:1 | 100% (552) |
| 2020-21 | 491 | 37 | 13.3:1 | 99% (487) |
| 2017-18 | 561 | 43.5 | 12.9:1 | 96% (537) |
| 2015-16 | 617 | 40 | 15.4:1 | 96% (591) |
| 2010-11 | 340 | 26 | 13.1:1 | 88% (299) |
| 2000-01 | 525 | 33 | 15.9:1 | 82% (432) |
| 1990-91 | 735 | 46 | 16.0:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Flat Shoals Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 34% (561 to 373); teachers down 29% (43.5 to 31).
About Flat Shoals Elementary School
Decatur, Georgia, is home to Flat Shoals Elementary School, a low-enrollment elementary school. The school serves pre-K through 5. Enrollment is 373 students. It has 38% fewer students than the average for elementary schools in Georgia (about 605).
DeKalb County has 131 schools and 92,088 students, and Flat Shoals Elementary School is one of those schools.
The share of students at Flat Shoals Elementary School who are Black is 94%. Other groups make up 3% Hispanic and 2% multiracial. County-wide, 51% of DeKalb County residents are Black. A diversity index of 12% means there is a 12% chance two randomly chosen students at Flat Shoals Elementary School are from different groups.
Its staff includes 31 full-time-equivalent teachers, for about 12.0 students per teacher. The gap from the 13.3:1 average for elementary schools in Georgia is 1.3 students per teacher. Roughly 100% of students at Flat Shoals Elementary School can receive free or reduced-price lunch. The average for public schools in DeKalb County is 77%.
Flat Shoals Elementary School scores 12.7% on state tests, averaged across results. The predicted figure, based on its student poverty level, is 25.7%.
Five-year Census Bureau estimates for DeKalb County show that the median household earns about $80,644 a year, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 47%, and about 10% of people live in poverty. DeKalb County has 154 public schools with about 102,960 students, including Flat Shoals Elementary School.
Flat Shoals Elementary School is about 0.7 miles from Kelley Lake Elementary School, its nearest public school. There are at least 8 other public schools within five miles. Ranking the closest schools with test data puts Flat Shoals Elementary School at 7th of 8.
Flat Shoals Elementary School is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more, a location NCES labels Suburb: Large.
The school's enrollment fell 24% from 2020-21 to 2024-25. In 2020-21, the student-to-teacher ratio was 13.3:1; by 2024-25 it was 12.0:1.
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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 Decatur
- Decatur High SchoolHigh · 1,901 students
- Beacon Hill Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,285 students
- Southwest DeKalb High SchoolHigh · 1,237 students
- Druid Hills Middle SchoolMiddle · 985 students
- Columbia High SchoolHigh · 877 students
- Towers High SchoolHigh · 876 students
Other Flat Shoals Elementary schools
One other US public school is named Flat Shoals Elementary. Flat Shoals Elementary School is the 2nd largest of the 2.
- Flat Shoals Elementary SchoolConyers, GA · 639 students
Nearby schools
- Kelley Lake Elementary School0.7 mi · 302
- DeKalb Regional Youth Detention Center1.1 mi · 11
- McNair Middle School1.2 mi · 701
- Barack H. Obama Elementary Magnet School of Technology1.3 mi · 844
- Toney Elementary School1.5 mi · 207
- Cedar Grove Middle School1.5 mi · 685
Frequently asked questions
About Flat Shoals Elementary SchoolHow large is Flat Shoals Elementary School?
Flat Shoals Elementary School enrolls approximately 373 students in grades PK-05.
Is Flat Shoals Elementary School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Flat Shoals Elementary School is an elementary school covering grades PK-05.
How many teachers does Flat Shoals Elementary School have?
Flat Shoals Elementary School employs 31 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 12.0:1.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Flat Shoals Elementary School?
At Flat Shoals Elementary School, the student body is approximately 0% White, 3% Hispanic, 94% Black, 1% Asian, 2% Two or more.
Is Flat Shoals Elementary School public or private?
Flat Shoals 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.