Glennwood Elementary School

Glennwood Elementary School, a minimally staffed primary school in Decatur, Georgia, operated by City Schools of Decatur, instructs 184 students, covering grades pre-K through 2. That puts it 70% leaner than the typical public school in Georgia, which averages around 605 students.

Across the 9 schools in City Schools of Decatur (5,367 students total), Glennwood Elementary School accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

On demographics, Glennwood Elementary School shows that 43% of students identify as White, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. Beyond that, the school lists 24% Black, 12% multiracial, 11% Hispanic, 9% Asian. That is meaningfully more White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 29%.

On the resource side, Glennwood Elementary School lists 19 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 9.9:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 13.3:1 average. Roughly 22% of students at Glennwood Elementary School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. Set against DeKalb County (around 77%), the school's rate is south of typical.

In the broader community, the surrounding county (DeKalb County) shows that median household income runs about $80,644, about 47% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 10%. In all, DeKalb County runs 154 public schools (combined enrollment of about 102,960 students), of which Glennwood Elementary School is one.

Nearest neighbor: Talley Street Upper Elementary School, around 0.5 miles off. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

Glennwood Elementary School operates from an outer-ring location.

Five-year trend. Glennwood Elementary School's enrollment has ticked down 43% since 2018, when it stood at 322 (now 184). White enrollment moved from 66% to 43% across the same window. Class-load math has narrowed: from 14.6:1 in 2018 to 9.9:1 in 2025.

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