Hambrick Elementary School

Set in Stone Mountain, Georgia, Hambrick Elementary School is a mid-tier primary school, part of DeKalb County. It serves 536 students across grades pre-K through 5.

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

Demographically, Hambrick Elementary School lists that Black students make up the majority at 59%; the rest comes out to 22% Asian, 13% Hispanic, 3% White, 3% multiracial.

In terms of school funding signals, The school employs 39 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 13.7:1. That tracks the state average closely. Roughly 100% of students at Hambrick Elementary School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. That share is noticeably above DeKalb County's rate of about 77%.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Hambrick Elementary School tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 25.7% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 27.4%.

Around the school, census data for DeKalb County shows median household earnings sit near $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. In all, DeKalb County runs 154 public schools (combined enrollment of about 102,960 students), of which Hambrick Elementary School is one.

Stone Mountain High School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.2 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, Hambrick Elementary School comes 3rd of 7 in the immediate cluster, ahead of the nearby-schools average of 25.0%.

Hambrick Elementary School operates from a suburban location.

Five-year trend. Hambrick Elementary School's enrollment has shrank 21% since 2018, when it stood at 675 (now 536). Over the same period, the Black share ticked down from 68% to 59%. Class-load math has fell: from 14.8:1 in 2018 to 13.7:1 in 2025.

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