Hightower Elementary School

Hightower Elementary School is a mid-sized elementary campus in Doraville, Georgia, operated by DeKalb County. The school educates 604 students in grades pre-K through 5.

Across the 131 schools in DeKalb County (92,088 students total), Hightower Elementary School accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

Looking at the student body, Hightower Elementary School shows that nearly all students (92%) are Hispanic. Other groups include 3% Black, 3% Asian. That is visibly more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 11%.

In terms of school funding signals, Hightower Elementary School lists 49 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 12.3:1. The state averages around 13.3:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. About 89% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. Set against DeKalb County (around 77%), the school's rate is somewhat above typical.

After controlling for student poverty, Hightower Elementary School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 31.6%, the actual is 18.6%, a residual of -13.0 points.

Zooming out to the county, ACS estimates for DeKalb County put the typical household earns roughly $80,644 per year, about 47% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 10% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Hightower Elementary School is one of 154 public schools in DeKalb County (combined enrollment of about 102,960 students).

The closest other public school is Chesnut Elementary School, roughly 1.1 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Hightower Elementary School. On composite proficiency, Hightower Elementary School comes 8th of 9 in the immediate cluster, behind the nearby-schools average of 40.3%.

The school occupies a bedroom-community site.

Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Hightower Elementary School has ticked down 21%, going from 765 students in 2018 to 604 in 2025.

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