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Enrollment
889
Elementary
DISTRICT 556 · STATE 605
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·DEKALB COUNTY·NCES 130174000678
Idlewood Elementary School
1484 Idlewood Rd, Tucker, GA 30084 · (678) 874-3202 · DeKalb County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL889 STUDENTS
B-
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Scored higher than 45% of Georgia public elementary schools
- CTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- BBeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- B+Three-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
13.5:1
66 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.1:1 · STATE 13.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
100%
889 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 | 43 | 5% |
| Kindergarten | 141 | 16% |
| Grade 1 | 149 | 17% |
| Grade 2 | 149 | 17% |
| Grade 3 | 138 | 16% |
| Grade 4 | 140 | 16% |
| Grade 5 | 129 | 15% |
This year's kindergarten class (141) is 9% larger than its 5th grade class (129).
Student demographics
46%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
23.0%
GA avg 40.1% . -3.3pp since 2021
Math
35.0%
GA avg 44.6% . +12.6pp since 2021
What this means: On the Georgia Milestones, Georgia's statewide test, about 23 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 35 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Georgia schools, those numbers are about 40 and 45. Reading and writing scores are down about 3 points since 2021, while math scores are up about 13 points.
Georgia Milestones results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 23.0% | 35.0% |
| 2023-24 | 31.0% | 35.0% |
| 2022-23 | 27.7% | 27.7% |
| 2021-22 | 26.3% | 22.5% |
% 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
29.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
25.7%
based on GA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+3.6pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 29% 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 Idlewood Elementary School
Idlewood Elementary School's state test result (29.3% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Idlewood Elementary School this school | 889 | 100.0% | 29.3% |
| Rockbridge Elementary School Stone Mountain | 900 | 100.0% | 21.7% |
| Thurgood Marshall Elementary School Morrow | 801 | 100.0% | 23.2% |
| William M. McGarrah Elementary School Morrow | 658 | 100.0% | 25.5% |
| Peachcrest Elementary School Decatur | 729 | 100.0% | 12.7% |
| James Jackson Elementary School Jonesboro | 696 | 100.0% | 20.8% |
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 Idlewood Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Georgia | In DeKalb County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 29.3% | #821 of 1,208 | #41 of 88 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 35.0% | #733 of 1,215 ▼ 6 | #33 of 88 ▲ 2 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 23.0% | #932 of 1,215 ▼ 179 | #49 of 88 ▼ 6 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +4.6pp | #411 of 1,183 | #33 of 88 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 889 | #145 of 1,324 | #8 of 97 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.5:1 | #670 of 1,301 | #55 of 94 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 46.3% | #846 of 1,301 | #46 of 94 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 100% | #164 of 1,312 | #11 of 97 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -14.4% | #389 of 854 | #53 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
889
+9 (+1%) vs 2020
+20% since 1990-91, when it was 741
Student : Teacher
13.5:1
was 12.9:1
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 | 889 | 66 | 13.5:1 | 100% (889) |
| 2023-24 | 910 | 57.7 | 15.8:1 | 100% (910) |
| 2022-23 | 944 | 56 | 16.9:1 | 100% (944) |
| 2020-21 | 880 | 68 | 12.9:1 | 99% (872) |
| 2017-18 | 1,039 | 64.7 | 16.1:1 | 91% (947) |
| 2015-16 | 961 | 60 | 16.0:1 | 94% (906) |
| 2010-11 | 819 | 52 | 15.8:1 | 91% (747) |
| 2000-01 | 799 | 47 | 17.0:1 | 89% (713) |
| 1990-91 | 741 | 38 | 19.5:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Idlewood Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 14% (1,039 to 889); teachers up 2% (64.7 to 66).
About Idlewood Elementary School
Idlewood Elementary School is a mid-sized elementary school in Tucker, Georgia. The school runs pre-K through 5 and enrolls 889 students. By comparison, elementary schools in Georgia enroll about 605 students on average.
DeKalb County runs 131 schools with a combined 92,088 students. Idlewood Elementary School is one of them.
Black students are 71% of those enrolled at Idlewood Elementary School. Other reported shares: 15% Asian, 8% Hispanic, and 4% White. That compares with about 51% Black among all DeKalb County residents. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 46%.
With 66 full-time-equivalent teachers, the student-to-teacher ratio is about 13.5:1. It is about the same as the 13.3:1 average for elementary schools in Georgia. Student poverty is often measured by lunch eligibility; at Idlewood Elementary School, 100% qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. That is higher than the 77% average for public schools in DeKalb County.
Idlewood Elementary School earns a B- on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 45% of Georgia public elementary schools.
A school with Idlewood Elementary School's lunch-eligibility share in Georgia is predicted to score 25.7%. Idlewood Elementary School scores 29.3%, 3.6 points above that line.
For DeKalb County, Census Bureau data show the median household earns about $80,644 a year, 47% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 10% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Public schools in DeKalb County number 154, with about 102,960 students.
A public school about 0.7 miles away, Brockett Elementary School, is the closest to Idlewood Elementary School. The count of other public schools within five miles is at least 8. In a group of 9 nearby schools with scores, Idlewood Elementary School ranks 5th on average proficiency.
Locale: Suburb: Large. In NCES terms, 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 (880) and 2024-25 (889).
The allk12 page for Idlewood Elementary School lets the school community talk about pickup and drop-off, after-school programs, and teacher feedback. You can also rate the school on this page.
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 Tucker
- Tucker High SchoolHigh · 1,614 students
- Nesbit Elementary SchoolElementary · 1,191 students
- Tucker Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,173 students
- Midvale Elementary SchoolElementary · 417 students
- Brockett Elementary SchoolElementary · 394 students
- Livsey Elementary SchoolElementary · 383 students
Nearby schools
- Brockett Elementary School0.7 mi · 394
- Stone Mountain Middle School0.7 mi · 986
- Jolly Elementary School1.2 mi · 790
- DeKalb Agriculture Technology and Environment School1.3 mi · 760
- Tucker Middle School1.5 mi · 1,173
- Hambrick Elementary School1.6 mi · 536
Frequently asked questions
About Idlewood Elementary SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Idlewood Elementary School?
Idlewood Elementary School enrolls approximately 889 students in grades PK-05.
What grades does Idlewood Elementary School serve?
Idlewood Elementary School serves grades PK-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Idlewood Elementary School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Idlewood Elementary School is approximately 13.5:1 (66 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Idlewood Elementary School?
At Idlewood Elementary School, the student body is approximately 4% White, 8% Hispanic, 71% Black, 15% Asian, 1% Two or more.
Is Idlewood Elementary School public or private?
Idlewood 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.