Idlewood Elementary School

Idlewood Elementary School is a moderately sized elementary-level community in Tucker, Georgia, part of DeKalb County. The school teaches 889 students in grades pre-K through 5. Enrollment runs roughly 47% above the state mean of about 605.

Idlewood Elementary School is one of 131 schools operated by DeKalb County, a district that enrolls 92,088 students overall.

In terms of who attends, Idlewood Elementary School reports that 71% of the student body identifies as Black. The remainder comes out to 15% Asian, 8% Hispanic, 4% White. By comparison, DeKalb County as a whole is about 51% Black, so the school skews meaningfully more Black than its surroundings.

In terms of school funding signals, Staff filings list 66 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 13.5:1 students per teacher. That tracks the state average closely. An estimated 100% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. That share is north of DeKalb County's rate of about 77%.

With demographic context factored in, Idlewood Elementary School sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 25.7%; this one delivers 29.3%.

Around the school, census data for DeKalb County shows median household income runs about $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 Idlewood Elementary School is one.

Brockett Elementary School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.7 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Idlewood Elementary School. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Idlewood Elementary School ranks 5th on composite proficiency, behind the local average of 33.2%.

Geographically, the school is in a suburban area.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count contracted 14%: 1,039 students in 2018 compared to 889 in 2025. Hispanic enrollment moved from 4% to 8% across the same window. Class-load math has fell: from 16.1:1 in 2018 to 13.5:1 in 2025.

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