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Enrollment
840
Elementary
DISTRICT 556 · STATE 605
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·DEKALB COUNTY·NCES 130174004362
John Robert Lewis Elementary School
2630 Skyland Dr NE, Brookhaven, GA 30319 · (678) 874-1502 · DeKalb County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL840 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
12.9:1
65 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.1:1 · STATE 13.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
88%
738 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 | 66 | 8% |
| Kindergarten | 115 | 14% |
| Grade 1 | 119 | 14% |
| Grade 2 | 136 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 157 | 19% |
| Grade 4 | 144 | 17% |
| Grade 5 | 103 | 12% |
This year's kindergarten class (115) is 12% larger than its 5th grade class (103).
Student demographics
17%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
Test scores
Georgia Milestones 2024-25 . % Proficient or DistinguishedEnglish Language Arts
15.2%
GA avg 40.1% . +2.5pp since 2021
Math
18.9%
GA avg 44.6% . +4.0pp since 2021
What this means: On the Georgia Milestones, Georgia's statewide test, about 15 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 19 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Georgia schools, those numbers are about 40 and 45. Reading and writing scores are up about 2 points since 2021, while math scores are up about 4 points.
Georgia Milestones results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 15.2% | 18.9% |
| 2023-24 | 15.4% | 19.4% |
| 2022-23 | 11.3% | 14.1% |
| 2021-22 | 12.7% | 14.9% |
% 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
UNDERPERFORMING
Bottom 10% of GA schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
17.2%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
31.9%
based on GA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-14.7pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 17% of students here test proficient in math and reading, below the roughly 32% typical for Georgia schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations compares each school with others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school lands here when its results trail those comparable schools, which is not the same as having low scores. A higher-scoring school can still fall in this tier if similar schools score higher still.
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 John Robert Lewis Elementary School
John Robert Lewis Elementary School's state test result (17.2% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| John Robert Lewis Elementary School this school | 840 | 87.9% | 17.2% |
| Chicopee Elementary School Gainesville | 809 | 92.5% | 11.8% |
| Sugar Hill Elementary Gainesville | 685 | 84.8% | 28.1% |
| Baldwin Elementary Norcross | 914 | 80.6% | 24.0% |
| Rockbridge Elementary School Norcross | 990 | 87.8% | 17.1% |
| Lyman Hall Elementary School Gainesville | 785 | 96.2% | 15.4% |
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 John Robert Lewis Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Georgia | In DeKalb County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 17.2% | #1,107 of 1,208 | #70 of 88 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 18.9% | #1,082 of 1,215 ▼ 30 | #67 of 88 ▼ 9 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 15.2% | #1,126 of 1,215 ▲ 1 | #73 of 88 ▲ 8 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +3.3pp | #504 of 1,183 | #46 of 88 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 840 | #190 of 1,324 | #10 of 97 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.9:1 | #503 of 1,301 | #42 of 94 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 17.2% | #1,227 of 1,301 | #81 of 94 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 87.9% | #612 of 1,312 | #54 of 97 |
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
840
-53 (-6%) vs 2020
Student : Teacher
12.9:1
was 11.9:1
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 | 840 | 65 | 12.9:1 | 88% (738) |
| 2023-24 | 873 | 60.3 | 14.5:1 | 84% (734) |
| 2022-23 | 880 | 64.3 | 13.7:1 | 100% (880) |
| 2020-21 | 893 | 75 | 11.9:1 | 99% (885) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for John Robert Lewis Elementary School.
About John Robert Lewis Elementary School
John Robert Lewis Elementary School is a mid-sized elementary school found in Brookhaven, Georgia. It teaches 840 students in pre-K through 5. By comparison, elementary schools in Georgia enroll about 605 students on average.
John Robert Lewis Elementary School is part of DeKalb County, where 131 schools serve 92,088 students.
Hispanic students are 91% of those enrolled at John Robert Lewis Elementary School. The rest of enrollment is 5% Black. Census estimates put the Hispanic share of DeKalb County's population at about 11%. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, John Robert Lewis Elementary School scores 17%.
For every teacher at John Robert Lewis Elementary School, there are about 12.9 students; the school has 65 full-time-equivalent teachers. That is in line with the 13.3:1 average for elementary schools in Georgia. The eligibility rate for free or reduced-price meals is 88%. It compares with 77% for public schools in DeKalb County.
John Robert Lewis Elementary School is a bottom-10% school in Georgia on BeatsExpectations, with an actual average proficiency rate across its state test results of 17.2% against a predicted 31.9%.
In DeKalb County, where the school is located, the median household earns about $80,644 a year, roughly 47% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 10%. Public schools in DeKalb County number 154, with about 102,960 students.
John Robert Lewis Elementary School is about 0.9 miles from Ashford Park Elementary School, its nearest public school. Around the school, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. Its average proficiency rate of 17.2% is below the 34.8% average for nearby schools.
Federal data place John Robert Lewis Elementary School in the Suburb: Large locale, which means it is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
From 2020-21 to 2024-25, enrollment fell from 893 to 840, a 6% drop. Staffing shifted too: the ratio moved from 11.9:1 to 12.9:1.
Parents, students, and staff can share information on pickup and drop-off, after-school programs, and teacher feedback here. Members of the school community can share what they know.
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 Brookhaven
- Cross Keys High SchoolHigh · 1,748 students
- Montgomery Elementary SchoolElementary · 728 students
- Montclair Elementary SchoolElementary · 590 students
- Woodward Elementary SchoolElementary · 553 students
- DeKalb PATH Academy Charter SchoolMiddle · 369 students
Other John Robert Lewis Elementary schools
One other US public school is named John Robert Lewis Elementary. John Robert Lewis Elementary School is the largest of the 2.
- John Robert Lewis Elementary SchoolMacon, GA · 712 students
Nearby schools
- Ashford Park Elementary School0.9 mi · 757
- Montclair Elementary School1.1 mi · 590
- Dresden Elementary School1.4 mi · 606
- DeKalb PATH Academy Charter School1.6 mi · 369
- GLOBE Academy Charter School I1.7 mi · 1,093
- Cross Keys High School1.8 mi · 1,748
Frequently asked questions
About John Robert Lewis Elementary SchoolHow large is John Robert Lewis Elementary School?
John Robert Lewis Elementary School enrolls approximately 840 students in grades PK-05.
Is John Robert Lewis Elementary School an elementary, middle, or high school?
John Robert Lewis Elementary School is an elementary school covering grades PK-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at John Robert Lewis Elementary School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at John Robert Lewis Elementary School is approximately 12.9:1 (65 FTE teachers).
How diverse is John Robert Lewis Elementary School?
John Robert Lewis Elementary School reports a student body of 1% White, 91% Hispanic, 5% Black, 1% Asian, 0% Two or more.
Who oversees John Robert Lewis Elementary School?
John Robert Lewis Elementary School is overseen by DeKalb County in DeKalb County.
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