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Enrollment
790
Elementary
DISTRICT 556 · STATE 605
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·DEKALB COUNTY·NCES 130174000722
Jolly Elementary School
1070 Otello Ave, Clarkston, GA 30021 · (678) 676-5802 · DeKalb County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL790 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
14.9:1
53 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.1:1 · STATE 13.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
100%
790 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 | 53 | 7% |
| Kindergarten | 135 | 17% |
| Grade 1 | 134 | 17% |
| Grade 2 | 120 | 15% |
| Grade 3 | 114 | 14% |
| Grade 4 | 128 | 16% |
| Grade 5 | 106 | 13% |
This year's kindergarten class (135) is 27% larger than its 5th grade class (106).
Student demographics
66%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
14.9%
GA avg 40.1% . +0.4pp since 2021
Math
17.7%
GA avg 44.6% . +0.3pp 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 18 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Georgia schools, those numbers are about 40 and 45. Reading and writing scores have held steady since 2021, while math scores have held steady.
Georgia Milestones results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 14.9% | 17.7% |
| 2023-24 | 17.1% | 17.1% |
| 2022-23 | 13.6% | 14.6% |
| 2021-22 | 14.5% | 17.4% |
% 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
16.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
25.7%
based on GA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-8.8pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 17% 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 Jolly Elementary School
Jolly Elementary School's state test result (16.9% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jolly Elementary School this school | 790 | 100.0% | 16.9% |
| Indian Creek Elementary School Clarkston | 967 | 100.0% | 17.9% |
| International Community School Decatur | 501 | 95.2% | 41.4% |
| Allgood Elementary School Stone Mountain | 614 | 100.0% | 35.4% |
| Hambrick Elementary School Stone Mountain | 536 | 100.0% | 27.4% |
| Dunaire Elementary School Stone Mountain | 432 | 100.0% | 21.2% |
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 Jolly Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Georgia | In DeKalb County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 16.9% | #1,109 of 1,208 | #71 of 88 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 17.7% | #1,114 of 1,215 ▼ 14 | #70 of 88 ▼ 2 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 14.9% | #1,133 of 1,215 ▼ 32 | #76 of 88 ▼ 1 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +0.4pp | #722 of 1,183 | #60 of 88 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 790 | #244 of 1,324 | #13 of 97 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.9:1 | #1,072 of 1,301 | #81 of 94 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 65.7% | #272 of 1,301 | #19 of 94 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 100% | #174 of 1,312 | #21 of 97 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -2.9% | #782 of 854 | #69 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
790
+134 (+20%) vs 2020
+34% since 1990-91, when it was 589
Student : Teacher
14.9:1
was 12.2:1
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 | 790 | 53 | 14.9:1 | 100% (790) |
| 2023-24 | 808 | 49.5 | 16.3:1 | 100% (808) |
| 2022-23 | 689 | 46.5 | 14.8:1 | 100% (689) |
| 2020-21 | 656 | 54 | 12.2:1 | 99% (650) |
| 2017-18 | 814 | 57 | 14.3:1 | 97% (793) |
| 2015-16 | 898 | 58 | 15.5:1 | 98% (876) |
| 2010-11 | 518 | 37 | 14.0:1 | 95% (491) |
| 2000-01 | 511 | 39 | 13.1:1 | 81% (413) |
| 1990-91 | 589 | 37 | 15.9:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Jolly Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 3% (814 to 790); teachers down 7% (57 to 53).
About Jolly Elementary School
Jolly Elementary School serves students in Clarkston, Georgia, as a medium-sized elementary school. Enrollment in 2024-25 was 790 students in pre-K through 5. The average for elementary schools in Georgia is about 605 students, so this school is 31% above average.
DeKalb County enrolls 92,088 students, and its 131 schools include Jolly Elementary School.
Black students form the largest group at Jolly Elementary School, 41% of enrollment. Enrollment also includes 39% Asian, 13% White, and 6% Hispanic. Among people living in DeKalb County, the Black share is about 51%. The chance that two students picked at random at Jolly Elementary School belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 66%.
Its teaching staff equals 53 full-time positions, a ratio of 14.9:1. For comparison, elementary schools in Georgia average 13.3:1. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility, a common measure of family income, is 100%. That is higher than the 77% average for public schools in DeKalb County.
A school with Jolly Elementary School's lunch-eligibility share in Georgia is predicted to score 25.7%. Jolly Elementary School scores 16.9%, 8.8 points below that line.
Recent Census Bureau figures for DeKalb County show that median household income is about $80,644, roughly 47% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 10% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Federal data list 154 public schools in DeKalb County, with a combined enrollment of about 102,960.
Atlanta Area School for the Deaf is the closest public school, about 1.0 miles away in a straight line. There are at least 8 more public schools inside five miles. By average proficiency, Jolly Elementary School is 6th among 7 schools close by.
By NCES locale, the school is Suburb: Large, or 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, Jolly Elementary School went from 656 students to 790. The ratio of students to teachers went from 12.2:1 to 14.9:1 over the same years.
Families, students, and staff can use this page to discuss science fairs, picture day, and bus routes at Jolly Elementary School. Alumni can share how the school prepared them.
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 Clarkston
- Clarkston High SchoolHigh · 1,441 students
- Indian Creek Elementary SchoolElementary · 967 students
- Atlanta Area School for the DeafCombined · 110 students
Nearby schools
- Atlanta Area School for the Deaf1.0 mi · 110
- Indian Creek Elementary School1.1 mi · 967
- Idlewood Elementary School1.2 mi · 889
- Hambrick Elementary School1.2 mi · 536
- Clarkston High School1.3 mi · 1,441
- Stone Mountain High School1.4 mi · 1,254
Frequently asked questions
About Jolly Elementary SchoolHow many students attend Jolly Elementary School?
Jolly Elementary School enrolls approximately 790 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does Jolly Elementary School serve?
Jolly Elementary School serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
How many students per teacher at Jolly Elementary School?
Approximately 14.9:1 students per teacher at Jolly Elementary School.
How diverse is Jolly Elementary School?
Jolly Elementary School reports a student body of 13% White, 6% Hispanic, 41% Black, 39% Asian, 1% Two or more.
Who oversees Jolly Elementary School?
Jolly Elementary School is overseen by DeKalb County in DeKalb County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.