Enrollment
302
Elementary
DISTRICT 556 · STATE 605
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·DEKALB COUNTY·NCES 130174000703
Kelley Lake Elementary School
2590 Kelly Lake Rd, Decatur, GA 30032 · (678) 874-4802 · DeKalb County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL302 STUDENTS
C-
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Scored higher than 17% of Georgia public elementary schools
- C-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- C+Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- DThree-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
11.6:1
26 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.1:1 · STATE 13.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
94%
285 students
DISTRICT 82% · STATE 74%
Community
0
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 | 20 | 7% |
| Kindergarten | 47 | 16% |
| Grade 1 | 51 | 17% |
| Grade 2 | 55 | 18% |
| Grade 3 | 48 | 16% |
| Grade 4 | 39 | 13% |
| Grade 5 | 42 | 14% |
This year's kindergarten class (47) is 12% larger than its 5th grade class (42).
Student demographics
52%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.
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Georgia Milestones 2024-25 . % Proficient or DistinguishedEnglish Language Arts
15.1%
GA avg 40.1% . -9.2pp since 2021
Math
25.2%
GA avg 44.6% . -8.1pp 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 25 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 9 points since 2021, while math scores are down about 8 points.
Georgia Milestones results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 15.1% | 25.2% |
| 2023-24 | 26.8% | 39.2% |
| 2022-23 | 36.4% | 44.8% |
| 2021-22 | 24.3% | 33.3% |
% 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
25.2%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
28.6%
based on GA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-3.4pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 25% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 29% 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 Kelley Lake Elementary School
Kelley Lake Elementary School's state test result (25.2% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kelley Lake Elementary School this school | 302 | 94.4% | 25.2% |
| South Columbus Elementary School Columbus | 326 | 100.0% | 19.6% |
| International Academy of Smyrna Smyrna | 328 | 100.0% | N/A |
| Annette Winn Elementary School Lithia Springs | 341 | 88.3% | 39.6% |
| Conley Hills Elementary School East Point | 377 | 100.0% | 20.5% |
| Austell Elementary School Austell | 367 | 100.0% | 37.7% |
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 Kelley Lake Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Georgia | In DeKalb County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 25.2% | #930 of 1,208 | #48 of 88 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 25.2% | #966 of 1,215 ▼ 343 | #50 of 88 ▼ 20 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 15.1% | #1,129 of 1,215 ▼ 260 | #75 of 88 ▼ 25 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -8.6pp | #44 of 1,183 | #2 of 88 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 302 | #1,239 of 1,324 | #87 of 97 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 11.6:1 | #205 of 1,301 | #18 of 94 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 52.2% | #735 of 1,301 | #40 of 94 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 94.4% | #531 of 1,312 | #47 of 97 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -13.0% | #435 of 854 | #54 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
302
-13 (-4%) vs 2020
-42% since 1990-91, when it was 524
Student : Teacher
11.6:1
was 9.6:1
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 | 302 | 26 | 11.6:1 | 94% (285) |
| 2023-24 | 233 | 23.5 | 9.9:1 | 100% (233) |
| 2022-23 | 317 | 26.5 | 12.0:1 | 100% (317) |
| 2020-21 | 315 | 33 | 9.6:1 | 99% (313) |
| 2017-18 | 347 | 30.5 | 11.4:1 | 100% (347) |
| 2015-16 | 369 | 27 | 13.7:1 | 99% (366) |
| 2010-11 | 346 | 28 | 12.4:1 | 95% (328) |
| 2000-01 | 539 | 38 | 14.2:1 | 94% (508) |
| 1990-91 | 524 | 40 | 13.1:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Kelley Lake Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 13% (347 to 302); teachers down 15% (30.5 to 26).
About Kelley Lake Elementary School
Students in Decatur, Georgia, attend Kelley Lake Elementary School, a low-enrollment elementary school. It serves 302 students in pre-K through 5. For comparison, elementary schools in Georgia average about 605 students.
Kelley Lake Elementary School is one of 131 schools in DeKalb County, which enrolls 92,088 students in total.
Roughly 57% of students at Kelley Lake Elementary School are Black. The rest of enrollment is 39% Hispanic and 3% multiracial. Kelley Lake Elementary School's diversity index is 52%, against a US figure of 70%.
Teachers at the school number 26 full-time equivalents, and the ratio is 11.6:1. On average, elementary schools in Georgia have 13.3:1, compared with 11.6:1 here. The school's lunch program data list 94% of students as eligible for free or reduced-price meals. By comparison, the figure for public schools in DeKalb County is 77%.
Measured against Georgia public elementary schools, Kelley Lake Elementary School receives a C-. The grade weighs proficiency most heavily, then how results compare with what the school's low-income share predicts, then the three-year change.
In Georgia, Kelley Lake Elementary School is in the middle band of BeatsExpectations: 25.2% actual against a predicted 28.6%.
Federal survey data for DeKalb County show that the median household income is $80,644, about 47% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 10% of residents are in poverty. DeKalb County is home to 154 public schools and about 102,960 public school students.
Nearby, Flat Shoals Elementary School is about 0.7 miles away. There are at least 8 more public schools inside five miles. Kelley Lake Elementary School ranks 2nd of 7 among nearby schools on average proficiency, with 25.2% against a local average of 19.6%.
Kelley Lake Elementary School is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more, a location NCES labels Suburb: Large.
Enrollment dropped 4% from its 2020-21 level of 315. The ratio was 9.6:1 in 2020-21 and 11.6:1 in 2024-25.
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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 Decatur
- Decatur High SchoolHigh · 1,901 students
- Beacon Hill Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,285 students
- Southwest DeKalb High SchoolHigh · 1,237 students
- Druid Hills Middle SchoolMiddle · 985 students
- Columbia High SchoolHigh · 877 students
- Towers High SchoolHigh · 876 students
Nearby schools
- Flat Shoals Elementary School0.7 mi · 373
- McNair Middle School0.8 mi · 701
- Toney Elementary School0.8 mi · 207
- PEACE Academy Charter School1.3 mi · 241
- Ronald E McNair Discover Learning Academy Elementary School1.5 mi · 475
- Columbia Elementary School1.5 mi · 364
Frequently asked questions
About Kelley Lake Elementary SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Kelley Lake Elementary School?
Kelley Lake Elementary School enrolls approximately 302 students in grades PK-05.
What grades does Kelley Lake Elementary School serve?
Kelley Lake Elementary School serves grades PK-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Kelley Lake Elementary School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Kelley Lake Elementary School is approximately 11.6:1 (26 FTE teachers).
What is the student diversity at Kelley Lake Elementary School?
Student demographics at Kelley Lake Elementary School are roughly 0% White, 39% Hispanic, 57% Black, 3% Two or more.
What district is Kelley Lake Elementary School in?
Kelley Lake Elementary School is part of DeKalb County.
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