Enrollment
386
Elementary
DISTRICT 556 · STATE 605
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·DEKALB COUNTY·NCES 130174000684
Kingsley Elementary School
2051 Brendon Dr, Dunwoody, GA 30338 · (678) 874-8902 · DeKalb County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY13-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL386 STUDENTS
C
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Scored higher than 32% 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.
- BThree-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
11.0:1
35 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.1:1 · STATE 13.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
69%
268 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 | 29 | 8% |
| Kindergarten | 66 | 17% |
| Grade 1 | 62 | 16% |
| Grade 2 | 46 | 12% |
| Grade 3 | 77 | 20% |
| Grade 4 | 48 | 12% |
| Grade 5 | 58 | 15% |
This year's kindergarten class (66) is 14% larger than its 5th grade class (58).
Student demographics
55%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
33.4%
GA avg 40.1% . -0.9pp since 2021
Math
37.4%
GA avg 44.6% . +10.1pp since 2021
What this means: On the Georgia Milestones, Georgia's statewide test, about 33 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 37 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 are up about 10 points.
Georgia Milestones results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 33.4% | 37.4% |
| 2023-24 | 33.7% | 33.5% |
| 2022-23 | 36.1% | 33.1% |
| 2021-22 | 34.2% | 27.3% |
% 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
34.2%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
41.5%
based on GA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-7.3pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 34% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 41% 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 Kingsley Elementary School
Kingsley Elementary School's state test result (34.2% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kingsley Elementary School this school | 386 | 69.4% | 34.2% |
| Oakwood Elementary School Oakwood | 509 | 74.3% | 26.1% |
| Evansdale Elementary School Doraville | 504 | 64.1% | 39.8% |
| Henderson Mill Elementary School Atlanta | 541 | 73.0% | 31.0% |
| Westwood Elementary School Dalton | 605 | 66.1% | 54.3% |
| Oak Grove Elementary School Acworth | 523 | 66.2% | 38.5% |
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 Kingsley Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Georgia | In DeKalb County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 34.2% | #691 of 1,208 | #34 of 88 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 37.4% | #673 of 1,215 ▲ 82 | #31 of 88 ▲ 5 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 33.4% | #632 of 1,215 ▲ 45 | #35 of 88 ▲ 1 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +4.6pp | #414 of 1,183 | #36 of 88 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 386 | #1,120 of 1,324 | #75 of 97 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 11.0:1 | #121 of 1,301 | #14 of 94 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 55.2% | #646 of 1,301 | #37 of 94 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 69.4% | #840 of 1,312 | #69 of 97 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -15.4% | #354 of 854 | #49 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
386
-4 (-1%) vs 2020
+34% since 1990-91, when it was 288
Student : Teacher
11.0:1
was 8.9:1
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 | 386 | 35 | 11.0:1 | 69% (268) |
| 2023-24 | 364 | 29.3 | 12.4:1 | 65% (237) |
| 2022-23 | 339 | 32.8 | 10.3:1 | 59% (200) |
| 2020-21 | 390 | 44 | 8.9:1 | 35% (135) |
| 2017-18 | 456 | 44.2 | 10.3:1 | 60% (272) |
| 2015-16 | 525 | 41 | 12.8:1 | 52% (274) |
| 2010-11 | 487 | 35 | 13.9:1 | 46% (226) |
| 2000-01 | 376 | 22 | 17.1:1 | 30% (114) |
| 1990-91 | 288 | 25 | 11.5:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Kingsley Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 15% (456 to 386); teachers down 21% (44.2 to 35).
About Kingsley Elementary School
Kingsley Elementary School serves students in Dunwoody, Georgia, as a low-enrollment elementary school. The school serves 386 students in pre-K through 5 in 2024-25. The average among elementary schools in Georgia is roughly 605 students; this school is 36% smaller than that.
DeKalb County runs Kingsley Elementary School along with 130 other schools, enrolling 92,088 students in total.
At Kingsley Elementary School, Hispanic students make up 63% of the student body. The next largest groups are 20% White, 8% Black, 4% multiracial, and 4% Asian. The school's Hispanic share is 52 points above the 11% share among DeKalb County residents. Pick two students at random and there is a 55% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.
Kingsley Elementary School counts 35 full-time-equivalent teachers, about 11.0 students for each one. This ratio sits 2.3 below the 13.3:1 average for elementary schools in Georgia. About 69% of students at the school meet free or reduced-price lunch income limits.
Kingsley Elementary School is graded C by allk12, scoring above 32% of Georgia public elementary schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
A school with Kingsley Elementary School's lunch-eligibility share in Georgia is predicted to score 41.5%. Kingsley Elementary School scores 34.2%, 7.3 points below that line.
Recent Census Bureau figures for DeKalb County show that the median household income is $80,644, about 47% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 10%. Besides Kingsley Elementary School, DeKalb County has 153 other public schools.
Dunwoody Elementary School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.8 miles away. Within five miles of Kingsley Elementary School, there are at least 8 other public schools. In a group of 9 nearby schools with scores, Kingsley Elementary School ranks 7th on average proficiency.
Under the NCES locale system, Kingsley Elementary School is City: Small.
Enrollment has been fairly stable: 390 in 2020-21 and 386 in 2024-25. The student-to-teacher ratio rose from 8.9:1 in 2020-21 to 11.0:1 in 2024-25.
Community posts for Kingsley Elementary School can cover enrollment questions, class placement, and PTA news. 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 Dunwoody
- Dunwoody High SchoolHigh · 2,012 students
- Austin Elementary SchoolElementary · 803 students
- Dunwoody Elementary SchoolElementary · 790 students
- Chesnut Elementary SchoolElementary · 551 students
- Vanderlyn Elementary SchoolElementary · 441 students
Other Kingsley Elementary schools
8 other US public schools in 4 states are named Kingsley Elementary. Kingsley Elementary School is the 4th largest of the 9.
- Kingsley ElementaryPomona, CA · 656 students
- Kingsley ElementaryMontclair, CA · 494 students
- Kingsley Elementary SchoolNaperville, IL · 415 students
- Kingsley Elementary SchoolDowners Grove, IL · 359 students
- Kingsley Elementary SchoolWaterloo, IA · 337 students
Nearby schools
- Dunwoody Elementary School0.8 mi · 790
- Vanderlyn Elementary School0.9 mi · 441
- Dunwoody High School1.1 mi · 2,012
- Peachtree Middle School1.2 mi · 1,214
- Chesnut Elementary School1.4 mi · 551
- Austin Elementary School2.2 mi · 803
Frequently asked questions
About Kingsley Elementary SchoolHow many students attend Kingsley Elementary School?
Kingsley Elementary School enrolls approximately 386 students in grades PK-05.
Is Kingsley Elementary School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Kingsley Elementary School is an elementary school covering grades PK-05.
How many students per teacher at Kingsley Elementary School?
Approximately 11.0:1 students per teacher at Kingsley Elementary School.
How diverse is Kingsley Elementary School?
Kingsley Elementary School reports a student body of 20% White, 63% Hispanic, 8% Black, 4% Asian, 4% Two or more.
Who oversees Kingsley Elementary School?
Kingsley 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.