Kittredge Magnet School

Kittredge Magnet School is one of the modestly sized intermediate schools in Atlanta, Georgia, part of DeKalb County, with 552 students on its rolls from grades 4 through 6. By comparison, Georgia's public schools average about 763 students each, so Kittredge Magnet School sits 28% smaller than that benchmark.

DeKalb County runs 131 schools in total, collectively educating 92,088 students. Kittredge Magnet School is one of those campuses.

In terms of who attends, Kittredge Magnet School reports that the largest single group is White at 53%, but no single group is in the majority. The remainder breaks down as 24% Asian, 8% multiracial, 8% Black, 5% Hispanic. By comparison, DeKalb County as a whole is about 29% White, so the school skews noticeably more White than its surroundings.

Looking at school resources, Staff filings list 35 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 15.8:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 14.1:1, putting Kittredge Magnet School higher than the state norm the norm. Around 5% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, often used as a Title I proxy. By comparison, DeKalb County runs at roughly 77%, so the school's eligibility rate is lower than the surrounding baseline.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Kittredge Magnet School ranks in the top 10% of Georgia public schools. The BeatsExpectations model, a per-state regression of composite proficiency on FRL share, predicts schools with this student profile to land around 74.8%; Kittredge Magnet School posts 99.1%, +24.3 points above that line.

In the broader community, the surrounding county (DeKalb County) shows that median household earnings sit near $80,644, roughly 47% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 10%. Across DeKalb County's 154 public schools (combined enrollment of about 102,960 students), Kittredge Magnet School is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is Margaret Harris Comprehensive School, roughly 0.4 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Kittredge Magnet School. On composite proficiency, Kittredge Magnet School comes 1st of 7 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 40.8%.

The campus sits in a commuter-belt setting.

Over the past 7-year window. Kittredge Magnet School's enrollment has edged up 15% since 2018, when it stood at 479 (now 552). Asian enrollment moved from 16% to 24% across the same window. Class-load math has rose: from 14.1:1 in 2018 to 15.8:1 in 2025.

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