Enrollment
342
Elementary
DISTRICT 556 · STATE 605
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·DEKALB COUNTY·NCES 130174000738
McLendon Elementary School
3169 Hollywood Dr, Decatur, GA 30033 · (678) 676-5902 · DeKalb County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL342 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
11.0:1
31 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.1:1 · STATE 13.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
100%
342 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 | 41 | 12% |
| Kindergarten | 45 | 13% |
| Grade 1 | 51 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 58 | 17% |
| Grade 3 | 54 | 16% |
| Grade 4 | 38 | 11% |
| Grade 5 | 55 | 16% |
This year's kindergarten class (45) is 18% smaller than its 5th grade class (55).
Student demographics
61%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
18.7%
GA avg 40.1% . -9.5pp since 2021
Math
20.9%
GA avg 44.6% . -0.2pp since 2021
What this means: On the Georgia Milestones, Georgia's statewide test, about 19 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 21 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 have held steady.
Georgia Milestones results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 18.7% | 20.9% |
| 2023-24 | 31.1% | 28.3% |
| 2022-23 | 32.6% | 29.9% |
| 2021-22 | 28.2% | 21.1% |
% 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
24.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
25.7%
based on GA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-0.9pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 25% 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 McLendon Elementary School
McLendon Elementary School's state test result (24.8% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| McLendon Elementary School this school | 342 | 100.0% | 24.8% |
| Rowland Elementary School Stone Mountain | 390 | 100.0% | 26.1% |
| Arnold Elementary School Jonesboro | 454 | 100.0% | 36.0% |
| J. T. Reddick Elementary School Tifton | 339 | 100.0% | 32.2% |
| Howard B. Stroud Elementary School Athens | 350 | 100.0% | 11.0% |
| Reese Road Leadership Academy Columbus | 387 | 100.0% | 28.9% |
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 McLendon Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Georgia | In DeKalb County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 24.8% | #937 of 1,208 | #49 of 88 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 20.9% | #1,048 of 1,215 ▼ 167 | #59 of 88 ▼ 15 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 18.7% | #1,048 of 1,215 ▼ 300 | #62 of 88 ▼ 20 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -4.8pp | #145 of 1,183 | #6 of 88 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 342 | #1,193 of 1,324 | #84 of 97 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 11.0:1 | #122 of 1,301 | #15 of 94 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 60.7% | #451 of 1,301 | #28 of 94 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 100% | #180 of 1,312 | #27 of 97 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -18.8% | #260 of 854 | #39 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
342
+16 (+5%) vs 2020
-50% since 1990-91, when it was 683
Student : Teacher
11.0:1
was 8.8:1
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 | 342 | 31 | 11.0:1 | 100% (342) |
| 2023-24 | 317 | 28.3 | 11.2:1 | 97% (307) |
| 2022-23 | 309 | 25.3 | 12.2:1 | 100% (309) |
| 2020-21 | 326 | 37 | 8.8:1 | 99% (323) |
| 2017-18 | 421 | 39 | 10.8:1 | 87% (367) |
| 2015-16 | 438 | 34 | 12.9:1 | 85% (372) |
| 2010-11 | 557 | 37 | 15.1:1 | 89% (494) |
| 2000-01 | 639 | 38 | 16.8:1 | 85% (541) |
| 1990-91 | 683 | 42 | 16.3:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for McLendon Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 19% (421 to 342); teachers down 21% (39 to 31).
About McLendon Elementary School
McLendon Elementary School runs as a low-enrollment elementary school in Decatur, Georgia. The school's 342 students are in pre-K through 5. Statewide, elementary schools in Georgia average about 605 students each.
Across its 131 schools, DeKalb County enrolls 92,088 students. McLendon Elementary School is one of those schools.
Black students account for 58% of enrollment at McLendon Elementary School. Other students are 19% Hispanic, 10% Asian, 7% multiracial, and 5% White. McLendon Elementary School has a diversity index of 61%, compared with 70% for all US public school students.
McLendon Elementary School's 31 full-time-equivalent teachers put its ratio at 11.0:1. For comparison, elementary schools in Georgia average 13.3:1. Eligibility for subsidized school meals is 100%. The rate at public schools in DeKalb County averages 77%, lower than here.
The allk12 BeatsExpectations score for McLendon Elementary School is -0.9 points: 24.8% actual, 25.7% predicted.
DeKalb County has about 765,351 residents, and median household income is about $80,644, 47% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 10% of people live in poverty. The public schools of DeKalb County number 154 and enroll about 102,960.
Laurel Ridge Elementary School is the public school closest to McLendon Elementary School, about 1.1 miles away. Inside a five-mile radius, there are at least 8 other public schools. McLendon Elementary School is 6th of 8 nearby schools by average proficiency rate.
The NCES locale for McLendon Elementary School is Suburb: Large, which covers schools in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
McLendon Elementary School saw enrollment rise 5% between 2020-21 and 2024-25. By 2024-25, the school had 11.0 students per teacher, compared with 8.8 in 2020-21.
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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
- Laurel Ridge Elementary School1.1 mi · 440
- Druid Hills Middle School1.2 mi · 985
- Atlanta Area School for the Deaf1.3 mi · 110
- Robert Shaw Theme School1.3 mi · 307
- Indian Creek Elementary School1.4 mi · 967
- Clarkston High School1.6 mi · 1,441
Frequently asked questions
About McLendon Elementary SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at McLendon Elementary School?
McLendon Elementary School enrolls approximately 342 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does McLendon Elementary School serve?
McLendon Elementary School serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
How many students per teacher at McLendon Elementary School?
Approximately 11.0:1 students per teacher at McLendon Elementary School.
What is the racial breakdown of students at McLendon Elementary School?
At McLendon Elementary School, the student body is approximately 5% White, 19% Hispanic, 58% Black, 10% Asian, 7% Two or more.
Who oversees McLendon Elementary School?
McLendon Elementary School is overseen by DeKalb County in DeKalb County.
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