Midvale Elementary School

Midvale Elementary School, a modestly sized K-5 school in Tucker, Georgia, operated by DeKalb County, caters to 417 students, covering grades pre-K through 5. Enrollment runs roughly 31% below the state mean of about 605.

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

On demographics, Midvale Elementary School shows that the largest single group is Black at 33%, but no single group is in the majority; the rest breaks down as 30% Hispanic, 25% White, 6% multiracial, 6% Asian. That is noticeably less Black than the county at large, where the share is closer to 51%.

In terms of school funding signals, On paper, Midvale Elementary School has 40 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 10.4:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 13.3:1 average. Around 79% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Midvale Elementary School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 36.7%, the actual is 41.4%, a residual of +4.7 points.

In the area at large, DeKalb County reports that median household earnings sit near $80,644, roughly 47% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 10% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Midvale Elementary School is one of 154 public schools in DeKalb County (combined enrollment of about 102,960 students).

Tucker High School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 1.1 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Midvale Elementary School. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Midvale Elementary School at 2nd of 8; the average score across the group is 36.2%.

Geographically, the school is in a commuter-belt area.

Trend over the last 7 years. Midvale Elementary School's enrollment has fell 5% since 2018, when it stood at 437 (now 417). Hispanic enrollment moved from 20% to 30% across the same window.

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