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How has Museum School Avondale Estates changed in the last five years, for better or worse?
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Enrollment
588
Elementary
DISTRICT 556 · STATE 605
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·DEKALB COUNTY·NCES 130174004039
Museum School Avondale Estates
3191 Covington Hwy, Avondale Estates, GA 30002 · (404) 292-9760 · DeKalb County
GRADES KG–08ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBCHARTERREGULAR SCHOOL588 STUDENTS
B
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Scored higher than 64% of Georgia public elementary schools
- A-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- CBeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- A-Three-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
13.1:1
45 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.1:1 · STATE 13.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
36%
213 students
DISTRICT 82% · STATE 74%
Community
6
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 60 | 10% |
| Grade 1 | 60 | 10% |
| Grade 2 | 60 | 10% |
| Grade 3 | 60 | 10% |
| Grade 4 | 67 | 11% |
| Grade 5 | 66 | 11% |
| Grade 6 | 72 | 12% |
| Grade 7 | 72 | 12% |
| Grade 8 | 71 | 12% |
This year's kindergarten class (60) is 15% smaller than its 8th grade class (71).
Student demographics
63%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
Test scores
Georgia Milestones 2024-25 . % Proficient or DistinguishedEnglish Language Arts
58.4%
GA avg 40.1% . +1.5pp since 2021
Math
54.6%
GA avg 44.6% . +11.4pp since 2021
What this means: On the Georgia Milestones, Georgia's statewide test, about 58 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 55 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Georgia schools, those numbers are about 40 and 45. Reading and writing scores are up about 2 points since 2021, while math scores are up about 11 points.
Georgia Milestones results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 58.4% | 54.6% |
| 2023-24 | 58.3% | 50.6% |
| 2022-23 | 56.5% | 42.7% |
| 2021-22 | 56.9% | 43.2% |
% 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
54.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
58.6%
based on GA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-4.3pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 54% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 59% 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 Museum School Avondale Estates
Museum School Avondale Estates's state test result (54.3% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Museum School Avondale Estates this school | 588 | 36.2% | 54.3% |
| Lewiston Elementary School Evans | 614 | 30.9% | 71.4% |
| Bonaire Elementary School Bonaire | 547 | 38.9% | 66.7% |
| Inman Elementary Fayetteville | 659 | 38.7% | 57.1% |
| Matthew Arthur Elementary School Kathleen | 450 | 36.4% | 72.2% |
| Matt Arthur Primary School Perry | 521 | 44.3% | N/A |
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 Museum School Avondale Estates ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Georgia | In DeKalb County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 54.3% | #270 of 1,208 | #21 of 88 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 54.6% | #325 of 1,215 ▲ 80 | #20 of 88 ▲ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 58.4% | #151 of 1,215 ▲ 43 | #18 of 88 ▲ 2 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +6.5pp | #281 of 1,183 | #22 of 88 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 588 | #629 of 1,324 | #31 of 97 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.1:1 | #549 of 1,301 | #46 of 94 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 63.4% | #360 of 1,301 | #25 of 94 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 36.2% | #1,143 of 1,312 | #79 of 97 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +3.9% | #295 of 386 | #14 of 19 |
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
588
-1 (0%) vs 2020
Student : Teacher
13.1:1
was 11.6:1
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 | 588 | 45 | 13.1:1 | 36% (213) |
| 2023-24 | 587 | 47 | 12.5:1 | 37% (217) |
| 2022-23 | 583 | 47.3 | 12.3:1 | 25% (148) |
| 2020-21 | 589 | 51 | 11.6:1 | 27% (159) |
| 2017-18 | 566 | 46.3 | 12.2:1 | 20% (116) |
| 2015-16 | 507 | 40 | 12.7:1 | 12% (63) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Museum School Avondale Estates.
Since 2017-18: students up 4% (566 to 588); teachers down 3% (46.3 to 45).
About Museum School Avondale Estates
Museum School Avondale Estates is a medium-sized elementary school in Avondale Estates, Georgia, administered by DeKalb County. The school counts 588 students across kindergarten through 8.
DeKalb County oversees Museum School Avondale Estates and 130 other schools, with 92,088 students in total.
No single group makes up more than half of enrollment at Museum School Avondale Estates. The largest is White students, at 49%. The next largest groups are 34% Black, 7% Hispanic, 6% multiracial, and 3% Asian. In DeKalb County overall, about 29% of residents are White. Pick two students at random and there is a 63% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.
Teachers at Museum School Avondale Estates total 45 full-time equivalents, and the ratio is 13.1:1. That is close to the 13.3:1 average for elementary schools in Georgia. Federal records put free or reduced-price lunch eligibility at 36%. That is 41 points below the 77% average for public schools in DeKalb County.
allk12 grades Museum School Avondale Estates a B. The grade compares the school only with Georgia public elementary schools, because each state gives its own test.
Museum School Avondale Estates scores 54.3% on state tests, averaged across results. The predicted figure, based on its student poverty level, is 58.6%.
In the county around the school, DeKalb County, the median household income is $80,644, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 47% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 10%. DeKalb County is home to 154 public schools and about 102,960 public school students.
The closest public school to Museum School Avondale Estates is Avondale Elementary School, about 0.6 miles away. Museum School Avondale Estates is one of several public schools in the area, with at least 8 others within five miles. The school's 54.3% average proficiency ranks 6th among 7 nearby schools.
Under the NCES locale system, Museum School Avondale Estates is Suburb: Large. This is a charter school, which is a tuition-free public school operating under a charter.
In 2020-21, Museum School Avondale Estates enrolled 589; in 2024-25, 588. In 2020-21, the student-to-teacher ratio was 11.6:1; by 2024-25 it was 13.1:1.
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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 Avondale Estates
- DeKalb Arts AcademyElementary · 768 students
- Avondale Elementary SchoolElementary · 521 students
- DeKalb School of the ArtsHigh · 298 students
Nearby schools
- Avondale Elementary School0.6 mi · 521
- DeKalb School of the Arts0.7 mi · 298
- Talley Street Upper Elementary School0.8 mi · 623
- DeKalb Arts Academy0.9 mi · 768
- Winnona Park Elementary School1.1 mi · 276
- Glennwood Elementary School1.2 mi · 184
Frequently asked questions
About Museum School Avondale EstatesHow many students attend Museum School Avondale Estates?
Museum School Avondale Estates enrolls approximately 588 students in grades KG-08.
What grades does Museum School Avondale Estates serve?
Museum School Avondale Estates serves grades KG-08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Museum School Avondale Estates?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Museum School Avondale Estates is approximately 13.1:1 (45 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Museum School Avondale Estates?
At Museum School Avondale Estates, the student body is approximately 49% White, 7% Hispanic, 34% Black, 3% Asian, 6% Two or more.
Is Museum School Avondale Estates public or private?
Museum School Avondale Estates is a public K-12 school operated as a charter, overseen by DeKalb County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.