Museum School Avondale Estates

Located at 3191 Covington Hwy, in Avondale Estates, Georgia, Museum School Avondale Estates is a middle-of-the-pack elementary-level community that works with 588 students (grades K through 8), operated by DeKalb County.

Within DeKalb County, which oversees 131 schools and 92,088 students, Museum School Avondale Estates is one campus in the system.

On demographics, Museum School Avondale Estates reports that the largest single group is White at 49%, but no single group is in the majority. Beyond that, the school logs 34% Black, 7% Hispanic, 6% multiracial, 3% Asian. The wider county runs roughly 29% White, putting the school's mix considerably more White than the area baseline.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Staff filings list 45 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 13.1:1 students per teacher. That tracks the state average closely. An estimated 36% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. That share is lower than DeKalb County's rate of about 77%.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Museum School Avondale Estates tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 58.6% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 54.3%.

Across the wider county, census data for DeKalb County shows median household earnings sit near $80,644, about 47% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 10%. Across DeKalb County's 154 public schools (combined enrollment of about 102,960 students), Museum School Avondale Estates is one campus in the mix.

Avondale Elementary School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.6 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 7 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Museum School Avondale Estates ranks 6th on composite proficiency, below the local average of 59.9%.

Museum School Avondale Estates operates from an outer-ring location. Museum School Avondale Estates operates as a public charter school, meaning it is publicly funded but governed independently of the surrounding district's traditional schools.

Over the past 7-year window. Museum School Avondale Estates's enrollment has increased 4% since 2018, when it stood at 566 (now 588). Over the same period, the White share declined from 58% to 49%.

On the community side, members of the Museum School Avondale Estates community share and discuss pickup logistics, teacher feedback, and after-school programs. The community welcomes input from current and former families.