Narvie Harris Elementary School

Narvie Harris Elementary School is one of the middle-of-the-pack elementary schools in Decatur, Georgia, operated by DeKalb County, with 535 students on its rolls from grades pre-K through 5.

DeKalb County comprises 131 schools with combined enrollment of 92,088 students; Narvie Harris Elementary School is among them.

In terms of who attends, Narvie Harris Elementary School records that the student body is overwhelmingly Black (93%). Beyond that, the school lists 4% Hispanic. By comparison, DeKalb County as a whole is about 51% Black, so the school skews meaningfully more Black than its surroundings.

Looking at school resources, The school reports having 37 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 14.5:1. The state averages around 13.3:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. About 88% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. By comparison, DeKalb County runs at roughly 77%, so the school's eligibility rate is somewhat above the surrounding baseline.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Narvie Harris Elementary School is in the OUTPERFORMING tier of the BeatsExpectations model, which fits a per-state line through proficiency and FRL share. Schools with this campus's poverty mix typically land near 31.7%; this one delivers 49.9%, a residual of +18.2 points.

In the surrounding community, DeKalb County reports that median household income runs about $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), Narvie Harris Elementary School is one campus in the mix.

Chapel Hill Elementary School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 1.0 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, Narvie Harris Elementary School comes 1st of 9 in the immediate cluster, ahead of the nearby-schools average of 18.8%.

Narvie Harris Elementary School operates from a bedroom-community location.

Five-year trend. Narvie Harris Elementary School's enrollment has declined 35% since 2018, when it stood at 821 (now 535). Class-load math has fell: from 16.8:1 in 2018 to 14.5:1 in 2025.

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