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Enrollment
535
Elementary
DISTRICT 556 · STATE 605
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·DEKALB COUNTY·NCES 130174002308
Narvie Harris Elementary School
3981 McGill Dr, Decatur, GA 30034 · (678) 676-9202 · DeKalb County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL535 STUDENTS
A
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 88% of Georgia public elementary schools
- B+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- ABeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- B+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
14.5:1
37 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.1:1 · STATE 13.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
88%
473 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 57 | 11% |
| Kindergarten | 78 | 15% |
| Grade 1 | 81 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 79 | 15% |
| Grade 3 | 86 | 16% |
| Grade 4 | 68 | 13% |
| Grade 5 | 86 | 16% |
This year's kindergarten class (78) is 9% smaller than its 5th grade class (86).
Student demographics
13%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
45.1%
GA avg 40.1% . -2.5pp since 2021
Math
46.9%
GA avg 44.6% . +14.1pp since 2021
What this means: On the Georgia Milestones, Georgia's statewide test, about 45 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 47 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 2 points since 2021, while math scores are up about 14 points.
Georgia Milestones results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 45.1% | 46.9% |
| 2023-24 | 57.5% | 47.4% |
| 2022-23 | 50.4% | 49.1% |
| 2021-22 | 47.6% | 32.8% |
% 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
OUTPERFORMING
Top 10% of GA schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
49.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
31.7%
based on GA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+18.2pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 50% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 32% typical for Georgia schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations ranks schools against others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school can post high scores and still fall short of its prediction, or post lower scores and still beat it. This school clears its prediction by about 18 points, placing it in Georgia's top 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 Narvie Harris Elementary School
Narvie Harris Elementary School's state test result (49.9% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Narvie Harris Elementary School this school | 535 | 88.4% | 49.9% |
| Wynbrooke Elementary School Stone Mountain | 546 | 84.4% | 51.2% |
| Edward L. Bouie- Sr. Elementary School Lithonia | 599 | 87.0% | 44.5% |
| Chattahoochee Hills Charter School Fairburn | 536 | 83.0% | 29.5% |
| Wesley Lakes Elementary School McDonough | 564 | 83.3% | 20.0% |
| Ingram/Pye Elementary School Macon | 450 | 81.6% | 9.5% |
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 Narvie Harris Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Georgia | In DeKalb County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 49.9% | #351 of 1,208 | #25 of 88 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 46.9% | #469 of 1,215 ▼ 5 | #24 of 88 ▼ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 45.1% | #348 of 1,215 ▼ 143 | #26 of 88 ▼ 5 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +5.8pp | #330 of 1,183 | #26 of 88 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 535 | #782 of 1,324 | #42 of 97 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.5:1 | #965 of 1,301 | #72 of 94 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 13.2% | #1,256 of 1,301 | #90 of 94 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 88.4% | #603 of 1,312 | #53 of 97 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -34.8% | #53 of 854 | #21 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
535
-134 (-20%) vs 2020
-47% since 2000-01, when it was 1,012
Student : Teacher
14.5:1
was 18.1:1
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 | 535 | 37 | 14.5:1 | 88% (473) |
| 2023-24 | 565 | 34.3 | 16.5:1 | 68% (384) |
| 2022-23 | 603 | 34.6 | 17.4:1 | 100% (603) |
| 2020-21 | 669 | 37 | 18.1:1 | 64% (430) |
| 2017-18 | 821 | 48.8 | 16.8:1 | 66% (540) |
| 2015-16 | 857 | 48 | 17.9:1 | 62% (532) |
| 2010-11 | 973 | 52 | 18.7:1 | 49% (478) |
| 2000-01 | 1,012 | 56 | 18.1:1 | 34% (345) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Narvie Harris Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 35% (821 to 535); teachers down 24% (48.8 to 37).
About Narvie Harris Elementary School
Narvie Harris Elementary School is a mid-sized elementary school in Decatur, Georgia, administered by DeKalb County. It enrolls 535 students in 2024-25. The grades offered are pre-K through 5.
DeKalb County has 131 schools and 92,088 students, and Narvie Harris Elementary School is one of those schools.
Of every 100 students at Narvie Harris Elementary School, about 93 are Black. The school is also 4% Hispanic. That is higher than the 51% Black share among all DeKalb County residents. A diversity index of 13% means there is a 13% chance two randomly chosen students at Narvie Harris Elementary School are from different groups.
A staff of 37 full-time-equivalent teachers puts the student-to-teacher ratio at 14.5:1. Across elementary schools in Georgia, the average ratio is 13.3:1. The share of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch is 88%. The 77% average for public schools in DeKalb County is 11 points lower.
Among Georgia public elementary schools, Narvie Harris Elementary School outscored 88%, which works out to an A on the allk12 Grade.
Compared with Georgia schools that have similar shares of low-income students, Narvie Harris Elementary School does better than predicted by 18.2 points. Its average proficiency rate across its state test results is 49.9%; the prediction is 31.7%.
In DeKalb County, home to about 765,351 people, the median household earns about $80,644 a year, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 47% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 10%. Public schools in DeKalb County number 154, with about 102,960 students.
Straight-line distance to the nearest public school, Chapel Hill Elementary School, is about 1.0 miles. There are at least 8 other public schools within five miles. On state test proficiency, Narvie Harris Elementary School ranks 1st in a group of 9 nearby schools.
Federal data place Narvie Harris Elementary School in the Suburb: Large locale, which means it is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
From 669 students in 2020-21, enrollment decreased to 535 by 2024-25. The school's ratio dropped from 18.1:1 to 14.5:1 between 2020-21 and 2024-25.
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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
- Chapel Hill Elementary School1.0 mi · 495
- Chapel Hill Middle School1.1 mi · 614
- Martin Luther King- Jr. High School1.6 mi · 1,370
- Bob Mathis Elementary School1.8 mi · 368
- Browns Mill Elementary School2.3 mi · 411
- Southwest DeKalb High School2.4 mi · 1,237
Frequently asked questions
About Narvie Harris Elementary SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Narvie Harris Elementary School?
Narvie Harris Elementary School enrolls approximately 535 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does Narvie Harris Elementary School serve?
Narvie Harris Elementary School serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
How many teachers does Narvie Harris Elementary School have?
Narvie Harris Elementary School employs 37 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 14.5:1.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Narvie Harris Elementary School?
At Narvie Harris Elementary School, the student body is approximately 0% White, 4% Hispanic, 93% Black, 0% Asian, 2% Two or more.
What district is Narvie Harris Elementary School in?
Narvie Harris Elementary School is part of DeKalb County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.