Enrollment
279
Elementary
DISTRICT 470 · STATE 605
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·ATLANTA PUBLIC SCHOOLS·NCES 130012000054
Paul L. Dunbar Elementary School
500 Whitehall Ter SW, Atlanta, GA 30312 · (404) 802-7950 · Fulton County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL279 STUDENTS
C-
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Scored higher than 20% of Georgia public elementary schools
- DTest 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
12.0:1
23 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 11.6:1 · STATE 13.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
100%
279 students
DISTRICT 82% · STATE 74%
Community
0
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 | 17 | 6% |
| Kindergarten | 48 | 17% |
| Grade 1 | 31 | 11% |
| Grade 2 | 48 | 17% |
| Grade 3 | 50 | 18% |
| Grade 4 | 45 | 16% |
| Grade 5 | 40 | 14% |
This year's kindergarten class (48) is 20% larger than its 5th grade class (40).
Student demographics
9%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 47% · 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
School pathway
Students here typically continue to
Based on published attendance-zone data from Atlanta Public Schools. Zones change; confirm enrollment with the district.
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Georgia Milestones 2024-25 . % Proficient or DistinguishedEnglish Language Arts
15.8%
GA avg 40.1% . +3.0pp since 2021
Math
20.3%
GA avg 44.6% . +13.9pp since 2021
What this means: On the Georgia Milestones, Georgia's statewide test, about 16 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 20 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 3 points since 2021, while math scores are up about 14 points.
Georgia Milestones results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 15.8% | 20.3% |
| 2023-24 | 18.1% | 19.7% |
| 2022-23 | 12.1% | 11.4% |
| 2021-22 | 12.8% | 6.4% |
% 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
19.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
25.7%
based on GA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-5.8pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 20% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 26% 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 Paul L. Dunbar Elementary School
Paul L. Dunbar Elementary School's state test result (19.9% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Paul L. Dunbar Elementary School this school | 279 | 100.0% | 19.9% |
| Finch Elementary Atlanta | 291 | 100.0% | 21.0% |
| Randolph County Elementary School Cuthbert | 294 | 100.0% | 26.2% |
| Harper Elementary School Thomasville | 263 | 99.6% | 9.3% |
| L. O. Kimberly Elementary School Atlanta | 270 | 100.0% | 22.0% |
| Barack and Michelle Obama Academy Atlanta | 297 | 100.0% | 27.2% |
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 Paul L. Dunbar Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Georgia | In Fulton County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 19.9% | #1,054 of 1,208 | #93 of 113 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 20.3% | #1,063 of 1,215 ▼ 17 | #96 of 113 ▼ 5 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 15.8% | #1,113 of 1,215 ▼ 23 | #107 of 113 ▼ 15 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +8.5pp | #193 of 1,183 | #31 of 110 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 279 | #1,258 of 1,324 | #112 of 120 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.0:1 | #266 of 1,301 | #49 of 118 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 9.0% | #1,283 of 1,301 | #113 of 118 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 100% | #8 of 1,312 | #6 of 119 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -26.8% | #124 of 854 | #19 of 92 |
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
279
-4 (-1%) vs 2020
-42% since 1990-91, when it was 477
Student : Teacher
12.0:1
was 11.8:1
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 | 279 | 23.3 | 12.0:1 | 100% (279) |
| 2023-24 | 250 | 28.1 | 8.9:1 | 100% (250) |
| 2022-23 | 287 | 25.8 | 11.1:1 | 100% (287) |
| 2020-21 | 283 | 24 | 11.8:1 | 100% (283) |
| 2017-18 | 381 | 29.2 | 13.1:1 | 100% (381) |
| 2015-16 | 391 | 31 | 12.6:1 | 99% (388) |
| 2010-11 | 333 | 22 | 15.1:1 | 98% (328) |
| 2000-01 | 516 | 36 | 14.3:1 | 92% (475) |
| 1990-91 | 477 | 26 | 18.4:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Paul L. Dunbar Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 27% (381 to 279); teachers down 20% (29.2 to 23.3).
About Paul L. Dunbar Elementary School
Paul L. Dunbar Elementary School is a low-enrollment elementary school in Atlanta, Georgia. The grade span is pre-K through 5, and enrollment is 279 students. An average school in this group (elementary schools in Georgia) has about 605 students.
Atlanta Public Schools enrolls 49,945 students, and its 87 schools include Paul L. Dunbar Elementary School.
At Paul L. Dunbar Elementary School, Black students make up 95% of the student body. After that, the student body is 3% Hispanic. Among all residents of Fulton County, the Black share is about 43%. By the diversity index, Paul L. Dunbar Elementary School comes in at 9%.
At Paul L. Dunbar Elementary School, 23.3 full-time-equivalent teachers work with students, a ratio of about 12.0:1. That ratio is under the 13.3:1 average for elementary schools in Georgia. Students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch make up 100% of enrollment. The gap from the 62% average for public schools in Fulton County is 38 points.
allk12 grades Paul L. Dunbar Elementary School a C-. The grade compares the school only with Georgia public elementary schools, because each state gives its own test.
Test results at Paul L. Dunbar Elementary School are 5.8 points below what its free or reduced-price lunch share predicts (19.9% actual, 25.7% predicted).
In Fulton County (population about 1,076,561), median household income is about $95,292, 59% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 8% of residents live below the federal poverty line. A total of 205 public schools operate in Fulton County, serving about 138,270 students.
The school nearest to Paul L. Dunbar Elementary School is Charles L. Gideons Elementary School, at a distance of about 0.8 miles. Within five miles of Paul L. Dunbar Elementary School, there are at least 8 other public schools. Compared with its nearest neighbors, Paul L. Dunbar Elementary School ranks 4th of 9 on average proficiency.
Paul L. Dunbar Elementary School is inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more, a location NCES labels City: Large.
There was little change in enrollment from 2020-21 (283) to 2024-25 (279).
The discussion area below is open to posts about school events, clubs, and volunteer needs. Questions from prospective families are welcome too.
Fulton County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
1,076,561
Census ACS
Median income
$95,292
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
59%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
8%
Below federal line
Schools in county
205
138,270 students
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Frequently asked questions
About Paul L. Dunbar Elementary SchoolHow large is Paul L. Dunbar Elementary School?
Paul L. Dunbar Elementary School enrolls approximately 279 students in grades PK-05.
Is Paul L. Dunbar Elementary School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Paul L. Dunbar Elementary School is an elementary school covering grades PK-05.
How many teachers does Paul L. Dunbar Elementary School have?
Paul L. Dunbar Elementary School employs 23 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 12.0:1.
What is the student diversity at Paul L. Dunbar Elementary School?
Student demographics at Paul L. Dunbar Elementary School are roughly 3% Hispanic, 95% Black, 2% Two or more.
Is Paul L. Dunbar Elementary School public or private?
Paul L. Dunbar Elementary School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Atlanta Public Schools.
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