Pine Ridge Elementary School

Located at 750 Pine Ridge Dr, in Stone Mountain, Georgia, Pine Ridge Elementary School is a medium-sized elementary campus that teaches 551 students (grades pre-K through 5), overseen by DeKalb County.

Across the 131 schools in DeKalb County (92,088 students total), Pine Ridge Elementary School accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Pine Ridge Elementary School shows that Black students make up the majority at 74%. The remainder is composed of 18% Hispanic, 3% Asian, 3% multiracial. By comparison, DeKalb County as a whole is about 51% Black, so the school skews meaningfully more Black than its surroundings.

On the resource side, Pine Ridge Elementary School lists 41 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 13.4:1. That tracks the state average closely. An estimated 100% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. That share is higher than DeKalb County's rate of about 77%.

After controlling for student poverty, Pine Ridge Elementary School sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 25.7%; this one delivers 16.4%.

Around the school, DeKalb County reports that the typical household earns roughly $80,644 per year, 47% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 10% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Pine Ridge Elementary School is one of 154 public schools in DeKalb County (combined enrollment of about 102,960 students).

Nearest neighbor: Stephenson High School, around 0.3 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Pine Ridge Elementary School ranks 9th on composite proficiency, below the local average of 25.4%.

Pine Ridge Elementary School operates from an outer-ring location.

Looking at the recent track record. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Pine Ridge Elementary School has decreased 15%, going from 645 students in 2018 to 551 in 2025. Black enrollment moved from 88% to 74% across the same window.

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