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Alumni: what's one memory from Pine Ridge Elementary School that still sticks with you?
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Enrollment
551
Elementary
DISTRICT 556 · STATE 605
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·DEKALB COUNTY·NCES 130174002074
Pine Ridge Elementary School
750 Pine Ridge Dr, Stone Mountain, GA 30087 · (678) 676-3402 · DeKalb County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL551 STUDENTS
D
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Scored higher than 10% 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.
- C-Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- BThree-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
13.4:1
41 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.1:1 · STATE 13.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
100%
551 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 | 59 | 11% |
| Kindergarten | 64 | 12% |
| Grade 1 | 79 | 14% |
| Grade 2 | 78 | 14% |
| Grade 3 | 79 | 14% |
| Grade 4 | 94 | 17% |
| Grade 5 | 98 | 18% |
This year's kindergarten class (64) is 35% smaller than its 5th grade class (98).
Student demographics
42%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
School pathway
Students here typically continue to
Based on published attendance-zone data from DeKalb County. Zones change; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
Georgia Milestones 2024-25 . % Proficient or DistinguishedEnglish Language Arts
15.2%
GA avg 40.1% . +0.4pp since 2021
Math
17.3%
GA avg 44.6% . +7.9pp since 2021
What this means: On the Georgia Milestones, Georgia's statewide test, about 15 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 17 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Georgia schools, those numbers are about 40 and 45. Reading and writing scores have held steady since 2021, while math scores are up about 8 points.
Georgia Milestones results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 15.2% | 17.3% |
| 2023-24 | 24.7% | 16.1% |
| 2022-23 | 24.5% | 14.1% |
| 2021-22 | 14.8% | 9.4% |
% 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
16.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
25.7%
based on GA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-9.3pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 16% 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 Pine Ridge Elementary School
Pine Ridge Elementary School's state test result (16.4% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pine Ridge Elementary School this school | 551 | 100.0% | 16.4% |
| Pointe South Elementary School Riverdale | 508 | 100.0% | 13.9% |
| Suder Elementary School Jonesboro | 592 | 100.0% | 20.3% |
| Macon County Elementary School Oglethorpe | 525 | 100.0% | 18.2% |
| Hamilton E. Holmes Elementary East Point | 587 | 100.0% | 26.0% |
| Lee Street Elementary School Jonesboro | 515 | 100.0% | 9.6% |
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 Pine Ridge Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Georgia | In DeKalb County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 16.4% | #1,120 of 1,208 | #75 of 88 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 17.3% | #1,118 of 1,215 ▼ 5 | #73 of 88 ▼ 2 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 15.2% | #1,128 of 1,215 ▼ 201 | #74 of 88 ▼ 19 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +4.1pp | #448 of 1,183 | #41 of 88 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 551 | #732 of 1,324 | #35 of 97 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.4:1 | #659 of 1,301 | #53 of 94 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 41.7% | #922 of 1,301 | #49 of 94 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 100% | #185 of 1,312 | #32 of 97 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -14.6% | #381 of 854 | #52 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
551
+9 (+2%) vs 2020
-29% since 1990-91, when it was 778
Student : Teacher
13.4:1
was 11.3:1
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 | 551 | 41 | 13.4:1 | 100% (551) |
| 2023-24 | 599 | 39 | 15.4:1 | 97% (581) |
| 2022-23 | 597 | 45 | 13.3:1 | 100% (597) |
| 2020-21 | 542 | 48 | 11.3:1 | 99% (536) |
| 2017-18 | 645 | 45.5 | 14.2:1 | 84% (544) |
| 2015-16 | 658 | 40 | 16.4:1 | 85% (561) |
| 2010-11 | 577 | 43 | 13.4:1 | 79% (458) |
| 2000-01 | 1,170 | 58 | 20.2:1 | 41% (476) |
| 1990-91 | 778 | 42 | 18.5:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Pine Ridge Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 15% (645 to 551); teachers down 10% (45.5 to 41).
About Pine Ridge Elementary School
Pine Ridge Elementary School is a mid-sized elementary school in Georgia, with an address in Stone Mountain. The school offers pre-K through 5 and enrolls 551 students.
Pine Ridge Elementary School reports to DeKalb County, which has 131 schools and 92,088 students.
Federal enrollment data show Pine Ridge Elementary School is 74% Black. The remaining shares are 18% Hispanic, 3% Asian, and 3% multiracial. DeKalb County as a whole is about 51% Black, so the school's share is higher. A diversity index of 42% means there is a 42% chance two randomly chosen students at Pine Ridge Elementary School are from different groups.
Classroom staffing at Pine Ridge Elementary School totals 41 full-time-equivalent teachers, and the student-to-teacher ratio is 13.4:1. The ratio is within a point of the 13.3:1 average for elementary schools in Georgia. Free or reduced-price lunch eligibility at Pine Ridge Elementary School is about 100%. For comparison, public schools in DeKalb County average 77%.
Pine Ridge Elementary School earns a D on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 10% of Georgia public elementary schools.
In Georgia, Pine Ridge Elementary School is in the middle band of BeatsExpectations: 16.4% actual against a predicted 25.7%.
For DeKalb County, Census Bureau data show the median household earns about $80,644 a year, 47% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 10% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Public schools in DeKalb County number 154, with about 102,960 students.
The closest school to Pine Ridge Elementary School is Stephenson High School, located about 0.3 miles away. In all, at least 8 other public schools sit within five miles of Pine Ridge Elementary School. On proficiency, Pine Ridge Elementary School is behind the 25.4% nearby average, ranking 9th of 9.
By NCES locale, the school is Suburb: Large, or in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Between 2020-21 and 2024-25, enrollment moved from 542 to 551, a small change. The student-to-teacher ratio went up from 11.3:1 to 13.4:1.
Use the discussion section to ask about homework, tutoring, and testing dates at Pine Ridge Elementary School. Current and former families are welcome to add their experience.
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 Stone Mountain
- Stephenson High SchoolHigh · 1,339 students
- Freedom Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,272 students
- Stone Mountain High SchoolHigh · 1,254 students
- Redan High SchoolHigh · 1,052 students
- Stone Mountain Middle SchoolMiddle · 986 students
- Rockbridge Elementary SchoolElementary · 900 students
Other Pine Ridge Elementary schools
7 other US public schools in 7 states are named Pine Ridge Elementary. Pine Ridge Elementary School is the 4th largest of the 8.
- Pine Ridge Elementary SchoolEllerslie, GA · 635 students
- PINE RIDGE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLCLERMONT, FL · 690 students
- Pine Ridge Elementary SchoolAURORA, CO · 617 students
- Pine Ridge ElementaryBend, OR · 528 students
- Pine Ridge Elementary SchoolGRAND RAPIDS, MI · 472 students
Nearby schools
- Stephenson High School0.3 mi · 1,339
- Stephenson Middle School0.3 mi · 788
- Princeton Elementary School0.9 mi · 751
- Wynbrooke Elementary School1.1 mi · 546
- Shadow Rock Elementary School1.5 mi · 493
- Redan Elementary School2.1 mi · 525
Frequently asked questions
About Pine Ridge Elementary SchoolHow many students attend Pine Ridge Elementary School?
Pine Ridge Elementary School enrolls approximately 551 students in grades PK-05.
Is Pine Ridge Elementary School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Pine Ridge Elementary School is an elementary school covering grades PK-05.
How many students per teacher at Pine Ridge Elementary School?
Approximately 13.4:1 students per teacher at Pine Ridge Elementary School.
How diverse is Pine Ridge Elementary School?
Pine Ridge Elementary School reports a student body of 1% White, 18% Hispanic, 74% Black, 3% Asian, 3% Two or more.
Is Pine Ridge Elementary School public or private?
Pine Ridge Elementary School is a public K-12 school, overseen by DeKalb County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.