Princeton Elementary School

Princeton Elementary School operates as a moderately sized K-5 school in Lithonia, Georgia, one of the schools within DeKalb County. Current enrollment sits at 751 students spanning grades pre-K through 5. By comparison, Georgia's public schools average about 605 students each, so Princeton Elementary School sits 24% larger than that benchmark.

Princeton Elementary School is one of 131 schools operated by DeKalb County, a district that teaches 92,088 students overall.

Demographically, Princeton Elementary School shows that 85% of students identify as Black, making the school strongly Black-majority. The remainder looks like 10% Hispanic, 3% multiracial. By comparison, DeKalb County as a whole is about 51% Black, so the school skews considerably more Black than its surroundings.

On the resource side, Staff filings list 53 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 14.2:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 13.3:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. Around 100% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, often used as a Title I proxy. That share is noticeably above DeKalb County's rate of about 77%.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Princeton Elementary School tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 25.7% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 18.5%.

Across the wider county, ACS estimates for DeKalb County put the typical household earns roughly $80,644 per year, roughly 47% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 10% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, DeKalb County runs 154 public schools (combined enrollment of about 102,960 students), of which Princeton Elementary School is one.

Nearest neighbor: Stephenson Middle School, around 0.9 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Princeton Elementary School at 8th of 9; the average score across the group is 25.4%.

The campus sits in a residential setting.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count ticked down 11%: 847 students in 2018 compared to 751 in 2025. The Black share of enrollment ticked down from 90% to 85% over that span. Class-load math has narrowed: from 18.3:1 in 2018 to 14.2:1 in 2025.

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