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Enrollment
525
Elementary
DISTRICT 556 · STATE 605
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·DEKALB COUNTY·NCES 130174000681
Redan Elementary School
1914 Stone Mountain Lithonia, Lithonia, GA 30058 · (678) 676-3502 · DeKalb County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL525 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
13.5:1
39 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.1:1 · STATE 13.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
100%
525 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 | 26 | 5% |
| Kindergarten | 61 | 12% |
| Grade 1 | 75 | 14% |
| Grade 2 | 97 | 18% |
| Grade 3 | 86 | 16% |
| Grade 4 | 82 | 16% |
| Grade 5 | 98 | 19% |
This year's kindergarten class (61) is 38% smaller than its 5th grade class (98).
Student demographics
27%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
18.6%
GA avg 40.1% . -1.0pp since 2021
Math
20.6%
GA avg 44.6% . +10.1pp since 2021
What this means: On the Georgia Milestones, Georgia's statewide test, about 19 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 21 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 1 points since 2021, while math scores are up about 10 points.
Georgia Milestones results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 18.6% | 20.6% |
| 2023-24 | 19.6% | 12.0% |
| 2022-23 | 19.9% | 17.9% |
| 2021-22 | 19.6% | 10.5% |
% 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
18.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
25.7%
based on GA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-6.8pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 19% 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 Redan Elementary School
Redan Elementary School's state test result (18.9% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Redan Elementary School this school | 525 | 100.0% | 18.9% |
| Panola Way Elementary School Lithonia | 550 | 100.0% | 13.2% |
| Rock Chapel Elementary School Lithonia | 524 | 100.0% | 21.8% |
| Martin Luther King- Jr. Elementary School College Park | 516 | 100.0% | 14.6% |
| Harper-Archer Elementary School Atlanta | 545 | 100.0% | 12.7% |
| Kay R Pace Elementary School of the Arts Jonesboro | 518 | 100.0% | 39.7% |
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 Redan Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Georgia | In DeKalb County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 18.9% | #1,076 of 1,208 | #63 of 88 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 20.6% | #1,052 of 1,215 ▲ 120 | #61 of 88 ▲ 23 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 18.6% | #1,050 of 1,215 ▲ 10 | #63 of 88 ▲ 5 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +4.6pp | #412 of 1,183 | #34 of 88 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 525 | #799 of 1,324 | #46 of 97 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.5:1 | #665 of 1,301 | #54 of 94 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 27.0% | #1,110 of 1,301 | #59 of 94 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 100% | #165 of 1,312 | #12 of 97 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -8.1% | #597 of 854 | #60 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
525
+5 (+1%) vs 2020
-52% since 1990-91, when it was 1,094
Student : Teacher
13.5:1
was 12.7:1
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 | 525 | 39 | 13.5:1 | 100% (525) |
| 2023-24 | 544 | 32.3 | 16.8:1 | 100% (544) |
| 2022-23 | 521 | 34.2 | 15.2:1 | 100% (521) |
| 2020-21 | 520 | 41 | 12.7:1 | 99% (516) |
| 2017-18 | 571 | 39.3 | 14.5:1 | 100% (571) |
| 2015-16 | 538 | 36 | 14.9:1 | 97% (524) |
| 2010-11 | 580 | 38 | 15.3:1 | 88% (509) |
| 2000-01 | 881 | 50 | 17.6:1 | 57% (504) |
| 1990-91 | 1,094 | 58 | 18.9:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Redan Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 8% (571 to 525); teachers down 1% (39.3 to 39).
About Redan Elementary School
Redan Elementary School, a medium-sized elementary school, is located in Lithonia, Georgia. It covers pre-K through 5, with a total enrollment of 525 students.
Redan Elementary School is one of 131 schools in DeKalb County, which enrolls 92,088 students in total.
The large majority of students at Redan Elementary School, 85%, are Black. The next largest groups are 10% Hispanic and 3% multiracial. The school's Black share is 34 points above the 51% share among DeKalb County residents. By the diversity index, Redan Elementary School comes in at 27%.
Federal staffing data show 39 full-time-equivalent teachers at Redan Elementary School and a ratio of 13.5:1. Elementary schools in Georgia have a similar average ratio of 13.3:1. The count of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch equals 100% of enrollment. That rate is above the 77% average among public schools in DeKalb County.
After adjusting for student poverty, Redan Elementary School lands between the top and bottom 10% of Georgia schools. Its average proficiency rate on state tests is 18.9%; the prediction is 25.7%.
DeKalb County has about 765,351 residents, and median household income is about $80,644, about 47% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 10% of residents are in poverty. Federal data list 154 public schools in DeKalb County, with a combined enrollment of about 102,960.
The next-closest public school is Redan Middle School, about 1.3 miles away. In all, at least 8 other public schools sit within five miles of Redan Elementary School. Of 9 schools in the immediate area with test results, Redan Elementary School ranks 6th on average proficiency.
The NCES locale for Redan Elementary School is Suburb: Large, which covers schools in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
In 2020-21, Redan Elementary School enrolled 520; in 2024-25, 525.
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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 Lithonia
- Lithonia High SchoolHigh · 1,547 students
- Martin Luther King- Jr. High SchoolHigh · 1,370 students
- Arabia Mountain High School - Academy of Engineering- MedicHigh · 1,224 students
- Miller Grove High SchoolHigh · 1,073 students
- Lithonia Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,062 students
- Flat Rock Elementary SchoolElementary · 977 students
Nearby schools
- Redan Middle School1.3 mi · 623
- Shadow Rock Elementary School1.4 mi · 493
- Marbut Elementary School1.4 mi · 427
- Lithonia High School1.5 mi · 1,547
- Princeton Elementary School1.6 mi · 751
- Stephenson High School2.1 mi · 1,339
Frequently asked questions
About Redan Elementary SchoolHow many students attend Redan Elementary School?
Redan Elementary School enrolls approximately 525 students in grades PK-05.
What grades does Redan Elementary School serve?
Redan Elementary School serves grades PK-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Redan Elementary School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Redan Elementary School is approximately 13.5:1 (39 FTE teachers).
What is the student diversity at Redan Elementary School?
Student demographics at Redan Elementary School are roughly 0% White, 10% Hispanic, 85% Black, 1% Asian, 3% Two or more.
Who oversees Redan Elementary School?
Redan Elementary School is overseen by DeKalb County in DeKalb County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.