Enrollment
307
Elementary
DISTRICT 556 · STATE 605
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·DEKALB COUNTY·NCES 130174002256
Robert Shaw Theme School
385 Glendale Rd, Scottdale, GA 30079 · (678) 676-6002 · DeKalb County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL307 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
12.3:1
25 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.1:1 · STATE 13.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
100%
307 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 | 20 | 7% |
| Kindergarten | 41 | 13% |
| Grade 1 | 45 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 60 | 20% |
| Grade 3 | 53 | 17% |
| Grade 4 | 44 | 14% |
| Grade 5 | 44 | 14% |
This year's kindergarten class (41) is 7% smaller than its 5th grade class (44).
Student demographics
14%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
Test scores
Georgia Milestones 2024-25 . % Proficient or DistinguishedEnglish Language Arts
73.0%
GA avg 40.1% . +14.5pp since 2021
Math
79.6%
GA avg 44.6% . +36.0pp since 2021
What this means: On the Georgia Milestones, Georgia's statewide test, about 73 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 80 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 15 points since 2021, while math scores are up about 36 points.
Georgia Milestones results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 73.0% | 79.6% |
| 2023-24 | 72.7% | 69.9% |
| 2022-23 | 59.5% | 50.0% |
| 2021-22 | 58.4% | 43.6% |
% 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
OUTPERFORMING
Top 10% of GA schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
73.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
25.7%
based on GA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+47.4pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 73% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 26% typical for Georgia schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations ranks schools against others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school can post high scores and still fall short of its prediction, or post lower scores and still beat it. This school clears its prediction by about 47 points, placing it in Georgia's top 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 Robert Shaw Theme School
Robert Shaw Theme School's state test result (73.0% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Robert Shaw Theme School this school | 307 | 100.0% | 73.0% |
| Cascade Elementary School Atlanta | 314 | 100.0% | 18.8% |
| Barack and Michelle Obama Academy Atlanta | 297 | 100.0% | 27.2% |
| Randolph County Elementary School Cuthbert | 294 | 100.0% | 26.2% |
| Charles L. Gideons Elementary School Atlanta | 311 | 100.0% | 16.1% |
| Jenkins-White Elementary School Augusta | 336 | 100.0% | 11.1% |
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 Robert Shaw Theme School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Georgia | In DeKalb County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 73.0% | #72 of 1,208 | #7 of 88 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 79.6% | #53 of 1,215 ▲ 79 | #6 of 88 ▲ 6 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 73.0% | #50 of 1,215 ▲ 9 | #6 of 88 ▲ 1 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +25.3pp | #3 of 1,183 | #1 of 88 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 307 | #1,237 of 1,324 | #86 of 97 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.3:1 | #340 of 1,301 | #32 of 94 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 14.3% | #1,248 of 1,301 | #89 of 94 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 100% | #187 of 1,312 | #34 of 97 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -36.8% | #44 of 854 | #19 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
307
-106 (-26%) vs 2020
-46% since 2000-01, when it was 566
Student : Teacher
12.3:1
was 13.3:1
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 | 307 | 25 | 12.3:1 | 100% (307) |
| 2023-24 | 314 | 27.6 | 11.4:1 | 86% (270) |
| 2022-23 | 343 | 27 | 12.7:1 | 100% (343) |
| 2020-21 | 413 | 31 | 13.3:1 | 99% (409) |
| 2017-18 | 486 | 35.3 | 13.8:1 | 77% (375) |
| 2015-16 | 484 | 35 | 13.8:1 | 87% (423) |
| 2010-11 | 471 | 31 | 15.2:1 | 80% (375) |
| 2000-01 | 566 | 39 | 14.5:1 | 68% (387) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Robert Shaw Theme School.
Since 2017-18: students down 37% (486 to 307); teachers down 29% (35.3 to 25).
About Robert Shaw Theme School
Robert Shaw Theme School is a low-enrollment elementary school in Scottdale, Georgia. The school's enrollment of 307 students covers pre-K through 5. Enrollment is 49% lower than the average for elementary schools in Georgia, which is about 605.
Robert Shaw Theme School is one of 131 schools in DeKalb County, which enrolls 92,088 students in total.
Black students make up 93% of enrollment at Robert Shaw Theme School. The remaining students are 3% Hispanic. Census figures show DeKalb County is about 51% Black. Pick two students at random and there is a 14% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.
At Robert Shaw Theme School, 25 full-time-equivalent teachers work with students, a ratio of about 12.3:1. That is lower than the 13.3:1 average for elementary schools in Georgia. Roughly 100% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price lunch. Compared with the 77% average for public schools in DeKalb County, the school's rate is higher.
Compared with Georgia schools that have similar shares of low-income students, Robert Shaw Theme School does better than predicted by 47.4 points. Its average proficiency rate on state tests is 73.0%; the prediction is 25.7%.
In the county around the school, DeKalb County, the median household income is $80,644, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 47% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 10%. DeKalb County is home to 154 public schools and about 102,960 public school students.
Of nearby public schools, DeKalb Arts Academy is the closest, at about 0.6 miles. In all, at least 8 other public schools sit within five miles of Robert Shaw Theme School. Of 8 schools in the immediate area with test results, Robert Shaw Theme School ranks 1st on average proficiency.
NCES assigns Robert Shaw Theme School the locale Suburb: Large, meaning in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Compared with 2020-21, the school had 106 fewer students in 2024-25. The school's ratio fell from 13.3:1 to 12.3:1 between 2020-21 and 2024-25.
The allk12 site hosts a discussion page for Robert Shaw Theme School covering things like sports schedules, lunch menus, and spirit week. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.
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
Nearby schools
- DeKalb Arts Academy0.6 mi · 768
- Avondale Elementary School0.9 mi · 521
- Clarkston High School1.1 mi · 1,441
- Indian Creek Elementary School1.2 mi · 967
- McLendon Elementary School1.3 mi · 342
- Atlanta Area School for the Deaf1.4 mi · 110
Frequently asked questions
About Robert Shaw Theme SchoolHow large is Robert Shaw Theme School?
Robert Shaw Theme School enrolls approximately 307 students in grades PK-05.
Is Robert Shaw Theme School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Robert Shaw Theme School is an elementary school covering grades PK-05.
How many teachers does Robert Shaw Theme School have?
Robert Shaw Theme School employs 25 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 12.3:1.
What is the student diversity at Robert Shaw Theme School?
Student demographics at Robert Shaw Theme School are roughly 1% White, 3% Hispanic, 93% Black, 2% Asian, 1% Two or more.
What district is Robert Shaw Theme School in?
Robert Shaw Theme School is part of DeKalb County.
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