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Enrollment
524
Elementary
DISTRICT 556 · STATE 605
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·DEKALB COUNTY·NCES 130174000717
Rock Chapel Elementary School
1130 Rock Chapel Rd, Lithonia, GA 30058 · (678) 676-3802 · DeKalb County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY41-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL524 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
14.2:1
37 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.1:1 · STATE 13.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
100%
524 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 | 35 | 7% |
| Kindergarten | 96 | 18% |
| Grade 1 | 70 | 13% |
| Grade 2 | 65 | 12% |
| Grade 3 | 83 | 16% |
| Grade 4 | 84 | 16% |
| Grade 5 | 91 | 17% |
This year's kindergarten class (96) is 5% larger than its 5th grade class (91).
Student demographics
24%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
23.6%
GA avg 40.1% . +1.2pp since 2021
Math
23.9%
GA avg 44.6% . +8.4pp since 2021
What this means: On the Georgia Milestones, Georgia's statewide test, about 24 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 24 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 1 points since 2021, while math scores are up about 8 points.
Georgia Milestones results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 23.6% | 23.9% |
| 2023-24 | 24.8% | 19.7% |
| 2022-23 | 25.1% | 25.9% |
| 2021-22 | 22.4% | 15.5% |
% 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
21.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
25.7%
based on GA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-3.8pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 22% 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 Rock Chapel Elementary School
Rock Chapel Elementary School's state test result (21.8% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rock Chapel Elementary School this school | 524 | 100.0% | 21.8% |
| Cedar Grove Elementary School Ellenwood | 531 | 100.0% | 19.4% |
| Harper-Archer Elementary School Atlanta | 545 | 100.0% | 12.7% |
| Kay R Pace Elementary School of the Arts Jonesboro | 518 | 100.0% | 39.7% |
| Panola Way Elementary School Lithonia | 550 | 100.0% | 13.2% |
| Redan Elementary School Lithonia | 525 | 100.0% | 18.9% |
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 Rock Chapel Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Georgia | In DeKalb County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 21.8% | #995 of 1,208 | #51 of 88 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 23.9% | #986 of 1,215 ▲ 61 | #53 of 88 ▲ 4 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 23.6% | #915 of 1,215 ▲ 10 | #48 of 88 ▲ 6 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +4.8pp | #397 of 1,183 | #32 of 88 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 524 | #804 of 1,324 | #47 of 97 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.2:1 | #879 of 1,301 | #64 of 94 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 23.5% | #1,152 of 1,301 | #64 of 94 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 100% | #173 of 1,312 | #20 of 97 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +2.1% | #333 of 386 | #18 of 19 |
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
524
+34 (+7%) vs 2020
-1% since 1990-91, when it was 527
Student : Teacher
14.2:1
was 13.2:1
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 | 524 | 37 | 14.2:1 | 100% (524) |
| 2023-24 | 539 | 34.5 | 15.6:1 | 100% (539) |
| 2022-23 | 558 | 34.5 | 16.2:1 | 100% (558) |
| 2020-21 | 490 | 37 | 13.2:1 | 73% (359) |
| 2017-18 | 513 | 33 | 15.6:1 | 85% (438) |
| 2015-16 | 527 | 35 | 15.1:1 | 86% (454) |
| 2010-11 | 413 | 30 | 13.8:1 | 83% (343) |
| 2000-01 | 1,011 | 51 | 19.8:1 | 36% (369) |
| 1990-91 | 527 | 32 | 16.5:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Rock Chapel Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students up 2% (513 to 524); teachers up 12% (33 to 37).
About Rock Chapel Elementary School
Rock Chapel Elementary School is a mid-sized elementary school in Lithonia, Georgia, (ZIP code 30058). There are 524 students enrolled, covering pre-K through 5.
District-wide, DeKalb County has 131 schools and 92,088 students.
Roughly 87% of students at Rock Chapel Elementary School are Black. Enrollment also includes 8% Hispanic and 3% multiracial. Among people living in DeKalb County, the Black share is about 51%. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, Rock Chapel Elementary School scores 24%.
Rock Chapel Elementary School has 37 full-time-equivalent teachers on staff and a student-to-teacher ratio of 14.2:1. The gap from the 13.3:1 average for elementary schools in Georgia is 0.8 students per teacher. At Rock Chapel Elementary School, 100% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch in 2024-25. Among public schools in DeKalb County, the average eligibility rate is 77%.
Schools in Georgia with a similar free or reduced-price lunch share are predicted to score about 25.7%. Rock Chapel Elementary School scores 21.8%.
The school is in DeKalb County, where median household income comes to about $80,644, 47% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 10% of residents live below the federal poverty line. DeKalb County counts 154 public schools with about 102,960 students.
Rock Chapel Elementary School's closest public school neighbor is Princeton Elementary School, about 2.0 miles away. The five-mile area around Rock Chapel Elementary School holds at least 8 other public schools. Local comparison: Rock Chapel Elementary School ranks 7th of 9 nearby schools, at 21.8% versus a 33.0% average.
Federal records code the school's setting as Rural: Fringe.
Between 2020-21 and 2024-25, Rock Chapel Elementary School had a net gain of 34 students, or 7%.
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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
- Princeton Elementary School2.0 mi · 751
- Anderson-Livsey Elementary School2.0 mi · 678
- Stephenson Middle School2.3 mi · 788
- Pine Ridge Elementary School2.5 mi · 551
- Wynbrooke Elementary School2.7 mi · 546
- Stephenson High School2.8 mi · 1,339
Frequently asked questions
About Rock Chapel Elementary SchoolHow large is Rock Chapel Elementary School?
Rock Chapel Elementary School enrolls approximately 524 students in grades PK-05.
What grades does Rock Chapel Elementary School serve?
Rock Chapel Elementary School serves grades PK-05.
How many students per teacher at Rock Chapel Elementary School?
Approximately 14.2:1 students per teacher at Rock Chapel Elementary School.
What is the student diversity at Rock Chapel Elementary School?
Student demographics at Rock Chapel Elementary School are roughly 1% White, 8% Hispanic, 87% Black, 1% Asian, 3% Two or more.
Who oversees Rock Chapel Elementary School?
Rock Chapel Elementary School is overseen by DeKalb County in DeKalb County.
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