Ronald E McNair Discover Learning Academy Elementary School

Located at 2162 Second Ave, in Decatur, Georgia, Ronald E McNair Discover Learning Academy Elementary School is a close-knit elementary campus that serves 475 students (grades pre-K through 5), part of DeKalb County. By comparison, Georgia's public schools average about 605 students each, so Ronald E McNair Discover Learning Academy Elementary School sits 21% below that benchmark.

DeKalb County runs 131 schools in total, collectively educating 92,088 students. Ronald E McNair Discover Learning Academy Elementary School is one of those campuses.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Ronald E McNair Discover Learning Academy Elementary School shows that nearly all students (90%) are Black. Other groups include 4% Hispanic, 3% White. That is visibly more Black than the county at large, where the share is closer to 51%.

Looking at school resources, On paper, Ronald E McNair Discover Learning Academy Elementary School has 36 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 13.2:1. That tracks the state average closely. An estimated 100% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. That share is higher than DeKalb County's rate of about 77%.

After controlling for student poverty, Ronald E McNair Discover Learning Academy Elementary School sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 25.7%; this one delivers 17.9%.

Across the wider county, census data for DeKalb County shows median household earnings sit near $80,644, roughly 47% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 10%. In all, DeKalb County runs 154 public schools (combined enrollment of about 102,960 students), of which Ronald E McNair Discover Learning Academy Elementary School is one.

Nearest neighbor: McNair Middle School, around 0.8 miles off. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 7 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Ronald E McNair Discover Learning Academy Elementary School ranks 6th on composite proficiency, below the local average of 41.3%.

The campus sits in an outer-ring setting.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count declined 37%: 757 students in 2018 compared to 475 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio narrowed from 15.4:1 in 2018 to 13.2:1 today.

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