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Enrollment
428
Elementary
DISTRICT 556 · STATE 605
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·DEKALB COUNTY·NCES 130174000680
Sagamore Hills Elementary School
1865 Alderbrook Rd NE, Atlanta, GA 30345 · (678) 874-7502 · DeKalb County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL428 STUDENTS
B
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Scored higher than 59% of Georgia public elementary schools
- A-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- C+Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- C-Three-year trend Change in reading and math proficiency over the last three test years.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Georgia public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
11.9:1
36 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.1:1 · STATE 13.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
30%
130 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 | 36 | 8% |
| Kindergarten | 68 | 16% |
| Grade 1 | 56 | 13% |
| Grade 2 | 67 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 77 | 18% |
| Grade 4 | 60 | 14% |
| Grade 5 | 64 | 15% |
This year's kindergarten class (68) is 6% larger than its 5th grade class (64).
Student demographics
70%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
51.5%
GA avg 40.1% . -0.6pp since 2021
Math
55.1%
GA avg 44.6% . -5.4pp since 2021
What this means: On the Georgia Milestones, Georgia's statewide test, about 52 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 55 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Georgia schools, those numbers are about 40 and 45. Reading and writing scores have held steady since 2021, while math scores are down about 5 points.
Georgia Milestones results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 51.5% | 55.1% |
| 2023-24 | 56.3% | 58.1% |
| 2022-23 | 56.4% | 63.3% |
| 2021-22 | 52.1% | 60.5% |
% 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
58.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
61.6%
based on GA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-3.4pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 58% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 62% 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 Sagamore Hills Elementary School
Sagamore Hills Elementary School's state test result (58.3% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sagamore Hills Elementary School this school | 428 | 30.4% | 58.3% |
| River Eves Elementary School Roswell | 495 | 29.1% | 71.7% |
| Buford Elementary School Buford | 431 | 34.1% | N/A |
| Spalding Drive Elementary Atlanta | 344 | 31.4% | 63.9% |
| Briarlake Elementary School Decatur | 360 | 37.2% | 60.9% |
| Laurel Ridge Elementary School Decatur | 440 | 39.5% | 55.2% |
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 Sagamore Hills Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Georgia | In DeKalb County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 58.3% | #210 of 1,208 | #17 of 88 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 55.1% | #316 of 1,215 ▼ 32 | #19 of 88 ▼ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 51.5% | #253 of 1,215 ▼ 28 | #22 of 88 no change |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -3.0pp | #233 of 1,183 | #10 of 88 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 428 | #1,033 of 1,324 | #69 of 97 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 11.9:1 | #250 of 1,301 | #24 of 94 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 69.9% | #120 of 1,301 | #13 of 94 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 30.4% | #1,180 of 1,312 | #81 of 97 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -0.7% | #834 of 854 | #73 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
428
-15 (-3%) vs 2020
-14% since 1990-91, when it was 499
Student : Teacher
11.9:1
was 11.4:1
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 | 428 | 36 | 11.9:1 | 30% (130) |
| 2023-24 | 428 | 36.2 | 11.8:1 | 33% (142) |
| 2022-23 | 429 | 36.2 | 11.8:1 | 24% (102) |
| 2020-21 | 443 | 39 | 11.4:1 | 23% (102) |
| 2017-18 | 431 | 36.5 | 11.8:1 | 25% (108) |
| 2015-16 | 376 | 35 | 10.7:1 | 32% (120) |
| 2010-11 | 521 | 37 | 14.1:1 | 45% (235) |
| 2000-01 | 367 | 28 | 13.1:1 | 29% (108) |
| 1990-91 | 499 | 28 | 17.8:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Sagamore Hills Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 1% (431 to 428); teachers down 1% (36.5 to 36).
About Sagamore Hills Elementary School
Sagamore Hills Elementary School runs as a small elementary school in Atlanta, Georgia. The school counted 428 students in 2024-25, covering pre-K through 5. That is 29% below the average of about 605 students for elementary schools in Georgia.
A total of 131 schools make up DeKalb County, with 92,088 students enrolled.
White students account for 45% of enrollment at Sagamore Hills Elementary School, more than any other group. Enrollment also includes 22% Hispanic, 19% Black, 7% multiracial, and 5% Asian. Among people living in DeKalb County, the White share is about 29%. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, Sagamore Hills Elementary School scores 70%.
There are 36 full-time-equivalent teachers at the school, a ratio of 11.9:1. Compared with the 13.3:1 average for elementary schools in Georgia, this school's ratio is lower. On the income side, 30% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. By comparison, the figure for public schools in DeKalb County is 77%.
Sagamore Hills Elementary School holds a B allk12 Grade, placing it above 59% of Georgia public elementary schools.
On a poverty-adjusted basis, Sagamore Hills Elementary School falls in the middle 80% of Georgia schools: 58.3% actual against 61.6% predicted.
American Community Survey estimates for DeKalb County show that median household income comes to about $80,644, roughly 47% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 10%. The county's public schools total 154, with about 102,960 students.
Oak Grove Elementary School is about 0.9 miles away, making it the nearest public school. There are at least 8 more public schools inside five miles. Sagamore Hills Elementary School's average proficiency of 58.3% compares with 51.8% for its nearest scored neighbors.
In the federal locale system, Sagamore Hills Elementary School is coded Suburb: Large, for schools in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
From 443 students in 2020-21, enrollment decreased to 428 by 2024-25.
On allk12, people connected to Sagamore Hills Elementary School can post about special education services, counseling, and support programs. Members of the school community can share what they know.
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 Atlanta
- Georgia Cyber Academy (Virtual)Combined · 9,952 students
- North Atlanta High SchoolHigh · 2,368 students
- Lakeside High SchoolHigh · 2,234 students
- Westlake High SchoolHigh · 2,056 students
- Riverwood International Charter SchoolHigh · 1,737 students
- Sequoyah Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,713 students
Nearby schools
- Oak Grove Elementary School0.9 mi · 429
- Coralwood Education Center1.0 mi · 218
- Margaret Harris Comprehensive School1.0 mi · 76
- GLOBE Academy Charter School I1.3 mi · 1,093
- Montclair Elementary School1.4 mi · 590
- Lakeside High School1.4 mi · 2,234
Frequently asked questions
About Sagamore Hills Elementary SchoolHow many students attend Sagamore Hills Elementary School?
Sagamore Hills Elementary School enrolls approximately 428 students in grades PK-05.
What grades does Sagamore Hills Elementary School serve?
Sagamore Hills Elementary School serves grades PK-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Sagamore Hills Elementary School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Sagamore Hills Elementary School is approximately 11.9:1 (36 FTE teachers).
What is the student diversity at Sagamore Hills Elementary School?
Student demographics at Sagamore Hills Elementary School are roughly 45% White, 22% Hispanic, 19% Black, 5% Asian, 7% Two or more.
Is Sagamore Hills Elementary School public or private?
Sagamore Hills Elementary School is a public K-12 school, overseen by DeKalb County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.