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What's something Shadow Rock Elementary School does better than most schools?
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Enrollment
493
Elementary
DISTRICT 556 · STATE 605
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·DEKALB COUNTY·NCES 130174000162
Shadow Rock Elementary School
1040 King Way Dr, Lithonia, GA 30058 · (678) 676-3902 · DeKalb County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL493 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
14.5:1
34 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.1:1 · STATE 13.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
100%
493 students
DISTRICT 82% · STATE 74%
Community
5
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 | 4% |
| Kindergarten | 60 | 12% |
| Grade 1 | 60 | 12% |
| Grade 2 | 73 | 15% |
| Grade 3 | 89 | 18% |
| Grade 4 | 92 | 19% |
| Grade 5 | 99 | 20% |
Student demographics
37%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
24.0%
GA avg 40.1% . -0.5pp since 2021
Math
21.4%
GA avg 44.6% . +6.3pp 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 21 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 up about 6 points.
Georgia Milestones results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 24.0% | 21.4% |
| 2023-24 | 22.2% | 17.5% |
| 2022-23 | 20.3% | 15.1% |
| 2021-22 | 24.5% | 15.1% |
% 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
21.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
25.7%
based on GA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-4.6pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 21% 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 →
Where Shadow Rock Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Georgia | In DeKalb County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 21.1% | #1,023 of 1,208 | #55 of 88 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 21.4% | #1,036 of 1,215 | #57 of 88 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 24.0% | #900 of 1,215 | #46 of 88 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +2.9pp | #530 of 1,183 | #47 of 88 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 493 | #874 of 1,324 | #55 of 97 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.5:1 | #971 of 1,301 | #73 of 94 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 36.9% | #990 of 1,301 | #52 of 94 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 100% | #154 of 1,312 | #1 of 97 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -18.5% | #266 of 854 | #40 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.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
493
+1 (+0%) vs 2020
-49% since 2000-01, when it was 976
Student : Teacher
14.5:1
was 12.0:1
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 | 493 | 34 | 14.5:1 | 100% (493) |
| 2023-24 | 501 | 29.5 | 17.0:1 | 100% (501) |
| 2022-23 | 489 | 34.5 | 14.2:1 | 100% (489) |
| 2020-21 | 492 | 41 | 12.0:1 | 99% (487) |
| 2017-18 | 605 | 40.5 | 14.9:1 | 88% (535) |
| 2015-16 | 663 | 40 | 16.6:1 | 91% (604) |
| 2010-11 | 689 | 45 | 15.3:1 | 85% (588) |
| 2000-01 | 976 | 47 | 20.8:1 | 53% (521) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Shadow Rock Elementary School.
About Shadow Rock Elementary School
Shadow Rock Elementary School is a low-enrollment elementary school based in Lithonia, Georgia. Students in pre-K through 5 attend the school, which enrolls 493 students.
Shadow Rock Elementary School is one school in a 131-school district, DeKalb County, which enrolls 92,088 students.
Shadow Rock Elementary School is 78% Black by enrollment. Other reported shares: 14% Hispanic, 3% multiracial, and 3% Asian. That compares with about 51% Black among all DeKalb County residents. Pick two students at random and there is a 37% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.
A ratio of 14.5:1 comes from the school's 34 full-time-equivalent teachers. The school has more students per teacher than the 13.3:1 average for elementary schools in Georgia. The lunch program counts 100% of students at Shadow Rock Elementary School as eligible for free or reduced-price meals. Compared with the 77% average for public schools in DeKalb County, the school's rate is higher.
Given its share of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, Shadow Rock Elementary School would be expected to post about 25.7%. Its actual average proficiency rate on state tests is 21.1%.
In the county around the school, DeKalb County, the median household income is $80,644, about 47% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 10% of residents are in poverty. DeKalb County is home to 154 public schools and about 102,960 public school students.
The closest other public school is Redan Elementary School, about 1.4 miles away. Within five miles are at least 8 other public schools. On proficiency, Shadow Rock Elementary School is behind the 21.4% nearby average, ranking 4th of 9.
Shadow Rock Elementary School is coded as Suburb: Large in federal locale data.
Shadow Rock Elementary School had 492 students in 2020-21 and 493 in 2024-25, nearly the same. The school's ratio rose from 12.0:1 to 14.5:1 between 2020-21 and 2024-25.
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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 Elementary School1.4 mi · 525
- Stephenson High School1.4 mi · 1,339
- Pine Ridge Elementary School1.5 mi · 551
- Redan Middle School1.7 mi · 623
- Princeton Elementary School1.7 mi · 751
- Stephenson Middle School1.8 mi · 788
Frequently asked questions
About Shadow Rock Elementary SchoolHow large is Shadow Rock Elementary School?
Shadow Rock Elementary School enrolls approximately 493 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does Shadow Rock Elementary School serve?
Shadow Rock Elementary School serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
How many students per teacher at Shadow Rock Elementary School?
Approximately 14.5:1 students per teacher at Shadow Rock Elementary School.
What is the student diversity at Shadow Rock Elementary School?
Student demographics at Shadow Rock Elementary School are roughly 1% White, 14% Hispanic, 78% Black, 3% Asian, 3% Two or more.
What district is Shadow Rock Elementary School in?
Shadow Rock Elementary School is part of DeKalb County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.