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Enrollment
539
Elementary
DISTRICT 556 · STATE 605
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·DEKALB COUNTY·NCES 130174000715
Smoke Rise Elementary School
4780 Hugh Howell Road, Stone Mountain, GA 30087 · (678) 874-3602 · DeKalb County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL539 STUDENTS
C+
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Scored higher than 41% of Georgia public elementary schools
- C+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- B-Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- CThree-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
12.0:1
45 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.1:1 · STATE 13.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
84%
455 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 | 55 | 10% |
| Kindergarten | 74 | 14% |
| Grade 1 | 83 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 86 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 92 | 17% |
| Grade 4 | 68 | 13% |
| Grade 5 | 81 | 15% |
This year's kindergarten class (74) is 9% smaller than its 5th grade class (81).
Student demographics
67%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
34.5%
GA avg 40.1% . -3.4pp since 2021
Math
29.7%
GA avg 44.6% . +1.5pp since 2021
What this means: On the Georgia Milestones, Georgia's statewide test, about 34 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 30 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Georgia schools, those numbers are about 40 and 45. Reading and writing scores are down about 3 points since 2021, while math scores are up about 2 points.
Georgia Milestones results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 34.5% | 29.7% |
| 2023-24 | 32.5% | 29.8% |
| 2022-23 | 37.5% | 31.4% |
| 2021-22 | 37.9% | 28.2% |
% 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
34.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
33.7%
based on GA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+1.2pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 35% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 34% 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 Smoke Rise Elementary School
Smoke Rise Elementary School's state test result (34.9% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Smoke Rise Elementary School this school | 539 | 84.4% | 34.9% |
| Britt Elementary School Snellville | 561 | 79.7% | 30.4% |
| Gould Elementary School Savannah | 559 | 92.7% | 22.8% |
| Centerville Elementary School Snellville | 655 | 82.6% | 33.8% |
| Dunleith Elementary School Marietta | 554 | 82.9% | 42.9% |
| Lawrenceville Elementary School Lawrenceville | 677 | 81.4% | 22.5% |
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 Smoke Rise Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Georgia | In DeKalb County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 34.9% | #671 of 1,208 | #33 of 88 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 29.7% | #864 of 1,215 ▼ 18 | #45 of 88 ▼ 3 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 34.5% | #609 of 1,215 ▲ 100 | #32 of 88 ▲ 8 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -0.9pp | #357 of 1,183 | #19 of 88 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 539 | #768 of 1,324 | #39 of 97 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.0:1 | #269 of 1,301 | #25 of 94 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 67.2% | #214 of 1,301 | #16 of 94 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 84.4% | #653 of 1,312 | #60 of 97 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +35.8% | #38 of 386 | #5 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
539
+127 (+31%) vs 2020
-21% since 1990-91, when it was 681
Student : Teacher
12.0:1
was 10.8:1
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 | 539 | 45 | 12.0:1 | 84% (455) |
| 2023-24 | 536 | 40.3 | 13.3:1 | 76% (405) |
| 2022-23 | 530 | 37.7 | 14.1:1 | 71% (376) |
| 2020-21 | 412 | 38 | 10.8:1 | 55% (226) |
| 2017-18 | 397 | 33.7 | 11.8:1 | 75% (298) |
| 2015-16 | 406 | 33 | 12.3:1 | 81% (327) |
| 2010-11 | 515 | 32 | 16.1:1 | 59% (305) |
| 2000-01 | 573 | 34 | 16.9:1 | 36% (209) |
| 1990-91 | 681 | 37 | 18.4:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Smoke Rise Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students up 36% (397 to 539); teachers up 34% (33.7 to 45).
About Smoke Rise Elementary School
Smoke Rise Elementary School is an elementary school in Stone Mountain, Georgia, and it is part of DeKalb County. The school runs pre-K through 5 and enrolls 539 students.
DeKalb County oversees Smoke Rise Elementary School and 130 other schools, with 92,088 students in total.
About 42% of students at Smoke Rise Elementary School are Black, the largest single group. Other reported shares: 37% Hispanic, 11% White, 5% multiracial, and 5% Asian. DeKalb County's residents are about 51% Black, 9 points above the school's share. A diversity index of 67% means there is a 67% chance two randomly chosen students at Smoke Rise Elementary School are from different groups.
Smoke Rise Elementary School has a student-to-teacher ratio of 12.0:1, with 45 full-time-equivalent teachers. Statewide, elementary schools in Georgia average 13.3:1. The school has 84% of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch.
Smoke Rise Elementary School holds a C+ allk12 Grade, placing it above 41% of Georgia public elementary schools.
Smoke Rise Elementary School's actual average proficiency rate across its state test results (34.9%) and its predicted rate (33.7%) put it outside the top and bottom 10% of Georgia schools.
Five-year Census Bureau estimates for DeKalb County show that median household income comes to about $80,644, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 47% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 10%. The county's public schools total 154, with about 102,960 students.
About 1.2 miles separate Smoke Rise Elementary School from the closest public school, Tucker Middle School. Within five miles are at least 8 other public schools. On average proficiency, Smoke Rise Elementary School is 4th of 9 nearby schools with test data.
Under the NCES locale system, Smoke Rise Elementary School is Suburb: Large.
Over 4 years, enrollment increased by 127 students, from 412 to 539. In 2020-21, the student-to-teacher ratio was 10.8:1; by 2024-25 it was 12.0:1.
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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 Stone Mountain
- Stephenson High SchoolHigh · 1,339 students
- Freedom Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,272 students
- Stone Mountain High SchoolHigh · 1,254 students
- Redan High SchoolHigh · 1,052 students
- Stone Mountain Middle SchoolMiddle · 986 students
- Rockbridge Elementary SchoolElementary · 900 students
Nearby schools
- Tucker Middle School1.2 mi · 1,173
- Dekalb Early College Academy1.3 mi · 314
- Elizabeth Andrews High School1.3 mi · 167
- Tucker High School1.4 mi · 1,614
- Stone Mountain Middle School1.7 mi · 986
- Nesbit Elementary School1.8 mi · 1,191
Frequently asked questions
About Smoke Rise Elementary SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Smoke Rise Elementary School?
Smoke Rise Elementary School enrolls approximately 539 students in grades PK-05.
What grades does Smoke Rise Elementary School serve?
Smoke Rise Elementary School serves grades PK-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Smoke Rise Elementary School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Smoke Rise Elementary School is approximately 12.0:1 (45 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Smoke Rise Elementary School?
At Smoke Rise Elementary School, the student body is approximately 11% White, 37% Hispanic, 42% Black, 5% Asian, 5% Two or more.
Who oversees Smoke Rise Elementary School?
Smoke Rise Elementary School is overseen by DeKalb County in DeKalb County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.