Snapfinger Elementary School

Snapfinger Elementary School is one of the small primary schools in Decatur, Georgia, part of DeKalb County, with 356 students on its rolls from grades pre-K through 5. By comparison, Georgia's public schools average about 605 students each, so Snapfinger Elementary School sits 41% below that benchmark.

DeKalb County comprises 131 schools with combined enrollment of 92,088 students; Snapfinger Elementary School is among them.

On demographics, Snapfinger Elementary School lists that the student body is overwhelmingly Black (88%); the rest consists of 6% Hispanic, 4% multiracial. By comparison, DeKalb County as a whole is about 51% Black, so the school skews meaningfully more Black than its surroundings.

Looking at school resources, Staff filings list 36 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 9.9:1 students per teacher. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 13.3:1 average. Roughly 100% of students at Snapfinger Elementary School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. Set against DeKalb County (around 77%), the school's rate is somewhat above typical.

After controlling for student poverty, Snapfinger 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 12.4%.

Across the wider county, community-level numbers for DeKalb County indicate median household earnings sit near $80,644, about 47% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 10%. In all, DeKalb County runs 154 public schools (combined enrollment of about 102,960 students), of which Snapfinger Elementary School is one.

Nearest neighbor: Columbia High School, around 0.3 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Snapfinger Elementary School at 9th of 9; the average score across the group is 27.2%.

The campus sits in a suburban setting.

Looking at the recent track record. Snapfinger Elementary School's enrollment has edged down 51% since 2018, when it stood at 722 (now 356). The Black share of enrollment decreased from 96% to 88% over that span. Class-load math has narrowed: from 14.6:1 in 2018 to 9.9:1 in 2025.

Within the allk12 community for this school, members of the Snapfinger Elementary School community share and discuss open house dates, ride-share offers, and field-trip permission slips. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.