Talley Street Upper Elementary School

Set in Decatur, Georgia, Talley Street Upper Elementary School is a moderately sized K-5 school, overseen by City Schools of Decatur. It enrolls 623 students across grades 3 through 5.

City Schools of Decatur runs 9 schools in total, collectively educating 5,367 students. Talley Street Upper Elementary School is one of those campuses.

On the student-mix side, Talley Street Upper Elementary School shows that the most-represented group is White (54%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. Beyond that, the school shows 23% Black, 10% multiracial, 6% Hispanic, 6% Asian. That is noticeably more White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 29%.

In terms of school funding signals, On paper, Talley Street Upper Elementary School has 51 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 12.1:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 13.3:1 average. Around 21% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. Set against DeKalb County (around 77%), the school's rate is south of typical.

After controlling for student poverty, Talley Street Upper Elementary School tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 66.4% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 71.0%.

Zooming out to the county, the surrounding county (DeKalb County) records that median household earnings sit near $80,644, about 47% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 10% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Talley Street Upper Elementary School is one of 154 public schools in DeKalb County (combined enrollment of about 102,960 students).

Winnona Park Elementary School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.5 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Talley Street Upper Elementary School. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Talley Street Upper Elementary School at 2nd of 6; the average score across the group is 58.2%.

The campus sits in a residential setting.

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