Enrollment
207
Elementary
DISTRICT 556 · STATE 605
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·DEKALB COUNTY·NCES 130174000713
Toney Elementary School
2701 Oakland Ter, Decatur, GA 30032 · (678) 874-2102 · DeKalb County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL207 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
9.9:1
21 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.1:1 · STATE 13.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
100%
207 students
DISTRICT 82% · STATE 74%
Community
0
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 | 15 | 7% |
| Kindergarten | 31 | 15% |
| Grade 1 | 22 | 11% |
| Grade 2 | 28 | 14% |
| Grade 3 | 34 | 16% |
| Grade 4 | 36 | 17% |
| Grade 5 | 41 | 20% |
This year's kindergarten class (31) is 24% smaller than its 5th grade class (41).
Student demographics
27%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
17.9%
GA avg 40.1% . +0.4pp since 2021
Math
13.4%
GA avg 44.6% . +2.6pp since 2021
What this means: On the Georgia Milestones, Georgia's statewide test, about 18 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 13 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 3 points.
Georgia Milestones results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 17.9% | 13.4% |
| 2023-24 | 18.4% | 19.3% |
| 2022-23 | 17.7% | 14.7% |
| 2021-22 | 17.5% | 10.8% |
% 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
16.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
25.7%
based on GA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-9.2pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 17% 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 →
Schools most like Toney Elementary School
Toney Elementary School's state test result (16.5% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Toney Elementary School this school | 207 | 100.0% | 16.5% |
| Calhoun County Elementary School Edison | 207 | 100.0% | 25.9% |
| Joseph Humphries Elementary School Atlanta | 237 | 100.0% | 16.3% |
| Cleveland Avenue Elementary School Atlanta | 253 | 100.0% | 18.6% |
| Berta Weathersbee Elementary School Lagrange | 252 | 98.4% | 24.7% |
| Carver Elementary School Wadley | 197 | 100.0% | 23.7% |
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 Toney Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Georgia | In DeKalb County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 16.5% | #1,117 of 1,208 | #73 of 88 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 13.4% | #1,166 of 1,215 ▼ 112 | #80 of 88 ▼ 21 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 17.9% | #1,066 of 1,215 ▲ 18 | #64 of 88 ▲ 8 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +1.5pp | #639 of 1,183 | #56 of 88 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 207 | #1,299 of 1,324 | #94 of 97 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 9.9:1 | #35 of 1,301 | #3 of 94 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 27.4% | #1,105 of 1,301 | #58 of 94 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 100% | #172 of 1,312 | #19 of 97 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -40.2% | #25 of 854 | #12 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
207
-50 (-19%) vs 2020
-69% since 1990-91, when it was 667
Student : Teacher
9.9:1
was 8.6:1
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 | 207 | 21 | 9.9:1 | 100% (207) |
| 2023-24 | 226 | 23.2 | 9.7:1 | 100% (226) |
| 2022-23 | 262 | 21.2 | 12.4:1 | 100% (262) |
| 2020-21 | 257 | 30 | 8.6:1 | 99% (255) |
| 2017-18 | 346 | 30.5 | 11.3:1 | 100% (346) |
| 2015-16 | 407 | 30 | 13.6:1 | 99% (404) |
| 2010-11 | 453 | 27 | 16.8:1 | 89% (401) |
| 2000-01 | 540 | 33 | 16.4:1 | 94% (510) |
| 1990-91 | 667 | 46 | 14.5:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Toney Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 40% (346 to 207); teachers down 31% (30.5 to 21).
About Toney Elementary School
In Decatur, Georgia, Toney Elementary School is a very small elementary school. Enrollment totals 207 students across pre-K through 5. On average, elementary schools in Georgia enroll around 605, and this school is 66% below that mark.
Toney Elementary School is in DeKalb County, a district with 92,088 students across 131 schools.
Toney Elementary School is 85% Black by enrollment. Next come 9% Hispanic and 5% multiracial. That compares with about 51% Black among all DeKalb County residents. Measured by the diversity index, the student body scores 27%.
The student-to-teacher ratio at Toney Elementary School is 9.9:1, based on 21 full-time-equivalent teachers. The average for elementary schools in Georgia is 13.3:1, so this school has fewer students per teacher. Toney Elementary School counts 100% of students as eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. For comparison, public schools in DeKalb County average 77%.
After adjusting for student poverty, Toney Elementary School lands between the top and bottom 10% of Georgia schools. Its average proficiency rate across its state test results is 16.5%; the prediction is 25.7%.
For DeKalb County, Census Bureau data show the median household earns about $80,644 a year, 47% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 10% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Public schools in DeKalb County number 154, with about 102,960 students.
PEACE Academy Charter School sits about 0.6 miles from Toney Elementary School. Toney Elementary School has at least 8 other public schools within five miles. Among 8 nearby schools that report test results, Toney Elementary School ranks 5th on proficiency.
The school's setting, by NCES definition, is Suburb: Large: in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Enrollment fell by 19% across 4 years, from 257 in 2020-21 to 207 in 2024-25. The student-to-teacher ratio went up from 8.6:1 to 9.9:1.
Use the discussion section to ask about homework, tutoring, and testing dates at Toney Elementary School. Current and former families are welcome to add their experience.
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 Decatur
- Decatur High SchoolHigh · 1,901 students
- Beacon Hill Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,285 students
- Southwest DeKalb High SchoolHigh · 1,237 students
- Druid Hills Middle SchoolMiddle · 985 students
- Columbia High SchoolHigh · 877 students
- Towers High SchoolHigh · 876 students
Nearby schools
- PEACE Academy Charter School0.6 mi · 241
- Kelley Lake Elementary School0.8 mi · 302
- McNair Middle School1.2 mi · 701
- Columbia Elementary School1.3 mi · 364
- Wadsworth Magnet School for High Achievers1.4 mi · 273
- Flat Shoals Elementary School1.5 mi · 373
Frequently asked questions
About Toney Elementary SchoolHow large is Toney Elementary School?
Toney Elementary School enrolls approximately 207 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does Toney Elementary School serve?
Toney Elementary School serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
How many teachers does Toney Elementary School have?
Toney Elementary School employs 21 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 9.9:1.
How diverse is Toney Elementary School?
Toney Elementary School reports a student body of 0% White, 9% Hispanic, 85% Black, 5% Two or more.
What district is Toney Elementary School in?
Toney Elementary School is part of DeKalb County.
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