Toney Elementary School

Toney Elementary School, a minimally staffed primary school in Decatur, Georgia, part of DeKalb County, educates 207 students, covering grades pre-K through 5. Enrollment runs roughly 66% leaner than the state mean of about 605.

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

On the student-mix side, Toney Elementary School shows that the student body is overwhelmingly Black (85%). Other groups include 9% Hispanic, 5% multiracial. That is visibly more Black than the county at large, where the share is closer to 51%.

In terms of school funding signals, On paper, Toney Elementary School has 21 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 9.9:1. The state averages around 13.3:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Roughly 100% of students at Toney Elementary School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. That share is north of DeKalb County's rate of about 77%.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Toney 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 16.5%.

Zooming out to the county, ACS estimates for DeKalb County put 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. Across DeKalb County's 154 public schools (combined enrollment of about 102,960 students), Toney Elementary School is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: PEACE Academy Charter School, around 0.6 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Toney Elementary School ranks 5th on composite proficiency, beneath the local average of 29.5%.

Geographically, the school is in a suburban area.

Five-year trend. Toney Elementary School's enrollment has fell 40% since 2018, when it stood at 346 (now 207). Over the same period, the Black share shrank from 94% to 85%. Class-load math has tightened: from 11.3:1 in 2018 to 9.9:1 in 2025.

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