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Enrollment
441
Elementary
DISTRICT 556 · STATE 605
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·DEKALB COUNTY·NCES 130174000638
Vanderlyn Elementary School
1877 Vanderlyn Dr, Dunwoody, GA 30338 · (678) 874-9002 · DeKalb County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY13-CITYREGULAR SCHOOL441 STUDENTS
A-
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Scored higher than 76% of Georgia public elementary schools
- A+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- BBeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- DThree-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
14.2:1
31 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.1:1 · STATE 13.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
10%
42 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 | 23 | 5% |
| Kindergarten | 69 | 16% |
| Grade 1 | 75 | 17% |
| Grade 2 | 68 | 15% |
| Grade 3 | 83 | 19% |
| Grade 4 | 69 | 16% |
| Grade 5 | 54 | 12% |
This year's kindergarten class (69) is 28% larger than its 5th grade class (54).
Student demographics
66%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
70.3%
GA avg 40.1% . -5.1pp since 2021
Math
75.3%
GA avg 44.6% . -5.7pp since 2021
What this means: On the Georgia Milestones, Georgia's statewide test, about 70 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 75 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 5 points since 2021, while math scores are down about 6 points.
Georgia Milestones results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 70.3% | 75.3% |
| 2023-24 | 77.9% | 80.0% |
| 2022-23 | 71.3% | 83.5% |
| 2021-22 | 75.5% | 81.0% |
% 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
75.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
72.4%
based on GA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+2.9pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 75% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 72% 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 Vanderlyn Elementary School
Vanderlyn Elementary School's state test result (75.3% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vanderlyn Elementary School this school | 441 | 9.5% | 75.3% |
| Britt David Elementary Computer Magnet Academy Columbus | 552 | 16.8% | 94.7% |
| Peachtree City Elementary School Peachtree City | 460 | 18.5% | 76.6% |
| Abbotts Hill Elementary School Duluth | 508 | 17.5% | 75.2% |
| Dolvin Elementary School Alpharetta | 642 | 17.0% | 79.2% |
| Fulton Academy of Science and Technology Roswell | 552 | 5.4% | 63.6% |
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 Vanderlyn Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Georgia | In DeKalb County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 75.3% | #50 of 1,208 | #4 of 88 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 75.3% | #80 of 1,215 ▼ 38 | #7 of 88 ▼ 4 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 70.3% | #73 of 1,215 ▼ 42 | #9 of 88 ▼ 5 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -5.4pp | #116 of 1,183 | #5 of 88 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 441 | #990 of 1,324 | #63 of 97 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.2:1 | #910 of 1,301 | #67 of 94 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 66.3% | #248 of 1,301 | #17 of 94 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 9.5% | #1,289 of 1,312 | #93 of 97 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -37.4% | #41 of 854 | #16 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
441
-160 (-27%) vs 2020
-5% since 1990-91, when it was 462
Student : Teacher
14.2:1
was 12.8:1
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 | 441 | 31 | 14.2:1 | 10% (42) |
| 2023-24 | 444 | 32.3 | 13.8:1 | 8% (36) |
| 2022-23 | 438 | 36.3 | 12.1:1 | 5% (22) |
| 2020-21 | 601 | 47 | 12.8:1 | 3% (19) |
| 2017-18 | 705 | 48.2 | 14.6:1 | 4% (25) |
| 2015-16 | 713 | 45 | 15.8:1 | 2% (12) |
| 2010-11 | 827 | 51 | 16.2:1 | 1% (8) |
| 2000-01 | 623 | 34 | 18.3:1 | 2% (11) |
| 1990-91 | 462 | 30 | 15.4:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Vanderlyn Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 37% (705 to 441); teachers down 36% (48.2 to 31).
About Vanderlyn Elementary School
Vanderlyn Elementary School is an elementary school in Dunwoody, Georgia, according to federal school records. The school has 441 students in 2024-25 across pre-K through 5. That compares with an average of about 605 students for elementary schools in Georgia.
DeKalb County enrolls 92,088 students in 131 schools, including Vanderlyn Elementary School.
At Vanderlyn Elementary School, 51% of students are White. The remaining students are 25% Asian, 10% Hispanic, 8% Black, and 5% multiracial. Census figures show DeKalb County is about 29% White. Measured by the diversity index, the student body scores 66%.
For every teacher at Vanderlyn Elementary School, there are about 14.2 students; the school has 31 full-time-equivalent teachers. Statewide, elementary schools in Georgia average 13.3:1. The eligibility rate for free or reduced-price meals is 10%. Public schools in DeKalb County average 77%.
Vanderlyn Elementary School holds an A- allk12 Grade, placing it above 76% of Georgia public elementary schools.
Vanderlyn Elementary School sits between the top and bottom 10% of Georgia schools on BeatsExpectations, with an actual average proficiency rate across its state test results of 75.3% and a predicted 72.4%.
American Community Survey estimates for DeKalb County show that median household income comes to about $80,644, roughly 47% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 10%. The county's public schools total 154, with about 102,960 students.
Dunwoody High School sits about 0.2 miles from Vanderlyn Elementary School. Around the school, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. On state test proficiency, Vanderlyn Elementary School ranks 2nd in a group of 9 nearby schools.
Federal data place Vanderlyn Elementary School in the City: Small locale, which means it is inside a principal city with a population under 100,000.
From 601 students in 2020-21, enrollment decreased to 441 by 2024-25. The school's ratio increased from 12.8:1 to 14.2:1 between 2020-21 and 2024-25.
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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 Dunwoody
- Dunwoody High SchoolHigh · 2,012 students
- Austin Elementary SchoolElementary · 803 students
- Dunwoody Elementary SchoolElementary · 790 students
- Chesnut Elementary SchoolElementary · 551 students
- Kingsley Elementary SchoolElementary · 386 students
Nearby schools
- Dunwoody High School0.2 mi · 2,012
- Dunwoody Elementary School0.4 mi · 790
- Kingsley Elementary School0.9 mi · 386
- Peachtree Middle School1.4 mi · 1,214
- Austin Elementary School1.5 mi · 803
- Chesnut Elementary School1.6 mi · 551
Frequently asked questions
About Vanderlyn Elementary SchoolHow large is Vanderlyn Elementary School?
Vanderlyn Elementary School enrolls approximately 441 students in grades PK-05.
Is Vanderlyn Elementary School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Vanderlyn Elementary School is an elementary school covering grades PK-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Vanderlyn Elementary School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Vanderlyn Elementary School is approximately 14.2:1 (31 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Vanderlyn Elementary School?
At Vanderlyn Elementary School, the student body is approximately 51% White, 10% Hispanic, 8% Black, 25% Asian, 5% Two or more.
Who oversees Vanderlyn Elementary School?
Vanderlyn 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.