Winnona Park Elementary School

Winnona Park Elementary School operates as a cozy elementary-level community in Decatur, Georgia, part of City Schools of Decatur. Current enrollment sits at 276 students spanning grades pre-K through 2. That puts it 54% smaller than the typical public school in Georgia, which averages around 605 students.

Within City Schools of Decatur, which oversees 9 schools and 5,367 students, Winnona Park Elementary School is one campus in the system.

Looking at the student body, Winnona Park Elementary School reports that White students make up the majority at 64%. Beyond that, the school logs 12% Black, 12% multiracial, 7% Hispanic, 5% Asian. By comparison, DeKalb County as a whole is about 29% White, so the school skews noticeably more White than its surroundings.

In terms of school funding signals, On paper, Winnona Park Elementary School has 21 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 13.1:1. That tracks the state average closely. About 8% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. That share is south of DeKalb County's rate of about 77%.

In the area at large, the surrounding county (DeKalb County) shows that the typical household earns roughly $80,644 per year, roughly 47% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 10%. Winnona Park Elementary School is one of 154 public schools in DeKalb County (combined enrollment of about 102,960 students).

Nearest neighbor: Talley Street Upper Elementary School, around 0.5 miles off. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

The campus sits in a bedroom-community setting.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count contracted 43%: 481 students in 2018 compared to 276 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 76% to 64% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio narrowed from 15.8:1 in 2018 to 13.1:1 today.

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