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Enrollment
444
Elementary
DISTRICT 556 · STATE 605
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·DEKALB COUNTY·NCES 130174000660
Woodridge Elementary School
4120 Cedar Ridge Trl, Stone Mountain, GA 30083 · (678) 874-0202 · DeKalb County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL444 STUDENTS
C-
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Scored higher than 16% of Georgia public elementary schools
- DTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- C-Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- A-Three-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
14.8:1
30 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.1:1 · STATE 13.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
100%
444 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 | 27 | 6% |
| Kindergarten | 67 | 15% |
| Grade 1 | 71 | 16% |
| Grade 2 | 59 | 13% |
| Grade 3 | 80 | 18% |
| Grade 4 | 70 | 16% |
| Grade 5 | 70 | 16% |
This year's kindergarten class (67) is about the same size as its 5th grade class (70).
Student demographics
31%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
26.1%
GA avg 40.1% . +3.0pp since 2021
Math
21.8%
GA avg 44.6% . +10.3pp since 2021
What this means: On the Georgia Milestones, Georgia's statewide test, about 26 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 22 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Georgia schools, those numbers are about 40 and 45. Reading and writing scores are up about 3 points since 2021, while math scores are up about 10 points.
Georgia Milestones results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 26.1% | 21.8% |
| 2023-24 | 20.0% | 16.6% |
| 2022-23 | 25.1% | 23.7% |
| 2021-22 | 23.0% | 11.5% |
% 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
18.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
25.7%
based on GA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-6.8pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 19% 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 Woodridge Elementary School
Woodridge Elementary School's state test result (18.9% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Woodridge Elementary School this school | 444 | 100.0% | 18.9% |
| Canby Lane Elementary School Decatur | 446 | 100.0% | 27.6% |
| Shadow Rock Elementary School Lithonia | 493 | 100.0% | 21.1% |
| Asa Hilliard Elementary School East Point | 474 | 100.0% | 23.8% |
| Eldridge L. Miller Elementary School Stone Mountain | 450 | 100.0% | 19.6% |
| College Park Elementary College Park | 475 | 100.0% | 18.8% |
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 Woodridge Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Georgia | In DeKalb County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 18.9% | #1,075 of 1,208 | #62 of 88 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 21.8% | #1,028 of 1,215 ▲ 78 | #56 of 88 ▲ 14 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 26.1% | #848 of 1,215 ▲ 204 | #43 of 88 ▲ 21 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +6.7pp | #273 of 1,183 | #20 of 88 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 444 | #985 of 1,324 | #62 of 97 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.8:1 | #1,046 of 1,301 | #78 of 94 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 31.3% | #1,051 of 1,301 | #54 of 94 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 100% | #161 of 1,312 | #8 of 97 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -23.7% | #168 of 854 | #31 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
444
-6 (-1%) vs 2020
-47% since 1990-91, when it was 843
Student : Teacher
14.8:1
was 12.5:1
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 | 444 | 30 | 14.8:1 | 100% (444) |
| 2023-24 | 416 | 33 | 12.6:1 | 100% (416) |
| 2022-23 | 475 | 30.4 | 15.6:1 | 97% (462) |
| 2020-21 | 450 | 36 | 12.5:1 | 99% (446) |
| 2017-18 | 582 | 40 | 14.6:1 | 86% (503) |
| 2015-16 | 543 | 37 | 14.7:1 | 86% (466) |
| 2010-11 | 552 | 38 | 14.5:1 | 87% (481) |
| 2000-01 | 684 | 37 | 18.5:1 | 60% (407) |
| 1990-91 | 843 | 43 | 19.6:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Woodridge Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 24% (582 to 444); teachers down 25% (40 to 30).
About Woodridge Elementary School
Woodridge Elementary School is a small elementary school for students in Stone Mountain, Georgia. The school reports 444 students in pre-K through 5. The school's enrollment is 27% smaller than the 605 average for elementary schools in Georgia.
Woodridge Elementary School is part of DeKalb County, where 131 schools serve 92,088 students.
Black students make up 82% of enrollment at Woodridge Elementary School. Smaller groups are 12% Hispanic and 3% Asian. For comparison, the population of DeKalb County is roughly 51% Black. The school's diversity index is 31%, meaning two students picked at random have a 31% chance of belonging to different racial or ethnic groups.
The teaching staff at Woodridge Elementary School is 30 full-time-equivalent teachers, and the ratio is 14.8:1. The school has more students per teacher than the 13.3:1 average for elementary schools in Georgia. About 100% of students, or 444, qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. The rate at public schools in DeKalb County averages 77%, lower than here.
Measured against Georgia public elementary schools, Woodridge Elementary School receives a C-. The grade weighs proficiency most heavily, then how results compare with what the school's low-income share predicts, then the three-year change.
In Georgia, Woodridge Elementary School is in the middle band of BeatsExpectations: 18.9% actual against a predicted 25.7%.
Woodridge Elementary School is located in DeKalb County, where the median household income is $80,644, roughly 47% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 10%. Woodridge Elementary School is one of 154 public schools in the county.
The nearest other public school, Mary McLeod Bethune Middle School, is about 0.6 miles away. There are at least 8 more public schools inside five miles. Woodridge Elementary School places 4th of 8 on proficiency among the closest schools that report scores.
Under the NCES locale system, Woodridge Elementary School is Suburb: Large.
Between 2020-21 and 2024-25, enrollment moved from 450 to 444, a small change. Students per teacher rose from 12.5 in 2020-21 to 14.8 in 2024-25.
Threads on this page can be about sports schedules, lunch menus, and spirit week. Alumni can share how the school prepared them.
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 Stone Mountain
- Stephenson High SchoolHigh · 1,339 students
- Freedom Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,272 students
- Stone Mountain High SchoolHigh · 1,254 students
- Redan High SchoolHigh · 1,052 students
- Stone Mountain Middle SchoolMiddle · 986 students
- Rockbridge Elementary SchoolElementary · 900 students
Other Woodridge Elementary schools
8 other US public schools in 7 states are named Woodridge Elementary. Woodridge Elementary School is the 5th largest of the 9.
- Woodridge Elementary SchoolPeninsula, OH · 904 students
- Woodridge Elementary SchoolSAN ANTONIO, TX · 833 students
- Woodridge ElementarySacramento, CA · 814 students
- Woodridge ElementaryBellevue, WA · 554 students
- Woodridge ElementarySpokane, WA · 369 students
Nearby schools
- Mary McLeod Bethune Middle School0.6 mi · 655
- Miller Grove Middle School1.6 mi · 625
- Rowland Elementary School1.7 mi · 390
- Redan High School1.7 mi · 1,052
- Canby Lane Elementary School1.8 mi · 446
- The Anchor School1.9 mi · 208
Frequently asked questions
About Woodridge Elementary SchoolHow large is Woodridge Elementary School?
Woodridge Elementary School enrolls approximately 444 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does Woodridge Elementary School serve?
Woodridge Elementary School serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
How many students per teacher at Woodridge Elementary School?
Approximately 14.8:1 students per teacher at Woodridge Elementary School.
How diverse is Woodridge Elementary School?
Woodridge Elementary School reports a student body of 0% White, 12% Hispanic, 82% Black, 3% Asian, 2% Two or more.
Is Woodridge Elementary School public or private?
Woodridge Elementary School is a public K-12 school, overseen by DeKalb County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.