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Princeton Elementary School

Public Grades PK, KG-5

1106^th

SchoolDigger Rank ?

of 1,238 Georgia Elementary Schools

Better than 11% of Georgia elementary schools

Summary

Princeton Elementary School is a public elementary school located in Lithonia, Georgia, serving grades PK-5 with a total enrollment of 770 students. The school is part of the DeKalb County School District, which is ranked 131 out of 206 school districts in Georgia and has a 2-star rating from SchoolDigger.

Princeton Elementary School has consistently ranked in the bottom quarter of Princeton Elementary School's academic performance, as measured by the percentage of students proficient or better on the Georgia Milestones Assessments, is significantly lower than the DeKalb County and Georgia state averages across all grade levels and subject areas. For example, in the 2024-2025 school year, only 14.9% of 3rd graders at Princeton Elementary were proficient or better in English Language Arts, compared to 29.1% in DeKalb County and 34.9% statewide. Additionally, the school has a 100% free and reduced lunch rate, indicating that all of its students come from economically disadvantaged backgrounds.

When comparing Princeton Elementary School to the nearby schools in the same district, it becomes clear that Princeton is one of the lowest-performing schools in the area. For example, Wynbrooke Elementary School, which is only about 1.8 miles away, consistently outperforms Princeton Elementary across all subject areas and grade levels, with significantly higher proficiency rates. While Princeton Elementary School's performance has been consistently low, the school's ranking within the state has fluctuated over the years, suggesting that there may be opportunities for improvement through targeted interventions and resource allocation.

751

Students ?

14.1

Student/teacher ratio ?

$17,930

Per pupil spending ?

100%

Free/discounted lunch ?

1301 S Deshon Rd
Lithonia, GA 30058

(678) 875-3002

District: DeKalb County

Racial breakdown:

African American:

85.2%

Hispanic:

9.7%

Two or more races:

2.8%

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At a glance

▬ Ranking trend: Holding steady — 15th percentile in 2015 → 11th in 2025

Worth a look

!Test scores below the Georgia average (19% vs 42% meeting standards)

!In the lower quartile statewide (11th percentile)

!High chronic absenteeism (33% vs 20% Georgia)

Students meeting standards (2024-2025) ?

This school19%

District avg33%

Georgia avg42%

1,106^th of 1,238

Georgia public elementary schools ?

Bottom 11%▼ down 4 pts since 2015

From bottom 15% (2015) to bottom 11% (2025)

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★★★★★

SchoolDigger rating ?

58^th of 81Elementary Schools in the DeKalb County

131^st of 206DeKalb County among Georgia districts

Statewide rank percentile over time (100 = the top-ranked school in the state; click a legend item to add a student group)

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All Students

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Georgia percentile	Rating
2025	14.3	1106 of 1238	10.7%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	14.8	1101 of 1248	11.8%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	18.2	1044 of 1242	15.9%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	17.1	1039 of 1244	16.5%	★☆☆☆☆
2021	18.8	977 of 1214	19.5%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	32.4	833 of 1234	32.5%	★★☆☆☆
2018	17.4	1015 of 1209	16.0%	★☆☆☆☆
2017	12.7	1081 of 1205	10.3%	★☆☆☆☆
2016	16.6	1048 of 1233	15.0%	★☆☆☆☆
2015	17.5	1053 of 1240	15.1%	★☆☆☆☆
2014	17.6	1074 of 1231	12.8%	★☆☆☆☆
2013	33.6	941 of 1225	23.2%	★☆☆☆☆
2012	31.9	938 of 1201	21.9%	★☆☆☆☆
2011	26.1	1003 of 1212	17.2%	★☆☆☆☆
2010	33.9	902 of 1183	23.8%	★☆☆☆☆

By subject vs Georgia (2024-2025) ?

English Language Arts20%-19 vs state

Mathematics20%-26 vs state

Science18%-26 vs state

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What people are saying

by a parent
Wednesday, March 15, 2017

I love this Princeton Elementary. Both of my kids's teachers communicate with me on a daily basis and they are very dedicated to what they do. I believe that there should be a parent/teacher balance when it comes to any child's education. The more the parents and teachers are involved, the more your child will get out of his/or education. Close Quote

by a citizen
Thursday, April 3, 2014

I don't believe that Princeton identifies student's academic challenges early enough to provide the assistance that they need prior to wanting to retain a student. If a student has been enrolled in this School since Kindergarten and continues to have a problem with reading, why would this school wait until the end of the school year and advise the parent that the student may need to be retained? Evidentally there could be some type of Learning Disablilty that has not been addressed or addressed too late and instead of trying to see why the student is having this problem with reading, they want to retain the student, why?? With the low test scores that Princeton is showing, how would retaining a student/student's resolve this issue?

I hope that more parent's get involved with what is actually going on at Princeton academically. Why is Princeton struggling every year with low test scores, I would like to see a report that would show how many student's are being retained at this school each year and a break down by grades.

Please parent's start holding these schools accountable when they are performing poorly and of course do your research. Close Quote

Schools Near Princeton Elementary School

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School													Students/Teachers											Ranking (2025)				Ranking (2024)				Milestones Assessment English Language Arts (2025)			Milestones Assessment Mathematics (2025)			Milestones Assessment Science (2025)	Per Pupil Expenditures (2025)
Name	Type	Grades	Address	City	Zip	County	District	Is Charter	Is Magnet	Is Virtual	Is Title I	Phone	Enrollment	Full-time Teachers	Student/ Teacher Ratio	Free/Discounted Lunch Recipients	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Average Standard Score (2025)	Statewide Rank (2025)	State Percentile (2025)	SchoolDigger Rating (2025)	Average Standard Score (2024)	Statewide Rank (2024)	State Percentile (2024)	Rank Change from Previous Year	Milestones Assessment English Language Arts 3rd Grade	Milestones Assessment English Language Arts 4th Grade	Milestones Assessment English Language Arts 5th Grade	Milestones Assessment Mathematics 3rd Grade	Milestones Assessment Mathematics 4th Grade	Milestones Assessment Mathematics 5th Grade	Milestones Assessment Science 5th Grade	Per Pupil Expenditures Total	Sub-total from Federal Funds	Sub-total from State/Local Funds
Princeton Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	1301 S Deshon Rd	Lithonia	30058	DeKalb County	DeKalb County	No	No	No	Yes	(678) 875-3002	751	53	14.1	100.0%	3 (0.4%)	640 (85.2%)	73 (9.7%)	11 (1.5%)	3 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	21 (2.8%)	14.3	1106^th of 1238 public elementary schools	10.7%		14.8	1101^st of 1248 public elementary schools	11.8%	5	14.9	20.0	23.8	18.8	20.0	19.7	17.5	$17,930	$1,993	$15,937
Pine Ridge Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	750 Pine Ridge Dr	Stone Mountain	30087	DeKalb County	DeKalb County	No	No	No	Yes	(678) 676-3402	551	41	13.4	100.0%	7 (1.3%)	408 (74.0%)	99 (18.0%)	17 (3.1%)	1 (0.2%)	2 (0.4%)	17 (3.1%)	10.9	1166^th of 1238 public elementary schools	5.8%		15.1	1098^th of 1248 public elementary schools	12.0%	68	11.5	22.8	10.6	12.7	26.9	11.6	9.7	$19,487	$1,719	$17,768
Redan Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	1914 Stone Mountain Lithonia	Lithonia	30058	DeKalb County	DeKalb County	No	No	No	Yes	(678) 676-3502	525	39	13.4	100.0%	1 (0.2%)	445 (84.8%)	52 (9.9%)	7 (1.3%)	4 (0.8%)	0 (0.0%)	16 (3.0%)	16.1	1073^rd of 1238 public elementary schools	13.3%		13	1138^th of 1248 public elementary schools	8.8%	65	23.5	11.5	21.3	22.2	25.3	14.6	24.7	$19,141	$2,195	$16,947
Shadow Rock Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	1040 King Way Dr	Lithonia	30058	DeKalb County	DeKalb County	No	No	No	Yes	(678) 676-3902	493	34	14.5	100.0%	4 (0.8%)	385 (78.1%)	68 (13.8%)	14 (2.8%)	6 (1.2%)	0 (0.0%)	16 (3.2%)	20.4	990^th of 1238 public elementary schools	20.0%		16.2	1083^rd of 1248 public elementary schools	13.2%	93	31.2	16.9	22.5	29.0	15.7	18.0	24.7	$18,945	$2,155	$16,789
Wynbrooke Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	440 Wicksbury Way	Stone Mountain	30087	DeKalb County	DeKalb County	No	No	No	Yes	(678) 676-5002	546	37	14.7	84.4%	1 (0.2%)	503 (92.1%)	28 (5.1%)	4 (0.7%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.2%)	9 (1.6%)	75.5	269^th of 1238 public elementary schools	78.3%		66.7	383^rd of 1248 public elementary schools	69.3%	114	52.3	46.0	57.1	61.4	60.9	56.1	43.9	$19,068	$1,714	$17,354
Rock Chapel Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	1130 Rock Chapel Rd	Lithonia	30058	DeKalb County	DeKalb County	No	No	No	Yes	(678) 676-3802	524	37	14.1	100.0%	3 (0.6%)	456 (87.0%)	42 (8.0%)	3 (0.6%)	2 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	18 (3.4%)	19.9	999^th of 1238 public elementary schools	19.3%		17.4	1054^th of 1248 public elementary schools	15.5%	55	27.4	24.1	19.8	26.2	27.4	18.8	20.0	$19,732	$1,800	$17,932
Marbut Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	5776 Marbut Rd	Lithonia	30058	DeKalb County	DeKalb County	No	No	No	Yes	(678) 676-8802	427	30	14.2	100.0%	1 (0.2%)	384 (89.9%)	23 (5.4%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	18 (4.2%)	20	995^th of 1238 public elementary schools	19.6%		26.3	908^th of 1248 public elementary schools	27.2%	87	12.5	24.2	28.6	26.5	35.5	14.3	20.6	$19,790	$2,137	$17,653
Stoneview Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	2629 Huber St	Lithonia	30058	DeKalb County	DeKalb County	No	No	No	Yes	(678) 676-3202	782	57	13.7	100.0%	23 (2.9%)	646 (82.6%)	78 (10.0%)	11 (1.4%)	2 (0.3%)	3 (0.4%)	19 (2.4%)	4.4	1236^th of 1238 public elementary schools	0.2%		9.7	1195^th of 1248 public elementary schools	4.2%	41	3.7	7.2	10.1	10.4	4.3	7.0	6.3	$18,142	$1,915	$16,227
Eldridge L. Miller Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	919 Martin Rd	Stone Mountain	30088	DeKalb County	DeKalb County	No	No	No	Yes	(678) 676-3302	450	33	13.6	100.0%	7 (1.6%)	339 (75.3%)	70 (15.6%)	14 (3.1%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	19 (4.2%)	13.8	1116^th of 1238 public elementary schools	9.9%		17.3	1056^th of 1248 public elementary schools	15.4%	60	10.6	18.3	9.6	22.7	31.7	20.5	13.7	$20,582	$2,110	$18,472
Anderson-Livsey Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	4521 Centerville Hwy	Snellville	30039	Gwinnett County	Gwinnett County	No	No	No	Yes	(678) 344-2082	678	56	12.1	83.3%	28 (4.1%)	409 (60.3%)	185 (27.3%)	11 (1.6%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.1%)	44 (6.5%)	48	591^st of 1238 public elementary schools	52.3%		41.4	671^st of 1248 public elementary schools	46.2%	80	41.7	29.6	35.6	47.9	39.2	39.0	41.0	$16,457	$1,397	$15,060

Frequently Asked Questions about Princeton Elementary School

Is Princeton Elementary School a good school?

Princeton Elementary School ranks in the bottom 10.7% of Georgia elementary schools.

What is the racial makeup of Princeton Elementary School?

Students at Princeton Elementary School are 85% African American, 10% Hispanic, 3% Two or more races, 1% Asian.

How many students attend Princeton Elementary School?

In the 2024-25 school year, 751 students attended Princeton Elementary School.

What district is Princeton Elementary School in?

DeKalb County

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