Best Public Schools in Decatur, Georgia

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School													Students/Teachers											Ranking (2021)				Ranking (2019)				Milestones Assessment American Literature and Composition (2021)	Milestones Assessment Algebra I (2021)	Milestones Assessment Coordinate Algebra (2021)	Milestones Assessment Biology (2021)	Milestones Assessment United States History (2021)	Milestones Assessment English Language Arts (2021)						Milestones Assessment Mathematics (2021)						Milestones Assessment Science (2021)		Milestones Assessment Social Studies (2021)	Per Pupil Expenditures (2019)
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 (2021)	Statewide Rank (2021)	State Percentile (2021)	SchoolDigger Rating (2021)	Average Standard Score (2019)	Statewide Rank (2019)	State Percentile (2019)	Rank Change from Previous Year	Milestones Assessment American Literature and Composition End of Course	Milestones Assessment Algebra I End of Course	Milestones Assessment Coordinate Algebra End of Course	Milestones Assessment Biology End of Course	Milestones Assessment United States History End of Course	Milestones Assessment English Language Arts 3rd Grade	Milestones Assessment English Language Arts 4th Grade	Milestones Assessment English Language Arts 5th Grade	Milestones Assessment English Language Arts 6th Grade	Milestones Assessment English Language Arts 7th Grade	Milestones Assessment English Language Arts 8th Grade	Milestones Assessment Mathematics 3rd Grade	Milestones Assessment Mathematics 4th Grade	Milestones Assessment Mathematics 5th Grade	Milestones Assessment Mathematics 6th Grade	Milestones Assessment Mathematics 7th Grade	Milestones Assessment Mathematics 8th Grade	Milestones Assessment Science 5th Grade	Milestones Assessment Science 8th Grade	Milestones Assessment Social Studies 8th Grade	Per Pupil Expenditures Total	Sub-total from Federal Funds	Sub-total from State/Local Funds
Fifth Avenue Upper Elementary School	Public	3-5	101 5th Ave	Decatur	30030	DeKalb County	City Schools of Decatur	No	No	No	No	(404) 370-4460	662	47	14.2	3.9%	500 (75.5%)	67 (10.1%)	26 (3.9%)	18 (2.7%)	4 (0.6%)	0 (0.0%)	47 (7.1%)	95.5	61^st of 1208 public elementary schools	95.0%		91.9	94^th of 1234 public elementary schools	92.4%	33						67.0	78.7	73.6				68.8	81.9	65.6				59.0			$10,243	$96	$10,147
Renfroe Middle School	Public	6-8	220 W College Ave	Decatur	30030	DeKalb County	City Schools of Decatur	No	No	No	No	(404) 370-4440	1,382	95	14.5	12.6%	853 (61.7%)	302 (21.9%)	77 (5.6%)	45 (3.3%)	4 (0.3%)	1 (0.1%)	100 (7.2%)	94.4	33^rd of 540 public middle schools	93.9%		91.6	39^th of 559 public middle schools	93.0%	6		90.7							70.4	67.4	72.2				53.6	66.7	51.3		55.3	48.5	$10,121	$169	$9,952
Clairemont Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-2	155 Erie Ave	Decatur	30030	DeKalb County	City Schools of Decatur	No	No	No	Yes	(404) 370-4450	270	22	12.3	25.9%	126 (46.7%)	76 (28.1%)	16 (5.9%)	28 (10.4%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	24 (8.9%)								(n/a)																					$13,887	$823	$13,065
Winnona Park Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-2	510 Avery St	Decatur	30030	DeKalb County	City Schools of Decatur	No	No	No	No	(404) 370-4490	382	28	13.5	4.7%	268 (70.2%)	34 (8.9%)	16 (4.2%)	22 (5.8%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	42 (11.0%)								(n/a)																					$11,803	$91	$11,713
Decatur High School	Public	9-12	310 N McDonough St	Decatur	30030	DeKalb County	City Schools of Decatur	No	No	No	No	(404) 370-4420	1,557	111	14.0	12.5%	927 (59.5%)	385 (24.7%)	90 (5.8%)	51 (3.3%)	2 (0.1%)	5 (0.3%)	97 (6.2%)	76.1	42^nd of 409 public high schools	89.7%		83	34^th of 438 public high schools	92.2%	8	59.1	47.1		95.2																	$12,629	$472	$12,157
Oakhurst Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-2	175 Mead Rd	Decatur	30030	DeKalb County	City Schools of Decatur	No	No	No	No	(404) 370-4470	393	28	14.1	7.6%	270 (68.7%)	50 (12.7%)	18 (4.6%)	11 (2.8%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	44 (11.2%)								(n/a)																					$12,627	$237	$12,390
Glennwood Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-2	440 E Ponce de Leon Ave	Decatur	30030	DeKalb County	City Schools of Decatur	No	No	No	No	(404) 370-4435	223	18	12.6	6.3%	143 (64.1%)	27 (12.1%)	8 (3.6%)	13 (5.8%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	32 (14.3%)								(n/a)																					$13,352	$223	$13,129
Westchester Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-2	758 Scott Blvd	Decatur	30030	DeKalb County	City Schools of Decatur	No	No	No	No	(404) 370-4400	264	19	14.1	4.2%	202 (76.5%)	20 (7.6%)	12 (4.5%)	15 (5.7%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	15 (5.7%)								(n/a)																					$12,928	$258	$12,670
Talley Street Upper Elementary School	Public	3-5	2617 Talley St	Decatur	30030	DeKalb County	City Schools of Decatur	No	No	No	Yes	(404) 377-1446	741	57	13.0	13.8%	451 (60.9%)	155 (20.9%)	30 (4.0%)	46 (6.2%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.1%)	58 (7.8%)	93.2	88^th of 1208 public elementary schools	92.7%					(n/a)						74.8	70.7	71.8				75.5	72.9	51.5				50.4
Chapel Hill Middle School	Public	6-8	3535 Dogwood Farm Rd	Decatur	30034	DeKalb County	DeKalb County	No	No	No	Yes	(678) 676-8502	843	51	16.6	81.0%	9 (1.1%)	802 (95.1%)	12 (1.4%)	6 (0.7%)	1 (0.1%)	2 (0.2%)	11 (1.3%)	23.9	419^th of 540 public middle schools	22.4%		29.6	401^st of 559 public middle schools	28.3%	18									21.6	25.0	31.8				5.3	22.2	0.0		19.0	9.5	$12,208	$704	$11,504
Coralwood Education Center	Public	PK-K	2477 Coralwood Dr	Decatur	30033	DeKalb County	DeKalb County	No	No	No	No	(678) 874-6002	241	26	9.2	16.2%	132 (54.8%)	50 (20.7%)	11 (4.6%)	21 (8.7%)	4 (1.7%)	0 (0.0%)	23 (9.5%)								(n/a)																					$36,316	$5,842	$30,474
Bob Mathis Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	3505 Boring Rd	Decatur	30034	DeKalb County	DeKalb County	No	No	No	Yes	(678) 874-5802	410	35	11.6	99.3%	2 (0.5%)	383 (93.4%)	12 (2.9%)	4 (1.0%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	8 (2.0%)	20.2	953^rd of 1208 public elementary schools	21.1%		27.6	894^th of 1234 public elementary schools	27.6%	59						16.7	26.3	13.3				11.1	15.8	0.0				20.0			$17,074	$940	$16,135
McNair Middle School	Public	6-8	2190 Wallingford Dr	Decatur	30032	DeKalb County	DeKalb County	No	No	No	Yes	(678) 874-5102	770	48	16.2	99.2%	8 (1.0%)	728 (94.5%)	21 (2.7%)	1 (0.1%)	6 (0.8%)	1 (0.1%)	5 (0.6%)	8	525^th of 540 public middle schools	2.8%		8.5	532^nd of 559 public middle schools	4.8%	7									9.2	6.8	6.8				3.8	5.8	1.6		0.0	1.7	$12,255	$766	$11,489
Columbia Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	3230 Columbia Woods Dr	Decatur	30032	DeKalb County	DeKalb County	No	No	No	Yes	(678) 874-0702	528	41	12.9	99.2%	1 (0.2%)	512 (97.0%)	10 (1.9%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	4 (0.8%)	9.4	1138^th of 1208 public elementary schools	5.8%		10.2	1139^th of 1234 public elementary schools	7.7%	1						5.6	0.0	13.9				8.3	2.9	2.8				5.7			$13,071	$768	$12,303
Chapel Hill Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	3536 Radcliffe Blvd	Decatur	30034	DeKalb County	DeKalb County	No	No	No	Yes	(678) 676-8402	592	41	14.3	99.2%	2 (0.3%)	555 (93.8%)	20 (3.4%)	2 (0.3%)	2 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	11 (1.9%)	17.6	1001^st of 1208 public elementary schools	17.1%		18.8	1018^th of 1234 public elementary schools	17.5%	17						10.0	20.0					0.0	25.0								$12,247	$770	$11,477
Columbia High School	Public	9-12	2106 Columbia Dr	Decatur	30032	DeKalb County	DeKalb County	No	No	No	Yes	(678) 874-0802	855	61	14.1	99.2%	5 (0.6%)	817 (95.6%)	19 (2.2%)	2 (0.2%)	1 (0.1%)	1 (0.1%)	10 (1.2%)	11.1	386^th of 409 public high schools	5.6%		15.7	372^nd of 438 public high schools	15.1%	14	9.0		2.0	12.0	4.3																$12,785	$1,091	$11,695
Southwest DeKalb High School	Public	9-12	2863 Kelley Chapel Rd	Decatur	30034	DeKalb County	DeKalb County	No	No	No	Yes	(678) 874-1902	1,249	70	17.7	70.1%	6 (0.5%)	1,206 (96.6%)	18 (1.4%)	8 (0.6%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	11 (0.9%)	39.4	216^th of 409 public high schools	47.2%		34.7	262^nd of 438 public high schools	40.2%	46	37.4		15.7	34.2	8.3																$11,703	$767	$10,936
Towers High School	Public	9-12	3919 Brookcrest Cir	Decatur	30032	DeKalb County	DeKalb County	No	No	No	Yes	(678) 874-2202	737	47	15.6	99.2%	7 (0.9%)	647 (87.8%)	56 (7.6%)	21 (2.8%)	1 (0.1%)	0 (0.0%)	5 (0.7%)	15.4	361^st of 409 public high schools	11.7%		12.5	385^th of 438 public high schools	12.1%	24	13.0		3.2	18.6	6.5																$12,581	$935	$11,646
Snapfinger Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	1365 Snapfinger Rd	Decatur	30032	DeKalb County	DeKalb County	No	No	No	Yes	(678) 874-1802	602	43	14.1	99.2%	3 (0.5%)	572 (95.0%)	15 (2.5%)	0 (0.0%)	4 (0.7%)	1 (0.2%)	7 (1.2%)	9.7	1135^th of 1208 public elementary schools	6.0%		6.5	1209^th of 1234 public elementary schools	2.0%	74						3.6	0.0	13.0				3.3	0.0	4.5				13.6			$12,352	$918	$11,434
Rainbow Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	2801 Kelley Chapel Rd	Decatur	30034	DeKalb County	DeKalb County	No	No	No	Yes	(678) 874-1702	378	33	11.6	98.9%	6 (1.6%)	347 (91.8%)	13 (3.4%)	2 (0.5%)	1 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	9 (2.4%)								(n/a)																					$15,316	$957	$14,359
Laurel Ridge Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	1215 Balsam Dr	Decatur	30033	DeKalb County	DeKalb County	No	No	No	No	(678) 874-6902	445	37	11.9	29.2%	193 (43.4%)	84 (18.9%)	81 (18.2%)	51 (11.5%)	2 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	34 (7.6%)	52.5	526^th of 1208 public elementary schools	56.5%		81.6	208^th of 1234 public elementary schools	83.1%	318						43.2	43.9	30.3				38.9	34.1	18.2				30.3			$12,895	$1,125	$11,770
Kelley Lake Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	2590 Kelly Lake Rd	Decatur	30032	DeKalb County	DeKalb County	No	No	No	Yes	(678) 874-4802	355	32	11.0	99.2%	2 (0.6%)	333 (93.8%)	12 (3.4%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	7 (2.0%)	11.9	1097^th of 1208 public elementary schools	9.2%		24.7	927^th of 1234 public elementary schools	24.9%	170							13.0	13.3					4.3								$15,946	$969	$14,978
Toney Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	2701 Oakland Ter	Decatur	30032	DeKalb County	DeKalb County	No	No	No	Yes	(678) 874-2102	303	27	11.1	99.3%	5 (1.7%)	280 (92.4%)	10 (3.3%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	8 (2.6%)	6.9	1194^th of 1208 public elementary schools	1.2%		9.5	1156^th of 1234 public elementary schools	6.3%	38						3.4	4.0	5.7				0.0	0.0	0.0				2.9			$15,626	$1,040	$14,586
Flat Shoals Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	3226 Flat Shoals Rd	Decatur	30034	DeKalb County	DeKalb County	No	No	No	Yes	(678) 874-4602	510	37	13.9	99.2%	0 (0.0%)	486 (95.3%)	14 (2.7%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.4%)	1 (0.2%)	7 (1.4%)	13.1	1073^rd of 1208 public elementary schools	11.2%		6.8	1202^nd of 1234 public elementary schools	2.6%	129						5.3	16.0	14.3				10.0	4.0	8.7				8.0			$12,534	$781	$11,753
Canby Lane Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	4150 Green Hawk Trl	Decatur	30035	DeKalb County	DeKalb County	No	No	No	Yes	(678) 874-0602	536	36	15.0	99.3%	1 (0.2%)	480 (89.6%)	38 (7.1%)	9 (1.7%)	3 (0.6%)	0 (0.0%)	5 (0.9%)	16.9	1013^th of 1208 public elementary schools	16.1%		15.7	1051^st of 1234 public elementary schools	14.8%	38						15.0	8.3	19.2				4.8	5.0	8.3				23.1			$13,200	$1,002	$12,197
Briarlake Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	3590 Lavista Rd	Decatur	30033	DeKalb County	DeKalb County	No	No	No	No	(678) 874-2502	427	40	10.8	26.7%	174 (40.7%)	121 (28.3%)	73 (17.1%)	27 (6.3%)	1 (0.2%)	2 (0.5%)	29 (6.8%)	67.7	348^th of 1208 public elementary schools	71.2%		80.8	216^th of 1234 public elementary schools	82.5%	132						54.8	33.3	51.6				52.4	33.3	38.7				34.4			$15,288	$1,886	$13,401
McLendon Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	3169 Hollywood Dr	Decatur	30033	DeKalb County	DeKalb County	No	No	No	Yes	(678) 676-5902	395	38	10.3	99.0%	31 (7.8%)	198 (50.1%)	72 (18.2%)	80 (20.3%)	2 (0.5%)	1 (0.3%)	11 (2.8%)	22.5	914^th of 1208 public elementary schools	24.3%		41.1	711^th of 1234 public elementary schools	42.4%	203						13.3	31.8					0.0	9.5								$14,739	$776	$13,963
Miller Grove Middle School	Public	6-8	2215 Miller Rd	Decatur	30035	DeKalb County	DeKalb County	No	No	No	Yes	(678) 676-8902	861	60	14.3	99.1%	1 (0.1%)	803 (93.3%)	33 (3.8%)	2 (0.2%)	3 (0.3%)	2 (0.2%)	17 (2.0%)	13.7	476^th of 540 public middle schools	11.9%		11.7	511^th of 559 public middle schools	8.6%	35									13.9	16.2	17.5				2.5	8.1	2.6		10.5	16.2	$12,183	$806	$11,378
Druid Hills Middle School	Public	6-8	3100 Mount Olive Dr	Decatur	30033	DeKalb County	DeKalb County	No	No	No	Yes	(678) 874-7602	949	71	13.4	53.6%	224 (23.6%)	435 (45.8%)	144 (15.2%)	118 (12.4%)	3 (0.3%)	4 (0.4%)	21 (2.2%)	37.3	331^st of 540 public middle schools	38.7%		58.5	208^th of 559 public middle schools	62.8%	123			92.9						34.1	30.8	40.0				15.0	30.8	21.1		10.5	10.5	$12,361	$595	$11,766
Narvie Harris Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	3981 McGill Dr	Decatur	30034	DeKalb County	DeKalb County	No	No	No	Yes	(678) 676-9202	720	43	16.9	69.6%	2 (0.3%)	697 (96.8%)	16 (2.2%)	1 (0.1%)	1 (0.1%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (0.4%)	50.4	549^th of 1208 public elementary schools	54.6%		62.3	426^th of 1234 public elementary schools	65.5%	123							35.3	45.8					35.3	16.7				34.8			$11,600	$652	$10,948
Cedar Grove Middle School	Public	6-8	2300 Wildcat Rd	Decatur	30034	DeKalb County	DeKalb County	No	No	No	Yes	(678) 874-4202	826	50	16.5	99.2%	2 (0.2%)	775 (93.8%)	28 (3.4%)	1 (0.1%)	2 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	18 (2.2%)	9.5	510^th of 540 public middle schools	5.6%		14.3	498^th of 559 public middle schools	10.9%	12									10.3	12.5	16.3				1.6	3.6	4.5		1.9	2.0	$12,879	$722	$12,157
Columbia Middle School	Public	6-8	3001 Columbia Dr	Decatur	30034	DeKalb County	DeKalb County	No	No	No	Yes	(678) 875-0502	851	57	15.0	99.2%	4 (0.5%)	820 (96.4%)	14 (1.6%)	4 (0.5%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	9 (1.1%)	7.8	527^th of 540 public middle schools	2.4%		15.4	491^st of 559 public middle schools	12.2%	36									13.2	11.4	5.7				0.0	0.0	2.7		0.0	0.0	$11,436	$832	$10,603
Mary McLeod Bethune Middle School	Public	6-8	5200 Covington Hwy	Decatur	30035	DeKalb County	DeKalb County	No	No	No	Yes	(678) 875-0302	794	54	14.7	99.2%	5 (0.6%)	708 (89.2%)	53 (6.7%)	18 (2.3%)	5 (0.6%)	1 (0.1%)	4 (0.5%)	10.2	502^nd of 540 public middle schools	7.0%		9.3	526^th of 559 public middle schools	5.9%	24									17.5	9.8	11.8				3.1	3.4	5.8		0.0	1.8	$12,006	$984	$11,021
International Community School	Public	K-5	2418 Wood Trail Ln	Decatur	30033	DeKalb County	DeKalb County	No	No	No	Yes	(404) 499-8969	383	37	10.4	71.0%	76 (19.8%)	142 (37.1%)	17 (4.4%)	139 (36.3%)	1 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	8 (2.1%)	26.9	855^th of 1208 public elementary schools	29.2%		31.1	846^th of 1234 public elementary schools	31.4%	9						27.6	40.0	14.7				14.3	22.9	2.9				8.8			$3,776	$691	$3,085
Oakview Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	3574 Oakvale Rd	Decatur	30034	DeKalb County	DeKalb County	No	No	No	Yes	(678) 875-1302	806	55	14.7	99.3%	3 (0.4%)	762 (94.5%)	22 (2.7%)	4 (0.5%)	4 (0.5%)	1 (0.1%)	10 (1.2%)								(n/a)						0.0						0.0									$12,641	$855	$11,786
Wadsworth Magnet School for High Achievers	Public, Magnet	4-6	3039 Santa Monica Dr	Decatur	30032	DeKalb County	DeKalb County	No	Yes	No	Yes	(678) 874-2402	146	13	11.6	53.4%	7 (4.8%)	123 (84.2%)	7 (4.8%)	4 (2.7%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (1.4%)	3 (2.1%)								(n/a)							84.0	89.3	93.5				84.0	67.9	61.3			75.0			$24,223	$803	$23,419
Ronald E McNair Discover Learning Academy Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	2162 Second Ave	Decatur	30032	DeKalb County	DeKalb County	No	No	No	Yes	(678) 875-3402	655	44	14.8	99.1%	11 (1.7%)	611 (93.3%)	24 (3.7%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	8 (1.2%)	9.3	1139^th of 1208 public elementary schools	5.7%		7.5	1188^th of 1234 public elementary schools	3.7%	49						11.8	1.9	8.2				5.9	5.8	1.4				5.5			$11,998	$973	$11,025
DeKalb Preparatory Academy Charter	Public	K-8	1402 Austin Dr	Decatur	30032	DeKalb County	DeKalb County	No	No	No	Yes	(404) 492-5061	542	39	13.8	74.5%	1 (0.2%)	519 (95.8%)	15 (2.8%)	4 (0.7%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (0.6%)	19.1	968^th of 1208 public elementary schools	19.9%		23.1	960^th of 1234 public elementary schools	22.2%	8								26.3	20.0					10.5	6.7			5.6			$12,806	$225	$12,580
Peachcrest Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	1530 Joy Ln	Decatur	30032	DeKalb County	DeKalb County	No	No	No	Yes	(678) 874-1402	849	61	13.8	99.2%	12 (1.4%)	758 (89.3%)	35 (4.1%)	12 (1.4%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.1%)	31 (3.7%)	10.2	1125^th of 1208 public elementary schools	6.9%		7.7	1186^th of 1234 public elementary schools	3.9%	61						8.1	6.1	17.2				2.6	3.0	0.0				9.4			$3,535	$312	$3,223

City	Distance	# of Schools	Statewide Rank
Atlanta	1.24 mi	144	246^th
Avondale Estates	1.9 mi	4	132^nd
Scottdale	2.49 mi	1	149^th
Clarkston	3.62 mi	5	341^st
Stone Mountain	3.84 mi	24	308^th

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