Is DeKalb Elementary School of the Arts a good school?

DeKalb Elementary School of the Arts ranks 513 th of 1244 Georgia elementary schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 3 stars out of 5.

How many students attend DeKalb Elementary School of the Arts?

In the 2021-22 school year, 608 students attended DeKalb Elementary School of the Arts.

What is the racial makeup of DeKalb Elementary School of the Arts?

Students at DeKalb Elementary School of the Arts are 86% African American, 6% White, 4% Two or more races, 3% Hispanic.

DeKalb Elementary School of the Arts in Avondale Estates GA

Performance Trends

Compare Details DeKalb Elementary School of the Arts ranks better than 58.8% of elementary schools in Georgia. It also ranks 20^th among 79 ranked elementary schools in the DeKalb County School District. (See more...)

Compare Details In 2022 the calculated Average Standard Score was 54.83. (See more...)

Compare Details DeKalb Elementary School of the Arts ranks better than 76.4% of middle schools in Georgia. (See more...)

Compare Details In 2022 the calculated Average Standard Score was 73.27. (See more...)

Student Body

Compare Details Racial makeup is: African American (85.9%), White (6.3%), two or more races (3.9%). (See more...)

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Teachers

Compare Details The student/teacher ratio at DeKalb Elementary School of the Arts is 14.1. 54 elementary schools in the DeKalb County School District have better student/teacher ratios. (See more...)

Compare DeKalb Elementary School of the Arts employs 43 full-time teachers.

Finance

Compare Details The average total spent per student at DeKalb Elementary School of the Arts is $10,804. 68 elementary schools in the DeKalb County School District spend more per student.

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DeKalb Elementary School of the Arts:

SchoolDigger ranks DeKalb Elementary School of the Arts 513^th of 1244 Georgia public elementary schools. (See DeKalb Elementary School of the Arts in the ranking list.)

SchoolDigger ranks DeKalb Elementary School of the Arts 134^th of 567 Georgia public middle schools. (See DeKalb Elementary School of the Arts in the ranking list.)

DeKalb County:

SchoolDigger ranks DeKalb County 142^nd of 198 Georgia school districts. (See district ranking list.)

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Rank History for DeKalb Elementary School of the Arts

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Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	GA State Percentile
2006	77.37	211^th	1101	80.8%
2007	72.30	310^th	1125	72.4%
2008	76.00	225^th	1134	80.2%
2009	73.74	269^th	1133	76.3%
2010	67.11	424^th	1183	64.2%
2011	71.50	368^th	1212	69.6%
2012	71.96	347^th	1201	71.1%
2013	71.72	359^th	1225	70.7%
2014	64.13	523^rd	1231	57.5%
2015	65.18	360^th	1240	71.0%
2016	69.08	330^th	1233	73.2%
2017	77.46	236^th	1205	80.4%
2018	69.68	330^th	1209	72.7%
2019	67.65	354^th	1234	71.3%
2021	34.85	756^th	1214	37.7%
2022	54.83	513^th	1244	58.8%

Data source: test scores: Georgia Department of Education, rankings: SchoolDigger.com

Rank History for DeKalb Elementary School of the Arts

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Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Middle Schools	GA State Percentile
2006	82.55	42^nd	420	90.0%
2007	77.34	67^th	445	84.9%
2008	82.65	53^rd	462	88.5%
2009	76.71	75^th	466	83.9%
2010	68.40	143^rd	494	71.1%
2011	72.36	124^th	504	75.4%
2012	74.73	108^th	508	78.7%
2013	76.55	89^th	527	83.1%
2014	72.27	126^th	521	75.8%
2015	49.14	264^th	537	50.8%
2016	80.50	87^th	545	84.0%
2017	91.37	44^th	539	91.8%
2018	92.50	38^th	543	93.0%
2019	91.18	43^rd	559	92.3%
2021	49.83	254^th	542	53.1%
2022	73.27	134^th	567	76.4%

Data source: test scores: Georgia Department of Education, rankings: SchoolDigger.com

Data source: Georgia Department of Education

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by a parent
Thursday, August 4, 2022

If you are ACTUALLY looking for a performing arts school, DO NOT SEND YOUR CHILD TO DESA. DESA is a mediocre school, with a few arts-based electives. One or two half-put together performances, does not make it a performing arts school.

Additionally, the principal is really enthusiastic and seems to love her job - unfortunately, too much.

She tries to do EVERYTHING herself. A principal’s job is to hire competent people to delegate tasks to…Not try to do everything themselves. A school cannot be run by one person. It’s impossible to be everywhere, all the time, trying to do everything. Inevitably, lots and lots of things fell through the cracks - including the student’s education and PA part of the school.

I'm giving them two stars for effort, but I was sorely disappointed with our experience there. Close Quote

by a parent
Wednesday, July 9, 2014

This is one of the worst, unorganized schools EVER!.. They use the fact that they are a magnet school to cover up for their multiple infractions. The 6th grade team with an exception of Mrs. Kabwatha all need to be fired and replaced. There is a teacher there that insist on Facebook as a form of communication in regards to grades and a student's progress. Upon withdrawing my child from the school, we found that her documents had been falsified stating that she was retained in a grade; an act which never happened. The principals do not listen to parents and try to skate by and not correct wrong doings.. PARENTS BEWARE!!!! Close Quote

by a parent
Tuesday, May 10, 2011

This is a great school. This is my daughter's second year and she loves it. Administration, teachers and staff are very caring towards the students. Close Quote

Enrollment information for DeKalb Elementary School of the Arts

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Year	White	African American	Asian	Hispanic	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Not Specified	Total
1989	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	479	479
1991	0	0	0	0	0	n/a	n/a	534	534
1992	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	513	513
1993	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	572	572
1994	54	534	1	11	1	n/a	n/a	0	601
1995	54	607	0	16	0	n/a	n/a	0	677
1996	54	607	0	16	0	n/a	n/a	0	677
1997	72	642	2	15	0	n/a	n/a	0	731
1998	42	645	3	15	0	n/a	n/a	0	705
1999	31	546	4	16	1	n/a	n/a	0	598
2000	22	552	2	20	1	n/a	n/a	0	597
2001	9	330	1	11	0	n/a	n/a	0	351
2002	25	506	1	8	0	n/a	n/a	0	540
2003	25	506	1	8	0	n/a	n/a	0	540
2004	20	495	2	5	0	n/a	n/a	0	522
2005	7	513	2	6	0	n/a	n/a	15	543
2006	5	518	2	2	0	n/a	n/a	13	540
2007	5	508	2	4	0	n/a	n/a	12	531
2008	3	510	1	3	1	n/a	n/a	11	529
2009	3	522	0	3	0	n/a	n/a	16	544
2010	4	517	0	3	0	0	12	0	536
2011	3	520	1	7	0	0	10	0	541
2012	7	527	0	9	0	0	8	0	551
2013	3	516	0	5	0	0	6	0	530
2014	4	535	2	6	0	0	4	0	551
2015	3	520	2	4	0	0	4	0	533
2016	4	533	1	7	0	0	5	0	550
2017	9	559	1	7	0	1	8	0	585
2018	14	530	4	7	0	0	8	0	563
2019	18	472	2	9	0	0	9	0	510
2020	26	480	4	18	1	0	15	0	544
2021	35	538	3	17	1	0	18	0	612
2022	38	522	4	19	1	0	24	0	608

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

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For more information about how the Department of Education defines ethnicity, see Defining Race and Ethnicity Data, National Center for Education Statistics

Students eligible for free or discounted lunch at DeKalb Elementary School of the Arts

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Year	# Students	Full-time Teachers	Student/Teacher ratio	% Free/Discounted Lunch
1989	479	37.0	12.9	70.8
1991	534	47.0	11.3	66.9
1992	513	49.0	10.4	74.1
1993	572	42.0	13.6	74.8
1994	601	51.3	11.7	76.2
1995	677	52.0	13.0	74.9
1996	677	52.0	13.0	74.9
1997	731	53.2	13.7	85
1998	705	54.2	13.0	91.3
1999	598	46.4	12.9	81.1
2000	597	43.3	13.8	85.3
2001	351	33.5	10.5	86.9
2002	540	44.2	12.2	69.3
2003	540	44.2	12.2	69.3
2004	522	42.8	12.2	64.4
2005	543	39.1	13.9	66.5
2006	540	42.6	12.7	66
2007	531	42.1	12.6	68.2
2008	529	40.6	13.0	68.3
2009	544	40.0	13.6	69.3
2010	536	39.5	13.5	70.3
2011	541	38.5	14.0	69.7
2012	551	37.8	14.5	71.1
2013	530	32.4	16.3	67.4
2014	551	31.3	17.6	69.9
2015	533	32.0	16.6	68.9
2016	550	35.0	15.7	64
2017	585	35.0	16.7	58.1
2018	563	34.0	16.5	57.2
2019	510	32.5	15.6	60
2020	544	36.0	15.1	55.9
2021	612	45.0	13.6	52.5
2022	608	43.0	14.1	n/a

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

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Student/Teacher Ratio DeKalb Elementary School of the Arts

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Year	# Students	Full-time Teachers	Student/Teacher ratio	% Free/Discounted Lunch
1989	479	37.0	12.9	70.8
1991	534	47.0	11.3	66.9
1992	513	49.0	10.4	74.1
1993	572	42.0	13.6	74.8
1994	601	51.3	11.7	76.2
1995	677	52.0	13.0	74.9
1996	677	52.0	13.0	74.9
1997	731	53.2	13.7	85
1998	705	54.2	13.0	91.3
1999	598	46.4	12.9	81.1
2000	597	43.3	13.8	85.3
2001	351	33.5	10.5	86.9
2002	540	44.2	12.2	69.3
2003	540	44.2	12.2	69.3
2004	522	42.8	12.2	64.4
2005	543	39.1	13.9	66.5
2006	540	42.6	12.7	66
2007	531	42.1	12.6	68.2
2008	529	40.6	13.0	68.3
2009	544	40.0	13.6	69.3
2010	536	39.5	13.5	70.3
2011	541	38.5	14.0	69.7
2012	551	37.8	14.5	71.1
2013	530	32.4	16.3	67.4
2014	551	31.3	17.6	69.9
2015	533	32.0	16.6	68.9
2016	550	35.0	15.7	64
2017	585	35.0	16.7	58.1
2018	563	34.0	16.5	57.2
2019	510	32.5	15.6	60
2020	544	36.0	15.1	55.9
2021	612	45.0	13.6	52.5
2022	608	43.0	14.1	n/a

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Student-Teacher Ratio

Student/teacher ratio is calculated by dividing the total number of students by the total number of full-time equivalent teachers. Please note that a smaller student/teacher ratio does not necessarily translate to smaller class size. In some instances, schools hire teachers part time, and some teachers are hired for specialized instruction with very small class sizes. These and other factors contribute to the student/teacher ratio. Note: For private schools, Student/teacher ratio may not include Pre-Kindergarten.

Finances

Per Pupil Expenditures for DeKalb Elementary School of the Arts

Year	Expenditures from Federal Funds	Expenditures from State and Local Funds	Total Expenditures Per Pupil (All Funds)
2017	$530 (5.0%)	$10,050 (95.0%)	$10,580
2018	$536 (4.8%)	$10,526 (95.2%)	$11,062
2019	$627 (5.8%)	$10,178 (94.2%)	$10,804

Data source: Georgia Department of Education

Pre and Post Pandemic Data

Impact of COVID-19 on DeKalb Elementary School of the Arts

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Rankings

Rank Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)	Rank Pandemic (2021-2022)	Change (%)
Ranks 354^th of 1234 Elementary schools	Ranks 513^th of 1244 Elementary schools	12.6%
Ranks 43^rd of 559 Middle schools	Ranks 134^th of 567 Middle schools	15.9%

Test Scores

	% proficient Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)	% proficient Pandemic (2021-2022)	Change (%)
3rd Grade English Language Arts (DeKalb Elementary School of the Arts)	49.2	52.2	3%
3rd Grade English Language Arts (DeKalb County)	33.5	28.3	5.2%
3rd Grade English Language Arts (Georgia)	42	36.4	5.6%
3rd Grade Mathematics (DeKalb Elementary School of the Arts)	34.9	30.4	4.5%
3rd Grade Mathematics (DeKalb County)	40.1	29.5	10.6%
3rd Grade Mathematics (Georgia)	52	43	9%
4th Grade English Language Arts (DeKalb Elementary School of the Arts)	45.8	42.6	3.2%
4th Grade English Language Arts (DeKalb County)	34.4	27.9	6.5%
4th Grade English Language Arts (Georgia)	42	37.6	4.4%
4th Grade Mathematics (DeKalb Elementary School of the Arts)	45.8	35.2	10.6%
4th Grade Mathematics (DeKalb County)	35.5	27.2	8.3%
4th Grade Mathematics (Georgia)	49	43.9	5.1%
5th Grade English Language Arts (DeKalb Elementary School of the Arts)	72.8	51.9	20.9%
5th Grade English Language Arts (DeKalb County)	37.4	34.2	3.2%
5th Grade English Language Arts (Georgia)	45	41.5	3.5%
5th Grade Mathematics (DeKalb Elementary School of the Arts)	37	19.5	17.5%
5th Grade Mathematics (DeKalb County)	30.5	24.3	6.2%
5th Grade Mathematics (Georgia)	41	36.9	4.1%
5th Grade Science (DeKalb Elementary School of the Arts)	60.5	35.1	25.4%
5th Grade Science (DeKalb County)	33.9	27.2	6.7%
5th Grade Science (Georgia)	43	39.2	3.8%
6th Grade English Language Arts (DeKalb Elementary School of the Arts)	83.1	54.2	28.9%
6th Grade English Language Arts (DeKalb County)	34.3	28.8	5.5%
6th Grade English Language Arts (Georgia)	46	39.1	6.9%
6th Grade Mathematics (DeKalb Elementary School of the Arts)	52.8	22.9	29.9%
6th Grade Mathematics (DeKalb County)	25.4	17.5	7.9%
6th Grade Mathematics (Georgia)	40	31.1	8.9%
7th Grade English Language Arts (DeKalb Elementary School of the Arts)	64.5	58.7	5.8%
7th Grade English Language Arts (DeKalb County)	27.5	26.8	0.7%
7th Grade English Language Arts (Georgia)	39	35.5	3.5%
7th Grade Mathematics (DeKalb Elementary School of the Arts)	68.4	25	43.4%
7th Grade Mathematics (DeKalb County)	27.9	19.1	8.8%
7th Grade Mathematics (Georgia)	43	34.9	8.1%

Student Body

	Number of students Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)	Number of students Pandemic (2020-2021)	Change (%)
Total Students	510	612	20%
African American	472	538	14%
American Indian	0	1
Asian	2	3	50%
Hispanic	9	17	88.9%
Pacific Islander	0	0
White	18	35	94.4%
Two or More Races	9	18	100%
% Free/Discounted Lunch Recipients	60%	52.5%	7.5%

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