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Princeton Elementary School

Public Grades PK, KG-5

1186^th

SchoolDigger Rank ?

of 1,222 Georgia Elementary Schools

Better than 3% of Georgia elementary schools

Summary

Princeton Elementary School in Lithonia, GA, serves 751 students in Pre-K through 5th grade as part of the DeKalb County School District, where 100% of students qualify for free or reduced lunch.

Princeton Elementary has seen a significant decline in its statewide ranking over the past decade, falling from the 32nd percentile in 2018-2019 to the 3rd percentile in the most recent school year. Math proficiency rates are notably low, ranging from 10.9% in 5th grade to 19.2% in 3rd grade, compared to state averages of 44-50%. The school also struggles with chronic absenteeism at 31.2%, which is nearly double the state average of 17.7%. While the school spends a substantial $17,930 per student—a 30% increase over two years—this investment has not yet translated into improved outcomes. Interestingly, nearby Wynbrooke Elementary School, just 1.84 miles away, ranks in the 68th percentile with dramatically higher proficiency rates (52.8% of 3rd graders proficient in math) and a chronic absenteeism rate of only 7.6%, showing that high achievement is possible within the same district and area.

Within the immediate area, Princeton performs better than Stoneview Elementary (0th percentile) and Panola Way Elementary (1st percentile), but trails Marbut Elementary (25th percentile), Redan Elementary (14th percentile), and Eldridge L. Miller Elementary (11th percentile). A cross-district comparison with Anderson-Livsey Elementary in Gwinnett County—which serves a similarly high-poverty population but achieves 43-51% math proficiency and a 60th percentile ranking—suggests that factors beyond funding and poverty levels, such as school climate and instructional quality, play a critical role. The data also shows proficiency rates declining as students advance through grade levels, indicating cumulative learning gaps that may require early intervention.

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: Declining — 15th percentile in 2016 → 3rd in 2026

Worth a look

!Test scores below the Georgia average (15% vs 47% meeting standards)

!In the lower quartile statewide (3rd percentile)

!High chronic absenteeism (31% vs 18% Georgia)

Students meeting standards (2025-2026) ?

This school15%

District avg34%

Georgia avg47%

1,186^th of 1,222

Georgia public elementary schools ?

Bottom 3%▼ down 12 pts since 2016

From bottom 15% (2016) to bottom 3% (2026)

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★★★★★

SchoolDigger rating ?

72^nd of 81Elementary Schools in the DeKalb County

137^th of 202DeKalb 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
2026	7.1	1186 of 1222	2.9%	☆☆☆☆☆
2025	14.3	1106 of 1238	10.7%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	14.8	1094 of 1236	11.5%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	18.2	1033 of 1223	15.5%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	17.1	1026 of 1220	15.9%	★☆☆☆☆
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%	★☆☆☆☆

African American

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Georgia percentile	Rating
2026	13.0	786 of 829	5.2%	☆☆☆☆☆
2025	25.4	705 of 892	21.0%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	25.6	695 of 879	20.9%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	30.1	611 of 870	29.8%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	30.9	601 of 876	31.4%	★★☆☆☆

Female

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Georgia percentile	Rating
2026	9.1	1143 of 1189	3.9%	☆☆☆☆☆
2025	14.7	1101 of 1224	10.0%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	19.0	1024 of 1223	16.3%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	21.3	990 of 1212	18.3%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	18.2	1022 of 1206	15.3%	★☆☆☆☆

Male

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Georgia percentile	Rating
2026	6.6	1158 of 1186	2.4%	☆☆☆☆☆
2025	15.9	1081 of 1225	11.8%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	12.2	1130 of 1220	7.4%	☆☆☆☆☆
2023	16.0	1065 of 1210	12.0%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	17.3	1018 of 1209	15.8%	★☆☆☆☆

Special Education

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Georgia percentile	Rating
2025	20.5	478 of 565	15.4%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	17.6	420 of 455	7.7%	☆☆☆☆☆
2022	15.1	393 of 415	5.3%	☆☆☆☆☆

How student groups rank statewide ? (each group's percentile vs the same group at other schools — higher is better; the +/- beside each compares the group with this school's overall percentile)

Special Education (2025)15th percentile+5 vs school

African American (2026)5th percentile~ school

Female (2026)4th percentile~ school

Male (2026)2nd percentile~ school

By subject vs Georgia (2025-2026) ?

Mathematics16%-32 vs state

Science13%-32 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

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School													Students/Teachers											Ranking (2026)				Ranking (2025)				Milestones Assessment Mathematics (2026)			Milestones Assessment Science (2026)	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 (2025)	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Average Standard Score (2026)	Statewide Rank (2026)	State Percentile (2026)	SchoolDigger Rating (2026)	Average Standard Score (2025)	Statewide Rank (2025)	State Percentile (2025)	Rank Change from Previous Year	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%)	7.1	1186^th of 1222 public elementary schools	2.9%		14.3	1106^th of 1238 public elementary schools	10.7%	80	19.2	18.2	10.9	12.7	$17,930	$1,993	$15,937
Stephenson 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%)	10.8	1148^th of 1222 public elementary schools	6.1%		10.9	1166^th of 1238 public elementary schools	5.8%	18	23.9	20.9	18.6	14.9	$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%)	16.7	1049^th of 1222 public elementary schools	14.2%		16.1	1073^rd of 1238 public elementary schools	13.3%	24	32.2	20.3	16.8	27.0	$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%)	10	1158^th of 1222 public elementary schools	5.2%		20.4	990^th of 1238 public elementary schools	20.0%	168	22.9	23.9	15.4	12.8	$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%)	64.3	388^th of 1222 public elementary schools	68.2%		75.5	269^th of 1238 public elementary schools	78.3%	119	52.8	62.6	56.7	36.7	$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%)	8.8	1172^nd of 1222 public elementary schools	4.1%		19.9	999^th of 1238 public elementary schools	19.3%	173	16.7	20.5	18.8	12.7	$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%)	24.8	918^th of 1222 public elementary schools	24.9%		20	995^th of 1238 public elementary schools	19.6%	77	38.6	34.9	22.3	25.9	$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%)	2.1	1222^nd of 1222 public elementary schools	0.0%		4.4	1236^th of 1238 public elementary schools	0.2%	14	6.6	6.4	0.9	3.5	$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%)	14.9	1083^rd of 1222 public elementary schools	11.4%		13.8	1116^th of 1238 public elementary schools	9.9%	33	25.8	31.7	16.2	20.5	$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%)	55.8	483^rd of 1222 public elementary schools	60.5%		48	591^st of 1238 public elementary schools	52.3%	108	51.1	48.9	43.2	45.0	$16,457	$1,397	$15,060

Frequently Asked Questions about Princeton Elementary School

What district is Princeton Elementary School in?

DeKalb County

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.

Is Princeton Elementary School a good school?

Princeton Elementary School ranks in the bottom 2.9% of Georgia elementary schools.

How many students attend Princeton Elementary School?

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

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