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Museum School Avondale Estates

Q: Is Museum School Avondale Estates a good school?

Museum School Avondale Estates ranks 218 th of 1219 Georgia elementary schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 4 stars out of 5.

Public, Charter Grades K-8

218^th

SchoolDigger Rank ?

of 1,219 Georgia Elementary Schools

Better than 82% of Georgia elementary schools

Summary

Museum School Avondale Estates is a K-8 school in Avondale Estates, GA, serving 588 students in the DeKalb County district, and it stands out as a strong academic performer with a 4-star rating and an 82nd percentile statewide ranking.

For parents, the headline news is that this school dramatically outperforms its district peers. In math, proficiency rates range from about 51% in 6th grade to 74.5% in 3rd grade—roughly double the DeKalb County averages. The most impressive stat is Algebra I: 87.9% of students scored proficient or better, compared to just 38% district-wide and 48.1% statewide. That’s a huge advantage that shows the school is preparing students for advanced coursework. The school also has remarkably low chronic absenteeism at 5.1%, versus 26.7% for the district and 17.7% statewide—a sign that students are engaged and families are committed. While English Language Arts scores aren’t available in this release (they arrive in December), the math and science results paint a clear picture of a school that’s getting strong results.

Context matters here. Within two miles, several nearby DeKalb County elementary schools like Dunaire Elementary School, Peachcrest Elementary School, and Indian Creek Elementary School rank in the bottom 31st percentile statewide. The most academically comparable neighbor is Robert Shaw Theme School, just 0.9 miles away, which actually edges out Museum School in elementary grades (94th percentile) but only serves through 5th grade. Meanwhile, Glennwood Elementary School and Winnona Park Elementary School in City Schools of Decatur offer another high-performing option nearby. Museum School’s spending of $18,904 per student is actually lower than several neighbors, yet it achieves better outcomes—suggesting efficient use of resources. After a pandemic dip, the school has climbed back from the 71st percentile to 82nd, and with Algebra I results soaring, it’s clearly on an upward trajectory.

588

Students ?

13.0

Student/teacher ratio ?

$18,904

Per pupil spending ?

36.2%

Free/discounted lunch ?

3191 Covington Hwy
Avondale Estates, GA 30002

(404) 292-9760

District: DeKalb County

Racial breakdown:

White:

49.3%

African American:

33.5%

Hispanic:

7.3%

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At a glance

▲ Ranking trend: Rebounding — 71st percentile in 2022 → 82nd in 2026

Strengths

✓Test scores above the Georgia average (58% vs 44% meeting standards)

✓Ranks in the top 18% of Georgia elementary schools

✓Ranking is rebounding — up to 82nd (2026) from a 71st-percentile low (2022)

Worth a look

!Some student groups rank well below the school's overall statewide standing

Students meeting standards (2025-2026) ?

This school58%

District avg31%

Georgia avg44%

Elementary school

218^th of 1,219

Georgia public elementary schools ?

Top 18%▼ down 12 pts since 2016

From top 6% (2016) to top 18% (2026)

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★★★★★

SchoolDigger rating ?

Middle school

129^th of 578

Georgia public middle schools ?

Top 22%▼ down 17 pts since 2016

From top 6% (2016) to top 22% (2026)

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★★★★★

SchoolDigger rating ?

9^th of 81Elementary Schools in the DeKalb County

136^th of 201DeKalb 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)

Elementary school ranking

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All Students

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Georgia percentile	Rating
2026	80.5	218 of 1219	82.1%	★★★★☆
2025	78.0	255 of 1238	79.4%	★★★★☆
2024	76.3	276 of 1236	77.7%	★★★★☆
2023	72.3	313 of 1223	74.4%	★★★★☆
2022	68.1	358 of 1220	70.7%	★★★★☆
2021	68.7	337 of 1214	72.2%	★★★★☆
2019	88.5	133 of 1234	89.2%	★★★★☆
2018	89.9	110 of 1209	90.9%	★★★★★
2017	92.8	77 of 1205	93.6%	★★★★★
2016	93.7	73 of 1233	94.1%	★★★★★
2015	95.5	54 of 1240	95.6%	★★★★★
2014	85.9	48 of 1231	96.1%	★★★★★

African American

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Georgia percentile	Rating
2026	55.7	314 of 828	62.1%	★★★☆☆
2025	56.5	312 of 892	65.0%	★★★☆☆
2024	63.1	260 of 879	70.4%	★★★★☆
2023	54.5	322 of 870	63.0%	★★★☆☆
2022	41.1	478 of 876	45.4%	★★☆☆☆

Female

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Georgia percentile	Rating
2026	73.4	269 of 1186	77.3%	★★★★☆
2025	69.5	323 of 1224	73.6%	★★★★☆
2024	72.9	300 of 1223	75.5%	★★★★☆
2023	69.2	328 of 1212	72.9%	★★★★☆
2022	69.7	328 of 1206	72.8%	★★★★☆

Male

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Georgia percentile	Rating
2026	83.1	184 of 1183	84.4%	★★★★☆
2025	80.1	226 of 1225	81.6%	★★★★☆
2024	76.4	259 of 1220	78.8%	★★★★☆
2023	70.9	314 of 1210	74.0%	★★★★☆
2022	65.1	380 of 1209	68.6%	★★★☆☆

Special Education

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Georgia percentile	Rating
2025	71.4	111 of 565	80.4%	★★★★☆
2024	84.0	51 of 487	89.5%	★★★★☆

White

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Georgia percentile	Rating
2026	84.0	106 of 700	84.9%	★★★★☆
2025	73.8	188 of 769	75.6%	★★★★☆
2024	71.7	222 of 772	71.2%	★★★★☆
2023	66.9	241 of 775	68.9%	★★★☆☆
2022	67.3	255 of 779	67.3%	★★★☆☆

Middle school ranking

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All Students

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Georgia percentile	Rating
2026	75.5	129 of 578	77.7%	★★★★☆
2025	79.1	106 of 585	81.9%	★★★★☆
2024	76.8	117 of 578	79.8%	★★★★☆
2023	79.9	101 of 569	82.2%	★★★★☆
2022	83.8	77 of 558	86.2%	★★★★☆
2021	82.4	76 of 542	86.0%	★★★★☆
2019	80.9	96 of 559	82.8%	★★★★☆
2018	85.0	68 of 543	87.5%	★★★★☆
2017	94.4	30 of 539	94.4%	★★★★★
2016	91.7	30 of 545	94.5%	★★★★★
2015	98.1	12 of 537	97.8%	★★★★★
2014	89.5	1 of 521	99.8%	★★★★★

African American

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Georgia percentile	Rating
2026	49.8	200 of 480	58.3%	★★★☆☆
2025	46.1	235 of 494	52.4%	★★★☆☆
2024	52.1	201 of 489	58.9%	★★★☆☆
2023	58.5	156 of 485	67.8%	★★★☆☆
2022	82.9	63 of 482	86.9%	★★★★☆

Female

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Georgia percentile	Rating
2026	77.9	99 of 550	82.0%	★★★★☆
2025	76.4	106 of 567	81.3%	★★★★☆
2024	75.8	114 of 558	79.6%	★★★★☆
2023	79.1	96 of 553	82.6%	★★★★☆
2022	81.6	80 of 544	85.3%	★★★★☆

Male

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Georgia percentile	Rating
2026	68.1	153 of 550	72.2%	★★★★☆
2025	78.2	103 of 569	81.9%	★★★★☆
2024	75.1	116 of 561	79.3%	★★★★☆
2023	77.8	98 of 559	82.5%	★★★★☆
2022	83.5	68 of 553	87.7%	★★★★☆

White

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Georgia percentile	Rating
2026	86.2	33 of 404	91.8%	★★★★★
2025	85.7	41 of 415	90.1%	★★★★★
2024	83.0	58 of 417	86.1%	★★★★☆
2023	79.4	71 of 429	83.4%	★★★★☆
2022	78.3	82 of 425	80.7%	★★★★☆

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)

Elementary school

White (2026)85th percentile+3 vs school

Male (2026)84th percentile~ school

Special Education (2025)80th percentile~ school

Female (2026)77th percentile-5 vs school

African American (2026)62nd percentile-20 vs school

Middle school

White (2026)92nd percentile+14 vs school

Female (2026)82nd percentile+4 vs school

Male (2026)72nd percentile-5 vs school

African American (2026)58th percentile-19 vs school

By subject vs Georgia (2025-2026) ?

Algebra I88%+40 vs state

Mathematics59%+14 vs state

Science55%+17 vs state

Social Studies37%-3 vs state

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What people are saying

by a parent
Tuesday, May 21, 2019

We just wrapped up our 4th year at The Museum School. Here's what I love about the school. 1.) Small class sizes 2.) Frequent Expeditions (Field Trips) 3.) Adequate number of Teachers/ Faculty (two teachers per class room) 4.) Beautiful campus located in a nice quiet neighborhood, big classrooms with lots of natural light. Overall the school is very clean and updated. 5.) fantastic leadership and mostly wonderful teachers. I'll admit, some have dropped the ball along the way, but overall we've been pretty happy with our teachers. It's like like that with any school. We have to do our part at parents to fill that gap. 6.) creative curriculum which caters to many different learning styles. Here's what I don't care for, and perhaps it's the neighborhood culture (Decatur/Avondale Estates) and not the school, but we feel the social scene at the school could use a big overhaul. Sadly, in our experience, the play date invites, birthday party invites and any social engagement invites are pretty infrequent. We felt excluded at first, and perhaps we just didn't "fit in" Then I started having conversations with other parents who feel the exact same way. our last school was the complete opposite with a very robust social life for both parents and kids. It was very inclusive. This is very different, as we've extended many invites to kids and we get nothing, not even an RSVP. It's really strange. We recently got a birthday party invite and the entire Kindergarten class was invited and only two of us from the class showed up. This happened one another time too. That's just odd to me. This is nothing like our old school. it just seems very anti social, and it really shows in some of the kid's behavior. There are some great kids at TMS and there are really mean and angry kids at the school, thus bullying is a big problem. We've heard cases of physical, but mostly verbal and downright cruel behavior. Most of this takes place on the playground where the mean kids get away with their bad behavior. I love the school in so many ways, but we don't feel like we are apart of a community, and I do feel like my kids are missing out socially. Close Quote

by a parent
Thursday, February 19, 2015

Great academic program, great teachers, and a wonderful part of the community. Close Quote

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School													Students/Teachers											Ranking (2026)				Ranking (2025)				Milestones Assessment Algebra I (2026)	Milestones Assessment Mathematics (2026)						Milestones Assessment Science (2026)		Milestones Assessment Social Studies (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 Algebra I End of Course	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
Museum School Avondale Estates	Public, Charter	K-8	3191 Covington Hwy	Avondale Estates	30002	DeKalb County	DeKalb County	Yes	No	No	No	(404) 292-9760	588	45	13.0	36.2%	290 (49.3%)	197 (33.5%)	43 (7.3%)	20 (3.4%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.2%)	37 (6.3%)	80.5	218^th of 1219 public elementary schools	82.1%		78	255^th of 1238 public elementary schools	79.4%	37	87.9	74.5	57.9	56.0	50.7	58.3	60.3	65.1	45.6	36.8	$18,904	$87	$18,817
Avondale Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	8 Lakeshore Dr	Avondale Estates	30002	DeKalb County	DeKalb County	No	No	No	Yes	(678) 676-5202	521	42	12.4	91.6%	95 (18.2%)	314 (60.3%)	41 (7.9%)	45 (8.6%)	3 (0.6%)	0 (0.0%)	23 (4.4%)	18.9	1009^th of 1219 public elementary schools	17.2%		26.1	908^th of 1238 public elementary schools	26.7%	101		27.0	33.3	22.7				23.8			$19,862	$1,855	$18,007
DeKalb Arts Academy	Public	K-8	3131 Old Rockbridge Rd	Avondale Estates	30002	DeKalb County	DeKalb County	No	No	No	Yes	(678) 874-1302	768	52	14.7	76.0%	46 (6.0%)	631 (82.2%)	33 (4.3%)	9 (1.2%)	1 (0.1%)	0 (0.0%)	48 (6.3%)	55.9	480^th of 1219 public elementary schools	60.6%		70.2	325^th of 1238 public elementary schools	73.7%	155		52.1	38.7	63.3	28.7	44.2	50.0	71.5	46.6	22.2	$17,413	$1,669	$15,745
Robert Shaw Theme School	Public	PK, KG-5	385 Glendale Rd	Scottdale	30079	DeKalb County	DeKalb County	No	No	No	Yes	(678) 676-6002	307	25	12.2	100.0%	2 (0.7%)	284 (92.5%)	10 (3.3%)	6 (2.0%)	1 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	4 (1.3%)	94.8	78^th of 1219 public elementary schools	93.6%		97	38^th of 1238 public elementary schools	96.9%	40		84.2	70.8	76.3				81.6			$22,295	$2,031	$20,264
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	623	51	12.1	21.2%	338 (54.3%)	144 (23.1%)	40 (6.4%)	40 (6.4%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	60 (9.6%)	92.2	107^th of 1219 public elementary schools	91.2%		94.7	73^rd of 1238 public elementary schools	94.1%	34		74.5	68.7	77.9				71.4			$19,026	$594	$18,432
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	184	19	9.8	21.7%	79 (42.9%)	44 (23.9%)	21 (11.4%)	17 (9.2%)	1 (0.5%)	0 (0.0%)	22 (12.0%)								(n/a)											$29,488	$500	$28,987
Dunaire Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	651 S Indian Creek Dr	Stone Mountain	30083	DeKalb County	DeKalb County	No	No	No	Yes	(678) 676-5502	432	32	13.5	100.0%	22 (5.1%)	268 (62.0%)	32 (7.4%)	102 (23.6%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	7 (1.6%)	13.2	1107^th of 1219 public elementary schools	9.2%		15.1	1088^th of 1238 public elementary schools	12.1%	19		20.8	19.5	21.5				25.3			$21,079	$1,860	$19,219
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	276	21	13.1	8.0%	177 (64.1%)	34 (12.3%)	18 (6.5%)	14 (5.1%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.4%)	32 (11.6%)								(n/a)											$23,902	$258	$23,643
Peachcrest Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	1530 Joy Ln	Decatur	30032	DeKalb County	DeKalb County	No	No	No	Yes	(678) 874-1402	729	51	14.2	100.0%	17 (2.3%)	536 (73.5%)	112 (15.4%)	26 (3.6%)	6 (0.8%)	1 (0.1%)	31 (4.3%)	4.5	1209^th of 1219 public elementary schools	0.8%		6.9	1214^th of 1238 public elementary schools	1.9%	5		11.7	13.4	6.2				11.3			$19,532	$1,939	$17,593
Indian Creek Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	724 N Indian Creek Dr	Clarkston	30021	DeKalb County	DeKalb County	No	No	No	Yes	(678) 676-5702	967	75	12.8	100.0%	108 (11.2%)	348 (36.0%)	59 (6.1%)	438 (45.3%)	3 (0.3%)	2 (0.2%)	9 (0.9%)	18.5	1019^th of 1219 public elementary schools	16.4%		11.9	1147^th of 1238 public elementary schools	7.4%	128		28.5	33.6	20.3				23.3			$19,077	$2,156	$16,921

Frequently Asked Questions about Museum School Avondale Estates

Is Museum School Avondale Estates a good school?

Museum School Avondale Estates ranks 218^th of 1219 Georgia elementary schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 4 stars out of 5.

What is the racial makeup of Museum School Avondale Estates?

Students at Museum School Avondale Estates are 49% White, 34% African American, 7% Hispanic, 6% Two or more races, 3% Asian.

How many students attend Museum School Avondale Estates?

In the 2024-25 school year, 588 students attended Museum School Avondale Estates.

What district is Museum School Avondale Estates in?

DeKalb County

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