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Best Elementary Schools in Zip Code 30035

Test scores delayed: 2026 rankings for Georgia do not yet include English Language Arts scores, which will not be released by the Georgia Department of Education until winter 2026.

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Top rankedDeKalb Brilliance Academy876^th of 1,222 Georgia elementary schools

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Summary:

Zip code 30035, located in the Decatur area of DeKalb County, Georgia, is served by a single elementary school, Canby Lane Elementary School, which enrolls 446 students in grades PK through 5 within the DeKalb County School District.

Canby Lane is a high-poverty school where 100% of students qualify for free or reduced lunch, and it faces a significant challenge with chronic absenteeism at 38.4%—more than double the state average. The school’s state ranking has been highly volatile, moving from the 24th percentile in 2023-2024 to the 33rd percentile in 2024-2025, then dropping sharply to the 15th percentile in 2025-2026. In math, proficiency rates trail the district and state in 3rd and 4th grades, but 5th graders have consistently matched or slightly exceeded the district average (34.2% vs. 31.8% in 2024-2025; 31.6% vs. 31.7% in 2025-2026). The school also showed a remarkable but short-lived strength in 5th-grade science, exceeding both district and state averages in 2024-2025 (45.1%) before plummeting to 25% the following year.

Despite these struggles, there are pockets of success. In the most recent ELA data (2024-2025), 5th-grade proficiency reached 35.6%, surpassing the district average of 34.9%, and showed strong grade-level progression from 4th to 5th grade. The school benefits from a favorable student-teacher ratio of 14.8:1 and high per-student spending of $20,137, yet results remain inconsistent. For parents, this school offers dedicated resources and some strong 5th-grade instruction, but the high absenteeism and volatile performance suggest that stability and attendance improvements could be key to unlocking more consistent academic gains across all grade levels.

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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	Directly certified (2024-25)	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
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	446	30	14.8	55.8%	4 (0.9%)	374 (83.9%)	42 (9.4%)	15 (3.4%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	11 (2.5%)	17.7	1036^th of 1222 public elementary schools	15.2%		30.7	825^th of 1238 public elementary schools	33.4%	211	22.5	22.2	31.6	25.0	$20,137	$1,983	$18,154
DeKalb Brilliance Academy	Public, Charter	K-8	2634 Park Central Blvd	Decatur	30035	DeKalb County	State Specialty Schools II- DeKalb Brilliance Academy	Yes	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(470) 563-6690	357	23	15.5	42.6%	4 (1.1%)	319 (89.4%)	23 (6.4%)	1 (0.3%)	2 (0.6%)	0 (0.0%)	8 (2.2%)	27.3	876^th of 1222 public elementary schools	28.3%		42.3	653^rd of 1238 public elementary schools	47.3%	223	23.6	42.7	19.7	39.5	$17,530	$1,399	$16,130

Cities Near Zip Code 30035

City	Distance	# of Schools	Statewide Rank
Decatur	0.62 mi	45	280^th
Stone Mountain	1.16 mi	22	286^th
Lithonia	2.23 mi	21	331^st
Avondale Estates	4.1 mi	4	110^th
Clarkston	4.64 mi	5	311^th

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SchoolDigger data sources: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education, the U.S. Census Bureau and the Georgia Department of Education.

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