Summary:
Zip code 30341 in Chamblee, Georgia, is home to two elementary schools—Dresden Elementary School and Huntley Hills Elementary School—both serving grades PK through 5 within the DeKalb County School District, a district ranked in the bottom third of Georgia.
There is a stark performance divide between these two nearby schools. Huntley Hills consistently outperforms Dresden by 10 to 26 percentage points across nearly every subject and grade level. For example, in 4th grade math, 42.4% of Huntley Hills students scored proficient versus just 16.3% at Dresden. Huntley Hills also posts stronger results in 3rd grade math (27.1% vs. 21.4%) and 5th grade science (20.7% vs. 9.3%). However, Huntley Hills is not without concerns—its 5th grade science proficiency dropped sharply from 33.8% to 20.7% year-over-year, and its chronic absenteeism rate of 28.1% exceeds the district average. Dresden, by contrast, has an impressively low chronic absenteeism rate of 11.6%, yet still records the lowest test scores in the area. Dresden's most recent ELA scores (from 2024-2025) were critically low, with only 3.2% to 7.0% of students proficient across grades 3-5, far below district and state averages.
Both schools serve high-poverty populations, with 92.4% of Dresden students and 80.5% of Huntley Hills students qualifying for free/reduced lunch. Huntley Hills spends about $2,200 more per student ($21,190 vs. $18,974) and achieves better results, though Dresden actually has a slightly more favorable student-teacher ratio (11.8:1 vs. 12.3:1). On a positive note, Dresden showed meaningful improvement in 3rd and 4th grade math (up 9.4 and 5.7 points), suggesting recent interventions may be helping younger students. Huntley Hills, meanwhile, demonstrates that high-poverty schools in this district can approach state averages, as seen in its 3rd grade ELA performance (36.4% vs. 34.9% statewide). Parents should note that ELA scores for the current year will be released in December.
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