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Black student results in DeKalb County

Across 123 schools in DeKalb County, 29.3% of Black students meet proficient or distinguished. That is 0.3 points below the Georgia average for Black students.

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32.2%
All students
29.3%
Black
28.7%
Hispanic
60.7%
White
48.5%
Asian

Average across the 123 schools in DeKalb County with reportable results, giving each school equal weight regardless of size. A group is omitted from a school when too few students were tested to report safely.

The distance inside one district

Among the 121 schools here with at least 25 Black student results, Kittredge Magnet School reports 97.1% of Black students meeting the standard. Stoneview Elementary School, in the same district, reports 7.2%. That is a 89.9-point spread across schools under one administration, serving one community, funded by one tax base.

Every school in DeKalb County

Ranked by the share of Black students meeting proficient or distinguished. Every group is shown alongside, because a school that serves one group well and another poorly is telling you something too.

SchoolAllBlackHispanicWhiteAsian
Kittredge Magnet School Magnet 99.1% 97.1% 100% 99% 100%
Wadsworth Magnet School for High Achievers Magnet 95.6% 94.9% 100% 96.8% 100%
Dekalb Early College Academy 81.6% 84.2% 68.8% 70%
Robert Shaw Theme School 76.5% 76.8%
DeKalb School of the Arts Magnet 80.7% 74.8% 70% 95.4%
Austin Elementary School 82.6% 65.8% 84.6% 86.3% 80.3%
Oakcliff Elementary School 26.6% 60% 23.1% 59.4%
DeKalb PATH Academy Charter School Charter 24.7% 56.2% 22% 60%
Oak Grove Elementary School 73.8% 55.2% 68.2% 75.1% 92.9%
Wynbrooke Elementary School 54% 54.5% 47.2%
DeKalb Agriculture Technology and Environment School Charter 53.2% 54.3% 36.6%
Montgomery Elementary School 70.8% 54% 54.4% 77% 87.4%
Ashford Park Elementary School 73.8% 53.2% 42.8% 83.8% 81.5%
Chamblee Middle School Magnet 67.2% 51.2% 33.4% 84.4% 82.8%
Midvale Elementary School 44.7% 48.5% 28.2% 68.3% 33.4%
Livsey Elementary School 52.2% 48% 38.4% 70.5% 66.6%
Briarlake Elementary School 62.3% 47.2% 43.7% 80.1% 60%
Narvie Harris Elementary School 47.3% 47%
DeKalb Arts Academy Magnet 49.6% 46% 59.5% 81.9%
Arabia Mountain High School - Academy of Engineering, Medicine and Environm 45.3% 45.8% 50%
Chamblee High School Magnet 52.8% 45.5% 24.4% 86.4% 75.9%
GLOBE Academy Charter School I Charter 57.7% 44.9% 45.8% 70.7% 79.7%
Evansdale Elementary School Magnet 35.5% 44.6% 15.4% 69.9%
Fernbank Elementary School 64.9% 43.8% 70.4% 81.7% 52.7%
Edward L. Bouie, Sr. Elementary School 43.2% 43.1% 46.1%
Dunwoody Elementary School 66.3% 42.7% 45.8% 80.9% 82.6%
International Community School Charter 41.7% 39.7% 80% 57% 31%
Chesnut Elementary School 49.9% 39.4% 34% 82.4% 59.4%
The Champion Middle Theme School 39.5% 39.2% 34.3%
Hightower Elementary School 22.3% 38.5% 19.9% 36.4%
Briar Vista Elementary School 44.9% 38.3% 30.9% 81.1% 62.4%
Sagamore Hills Elementary School 56.1% 36.8% 23.9% 78.2%
Hawthorne Elementary School 33.8% 36.7% 11.3% 72.3%
Leadership Preparatory Academy Charter 36.1% 36.1%
Smoke Rise Elementary School 35.1% 34.4% 28.2% 67.9%
Tucker High School 38.6% 33.7% 31.3% 62% 54.8%
Brockett Elementary School 29.4% 33.1% 14.6% 67.5% 28.6%
Vanderlyn Elementary School 72.2% 31.5% 40.9% 82.4% 77.1%
Kelley Lake Elementary School 19.1% 31.4% 5.5%
Stephenson High School 31.9% 31.4% 32.6%
Peachtree Middle School 40.5% 31.1% 16% 76.3% 72.4%
Southwest DeKalb High School Magnet 30.7% 30.6% 36.3%
Dunwoody High School 43.2% 30.5% 22.8% 76.2% 63.3%
Idlewood Elementary School 28.5% 30.1% 17.3% 17.3% 30%
Doraville United Elementary School 14.6% 30% 13.6%
Miller Grove High School 29.8% 29.9% 31.9%
Druid Hills High School 41.9% 29.8% 31.3% 69.9% 32.3%
Tucker Middle School 29.4% 29.6% 18.7% 53.1% 27.7%
Museum School Avondale Estates Charter 55.3% 29.3% 52.8% 73.7% 62.5%
Bob Mathis Elementary School 28.7% 28.6% 25%
Laurel Ridge Elementary School 55.6% 28.4% 43.8% 72.8% 50%
Redan High School 29.2% 28.3% 28.3%
Barack H. Obama Elementary Magnet School of Technology Magnet 29.6% 27.8% 50%
Allgood Elementary School 32.6% 27.8% 20.4% 45.8%
Canby Lane Elementary School 29.1% 27.7% 30%
Lakeside High School 38.1% 26.1% 23% 72.4% 69.2%
Rowland Elementary School 25.7% 25% 21.7% 34.6%
Huntley Hills Elementary School 34.5% 24.7% 26% 64.6% 61.5%
Marbut Elementary School 23.9% 24.5% 18.2%
Henderson Middle School 31.4% 24.4% 12.8% 72.8% 59.4%
Cross Keys High School 31.9% 24.4% 31.8% 54.4%
Lithonia High School 24.3% 24% 19.2%
Rock Chapel Elementary School 23.2% 23.5% 25.1%
Hambrick Elementary School 27.4% 22.8% 14% 39.2%
Pleasantdale Elementary School 23.3% 21.9% 19.8% 69.2%
Stephenson Middle School 22.8% 21.8% 22.5% 28.6%
Woodridge Elementary School 22.1% 21.8% 29.2%
Clarkston High School 23% 21.5% 26.9% 20.2% 24.4%
John Robert Lewis Elementary School 17.5% 21.4% 17.4%
Chapel Hill Elementary School 19.5% 21% 0%
Shadow Rock Elementary School 23% 20.8% 30%
Rainbow Elementary School 20.5% 20.5%
Freedom Middle School 21.1% 20.4% 23% 10.8% 24.2%
Woodward Elementary School 17.8% 20% 17.4%
Browns Mill Elementary School 18.5% 19.5% 16.6%
Rockbridge Elementary School 20.3% 19.4% 17.5% 26.5%
Sequoyah Middle School 17.2% 19.3% 15.8% 34.6% 59.5%
Henderson Mill Elementary School 31.6% 19.3% 21.6% 67.9%
Avondale Elementary School 27.7% 19.1% 34.1% 71.8% 13.9%
Ronald E McNair Discover Learning Academy Elementary School 20.9% 19%
Druid Hills Middle School 33.1% 19% 25.2% 66.8% 25.4%
Indian Creek Elementary School 17.4% 18.6% 17.2% 8.5% 18%
Princeton Elementary School 19.4% 18.3% 30%
Redan Elementary School 20.4% 18.2% 24.2%
Tapestry Public Charter School Charter 29.4% 18.1% 26% 34.7%
Chapel Hill Middle School Magnet 19% 17.9% 18%
Montclair Elementary School 14.6% 17.8% 14.2%
Martin Luther King, Jr. High School 17.5% 17.8% 13.6%
Columbia High School Magnet 18.5% 17.6% 23.3%
Redan Middle School 18.5% 17.4% 18.4% 65.6%
Cedar Grove Elementary School 17.6% 17.1% 21.9%
Cedar Grove High School 17% 17% 17.1%
Stone Mountain Middle School 18.1% 16.6% 19.2% 18.7% 26.6%
Towers High School 16.9% 16.5% 15.8% 14.3% 19%
Flat Rock Elementary School 16.8% 16.3% 18.2%
DeKalb Preparatory Academy Charter Charter 16.6% 16% 27.2%
McNair Middle School 16% 15.8% 13%
Eldridge L. Miller Elementary School 18.4% 15.7% 27.4%
Stephenson Elementary School 15.2% 15.7% 12.2%
Cedar Grove Middle School 16.3% 15.4% 19.8%
McNair High School 15.1% 15.3% 11.8%
Dunaire Elementary School 19.5% 15.1% 13.6% 32%
Jolly Elementary School 16.7% 15% 28.3% 12.5% 18.1%
McLendon Elementary School 21.5% 14.8% 25% 20.8%
Stone Mountain High School 16.4% 14.8% 17% 9.1% 29.3%
Stone Mountain Elementary School 17.4% 14.7% 17.2% 42.2%
Murphey Candler Elementary School 15.5% 14.6%
Oak View Elementary 16.6% 14.4% 21.9%
Toney Elementary School 15.1% 13.9%
Columbia Elementary School 14.9% 13.4%
Fairington Elementary School 13.8% 13.3%
Panola Way Elementary School 14.1% 13% 28%
Mary McLeod Bethune Middle School 14.1% 12.8% 11.7% 17.8% 29.6%
Lithonia Middle School 13.1% 12.7% 15.2% 13.9% 5%
Stone Mill Elementary School 13.7% 12.6% 15.8% 29.2%
Columbia Middle School Magnet 13.5% 12.2% 22.2%
Miller Grove Middle School 12.7% 12% 14% 20.8%
Salem Middle School 11% 11.3% 10.8% 0%
Elizabeth Andrews High School 13.1% 11.1% 13.7%
Peachcrest Elementary School 10.8% 10.9% 5.2% 35%
Flat Shoals Elementary School 11.6% 10.7%
Snapfinger Elementary School 10.7% 9.2% 30%
Stoneview Elementary School 7.1% 7.2% 8.1% 0%

Flags show magnet, charter, alternative and virtual schools. Some campuses — early college and specialized academies among them — also admit by application, and this page cannot yet identify all of them. Check with the district before assuming a school is open to your address.

How to read this. Georgia suppresses results for very small groups, shown in the source data as “TFS” (too few students). Those schools appear as no data rather than zero. Because every state sets its own proficiency standard, Georgia figures should not be compared against another state's.

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