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Black student results at DeKalb Arts Academy

DeKalb County, Georgia · Magnet

46%
of Black students meet proficient or distinguished

At DeKalb Arts Academy, 46% of Black students meet proficient or distinguished — 3.6 points below the 49.6% recorded for all students at the same school, and 16.7 points above the 29.3% average for Black students across DeKalb County.

Among the 123 schools in DeKalb County with reportable Black student results, this one ranks 19th. Across Georgia, the average for Black students is 29.6%.

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Every group at this school

49.6%
All students
46%
Black
59.5%
Hispanic
81.9%
White

Share of students meeting proficient or distinguished at DeKalb Arts Academy. A group is omitted when too few students were tested to report safely.

How it compares inside DeKalb County

The schools ranked immediately above and below this one for Black student results, so the number above has something to sit against.

SchoolAllBlackHispanicWhiteAsian
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 This school 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%

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.

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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.