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Black student results at Fernbank Elementary School

DeKalb County, Georgia

43.8%
of Black students meet proficient or distinguished

At Fernbank Elementary School, 43.8% of Black students meet proficient or distinguished — 21.1 points below the 64.9% recorded for all students at the same school, and 14.5 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 24th. Across Georgia, the average for Black students is 29.6%.

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Every group at this school

64.9%
All students
43.8%
Black
70.4%
Hispanic
81.7%
White
52.7%
Asian

Share of students meeting proficient or distinguished at Fernbank Elementary School. 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
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 This 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%

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.