📍 4576 N Peachtree Rd, Dunwoody, DeKalb County, 30338
Chesnut Elementary School is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in Dunwoody, DeKalb County. The school has 520 pupils enrolled. It is part of the DeKalb County school district. It serves grades Pre-K–5 in an urban setting. The school employs 32.5 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 16.0:1. 52% of students are proficient in reading. 32% are proficient in maths. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi.
Chesnut Elementary School enrolls 520 students across grades Pre-K–5. The student body is 52% male and 48% female. A teaching staff of 32.5 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 16.0:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 35% Black or African American, 27% Hispanic or Latino and 22% White.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Black or African American | 183 | 35% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 141 | 27% |
| White | 112 | 22% |
| Asian | 47 | 9% |
| Two or more races | 30 | 5.8% |
| American Indian or Alaska Native | 4 | <1% |
| Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander | 3 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
207 of the school's 520 students (40%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 182 qualify for free lunch and 25 for a reduced price. The school participates in the National School Lunch Program. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility is a widely used indicator of the share of students from lower-income households.
Chesnut Elementary School is located in an urban setting (NCES locale: City, Small). The school receives targeted-assistance Title I funding for eligible students. For civic and policy purposes, the school sits in congressional district GA-40, state senate district 40, state house district 79.
Chesnut Elementary School is one of 131 schools in DeKalb County, based in Stone Mountain, Georgia. The district serves 91,752 students district-wide and employs 6,250 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 520 students, Chesnut Elementary School is smaller than the district average of about 700 students per school.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.
Setting: City - Small
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