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Dekalb West Elementary School

Serves grades PK - 8

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Raw data sources:
  • Test Scores: Edfacts (U.S. Department of Education), State departments of education.
  • Expenditures: National Center for Education Statistics.
  • Educational Environment: American Community Survey (U.S. Census Bureau).
Date(s) & Update Frequency:
  • Test data: Reflects 2022 – 2023 school year.
  • Expenditures: 2021
  • Educational Environment: 2022 (latest available). Updated annually.
  • All data updated July 2024

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School Overview

Address
101 Bulldog Ln
Liberty, TN 37059
Phone
(615) 536-5332
District
DeKalb County
County
DEKALB COUNTY
Type of School
Regular elementary or secondary
Magnet School
No
Charter School
No
Students Enrolled
448
Classroom Teachers
31

School Quality Ratings

School Quality Compared to Tennessee

8

(10 is best)

Better than 73.7% of all TN schools.

School Quality Compared to U.S.

7

(10 is best)

Dekalb West Elementary School Test Scores (No Child Left Behind Tests)

Grade 3

70 60 50 40 30 20 10 0
80 60 40 20 0
51%
40%
60%
40%
42%
40%
51%
40%
60%
40%
42%
40%
    Proficiency in Reading and Math
    Proficiency in Reading
    Proficiency in Math
School
State

Grade 4

50 40 30 20 10 0
40%
44%
41%
44%
39%
44%
    Proficiency in Reading and Math
    Proficiency in Reading
    Proficiency in Math
School
State

Grade 5

60 50 40 30 20 10 0
54%
39%
52%
37%
55%
41%
    Proficiency in Reading and Math
    Proficiency in Reading
    Proficiency in Math
School
State

Grade 6

60 50 40 30 20 10 0
38%
35%
48%
36%
27%
34%
    Proficiency in Reading and Math
    Proficiency in Reading
    Proficiency in Math
School
State

Grade 7

60 50 40 30 20 10 0
47%
36%
54%
36%
40%
35%
    Proficiency in Reading and Math
    Proficiency in Reading
    Proficiency in Math
School
State

Grade 8

50 40 30 20 10 0
42%
31%
40%
26%
44%
35%
    Proficiency in Reading and Math
    Proficiency in Reading
    Proficiency in Math
School
State

Class Size (number of students per classroom teacher)

17.5 15 12.5 10 7.5 5 2.5 0
15
14
15
16
    AVG FOR THIS SCHOOL
    AVG FOR DISTRICT
    AVG FOR STATE
    AVG FOR NATION
SCHOOL ENROLLMENT BY GRADE NUMBER OF STUDENTS PERCENTAGE
Grade pk 20 4.5%
Kindergarten 55 12.3%
Grade 1 60 13.4%
Grade 2 49 10.9%
Grade 3 56 12.5%
Grade 4 50 11.2%
Grade 5 41 9.2%
Grade 6 45 10.0%
Grade 7 36 8.0%
Grade 8 36 8.0%
Total 448 100%

School enrollment by group

Ethnic/Racial Groups This School This District This State
White (non-hispanic) 92.3% 81.9% 61.4%
Black 2.8% 1.5% 21.6%
Hispanic 4.6% 16.2% 14.6%
Asian Or Pacific Islander 0.0% 0.3% 2.1%
American Indian Or Native Of Alaska 0.2% 0.1% 0.3%
Economic Groups This School This District This State
Economically disadvantaged Unreported Unreported Unreported
Free lunch eligible Unreported Unreported Unreported
Reduced lunch eligible Unreported Unreported Unreported
POPULATION DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
POPULATION 20,209 7,051,339
POPULATION DENSITY (per sq. mile) 66.4 170
POPULATION DISTRIBUTION BY AGE DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
4 YEARS OLD AND BELOW 6.5% 5.8%
5-19 YEARS OLD 16.9% 18.8%
20-44 YEARS OLD 29.8% 33.0%
45-64 YEARS OLD 28.1% 25.7%
65 OR OLDER 18.7% 16.7%
HOUSEHOLD CHARACTERISTICS DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
Number Of Households 8,360 2,713,635
Single Parent Households With Children 7.0% 8.6%
Adults With At Least A High School Diploma 81.1% 89.3%
Adults With At Least A Bachelor's Degree 20.4% 29.7%
HOUSEHOLD INCOME DISTRIBUTION DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
$150,000 or more 8.0% 14.0%
$100,000 - $149,999 11.8% 15.7%
$75,000 - $99,999 12.2% 13.2%
$50,000 - $74,999 16.4% 17.6%
$30,000 - $49,999 18.4% 17.0%
$15,000 - $29,999 19.3% 12.6%
$15,000 or less 14.0% 9.8%

Education Expenditures

For this District Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $5,769 $16,949,000 58.5%
Support Expenditures
Student $425 $1,250,000 4.3%
Staff $502 $1,474,000 5.1%
General Administration $180 $529,000 1.8%
School Administration $469 $1,378,000 4.8%
Operation $558 $1,640,000 5.7%
Transportation $348 $1,023,000 3.5%
Other $167 $492,000 1.7%
Total Support $2,650 $7,786,000 26.9%
Non-instructional Expenditures $1,450 $4,260,000 14.7%
Total Expenditures $9,869 $28,995,000 100.0%
For the State Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $6,239 $6,281,389,000 54.2%
Support Expenditures
Student $566 $569,482,000 4.9%
Staff $647 $651,842,000 5.6%
General Administration $220 $221,150,000 1.9%
School Administration $648 $652,278,000 5.6%
Operation $805 $810,908,000 7.0%
Transportation $354 $355,941,000 3.1%
Other $305 $307,059,000 2.7%
Total Support $3,545 $3,568,660,000 30.8%
Non-instructional Expenditures $1,723 $1,734,683,000 15.0%
Total Expenditures $11,507 $11,584,732,000 100.0%
For the Nation Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $8,505 $421,432,149,000 50.1%
Support Expenditures
Student $912 $45,189,184,320 5.4%
Staff $715 $35,442,027,000 4.2%
General Administration $282 $13,997,625,000 1.7%
School Administration $800 $39,661,338,000 4.7%
Operation $1,302 $64,530,934,000 7.7%
Transportation $501 $24,826,324,680 3.0%
Other $567 $28,090,428,000 3.3%
Total Support $5,081 $251,737,861,000 29.9%
Non-instructional Expenditures $3,383 $167,614,653,000 19.9%
Total Expenditures $16,969 $840,784,663,000 100.0%

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