Chesnut Elementary School, 4576 N. Peachtree Road, Dunwoody: pre-K to fifth grade, 565 students in 2025, CCRPI 70.2. Zone and report card.
Last checked Oct. 5, 2026. Sources: the Chesnut Elementary website, the DeKalb County School District’s school locator and 2026-27 calendar, the Governor’s Office of Student Achievement’s 2025 School Grades data and the federal NCES school directory.
Chesnut Elementary School is a DeKalb County School District elementary school serving pre-K through fifth grade. It is on North Peachtree Road in south Dunwoody, next door to Peachtree Middle School and near Brook Run Park. The school’s own site says it was established in 1968, and its pages still carry the older name Chesnut Charter Elementary School; the state and federal records list it as Chesnut Elementary School, a regular district school.
- Address: 4576 N. Peachtree Road, Dunwoody, GA 30338
- Phone: 678-676-7102
- Grades: pre-K to 5
- Website: chesnutes.dekalb.k12.ga.us
Who to call
- Chesnut Elementary front office: 678-676-7102
- Register a new student: the district’s online registration, then your zoned school
- Bus routes and transportation: the district’s transportation office
- DeKalb County School District main line: 678-676-1200
- Is this your school? Check an address with the school locator
Principal
Principal Lloyd McFarlane, according to the school’s website.
Enrollment and teachers
The state counted 565 students at Chesnut Elementary in its 2025 School Grades data. The most recent federal figure, from the NCES directory for the 2023-24 school year, is 512 students and 40 full-time-equivalent teachers, about 12.8 students per teacher.
State report card
Chesnut Elementary’s 2025 CCRPI single score was 70.2, according to the state’s School Grades data. The Georgia average for elementary schools was 78.6 and the DeKalb County School District’s was 73.3. The school’s single score was 69.9 in 2023, 94.5 in 2024 and 70.2 in 2025. Scores can move a lot from one year to the next at a single school. The full report card, with subgroups and the parts of the score, is on the state’s Chesnut Elementary report card.
CCRPI is the Georgia Department of Education’s “comprehensive school improvement, accountability, and communication platform,” according to GaDOE. The single score runs from 0 to 100 and is built from content mastery, progress, closing gaps and readiness, plus graduation rate for high schools. Georgia does not publish an A-to-F letter grade for schools in its 2025 data.
Georgia Milestones end-of-grade tests, 2025, share of tested students at each of the two top levels:
| Subject | Proficient | Distinguished |
|---|---|---|
| English language arts | 35.5% | 23.4% |
| Math | 33.9% | 18.6% |
| Science | 32% | 12% |
The same data put 44.4% of third graders and 71.2% of fifth graders reading at or above grade level.
Attendance zone
Zones are set by the district and do not follow city limits. Check any address with the district’s school locator, which shows the 2026-27 elementary, middle and high school zones. In our neighborhoods guide, Chesnut’s zone covers about 17% of Dunwoody addresses, including 77% of addresses in the Brook Run and North Peachtree Road area and 59% of Georgetown.
Dunwoody High School lists Chesnut Elementary as one of its six feeder elementary schools, with Peachtree Middle as the middle school, on its feeder schools page. Students go on to Peachtree Middle and then Dunwoody High. We found no rezoning approved by the Board of Education that changes Chesnut Elementary’s zone for 2026-27.
Calendar
From the district’s 2026-27 calendar (PDF):
- Monday, Oct. 5: teacher virtual workday, no school for students
- Tuesday, Oct. 6, to Friday, Oct. 9: fall break; classes resume Monday, Oct. 12
- Tuesday, Nov. 3: independent learner and professional development day
- Nov. 23-27: Thanksgiving break (Nov. 23 and 24 are weather makeup days if needed)
- Dec. 21 to Jan. 1: winter break; the second semester begins Tuesday, Jan. 5, 2027
- Thursday, May 27, 2027: last day of school
We did not find bell times on the district or school website; the front office can give start and dismissal times.
More
- The school’s website and its administration page
- The state’s report card for Chesnut Elementary
- Every public school in Dunwoody, with zones and scores: our Dunwoody public schools guide
- District calendar, registration and the Board of Education: our Dunwoody schools guide
Frequently asked questions
What grades does Chesnut Elementary serve?
Pre-K through fifth grade. The state counted 565 students in 2025.
What is Chesnut Elementary’s CCRPI score?
70.2 in 2025, according to the state’s School Grades data. It was 94.5 in 2024 and 69.9 in 2023.
Which high school does Chesnut Elementary feed into?
Chesnut feeds Peachtree Middle and then Dunwoody High, according to Dunwoody High School’s feeder schools page.
Is Chesnut Elementary a charter school?
Federal and state records list it as a regular DeKalb County School District school with an attendance zone, though its website still uses the name Chesnut Charter Elementary School.
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