Hightower Elementary School, 4236 Tilly Mill Road, Doraville: pre-K to fifth grade, 657 students in 2025, CCRPI 76.2. Serves east Dunwoody.
Last checked Oct. 5, 2026. Sources: the Hightower 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.
Hightower Elementary School is a DeKalb County School District elementary school serving pre-K through fifth grade. The school is just outside Dunwoody: the district lists it in the City of Doraville, with a Doraville mailing address on Tilly Mill Road. Part of its zone is inside Dunwoody, on the city’s east side, and the district counts it in the Dunwoody cluster.
- Address: 4236 Tilly Mill Road, Doraville, GA 30360
- Phone: 678-676-7302
- Grades: pre-K to 5
- Website: hightoweres.dekalb.k12.ga.us
Who to call
- Hightower Elementary front office: 678-676-7302
- 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 Sheila Price, according to the school’s website.
Enrollment and teachers
The state counted 657 students at Hightower Elementary in its 2025 School Grades data. The most recent federal figure, from the NCES directory for the 2023-24 school year, is 619 students and 46 full-time-equivalent teachers, about 13.5 students per teacher.
State report card
Hightower Elementary’s 2025 CCRPI single score was 76.2, 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 64.3 in 2023, 65.0 in 2024 and 76.2 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 Hightower 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 | 18.3% | 3.8% |
| Math | 23.3% | 5.5% |
| Science | 24.3% | 6.8% |
The same data put 26.2% of third graders and 32.3% 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, Hightower’s zone covers about 3% of Dunwoody addresses, concentrated in Winters Chapel and Peachtree Boulevard, where it is the zoned school for 58% of addresses.
Dunwoody High School lists Hightower 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 Hightower 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 Hightower 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
Is Hightower Elementary in Dunwoody?
No. The DeKalb County School District lists the school, at 4236 Tilly Mill Road, in the City of Doraville, but part of its zone is in east Dunwoody.
What is Hightower Elementary’s CCRPI score?
76.2 in 2025, according to the state’s School Grades data, up from 65.0 in 2024.
Which high school does Hightower Elementary feed into?
Hightower feeds Peachtree Middle and then Dunwoody High, according to Dunwoody High School’s feeder schools page.
What grades does Hightower Elementary serve?
Pre-K through fifth grade. The state counted 657 students in 2025.
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