Kingsley Elementary, Dunwoody: zone, report card and calendar

Last checked Oct. 5, 2026. Sources: the Kingsley 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.

Kingsley Elementary School is a DeKalb County School District elementary school serving pre-K through fifth grade. It is on Brendon Drive on Dunwoody’s east side. By 2025 enrollment it is the smallest of the six elementary schools in the Dunwoody cluster.

• Address: 2051 Brendon Drive, Dunwoody, GA 30338
• Phone: 678-874-8902
• Grades: pre-K to 5
• Website: kingsleyes.dekalb.k12.ga.us

Who to call

• Kingsley Elementary front office: 678-874-8902
• 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 Laurie Jackson, according to the school’s website.

Enrollment and teachers

The state counted 396 students at Kingsley Elementary in its 2025 School Grades data. The most recent federal figure, from the NCES directory for the 2023-24 school year, is 364 students and 29 full-time-equivalent teachers, about 12.6 students per teacher.

State report card

Kingsley Elementary’s 2025 CCRPI single score was 80.0, 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 82.3 in 2023, 76.3 in 2024 and 80.0 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 Kingsley 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:

The same data put 32.9% of third graders and 47.4% 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, Kingsley’s zone covers about 14% of Dunwoody addresses, including 97.5% of addresses in the Tilly Mill and Happy Hollow roads area and 42% in Winters Chapel and Peachtree Boulevard.

Dunwoody High School lists Kingsley 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 Kingsley 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 Kingsley 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 Kingsley Elementary serve?

Pre-K through fifth grade. The state counted 396 students in 2025.

What is Kingsley Elementary’s CCRPI score?

80.0 in 2025, according to the state’s School Grades data, up from 76.3 in 2024. The Georgia elementary average was 78.6.

Which high school does Kingsley Elementary feed into?

Kingsley feeds Peachtree Middle and then Dunwoody High, according to Dunwoody High School’s feeder schools page.

Who is the principal of Kingsley Elementary?

Laurie Jackson, according to the school’s website on Oct. 5, 2026.