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Browns Mill Elementary School

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  • 4863 Browns Mill Road
  • Lithonia, GA 30058
  • (678) 676-8302
Magnet | Grades PK, K-6 | Dekalb County
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About Browns Mill Elementary School

  • Browns Mill Elementary School is located in Lithonia, GA and is one of 102 elementary schools in Dekalb County. It is a magnet school that serves 935 students in grades PK, K-6.

    Magnet schools are public schools that offer a specialized curriculum or educational philosophy, often with a specific focus or theme. Magnet schools promote student diversity because they are open to students outside the normal school district boundaries and often attract high caliber students through competitive programs.

    Browns Mill Elementary School made AYP in 2008. Under No Child Left Behind, a school makes Adequate Yearly Progress (AYP) if it achieves the minimum levels of improvement determined by the state of Georgia in terms of student performance and other accountability measures. See Browns Mill Elementary School's test results to learn more about school performance.

    In 2007, Browns Mill Elementary School had 17 students for every full-time equivalent teacher. The Georgia average is 14 students per full-time equivalent teacher. Learn more about Browns Mill Elementary School's students and teachers.

Browns Mill Elementary School Student Diversity

  • Students by Ethnicity (2007)
  • Black 97 %
  • Multiracial 2 %
  • Students by Gender (2008)
  •   Female 52%
  •   Male 48%
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Browns Mill Elementary School Reviews

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by a  Parent  Anonymous
As this is my first year with my children at Browns Mill, I will be curious to see how my review changes at the end of the year.  For now I can say that the school is going through some changes and it will be interesting to see how things pan out with the leaving of Dr. Butler. I must agree I am very excited about the no sugar diet in the school.  I am also very impressed with the level of control the teachers seem to have over their classes in the morning.  The teachers are not yelling at the top of their lungs asking children to sit down and be quiet like I witnessed at another Dekalb County School.  The children are very mannerable and quiet in their classrooms and waiting to learn.  Open House was a very pleasant meeting of some of the teachers at which time I was presented with clear directives of what would be expected of my children.
 
However I must agree with the other parent with reference to the front office staff.  They ARE very condescending in dealing with the parents.  This attitude does make one feel as though we are not welcome in the school.  This is very unnerving because you do not want to get on their bad side, because they will take it out on your child.  However, that does not give them the right to talk to parents any kind of way. That is something that needs to be addressed at the head.  Like I said it will be interesting to see if my review changes at the end of the year.
Aug 12, 2009
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by a  Parent  Anonymous
The school was previously a school that parents sought out.  However, the school is slowly declining.  The staff is very unorganized for the most part.  PTA is almost non-existent and parents are usually notified of trips/events at the last minute.  SO much focus has been placed on the fact that the school is sugar free - no one is minding the house. Teachers are very lax and the front office staff tends to have condescending attitudes.  It is very sad because the parents want to be involved.
May 5, 2009
 

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