Panola Way Elementary School
2170 Panola Way Ct Lithonia GA, 30058, Dekalb County Phone: 678-676-9302 Ranking:  (1,706 out of 1,747, bottom 2%)*Type: Regular Primary School Status: Currently Operational Grade: Prekindergarten to Grade 5 School District: DeKalb County School District Title I Eligible School: Yes School-Wide Title I: NA Magnet: NA Charter: NA Shared-Time School: NA |
Students and Teachers
| 2013-2014 | 2012-2013 | 2011-2012 | 2010-2011 | 2009-2010 | 2008-2009 | 2007-2008 | ||||||||
| Amount | % | Amount | % | Amount | % | Amount | % | Amount | % | Amount | % | Amount | % | |
| Total Teachers: | 50 | 42 | 53 | 51 | 53 | 55 | 55 | |||||||
| Total Students: | 874 | 817 | 843 | 807 | 885 | 867 | 870 | |||||||
| Prekindergarten: | 44 | 5.0% | 41 | 5.0% | 43 | 5.1% | 20 | 2.5% | 20 | 2.3% | 20 | 2.3% | 20 | 2.3% |
| Kindergarten: | 151 | 17.3% | 125 | 15.3% | 138 | 16.4% | 104 | 12.9% | 116 | 13.1% | 123 | 14.2% | 124 | 14.3% |
| Grade 1: | 141 | 16.1% | 117 | 14.3% | 118 | 14.0% | 129 | 16.0% | 117 | 13.2% | 129 | 14.9% | 125 | 14.4% |
| Grade 2: | 126 | 14.4% | 116 | 14.2% | 115 | 13.6% | 120 | 14.9% | 147 | 16.6% | 128 | 14.8% | 143 | 16.4% |
| Grade 3: | 124 | 14.2% | 134 | 16.4% | 140 | 16.6% | 147 | 18.2% | 159 | 18.0% | 166 | 19.1% | 164 | 18.9% |
| Grade 4: | 146 | 16.7% | 124 | 15.2% | 139 | 16.5% | 150 | 18.6% | 156 | 17.6% | 160 | 18.5% | 130 | 14.9% |
| Grade 5: | 142 | 16.2% | 160 | 19.6% | 150 | 17.8% | 137 | 17.0% | 170 | 19.2% | 141 | 16.3% | 164 | 18.9% |
| Ungraded: | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA |
| Student By Gender: | ||||||||||||||
| Male: | 455 | 52.1% | 437 | 53.5% | 441 | 52.3% | 435 | 53.9% | 466 | 52.7% | 449 | 51.8% | 443 | 50.9% |
| Female: | 419 | 47.9% | 380 | 46.5% | 402 | 47.7% | 372 | 46.1% | 419 | 47.3% | 401 | 46.3% | 407 | 46.8% |
| Student By Races: | ||||||||||||||
| American Indian/Alaska Native: | 1 | 0.1% | 2 | 0.2% | 3 | 0.4% | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 1 | 0.1% |
| Asian: | 1 | 0.1% | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 1 | 0.1% | 2 | 0.2% | 3 | 0.3% | 1 | 0.1% |
| Hispanic: | 24 | 2.7% | 25 | 3.1% | 20 | 2.4% | 19 | 2.4% | 9 | 1.0% | 14 | 1.6% | 12 | 1.4% |
| Black: | 833 | 95.3% | 775 | 94.9% | 814 | 96.6% | 786 | 97.4% | 872 | 98.5% | 840 | 96.9% | 839 | 96.4% |
| White: | 1 | 0.1% | 0 | 0.0% | 1 | 0.1% | 1 | 0.1% | 2 | 0.2% | 1 | 0.1% | 1 | 0.1% |
| Hawaiian Native/Pacific Islander: | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 1 | 0.1% | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | NA | NA | NA | NA |
| Two or More Races: | 14 | 1.6% | 15 | 1.8% | 4 | 0.5% | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | NA | NA | NA | NA |
| Lunch Program: | ||||||||||||||
| Free Lunch Program Eligible: | 795 | 91.0% | 765 | 93.6% | 736 | 87.3% | 681 | 84.4% | 722 | 81.6% | 719 | 82.9% | 695 | 79.9% |
| Reduced-Price Lunch Program Eligible: | 36 | 4.1% | 33 | 4.0% | 58 | 6.9% | 44 | 5.5% | 71 | 8.0% | 64 | 7.4% | 81 | 9.3% |
| Student-Teacher Ratio: | 17.66 | 19.31 | 16.06 | 15.73 | 16.67 | 15.70 | 16.00 | |||||||
Test Performance
| Year | Test | Grade | Measurement | Score | School District | State Average |
| CRCT | ||||||
| 2006 | English Language Arts | 1st Grade | % met std | 64% | 73% | 80% |
| 2007 | English Language Arts | 1st Grade | % met std | 70.6% | 76.5% | 82.4% |
| 2008 | English Language Arts | 1st Grade | % met std | 71.1% | 79.7% | 84.4% |
| 2009 | English Language Arts | 1st Grade | % met std | 61.5% | 77.2% | 84% |
| 2010 | English Language Arts | 1st Grade | % met std | 62.1% | 77.4% | 87% |
| 2006 | Math | 1st Grade | % met std | 82.7% | 85.1% | 90% |
| 2007 | Math | 1st Grade | % met std | 74.7% | 76.1% | 82.3% |
| 2008 | Math | 1st Grade | % met std | 78.1% | 80.3% | 86.4% |
| 2009 | Math | 1st Grade | % met std | 62.8% | 78.3% | 87% |
| 2010 | Math | 1st Grade | % met std | 52.9% | 74.1% | 85% |
| 2006 | Reading | 1st Grade | % met std | 80.6% | 83.1% | 87% |
| 2007 | Reading | 1st Grade | % met std | 83.2% | 85.6% | 90.1% |
| 2008 | Reading | 1st Grade | % met std | 82.8% | 87% | 90.3% |
| 2009 | Reading | 1st Grade | % met std | 79.8% | 85.8% | 90.9% |
| 2010 | Reading | 1st Grade | % met std | 75.7% | 86.8% | 93% |
| 2006 | English Language Arts | 2nd Grade | % met std | 55.1% | 77.3% | 83% |
| 2007 | English Language Arts | 2nd Grade | % met std | 68.4% | 78.2% | 83.7% |
| 2008 | English Language Arts | 2nd Grade | % met std | 67.9% | 78.5% | 84.1% |
| 2009 | English Language Arts | 2nd Grade | % met std | 67.2% | 81.4% | 86.8% |
| 2010 | English Language Arts | 2nd Grade | % met std | 57% | 76.5% | 85% |
| 2006 | Math | 2nd Grade | % met std | 67.3% | 81.3% | 87% |
| 2007 | Math | 2nd Grade | % met std | 70.5% | 73.5% | 81.4% |
| 2008 | Math | 2nd Grade | % met std | 68.6% | 76.6% | 85.5% |
| 2009 | Math | 2nd Grade | % met std | 72% | 79.4% | 87.3% |
| 2010 | Math | 2nd Grade | % met std | 52.8% | 74.5% | 86% |
| 2006 | Reading | 2nd Grade | % met std | 70.5% | 83.6% | 89% |
| 2007 | Reading | 2nd Grade | % met std | 81.6% | 88% | 91.3% |
| 2008 | Reading | 2nd Grade | % met std | 80.7% | 88.5% | 92% |
| 2009 | Reading | 2nd Grade | % met std | 77.6% | 88.1% | 91.9% |
| 2010 | Reading | 2nd Grade | % met std | 75.3% | 84.5% | 91% |
| 2006 | English Language Arts | 3rd Grade | % met std | 70.8% | 74.4% | 82% |
| 2007 | English Language Arts | 3rd Grade | % met std | 70.9% | 79.2% | 85.6% |
| 2008 | English Language Arts | 3rd Grade | % met std | 74.7% | 82.4% | 87.1% |
| 2009 | English Language Arts | 3rd Grade | % met std | 66.7% | 80.8% | 86.6% |
| 2010 | English Language Arts | 3rd Grade | % met std | 71.5% | 80.9% | 88% |
| 2011 | English Language Arts | 3rd Grade | % met std | 52.6% | 78.3% | 89.2% |
| 2012 | English Language Arts | 3rd Grade | % met std | 67.6% | 81.7% | 91% |
| 2013 | English Language Arts | 3rd Grade | % met std | 61.9% | 79.8% | 88.1% |
| 2006 | Math | 3rd Grade | % met std | 86.3% | 85.8% | 91% |
| 2007 | Math | 3rd Grade | % met std | 84.9% | 84.1% | 90.4% |
| 2008 | Math | 3rd Grade | % met std | 45.2% | 60.7% | 70.9% |
| 2009 | Math | 3rd Grade | % met std | 56.9% | 67.6% | 77.9% |
| 2010 | Math | 3rd Grade | % met std | 52.9% | 69.9% | 79% |
| 2011 | Math | 3rd Grade | % met std | 34.7% | 67.1% | 81.2% |
| 2012 | Math | 3rd Grade | % met std | 50.7% | 70.2% | 81% |
| 2013 | Math | 3rd Grade | % met std | 36.0% | 65.1% | 78.5% |
| 2006 | Reading | 3rd Grade | % met std | 69% | 75.4% | 82% |
| 2007 | Reading | 3rd Grade | % met std | 73.2% | 78.6% | 85.1% |
| 2008 | Reading | 3rd Grade | % met std | 75.9% | 83.6% | 87.5% |
| 2009 | Reading | 3rd Grade | % met std | 70.1% | 82.9% | 88% |
| 2010 | Reading | 3rd Grade | % met std | 75.4% | 84.5% | 90% |
| 2011 | Reading | 3rd Grade | % met std | 58.5% | 82.3% | 90.9% |
| 2012 | Reading | 3rd Grade | % met std | 72.8% | 83.9% | 90% |
| 2013 | Reading | 3rd Grade | % met std | 74.1% | 85.6% | 92.1% |
| 2006 | Science | 3rd Grade | % met std | 70.1% | 74.8% | 85% |
| 2007 | Science | 3rd Grade | % met std | 39.2% | 56.7% | 70.1% |
| 2008 | Science | 3rd Grade | % met std | 40.9% | 64% | 74.5% |
| 2009 | Science | 3rd Grade | % met std | 55.1% | 69.5% | 79.7% |
| 2010 | Science | 3rd Grade | % met std | 50.6% | 70.1% | 80% |
| 2011 | Science | 3rd Grade | % met std | 38.5% | 69.1% | 80.5% |
| 2012 | Science | 3rd Grade | % met std | 44% | 65.1% | 78% |
| 2013 | Science | 3rd Grade | % met std | 38.7% | 65.1% | 78.4% |
| 2006 | Social Studies | 3rd Grade | % met std | 79.8% | 82.4% | 88% |
| 2007 | Social Studies | 3rd Grade | % met std | 72.8% | 81.9% | 88.6% |
| 2008 | Social Studies | 3rd Grade | % met std | 73.5% | 83.4% | 89% |
| 2009 | Social Studies | 3rd Grade | % met std | 47.7% | 68.3% | 76.1% |
| 2010 | Social Studies | 3rd Grade | % met std | 52.9% | 67.7% | 79% |
| 2011 | Social Studies | 3rd Grade | % met std | 40% | 70.5% | 81% |
| 2012 | Social Studies | 3rd Grade | % met std | 51.1% | 71.7% | 81% |
| 2013 | Social Studies | 3rd Grade | % met std | 48.2% | 73.1% | 83.4% |
| 2006 | English Language Arts | 4th Grade | % met std | 63.3% | 71.8% | 79% |
| 2007 | English Language Arts | 4th Grade | % met std | 72.2% | 78.6% | 84.3% |
| 2008 | English Language Arts | 4th Grade | % met std | 62.6% | 80.6% | 86.2% |
| 2009 | English Language Arts | 4th Grade | % met std | 63.6% | 82.3% | 86.9% |
| 2010 | English Language Arts | 4th Grade | % met std | 65.6% | 81% | 87% |
| 2011 | English Language Arts | 4th Grade | % met std | 68.9% | 79.2% | 88% |
| 2012 | English Language Arts | 4th Grade | % met std | 76.6% | 83.2% | 90% |
| 2013 | English Language Arts | 4th Grade | % met std | 68.6% | 82.3% | 90.2% |
| 2006 | Math | 4th Grade | % met std | 59.9% | 71.1% | 79% |
| 2007 | Math | 4th Grade | % met std | 64.6% | 70.6% | 78.4% |
| 2008 | Math | 4th Grade | % met std | 37.4% | 59% | 70% |
| 2009 | Math | 4th Grade | % met std | 43.7% | 64.8% | 74.3% |
| 2010 | Math | 4th Grade | % met std | 44.4% | 66.7% | 77% |
| 2011 | Math | 4th Grade | % met std | 55.8% | 67.5% | 81.1% |
| 2012 | Math | 4th Grade | % met std | 52.6% | 69% | 81% |
| 2013 | Math | 4th Grade | % met std | 57.1% | 70.0% | 84.3% |
| 2006 | Reading | 4th Grade | % met std | 68.7% | 73.2% | 81% |
| 2007 | Reading | 4th Grade | % met std | 65.9% | 78.3% | 84.7% |
| 2008 | Reading | 4th Grade | % met std | 64.1% | 82.6% | 87.5% |
| 2009 | Reading | 4th Grade | % met std | 62.9% | 83.2% | 87.3% |
| 2010 | Reading | 4th Grade | % met std | 70% | 84% | 89% |
| 2011 | Reading | 4th Grade | % met std | 66.2% | 80.1% | 87.9% |
| 2012 | Reading | 4th Grade | % met std | 77.4% | 83.1% | 90% |
| 2013 | Reading | 4th Grade | % met std | 71.8% | 86.9% | 92.5% |
| 2006 | Science | 4th Grade | % met std | 66.5% | 79.9% | 88% |
| 2007 | Science | 4th Grade | % met std | 40.8% | 61.2% | 71.9% |
| 2008 | Science | 4th Grade | % met std | 33.6% | 62.2% | 73.8% |
| 2009 | Science | 4th Grade | % met std | 43.6% | 67.3% | 77.7% |
| 2010 | Science | 4th Grade | % met std | 50.7% | 67.2% | 80% |
| 2011 | Science | 4th Grade | % met std | 55.2% | 66.4% | 79% |
| 2012 | Science | 4th Grade | % met std | 54.3% | 68.4% | 81% |
| 2013 | Science | 4th Grade | % met std | 50.0% | 69.0% | 82.7% |
| 2006 | Social Studies | 4th Grade | % met std | 76.7% | 84.6% | 90% |
| 2007 | Social Studies | 4th Grade | % met std | 73.5% | 83.8% | 88.5% |
| 2008 | Social Studies | 4th Grade | % met std | 68.5% | 84.8% | 90.2% |
| 2009 | Social Studies | 4th Grade | % met std | 33.2% | 61.6% | 71.4% |
| 2010 | Social Studies | 4th Grade | % met std | 40.7% | 60.9% | 74% |
| 2011 | Social Studies | 4th Grade | % met std | 44.8% | 64.3% | 77.4% |
| 2012 | Social Studies | 4th Grade | % met std | 47.1% | 65.1% | 79% |
| 2013 | Social Studies | 4th Grade | % met std | 41.7% | 68.1% | 81.3% |
| 2006 | English Language Arts | 5th Grade | % met std | 72% | 78.5% | 85% |
| 2007 | English Language Arts | 5th Grade | % met std | 71.3% | 83.4% | 87.6% |
| 2008 | English Language Arts | 5th Grade | % met std | 78.8% | 86.6% | 89.9% |
| 2009 | English Language Arts | 5th Grade | % met std | 80.2% | 87.1% | 91.3% |
| 2010 | English Language Arts | 5th Grade | % met std | 78.7% | 87.5% | 92% |
| 2011 | English Language Arts | 5th Grade | % met std | 76.2% | 86.2% | 93% |
| 2012 | English Language Arts | 5th Grade | % met std | 82.3% | 87.9% | 95% |
| 2013 | English Language Arts | 5th Grade | % met std | 81.7% | 88.3% | 94.2% |
| 2006 | Math | 5th Grade | % met std | 84.7% | 84.1% | 88% |
| 2007 | Math | 5th Grade | % met std | 72% | 82.7% | 88.1% |
| 2008 | Math | 5th Grade | % met std | 33.8% | 63.2% | 71.7% |
| 2009 | Math | 5th Grade | % met std | 59.9% | 72.1% | 79.2% |
| 2010 | Math | 5th Grade | % met std | 57.7% | 71.8% | 82% |
| 2011 | Math | 5th Grade | % met std | 63.8% | 76.6% | 86.6% |
| 2012 | Math | 5th Grade | % met std | 70.5% | 74.4% | 84% |
| 2013 | Math | 5th Grade | % met std | 62.7% | 79.2% | 89.5% |
| 2006 | Reading | 5th Grade | % met std | 69.3% | 75% | 81% |
| 2007 | Reading | 5th Grade | % met std | 66.7% | 80.7% | 85.5% |
| 2008 | Reading | 5th Grade | % met std | 79.5% | 83% | 87.2% |
| 2009 | Reading | 5th Grade | % met std | 74% | 83.5% | 87.8% |
| 2010 | Reading | 5th Grade | % met std | 72.8% | 84.1% | 90% |
| 2011 | Reading | 5th Grade | % met std | 78.7% | 84.6% | 90.5% |
| 2012 | Reading | 5th Grade | % met std | 76.9% | 84.5% | 91% |
| 2013 | Reading | 5th Grade | % met std | 78.4% | 86.5% | 92.9% |
| 2006 | Science | 5th Grade | % met std | 79.3% | 82.2% | 89% |
| 2007 | Science | 5th Grade | % met std | 30% | 53.8% | 66.8% |
| 2008 | Science | 5th Grade | % met std | 33.3% | 59.5% | 71.3% |
| 2009 | Science | 5th Grade | % met std | 41.1% | 62.3% | 76% |
| 2010 | Science | 5th Grade | % met std | 37.1% | 64.5% | 77% |
| 2011 | Science | 5th Grade | % met std | 38.3% | 64.9% | 76.6% |
| 2012 | Science | 5th Grade | % met std | 53.9% | 62.6% | 78% |
| 2013 | Science | 5th Grade | % met std | 37.6% | 63.2% | 79.6% |
| 2006 | Social Studies | 5th Grade | % met std | 87.3% | 86.8% | 91% |
| 2007 | Social Studies | 5th Grade | % met std | 69.3% | 83% | 88.4% |
| 2008 | Social Studies | 5th Grade | % met std | 66.9% | 83.5% | 89% |
| 2009 | Social Studies | 5th Grade | % met std | 31.5% | 60.9% | 71.2% |
| 2010 | Social Studies | 5th Grade | % met std | 18.9% | 56.2% | 72% |
| 2011 | Social Studies | 5th Grade | % met std | 25.7% | 55.8% | 71.3% |
| 2012 | Social Studies | 5th Grade | % met std | 47.4% | 62.4% | 77% |
| 2013 | Social Studies | 5th Grade | % met std | 32.5% | 66.2% | 80.5% |
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* Panola Way Elementary School was rated 1 out of 5 by USA.com. The ranking was calculated based on publically available historical Math and English performance data.