Cary Reynolds Elementary, 1663 East Nancy Creek Drive: pre-K to grade 5, 312 students in 2025, CCRPI 64.2. Its zone lies east of Brookhaven.
Last checked Oct. 6, 2026. Sources: the Cary Reynolds Elementary website, the DeKalb County School District’s school locator, planning data, cluster feeder patterns and 2026-27 calendar, the Governor’s Office of Student Achievement’s 2025 School Grades data and the federal NCES school directory.
Cary Reynolds Elementary School is a DeKalb County School District elementary school serving pre-K through fifth grade. Its website gives its address as East Nancy Creek Drive in Brookhaven, but its attendance zone lies several miles east and takes in no Brookhaven homes. State records list the school at 3498 Pine St. in Doraville through 2023 and at the East Nancy Creek Drive building from 2024.
- Address: 1663 East Nancy Creek Drive, Brookhaven, GA 30319
- Phone: 678-676-6802
- Grades: pre-K to 5
- Website: caryreynoldses.dekalb.k12.ga.us
Who to call
- Cary Reynolds Elementary front office: 678-676-6802
- Register a new student: the district’s online registration, then your zoned school
- Buses: district Student Transportation, 678-676-1333
- DeKalb County School District main line: 678-676-1200
- Is this your school? Check an address with the school locator
Principal
Principal Jennifer Leupold, according to the school’s website.
Enrollment and teachers
The state counted 312 students at Cary Reynolds Elementary in its 2025 School Grades data. The most recent federal figure, from the NCES directory for the 2023-24 school year, is 256 students and 26 full-time-equivalent teachers, about 9.8 students per teacher.
The district’s enrollment and capacity table, on its planning page and updated Oct. 1, 2026, lists Cary Reynolds Elementary at 289 students in a building with a capacity of 624.
State report card
Cary Reynolds Elementary’s 2025 CCRPI single score was 64.2, 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 scored 67.5 in 2023 and 78.8 in 2024; a single school’s score can move several points from one year to the next. The full report card is on the state’s Cary Reynolds 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 | 18.6% | 5.9% |
| Math | 21.6% | 4.9% |
| Science | 15.2% | 12.1% |
The same data put 17.5% of third graders and 24.5% 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 the district’s 2026-27 zone map, Cary Reynolds’ attendance zone lies about 2 to 5 miles east of the East Nancy Creek Drive building and does not include any Brookhaven address.
Under the district’s cluster feeder patterns, Cary Reynolds feeds Sequoyah Middle School, 3456 Aztec Road, and then Cross Keys High. Cross Keys’ own feeder schools page also lists Cary Reynolds.
Rezoning under study: the Cross Keys cluster is one of six in the district’s Fall 2026 Student Assignment Project, which is redrawing zones for overcrowded schools before new and expanded buildings open from 2027 to 2029. The district has published three elementary zone options and an options locator that shows which school an address would get under each one. It says no recommendations have been made, and the Board of Education will consider them in December 2026. No rezoning affecting Cary Reynolds Elementary has been approved.
About the school
The school’s About Us page says it was built in 1961 as Sequoyah Elementary and renamed for its first principal, Cary Reynolds, and that more than 30 countries and 40 languages are represented among its students. It publishes Title I documents for 2026-27.
Calendar
From the district’s 2026-27 calendar (PDF):
- Through Friday, Oct. 9: fall break; classes resume Monday, Oct. 12
- Tuesday, Nov. 3: independent learner and professional development day
- Nov. 23-27: Thanksgiving break
- Dec. 21-31: winter break; the second semester begins Tuesday, Jan. 5, 2027
- Feb. 16-19, 2027: February break, after Presidents Day on Feb. 15
- April 5-9, 2027: spring break
- Thursday, May 27, 2027: last day of school
We found no bell times on the school’s website. Call the front office for start and dismissal times.
More
- The school’s website and its administration page
- The state’s report card for Cary Reynolds Elementary
- Every public school in Brookhaven, with zones and scores: our Brookhaven public schools guide
Frequently asked questions
Is Cary Reynolds Elementary in Brookhaven?
Yes. The school’s website gives its address as 1663 East Nancy Creek Drive, Brookhaven. Its attendance zone, in the district’s 2026-27 locator, lies east of Brookhaven and includes no Brookhaven address.
What is Cary Reynolds Elementary’s CCRPI score?
64.2 in 2025, according to the state’s School Grades data, against a Georgia elementary average of 78.6. It was 78.8 in 2024.
Which middle and high school does Cary Reynolds Elementary feed into?
Sequoyah Middle School and then Cross Keys High School, according to the district’s cluster feeder patterns and the Cross Keys feeder page.
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