The top reported proficiency rate is 35% in Social studies. The lowest is 14% in Science.
Original Research by School Decision on State Specialty Schools I- Dubois Integrity Academy
State Specialty Schools I- DuBois Integrity Academy is a charter district serving kindergarten through eighth grade in Clayton County, with its school located in Riverdale. The district operates a single school, DuBois Integrity Academy, and enrolls a student population that is predominantly Black, with smaller representation from Hispanic, multiracial, Asian, and white students.
The district has undergone substantial growth and physical expansion. Originally a kindergarten-through-fifth-grade charter, it added a middle school program, allowing families to keep their children at the same school through eighth grade rather than transferring after elementary. The middle school offers STEM, Spanish, music, physical education, and art, along with extracurriculars including a robotics team. The school is simultaneously executing a multi-year facilities plan: it has purchased and improved a permanent building, acquired a second site, and is constructing a third building with a gymnasium, auditorium, and classrooms for eighth grade. A fourth building for a future high school is publicly reported as part of the long-term plan, signaling that the charter intends to become a K-12 pathway.
Enrollment stands at a moderate size for its grade band, distributed fairly evenly across kindergarten through grade five, with declining numbers in grades six through eight. Free-or-reduced-price lunch rates were not available; English learner and special education enrollment counts were also not reported.
On state assessments, proficiency rates across tested subjects and grade levels are low. In mathematics, proficiency ranges from low teens in grades three through six to the low thirties in eighth grade. In English language arts, proficiency begins in the low-to-mid teens in third grade and rises to the mid-forties by eighth grade, representing the strongest subject area and grade trajectory in the data. Science proficiency in the two tested grades sits in the low-to-mid teens. Eighth-grade social studies proficiency is in the mid-thirties. Across all tested subjects and grades, the overall proficiency index places the district in the top quartile among Clayton County's districts, though this reflects the comparative peer group rather than indicating strong absolute performance; readers may want to examine whether this positioning meets their expectations for the school their child would attend.
Chronic absenteeism stands above the midpoint for Clayton County districts, a signal worth discussing directly with the school. Per-pupil spending is in the middle range among county peers. No state graduation rate is reported because the district serves only through eighth grade and does not have high school completers.
The publicly reported expansion to a potential K-12 charter pathway represents a material change for families considering long-term enrollment. Parents evaluating this school should confirm current progress on the middle and high school buildout, understand the enrollment process and any admissions criteria, and discuss the school's plans for sustaining academics while managing physical growth.
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