Avondale Estates, Georgia facts for kids

Quick facts for kids Avondale Estates, Georgia
City
Tudor Revival architecture strip mall 120 Avondale Road, Avondale Estates
Seal
Location in DeKalb County and the state of Georgia
Avondale Estates, Georgia Location in Metro Atlanta
Country	United States
State	Georgia
County	DeKalb
Area
• Total	1.23 sq mi (3.20 km2)
• Land	1.22 sq mi (3.17 km2)
• Water	0.01 sq mi (0.03 km2)
Elevation	1,027 ft (313 m)
Population  (2020)
• Total	3,567
• Density	2,916.60/sq mi (1,126.11/km2)
Time zone	UTC-5 (Eastern (EST))
• Summer (DST)	UTC-4 (EDT)
ZIP code	30002
Area code(s)	404
FIPS code	13-04644
GNIS feature ID	0331075

Avondale Estates is a city in DeKalb County, Georgia, United States. The population was 2,960 at the 2010 census. It is part of the Atlanta metropolitan area and is near Decatur.

History

1892 advertorial promoting lot sales in Ingleside

In the 1890s, lots were sold in the area which was known as Ingleside.

Avondale Estates was founded in 1924 by George Francis Willis, a patent medicine magnate, who purchased the entire village of Ingleside to create a planned community. The city was named after Stratford-upon-Avon, England, birthplace of Shakespeare. Downtown buildings were designed in a Tudor style to reinforce this image, as were many of the houses in the city. Community amenities such as a lake, tennis courts, a clubhouse, parks, and a swimming pool were built for residents.

Geography

Avondale Estates is located at 33°46′15″N 84°15′54″W / 33.77083°N 84.26500°W / 33.77083; -84.26500 (33.770905, -84.264894). The city is entirely underlain by granite, and clay-rich soil developed on it. Some of this granite can be seen outcropped along the shore of Lake Avondale.

According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 1.1 square miles (2.8 km²), of which 0.88% is water.

Demographics

2020 census

As of the 2020 United States census, there were 3,567 people, 1,422 households, and 865 families residing in the city.

2010 census

As of the 2010 census, Avondale Estates had a population of 2,960. The racial and ethnic composition of the population was 80.9% white, 14.5% black or African American, 0.1% Native American, 1.9% Asian, 0.1% Pacific Islander, 0.5% reporting some other race and 2.0% reporting two or more races. 2.2% of the population was Hispanic or Latino of any race.

Education

Avondale Estates is served by the DeKalb County School System.

Avondale Elementary School is in the city limits. Druid Hills Middle School, and Druid Hills High School serve the community.

Avondale Middle School and Avondale High School, formerly adjacent to the city limits and serving the city, closed at the end of May 2011, and the students were distributed to neighboring schools. The campus is now used exclusively by the magnet school DeKalb School of the Arts.

In 2008, local parents began organizing formal efforts through the Avondale Education Association, a local grass-roots non-profit organization that was founded in October 2003, to create a charter school that would achieve the standards required by law, while establishing an elementary school that reflected the values of the community. Their proposal was initially rejected by the Dekalb County School Board, but it was subsequently selected by the Georgia Charter Schools Commission as one of a small number of schools to be chartered directly by the State of Georgia. The school, Museum School of Avondale Estates, opened in 2010, and Avondale Estates therefore lies within its attendance zone. The Museum School admissions are accepted through a lottery.

See also

In Spanish: Avondale Estates para niños