DeKalb County
DeKalb County is a public school district in Georgia serving 92,368 students across 131 schools. It includes 82 elementary, 22 middle, 24 high schools, among them 8 charter schools. Its graduation rate of 76.3% is below the national average of 86.5%. Per-pupil spending of $16,212 is above average for a US public school district. 78% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, reflecting significant economic need in the community. Opportunity scores across its schools are limited, with a district median of 37/100.
| School | Grades | Students |
|---|---|---|
| Cedar Grove Middle School | 06–08 | 777 |
| Chamblee Middle School | 06–08 | 975 |
| Chapel Hill Middle School | 06–08 | 692 |
| Columbia Middle School | 06–08 | 604 |
| DeKalb PATH Academy Charter SchoolCharter | 05–08 | 368 |
| Druid Hills Middle School | 06–08 | 956 |
| Freedom Middle School | 06–08 | 1,131 |
| Henderson Middle School | 06–08 | 1,411 |
| Kittredge Magnet School | 04–06 | 502 |
| Lithonia Middle School | 06–08 | 1,214 |
| Mary McLeod Bethune Middle School | 06–08 | 718 |
| McNair Middle School | 06–08 | 857 |
| Miller Grove Middle School | 06–08 | 722 |
| Peachtree Middle School | 06–08 | 1,288 |
| Redan Middle School | 06–08 | 668 |
| Salem Middle School | 06–08 | 988 |
| Sequoyah Middle School | 06–08 | 1,763 |
| Stephenson Middle School | 06–08 | 812 |
| Stone Mountain Middle School | 06–08 | 1,072 |
| The Champion Middle Theme School | 06–08 | 751 |
| Tucker Middle School | 06–08 | 1,197 |
| Wadsworth Magnet School for High Achievers | 04–07 | 196 |
| School | Grades | Students |
|---|---|---|
| Arabia Mountain High School - Academy of Engineering- Medic | 09–12 | 1,184 |
| Cedar Grove High School | 09–12 | 1,123 |
| Chamblee High School | 09–12 | 1,776 |
| Clarkston High School | 09–12 | 1,413 |
| Columbia High School | 09–12 | 898 |
| Cross Keys High School | 09–12 | 1,714 |
| DeKalb Alternative School | 06–12 | 149 |
| Dekalb Early College Academy | 09–12 | 295 |
| DeKalb School of the Arts | 09–12 | 302 |
| Druid Hills High School | 09–12 | 1,358 |
| Dunwoody High School | 09–12 | 2,040 |
| Elizabeth Andrews High School | 10–12 | 267 |
| Lakeside High School | 09–12 | 2,141 |
| Lithonia High School | 09–12 | 1,483 |
| Martin Luther King- Jr. High School | 09–12 | 1,440 |
| McNair High School | 09–12 | 768 |
| Miller Grove High School | 09–12 | 1,188 |
| Redan High School | 09–12 | 951 |
| Southwest DeKalb High School | 09–12 | 1,307 |
| Stephenson High School | 09–12 | 1,354 |
| Stone Mountain High School | 09–12 | 1,202 |
| Tapestry Public Charter SchoolCharter | 06–12 | 299 |
| Towers High School | 09–12 | 764 |
| Tucker High School | 09–12 | 1,579 |
| School | Grades | Students |
|---|---|---|
| East DeKalb Special Education Center | 02–12 | 110 |
| Margaret Harris Comprehensive School | KG–12 | 70 |
| UHS of Laurel Heights | 02–11 | 51 |
Funding is shared between state (33%) and local sources (52%), with notable federal support (16%).
All figures on this page come directly from US federal open datasets — NCES Common Core of Data, EDFacts, and the Opportunity Atlas — and we work hard to keep them accurate and up to date. That said, federal data is published on an annual cycle, so some figures may not yet reflect the very latest school-year changes or local updates. We recommend using this page as a helpful starting point and cross-checking with the school or district directly, or visiting the NCES Common Core of Data and ed.gov for the most authoritative figures before making any important decisions.