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DeKalb County

NCES agency ID 1301740 · Regular public school district that is not a component of a supervisory union

At a glance

Reported students

91,752

NCES CCD 2024–25

Open schools

129

NCES preliminary directory 2025–26

Student–teacher ratio

13.6:1

Calculated from NCES 2024–25 enrollment and teacher FTE

Spending per pupil

$15,368

Current expenditure · FY 2023 F-33

Instruction per pupil

$8,727

Calculated from FY 2023 F-33

Grades served

PK–12

NCES preliminary directory 2025–26

Historical enrollment and staffing · CRDC 2021–22

These older figures are kept separate from 2024–25 statistics and benchmarks. Agency figures aggregate matched current school records; they may not cover the complete historical district.

Students
87,612
Teachers (FTE)
5,848.45
Student–teacher ratio
15:1

What current records say about DeKalb County

DeKalb County operates 129 current public-school records serving grades PK–12 in Stone Mountain, Georgia. NCES reports 91,752 students and 6,745.9 classroom teacher FTE for 2024–25.

Within Georgia agencies of the same NCES type, it ranks 3 of 180 with reported enrollment. That position describes scale only—it does not say whether individual schools are a good fit for a particular student.

FY 2023 finance records show $15,368 in current expenditure per pupil and $8,727 per pupil assigned to instruction. Within the same NCES agency type, this places reported current spending 50 of 180 in Georgia. Local wages, transportation, special education, facilities, and agency responsibilities all affect this comparison.

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Reported needs and resources

English learners
17.3%
Students with disabilities (IDEA)
11.1%
Classroom teachers (FTE)
6,745.9
Current expenditure (FY 2023)
$1,419,502,000

Context measures describe who a district serves and its resources. They are not negative rating inputs.

DeKalb County

Stone Mountain, Georgia

NCES EDGE 2024–25 · 33.8327, -84.1945

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Student demographics

Race and ethnicity share of reported enrollment

  • White11.5%
  • Hispanic23.3%
  • Black54.7%
  • Asian6.7%
  • American Indian / Alaska Native0.5%
  • Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander0.1%
  • Multiracial3.2%

Race/ethnicity: NCES CCD 2024–25. English learner and disability context: CRDC 2021–22 matched schools. Totals can differ due to rounding or source privacy rules.

Explore schools in DeKalb County

129 current directory entries

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Showing 1–24 of 129 schools · enrollment and ratios: NCES 2024–25. Scroll the table to see all columns.

Schools, grade spans, enrollment, and student–teacher ratios
SchoolLevel / gradesStudentsRatioCompare
Allgood Elementary SchoolElementaryPK–0561411.8:1
Arabia Mountain High School - Academy of Engineering- MedicHigh09–121,22416.8:1
Ashford Park Elementary SchoolElementaryPK–0575714.8:1
Austin Elementary SchoolElementaryPK–0580315.7:1
Avondale Elementary SchoolElementaryPK–0552112.4:1
Barack H. Obama Elementary Magnet School of TechnologyElementaryPK–0584416.2:1
Bob Mathis Elementary SchoolElementaryPK–0536812.3:1
Briar Vista Elementary SchoolElementaryPK–0548212.7:1
Briarlake Elementary SchoolElementaryPK–0536010:1
Brockett Elementary SchoolElementaryPK–0539410.4:1
Browns Mill Elementary SchoolElementaryPK–0541113.3:1
Canby Lane Elementary SchoolElementaryPK–0544614.9:1
Cary Reynolds Elementary SchoolElementaryPK–052679.9:1
Cedar Grove Elementary SchoolElementaryPK–0553114:1
Cedar Grove High SchoolHigh09–121,12114.4:1
Cedar Grove Middle SchoolMiddle06–0868513.7:1
Chamblee High SchoolHigh09–121,86716.5:1
Chamblee Middle SchoolMiddle06–081,01817.2:1
Chapel Hill Elementary SchoolElementaryPK–0549513:1
Chapel Hill Middle SchoolMiddle06–0861413.6:1
Chesnut Elementary SchoolElementaryPK–0555112.8:1
Clarkston High SchoolHigh09–121,44113.5:1
Columbia Elementary SchoolElementaryPK–0536410.4:1
Columbia High SchoolHigh09–1287713.9:1