Clarkston High School (Georgia)

Clarkston High School
Clarkston High School
Address
Map
618 North Indian Creek Drive

Clarkston
,
Georgia
30021

United States
Information
TypePublic school
EstablishedSeptember 1958 (66 years ago) (1958-09)
School districtDeKalb County Schools
Teaching staff91.90 (on an FTE basis)[1]
Grades9–12[1]
Enrollment1,413 (2022–2023)[1]
Student to teacher ratio15.38[1]
Color(s)Green and gold
  
Team nameAngora
Websitewww.clarkstonhs.dekalb.k12.ga.us

Clarkston High School is a public high school located at 618 North Indian Creek Drive in unincorporated DeKalb County, Georgia, United States,[2] with a Clarkston postal address[3] in the central part of the county. As part of the DeKalb County School District, it is accredited by the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools.

Clarkston High School has the most diverse student body of all DeKalb County public schools, with 1,421 high schoolers representing 54 different countries in 2021-22.[1][4] Students were reported to speak 47 languages there in 2014.[4] CHS has DeKalb School System's only program for hearing impaired high school students.[4] Another school for deaf and hard-of-hearing students, Atlanta Area School for the Deaf, is also located in the city of Clarkston, about half a mile from CHS.[5]

The freshman class of 2021-22 had 538 students, many more than in the later grades, which had 298, 271, and 314 students in 10th through 12th grades, respectively.[1] Girls were outnumbered by boys, 46 to 54 percent. The majority ethnic or racial group was Black/African American students (59 percent), followed by Asian students (31 percent), with Hispanic, white, multiracial and American Indian/Alaska Native students making up the other 10 percent.[1]

The school mascot is the Angora and the school colors are green and gold.[4]

  1. ^ a b c d e f g Cite error: The named reference NCES was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  2. ^ "General Highway Map Dekalb County Georgia" (PDF). Georgia Department of Transportation. 2022. Retrieved September 24, 2024.
  3. ^ Cite error: The named reference homepage was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  4. ^ a b c d Cite error: The named reference about-us was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  5. ^ Cite error: The named reference NCES-AASD was invoked but never defined (see the help page).