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DeKalb County School District | |
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Address | |
1701 Mountain Industrial Boulevard
, Georgia, 30083United States | |
District information | |
Type | Suburban/urban public |
Grades | Pre-kindergarten – 12 |
Established | 1873 |
Superintendent | Devon Horton |
Accreditation | AdvancED[2] |
Schools | 131[1] |
Budget | $1.097 billion |
Students and staff | |
Students | 92,368 (2022–23)[1] |
Teachers | 6,250.30 (FTE)[1] |
Staff | 6,434.70 (FTE)[1] |
Student–teacher ratio | 14.78[1] |
Other information | |
Telephone | (678) 676-1200 |
Website | dekalbschoolsga.org |
The DeKalb County School District (DCSD) is a school district headquartered at 1701 Mountain Industrial Boulevard in unincorporated DeKalb County, Georgia, United States, near Stone Mountain and in the Atlanta metropolitan area.[2] DCSD operates public schools in areas of DeKalb County that are not within the city limits of Atlanta and Decatur. It served a portion of Atlanta annexed by that city in 2018 until 2024, when that portion was re-assigned to Atlanta Public Schools (APS).
The school district is overseen by the seven-member DeKalb County Board of Education.[3] The superintendent/CEO is, as of June 8, 2024, Dr. Devon Q. Horton.[4] The system educates more than 102,000 students at 138 schools with more than 14,000 full-time employees and 6,000 teachers. In 2018, the school system graduated over 5,800 students from high school.
The district includes three of the top-ranked schools in the nation in 2018 according to U.S. News & World Report.[5] The DeKalb School of the Arts earned a gold designation after being ranked No. 75 overall, and No. 2 in Georgia. Chamblee Charter High School also earned a gold designation, ranking No. 457 nationwide and No. 14 in Georgia. The Arabia Mountain High School Academy of Engineering-Medicine performed well enough to earn a silver designation, ranking No. 58 in Georgia. DeKalb Early College Academy earned a bronze designation, ranking No. 68 in Georgia.
DCSD is also home to Henderson Mill Elementary School, the first STEAM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts and Math) certified school in Georgia.[6]