325 white students enrolled at Peachtree Middle for 2024-25

Peachtree Middle School has 325 white students enrolled for the 2024-25 term, a decrease of 6.3% compared with the prior year, according to the Georgia Department of Education.

During 2024-25, Peachtree Middle School’s total enrollment reached 1,207 students, with white students comprising 27% of the population and representing the school’s second-largest ethnic group.

The school operates under the DeKalb County School District, which is headquartered in Decatur.

Out of 129 schools in the DeKalb County School District, Dunwoody High School had the largest enrollment of white students for 2024-25, with 728 students reported.

According to the Georgia Department of Education’s Fiscal Year 2026-1 report, the state’s public schools served more than 1.7 million students. The most students were enrolled in elementary grades at 787,206 (45.9%), followed by 388,733 in middle schools (22.7%), and 539,092 in high schools (31.4%).

Chronic absenteeism continues to pose challenges for Georgia schools since the pandemic, with 20.7% of students missing 10% or more school days in 2024, according to the Georgia Department of Education. In response, GaDOE introduced a statewide strategy featuring a real-time attendance dashboard, public awareness efforts, and specialized support in high-need districts to raise attendance rates.

In 2025, Georgia enacted legislation to revise its school attendance policies, prohibiting expulsions based solely on absenteeism. The updated law also includes new reporting obligations and coordinates with pathways that let students earn diplomas through alternate means.

For 2026, Georgia’s average student-teacher ratio stood at about 14:1, an improvement over the national average of 15:1.