Martin Luther King Jr. High reports 27 multiracial students enrolled for 2024-25

During the 2024-25 school year, Martin Luther King Jr. High School enrolled 27 multiracial students, matching the figure from the prior year, reports the Georgia Department of Education.

The school’s total enrollment reached 1,375 for 2024-25. Multiracial students accounted for 2% of the overall student population, making them the second-smallest demographic in the school.

Martin Luther King Jr. High is part of the DeKalb County School District, with its main office located in Decatur.

Within DeKalb County School District’s 129 schools, GLOBE Academy Charter School I reported the largest multiracial student enrollment for 2024-25 at 97 students.

Georgia public schools saw enrollment exceed 1.7 million students, according to the Georgia Department of Education’s Fiscal Year 2026-1 findings. The largest share was at the elementary level, totaling 787,206 (45.9%), followed by 388,733 (22.7%) in middle school, and 539,092 (31.4%) in high school.

Chronic absenteeism continues to affect Georgia schools after the pandemic. In 2024, 20.7% of students missed at least 10% of school days, according to the Georgia Department of Education. As a response, state leaders introduced new measures such as a real-time attendance dashboard, a statewide awareness initiative, and support for areas with the highest need to increase daily attendance.

In 2025, state legislators enacted updates to school attendance laws restricting expulsions based solely on absenteeism. The new statute also expands data reporting and integrates approaches to help more students fulfill graduation requirements through alternate routes.

Data indicates that as of 2026, Georgia’s student-to-teacher ratio averaged roughly 14:1, better than the national figure of 15:1.