Peachtree Middle School had 72 Asian students enrolled for 2024-25

In the 2024-25 school year, Peachtree Middle School had 72 Asian students enrolled, which marked a 2.7% decrease from the prior year, reports from the Georgia Department of Education show.

The total enrollment at Peachtree Middle School was 1,207 students for 2024-25. Asian students represented 6% of the overall population, making them the second-smallest demographic group at the school.

Peachtree Middle is part of DeKalb County School District, headquartered in Decatur.

Out of 129 schools in DeKalb County School District, Indian Creek Elementary School had the largest Asian student enrollment in 2024-25 with 442 students.

Georgia’s public schools had more than 1.7 million enrolled students in the period covered by the Georgia Department of Education’s Fiscal Year 2026-1 report. Of this total, elementary schools accounted for 787,206 students (45.9%), middle schools for 388,733 students (22.7%), and high schools for 539,092 students (31.4%).

Chronic absentee rates remain a significant concern for Georgia schools after the pandemic, with 20.7% of students missing 10% or more school days during 2024, according to the Georgia Department of Education. The department has launched a state-level effort featuring an attendance dashboard, an awareness campaign, and targeted help for districts with the greatest need to improve daily attendance.

In 2025, state lawmakers revised school attendance laws to prohibit expulsion only for absenteeism. This legislation also instituted additional reporting requirements and supports alternative diploma pathways for students.

Georgia’s average student-to-teacher ratio was about 14:1 as of 2026, an improvement over the national average of 15:1, as reported by Public School Review.