DeKalb County Education: 98,287 students were enrolled in 2022-23 school year

GA Superintendent of Education Richard Woods 2023 | Georgia Department of Education

By DeKalb GA News

Apr 5, 2024

There were 98,287 students enrolled in DeKalb County schools in the 2022-23 school year, 2.2% less than the previous year, according to reports from the Georgia Department of Education.

Boys made up 50.9% of the county's student body, while the other 49.1% were girls.

Data also showed that African American students made up 55.5% of the student body, the largest percentage in DeKalb County schools, followed by Hispanic students with 19.8%, 14.8% white students, 5.9% Asian students, 3.3% multiracial students and 0.3% American Indian or Alaska Native students.

Lakeside High School stood out with the highest enrollment among DeKalb County's 149 schools in the 2022-23 cycle, welcoming 2,101 students.

According to the Georgia Department of Education, over 1.6 million students were enrolled in Georgia's public schools during the 2021-22 school year. The state boasted a diverse and closely distributed student body across grade levels, with roughly 44% of the students in elementary, 24.5% in middle school, and 31.5% in high schools.

The state also registered an ethnically diverse student body, with 34.4% of the students identified as white, 36.5% as Black, 17.1% as Hispanic, and 4.5% as Asian.

Enrollment in DeKalb County Schools Over 13 Years

Breakdown of Student Enrollment in DeKalb County Schools

School name	Total enrollment in 2021-22	Total enrollment in 2022-23	% change
Lakeside High School	2,126	2,101	-1.2%
Dunwoody High School	2,109	2,014	-4.5%
Decatur High School	1,722	1,837	6.7%
Sequoyah Middle School	1,852	1,766	-4.6%
Chamblee Charter High School	1,757	1,748	-0.5%
Cross Keys High School	1,601	1,691	5.6%
Tucker High School	1,552	1,509	-2.8%
Martin Luther King Jr. High School	1,483	1,432	-3.4%
Lithonia High School	1,495	1,427	-4.5%
Henderson Middle School	1,471	1,413	-3.9%
Clarkston High School	1,381	1,374	-0.5%
Druid Hills High School	1,322	1,350	2.1%
Renfroe Middle School	1,349	1,332	-1.3%
Stephenson High School	1,317	1,327	0.8%
Peachtree Middle School	1,356	1,283	-5.4%
Southwest DeKalb High School	1,245	1,269	1.9%
Lithonia Middle School	1,227	1,206	-1.7%
Tucker Middle School	1,222	1,188	-2.8%
Freedom Middle School	1,105	1,159	4.9%
Arabia Mountain High School - Academy of Engineering- Medic	1,099	1,148	4.5%
Stone Mountain High School	1,139	1,143	0.4%
Miller Grove High School	1,154	1,108	-4%
Cedar Grove High School	1,123	1,085	-3.4%
Stone Mountain Middle School	1,099	1,071	-2.5%
GLOBE Academy Charter School I	1,055	1,034	-2%
Salem Middle School	1,038	987	-4.9%
Chamblee Middle School	964	980	1.7%
Druid Hills Middle School	948	960	1.3%
Redan High School	877	945	7.8%
Charles Drew Charter JA/SR Academy	911	925	1.5%
Flat Rock Elementary School	999	924	-7.5%
Rockbridge Elementary School	918	902	-1.7%
Indian Creek Elementary School	841	887	5.5%
Charles R. Drew Charter School	903	881	-2.4%
Idlewood Elementary School	884	867	-1.9%
Barack H. Obama Elementary Magnet School of Technology	915	865	-5.5%
Doraville United Elementary School	676	843	24.7%
Columbia High School	889	830	-6.6%
McNair Middle School	893	826	-7.5%
John Robert Lewis Elementary School	806	825	2.4%
Stephenson Middle School	898	790	-12%
Stoneview Elementary School	761	785	3.2%
Cedar Grove Middle School	780	767	-1.7%
DeKalb Agriculture Technology and Environment School	755	764	1.2%
Springdale Park Elementary School	726	756	4.1%
Dunwoody Elementary School	762	741	-2.8%
Towers High School	777	737	-5.1%
The Champion Middle Theme School	750	732	-2.4%
Princeton Elementary School	719	731	1.7%
Miller Grove Middle School	810	717	-11.5%
Fernbank Elementary School	720	709	-1.5%
Mary McLeod Bethune Middle School	752	703	-6.5%
Chapel Hill Middle School	786	692	-12%
McNair High School	725	686	-5.4%
Jolly Elementary School	619	679	9.7%
Talley Street Upper Elementary School	690	676	-2%
Redan Middle School	754	671	-11%
Ashford Park Elementary School	682	669	-1.9%
Oakview Elementary School	684	660	-3.5%
Montgomery Elementary School	653	655	0.3%
Mary Lin Elementary School	641	630	-1.7%
Peachcrest Elementary School	606	629	3.8%
Panola Way Elementary School	718	624	-13.1%
Oakcliff Elementary School	579	600	3.6%
Hightower Elementary School	603	600	-0.5%
Fifth Avenue Upper Elementary School	600	596	-0.7%
Montclair Elementary School	654	596	-8.9%
Pleasantdale Elementary School	587	589	0.3%
Allgood Elementary School	557	587	5.4%
Museum School Avondale Estates	584	583	-0.2%
DeKalb Elementary School of the Arts	591	576	-2.5%
Columbia Middle School	742	572	-22.9%
Dresden Elementary School	555	560	0.9%
Wynbrooke Elementary School	648	559	-13.7%
Pine Ridge Elementary School	515	546	6%
Rock Chapel Elementary School	547	546	-0.2%
Stone Mill Elementary School	577	538	-6.8%
Chapel Hill Elementary School	526	538	2.3%
Edward L. Bouie- Sr. Elementary School	500	537	7.4%
Fairington Elementary School	558	536	-3.9%
DeKalb Preparatory Academy Charter	523	533	1.9%
Narvie Harris Elementary School	554	524	-5.4%
Woodward Elementary School	519	522	0.6%
Ronald E. McNair Discover Learning Academy Elementary School	545	515	-5.5%
Evansdale Elementary School	556	512	-7.9%
Redan Elementary School	502	502	0%
Cedar Grove Elementary School	514	502	-2.3%
Flat Shoals Elementary School	545	501	-8.1%
Kittredge Magnet School	472	496	5.1%
Henderson Mill Elementary School	512	491	-4.1%
Shadow Rock Elementary School	482	489	1.5%
Burgess-Peterson Elementary School	470	487	3.6%
Smoke Rise Elementary School	449	485	8%
Murphey Candler Elementary School	554	472	-14.8%
Hambrick Elementary School	459	462	0.7%
Austin Elementary School	563	457	-18.8%
Woodridge Elementary School	469	455	-3%
Eldridge L. Miller Elementary School	464	451	-2.8%
International Community School	438	450	2.7%
Fred A. Toomer Elementary School	430	446	3.7%
Snapfinger Elementary School	491	428	-12.8%
Dunaire Elementary School	427	425	-0.5%
Canby Lane Elementary School	436	425	-2.5%
Midvale Elementary School	370	420	13.5%
Ivy Preparatory Academy, Inc.	414	418	1%
Huntley Hills Elementary School	415	414	-0.2%
Stone Mountain Elementary School	432	406	-6%
Sagamore Hills Elementary School	386	402	4.1%
Briar Vista Elementary School	356	396	11.2%
Rowland Elementary School	444	394	-11.3%
Brockett Elementary School	395	384	-2.8%
Marbut Elementary School	403	384	-4.7%
Laurel Ridge Elementary School	360	375	4.2%
Avondale Elementary School	349	369	5.7%
DeKalb PATH Academy Charter School	368	368	0%
Columbia Elementary School	406	364	-10.3%
Briarlake Elementary School	363	356	-1.9%
Browns Mill Elementary School	354	354	0%
Bob Mathis Elementary School	343	353	2.9%
Chesnut Elementary School	449	350	-22%
Hawthorne Elementary School	309	338	9.4%
Livsey Elementary School	333	332	-0.3%
Robert Shaw Theme School	331	315	-4.8%
Oak Grove Elementary School	328	315	-4%
Kingsley Elementary School	341	309	-9.4%
DeKalb School of the Arts	318	298	-6.3%
Vanderlyn Elementary School	455	296	-34.9%
Rainbow Elementary School	311	295	-5.1%
Tapestry Public Charter School	262	291	11.1%
McLendon Elementary School	293	287	-2%
Dekalb Early College Academy	301	280	-7%
Winnona Park Elementary School	302	278	-7.9%
Elizabeth Andrews High School	310	270	-12.9%
Leadership Preparatory Academy	273	258	-5.5%
Cary Reynolds Elementary School	476	251	-47.3%
Oakhurst Elementary School	277	249	-10.1%
Kelley Lake Elementary School	315	246	-21.9%
Toney Elementary School	250	241	-3.6%
Wadsworth Magnet School for High Achievers	128	193	50.8%
Glennwood Elementary School	170	185	8.8%
Clairemont Elementary School	185	185	0%
DeKalb Alternative School	207	177	-14.5%
Westchester Elementary School	182	167	-8.2%
Georgia Fugees Academy Charter School	158	155	-1.9%
Atlanta Area School for the Deaf	110	98	-10.9%
Coralwood Education Center	72	62	-13.9%
UHS of Laurel Heights	0	23	0%
Margaret Harris Comprehensive School	22	22	0%
East DeKalb Special Education Center	11	10	-9.1%