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Elbert Shaw Regional Youth Detention Center, Dalton, GA

Elbert Shaw Regional Youth Detention Center is a public high school in Dalton, part of Department of Juvenile Justice. It enrolled 9 students in 2024-25, with 3.0 students per full-time teacher.

Enrollment and teachers

Students
9
Teachers (FTE)
3.0
Students per teacher
3.0
Grades
5 to 12

This school's ratio is 1.1 lower than the district figure of 4.1. The Georgia average across schools is 14.4. Ratios count all teachers, including specialists, so they are lower than typical class sizes.

This school3.0
District4.1
Georgia14.4
United States15.3

School details

Address
2735 Underwood Rd NE, Dalton, GA 30721
Phone
(706)272-2309
District
Department of Juvenile Justice
County
DeKalb County
Level
High
Type
Alternative
Status
Open
Charter
No
Virtual
No
Locale
City: Small
NCES school ID
130002603503
Location from NCES coordinates. Map data OpenStreetMap contributors. Open larger map

School meals

Counts of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, as reported to NCES.
Free lunch
3
Reduced-price lunch
0
Free or reduced-price lunch
333.3% of enrollment.
Direct certification
3Students certified through programs such as SNAP, without an application.
Community Eligibility Provision
No

Schools in the Community Eligibility Provision (CEP) serve free meals to all students, so their free lunch counts often reflect direct certification or total enrollment. Free and reduced lunch shares are not comparable between CEP and non-CEP schools.

Related schools

Other high schools in Department of Juvenile Justice

High schools elsewhere in Dalton

We publish official enrollment and staffing data, not ratings or test scores.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 and F-33 finance 2020, via the Urban Institute Education Data Portal. Last reviewed October 2026. Blank values are not available, not applicable or suppressed in the source. See the methodology.