Regular local school district · DeKalb County
DeKalb County Public Schools, GA: schools, enrollment and spending
DeKalb County Public Schools runs 129 public schools with 91,752 students in grades PK to 12. Its ratio of 13.6 students per teacher is 0.8 lower than the Georgia figure of 14.4.Listed in NCES data as "DeKalb County".
At a glance
- Schools
- 129
- Students
- 91,752
- Teachers (FTE)
- 6,745
- Students per teacher
- 13.6
- GA: 14.4 · US: 15.3
- Address
- 1701 Mountain Industrial Blvd, Stone Mountain, GA 30083
- Phone
- (678)676-1200
- County
- DeKalb County
- Locale
- Suburb: Large
- Grades offered
- PK to 12
- Agency type
- Regular local school district
- NCES district ID
- 1301740
- State district ID
- GA-644
- Total staff (FTE)
- 14,753
- School counselors (FTE)
- 299.0About 307 students per counselor.
- School administrators (FTE)
- 394.0
- Charter schools
- 8
Students per teacher compared
This district13.6
Georgia14.4
United States15.3
2020 finance data
From the F-33 School District Finance Survey for fiscal year 2020, in nominal dollars. Enrollment used for per-pupil figures is the finance survey count (93,470), which can differ from 2024-25 enrollment.
- Total revenue
- $1.54 billion
- Federal revenue
- $156.7 million
- State revenue
- $573.7 million
- Local revenue
- $812.2 million
- Total spending
- $1.36 billion
- Spending per pupil
- $14,583
- Salaries
- $797.7 million58.5% of total spending.
- Long-term debt (end of year)
- $70.6 million
Where revenue came from
- Federal: 10.2%
- State: 37.2%
- Local: 52.7%
Georgia overall
- Federal: 12.0%
- State: 42.8%
- Local: 45.2%
Spending per pupil compared
This district$14,583
Georgia$13,517
United States$16,826
Schools in DeKalb County Public Schools
By level: 23 high, 22 middle, 82 elementary, 2 other. A CEP school serves free meals to all students.
| Allgood Elementary SchoolCEP school | Elementary | PK to 5 | 614 | 11.8 |
| Arabia Mountain High School - Academy of Engineering- MedicCEP school | High | 9 to 12 | 1,224 | 16.8 |
| Ashford Park Elementary School | Elementary | PK to 5 | 757 | 14.8 |
| Austin Elementary School | Elementary | PK to 5 | 803 | 15.7 |
| Avondale Elementary SchoolCEP school | Elementary | PK to 5 | 521 | 12.4 |
| Barack H. Obama Elementary Magnet School of TechnologyCEP school | Elementary | PK to 5 | 844 | 16.2 |
| Bob Mathis Elementary SchoolCEP school | Elementary | PK to 5 | 368 | 12.3 |
| Briar Vista Elementary SchoolCEP school | Elementary | PK to 5 | 482 | 12.7 |
| Briarlake Elementary School | Elementary | PK to 5 | 360 | 10.0 |
| Brockett Elementary SchoolCEP school | Elementary | PK to 5 | 394 | 10.4 |
| Browns Mill Elementary SchoolCEP school | Elementary | PK to 5 | 411 | 13.3 |
| Canby Lane Elementary SchoolCEP school | Elementary | PK to 5 | 446 | 14.9 |
| Cary Reynolds Elementary SchoolCEP school | Elementary | PK to 5 | 267 | 9.9 |
| Cedar Grove Elementary SchoolCEP school | Elementary | PK to 5 | 531 | 14.0 |
| Cedar Grove High SchoolCEP school | High | 9 to 12 | 1,121 | 14.4 |
| Cedar Grove Middle SchoolCEP school | Middle | 6 to 8 | 685 | 13.7 |
| Chamblee High School | High | 9 to 12 | 1,867 | 16.5 |
| Chamblee Middle School | Middle | 6 to 8 | 1,018 | 17.3 |
| Chapel Hill Elementary SchoolCEP school | Elementary | PK to 5 | 495 | 13.0 |
| Chapel Hill Middle SchoolCEP school | Middle | 6 to 8 | 614 | 13.6 |
| Chesnut Elementary School | Elementary | PK to 5 | 551 | 12.8 |
| Clarkston High SchoolCEP school | High | 9 to 12 | 1,441 | 13.5 |
| Columbia Elementary SchoolCEP school | Elementary | PK to 5 | 364 | 10.4 |
| Columbia High SchoolCEP school | High | 9 to 12 | 877 | 13.9 |
| Columbia Middle SchoolCEP school | Middle | 6 to 8 | 571 | 11.9 |
| Coralwood Education CenterCEP school | Elementary | PK to K | 218 | 8.4 |
| Cross Keys High SchoolCEP school | High | 9 to 12 | 1,748 | 14.0 |
| DeKalb Agriculture Technology and Environment SchoolCEP schoolCharter | Elementary | K to 8 | 760 | 15.2 |
| DeKalb Arts AcademyCEP school | Elementary | K to 8 | 768 | 14.8 |
| Dekalb Early College Academy | High | 9 to 12 | 314 | 17.4 |
| DeKalb PATH Academy Charter SchoolCEP schoolCharter | Middle | 5 to 8 | 369 | 14.8 |
| DeKalb Preparatory Academy CharterCEP schoolCharter | Elementary | K to 8 | 537 | 14.5 |
| DeKalb School of the Arts | High | 8 to 12 | 298 | 13.5 |
| Doraville United Elementary SchoolCEP school | Elementary | PK to 5 | 1,003 | 14.5 |
| Dresden Elementary SchoolCEP school | Elementary | PK to 5 | 606 | 11.9 |
| Druid Hills High School | High | 9 to 12 | 1,468 | 15.8 |
| Druid Hills Middle SchoolCEP school | Middle | 6 to 8 | 985 | 13.7 |
| Dunaire Elementary SchoolCEP school | Elementary | PK to 5 | 432 | 13.5 |
| Dunwoody Elementary School | Elementary | PK to 5 | 790 | 14.1 |
| Dunwoody High School | High | 9 to 12 | 2,012 | 16.5 |
| Edward L. Bouie- Sr. Elementary SchoolCEP school | Elementary | PK to 5 | 599 | 16.2 |
| Eldridge L. Miller Elementary SchoolCEP school | Elementary | PK to 5 | 450 | 13.6 |
| Elizabeth Andrews High SchoolCEP school | High | 10 to 12 | 167 | 5.2 |
| Evansdale Elementary SchoolCEP school | Elementary | PK to 5 | 504 | 12.9 |
| Fairington Elementary SchoolCEP school | Elementary | PK to 5 | 461 | 12.5 |
| Fernbank Elementary School | Elementary | PK to 5 | 895 | 16.0 |
| Flat Rock Elementary SchoolCEP school | Elementary | PK to 5 | 977 | 15.5 |
| Flat Shoals Elementary SchoolCEP school | Elementary | PK to 5 | 373 | 12.0 |
| Freedom Middle SchoolCEP school | Middle | 6 to 8 | 1,272 | 16.3 |
| GLOBE Academy Charter School ICharter | Elementary | K to 8 | 1,093 | 12.9 |
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Nearby and related
Other districts in DeKalb County
- City Schools of Decatur 5,367 students
- State Specialty Schools I- Ivy Preparatory Academy- Inc 436 students
- Department of Juvenile Justice 410 students
- State Specialty Schools II- DeKalb Brilliance Academy 357 students
- State Specialty Schools II- PEACE Academy Charter School 241 students
- State Specialty Schools II- The Anchor School 208 students
- State Specialty Schools II- Georgia Fugees Academy Charter 165 students
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Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 and F-33 finance 2020, via the Urban Institute Education Data Portal. Last reviewed October 2026. Finance figures are 2020 finance data in nominal dollars, not adjusted for inflation. Blank values are not available, not applicable or suppressed in the source. See the methodology.