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DeKalb County

A public school district in Stone Mountain, Georgia, with 129 operational schools in 2024–25.

The district in 2024–25

91,752
Students enrolled
6,745.9
Teachers, full-time equivalent
Derived by NCES from the state’s counts.
14,753.9
All staff, full-time equivalent
$15,368
Spending per pupil, fiscal year 2023
Current expenditure over fall membership, both as the district reported them.

How this compares

Students enrolled: 91,752 in 2024–25
Ranks 31st of 17,800 districts by enrollment, and 3rd of 234 in Georgia. Larger than 99% of the 17,800 districts in the fifty states and DC that report an enrollment. The ranking →
Current spending per pupil: $15,368 in fiscal year 2023
More than 48% of the 17,189 districts with a spending figure. Current spending leaves out buildings and debt, and a district of a few pupils can spend far more per pupil than any large one.

Spending and revenue

DeKalb County spent $15,368 per pupil in fiscal year 2023, against $8,426 in fiscal year 2005

Current spending per pupil, each fiscal year: current expenditure over fall membership, both as the district reported them to NCES. In the dollars of each year, not adjusted for inflation. A year with no column is a year the survey has no figure for.

U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics — School District Finance Survey (F-33), fiscal year 2005 onwards

The figures behind this chart
DeKalb County spent $15,368 per pupil in fiscal year 2023, against $8,426 in fiscal year 2005. Current spending per pupil, each fiscal year: current expenditure over fall membership, both as the district reported them to NCES. In the dollars of each year, not adjusted for inflation. A year with no column is a year the survey has no figure for.
Fiscal yearSpending per pupilCurrent expenditureMembership
FY2023$15,368$1.4 billion92,368
FY2022$15,594$1.5 billion93,473
FY2021$13,668$1.3 billion93,470
FY2020$13,088$1.3 billion98,800
FY2019$12,636$1.3 billion99,166
FY2018$11,802$1.2 billion100,144
FY2017$10,602$1.1 billion101,284
FY2016$9,795$993.1 million101,389
FY2015$9,175$927.7 million101,103
FY2014$8,847$879.3 million99,388
FY2013$8,736$864.1 million98,910
FY2012$10,094$990.1 million98,088
FY2011$10,029$984.0 million98,115
FY2010$10,013$995.3 million99,406
FY2009$10,281$1.0 billion99,775
FY2008$10,567$1.1 billion100,273
FY2007$10,073$1.0 billion101,396
FY2006$9,967$1.0 billion102,310
FY2005$8,426$842.5 million99,986

Revenue by source, fiscal year 2023

Revenue to DeKalb County by source, fiscal year 2023, as the district reported it to NCES
SourceRevenueShare of total
Federal$192.2 million10.7%
State$575.0 million32.1%
Local$1.0 billion57.1%
Total$1.8 billion

Federal, state and local revenue as the F-33 records them. Each share is of the survey’s total revenue, so a part withheld does not inflate the others.

The district’s schools

129 operational schools, A to Z, 100 to a page: page 1 of 2.

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Schools in DeKalb County, page 1 of 2
SchoolStudents
Allgood Elementary School614
Arabia Mountain High School - Academy of Engineering- Medic1,224
Ashford Park Elementary School757
Austin Elementary School803
Avondale Elementary School521
Barack H. Obama Elementary Magnet School of Technology844
Bob Mathis Elementary School368
Briar Vista Elementary School482
Briarlake Elementary School360
Brockett Elementary School394
Browns Mill Elementary School411
Canby Lane Elementary School446
Cary Reynolds Elementary School267
Cedar Grove Elementary School531
Cedar Grove High School1,121
Cedar Grove Middle School685
Chamblee High School1,867
Chamblee Middle School1,018
Chapel Hill Elementary School495
Chapel Hill Middle School614
Chesnut Elementary School551
Clarkston High School1,441
Columbia Elementary School364
Columbia High School877
Columbia Middle School571
Coralwood Education Center218
Cross Keys High School1,748
DeKalb Agriculture Technology and Environment School760
DeKalb Arts Academy768
DeKalb PATH Academy Charter School369
DeKalb Preparatory Academy Charter537
DeKalb School of the Arts298
Dekalb Early College Academy314
Doraville United Elementary School1,003
Dresden Elementary School606
Druid Hills High School1,468
Druid Hills Middle School985
Dunaire Elementary School432
Dunwoody Elementary School790
Dunwoody High School2,012
Edward L. Bouie- Sr. Elementary School599
Eldridge L. Miller Elementary School450
Elizabeth Andrews High School167
Evansdale Elementary School504
Fairington Elementary School461
Fernbank Elementary School895
Flat Rock Elementary School977
Flat Shoals Elementary School373
Freedom Middle School1,272
GLOBE Academy Charter School I1,093
Hambrick Elementary School536
Hawthorne Elementary School378
Henderson Middle School1,367
Henderson Mill Elementary School541
Hightower Elementary School604
Huntley Hills Elementary School507
Idlewood Elementary School889
Indian Creek Elementary School967
International Community School501
John Robert Lewis Elementary School840
Jolly Elementary School790
Kelley Lake Elementary School302
Kingsley Elementary School386
Kittredge Magnet School552
Lakeside High School2,234
Laurel Ridge Elementary School440
Leadership Preparatory Academy268
Lithonia High School1,547
Lithonia Middle School1,062
Livsey Elementary School383
Marbut Elementary School427
Margaret Harris Comprehensive School76
Martin Luther King- Junior High School1,370
Mary McLeod Bethune Middle School655
McLendon Elementary School342
McNair High School779
McNair Middle School701
Midvale Elementary School417
Miller Grove High School1,073
Miller Grove Middle School625
Montclair Elementary School590
Montgomery Elementary School728
Murphey Candler Elementary School512
Museum School Avondale Estates588
Narvie Harris Elementary School535
Oak Grove Elementary School429
Oak View Elementary685
Oakcliff Elementary School621
Panola Way Elementary School550
Peachcrest Elementary School729
Peachtree Middle School1,214
Pine Ridge Elementary School551
Pleasantdale Elementary School794
Princeton Elementary School751
Rainbow Elementary School337
Redan Elementary School525
Redan High School1,052
Redan Middle School623
Robert Shaw Theme School307
Rock Chapel Elementary School524

The district’s entry

Status
Open
Type
Regular public school district that is not a component of a supervisory union
Charter status
Not a charter district
Grades
Pre-kindergarten to Grade 12
NCES district ID
1301740

Elsewhere

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