Lakeside High School

Lakeside High School, a roomy secondary school in Atlanta, Georgia, operated by DeKalb County, enrolls 2,234 students, covering grades 9 through 12. That puts it 99% above the typical public school in Georgia, which averages around 1,120 students.

DeKalb County comprises 131 schools with combined enrollment of 92,088 students; Lakeside High School is among them.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Lakeside High School lists that the most-represented group is Hispanic (44%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. The remainder comes out to 29% White, 19% Black, 4% multiracial, 4% Asian. The wider county runs roughly 11% Hispanic, putting the school's mix visibly more Hispanic than the area baseline.

Looking at school resources, Staff filings list 132 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 17.0:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 15.2:1, putting Lakeside High School higher than the state norm the norm. Roughly 47% of students at Lakeside High School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. Set against DeKalb County (around 77%), the school's rate is somewhat below typical.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Lakeside High School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 53.0%, the actual is 41.8%, a residual of -11.2 points.

In the broader community, the surrounding county (DeKalb County) records that median household income runs about $80,644, roughly 47% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 10% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, DeKalb County runs 154 public schools (combined enrollment of about 102,960 students), of which Lakeside High School is one.

Nearest neighbor: GLOBE Academy Charter School I, around 0.4 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Lakeside High School ranks 5th on composite proficiency, beneath the local average of 46.9%.

The campus sits in a suburban setting.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count rose 3%: 2,172 students in 2018 compared to 2,234 in 2025. Hispanic enrollment moved from 33% to 44% across the same window.

Within the allk12 community for this school, the feed for Lakeside High School typically covers sports schedules, lunch menu changes, and school spirit week. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.