Arabia Mountain High School - Academy of Engineering- Medic

Arabia Mountain High School - Academy of Engineering- Medic is a four-year high school of medium-sized scale in Lithonia, Georgia, run under DeKalb County, caters to 1,224 students in grades 9 through 12.

Arabia Mountain High School - Academy of Engineering- Medic is one of 131 schools operated by DeKalb County, a district that serves 92,088 students overall.

On the student-mix side, Arabia Mountain High School - Academy of Engineering- Medic records that 94% of students identify as Black, making the school strongly Black-majority; the rest consists of 4% Hispanic. The wider county runs roughly 51% Black, putting the school's mix noticeably more Black than the area baseline.

On the income-and-resources front, Arabia Mountain High School - Academy of Engineering- Medic shows 73 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 16.8:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 15.2:1 average. Roughly 65% of students at Arabia Mountain High School - Academy of Engineering- Medic qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. That share is noticeably below DeKalb County's rate of about 77%.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Arabia Mountain High School - Academy of Engineering- Medic sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 43.7%; this one delivers 40.6%.

Around the school, census data for DeKalb County shows the typical household earns roughly $80,644 per year, roughly 47% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 10%. Across DeKalb County's 154 public schools (combined enrollment of about 102,960 students), Arabia Mountain High School - Academy of Engineering- Medic is one campus in the mix.

Murphey Candler Elementary School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.2 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Arabia Mountain High School - Academy of Engineering- Medic at 1st of 9; the average score across the group is 18.5%.

The school occupies an outlying site.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count contracted 14%: 1,417 students in 2018 compared to 1,224 in 2025.

On the community side, recent activity here tends to focus on school events, parent volunteer needs, and clubs. The community welcomes input from current and former families.