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Teachers: what resource would make the biggest difference at Chamblee High School this year?
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Enrollment
1,867
High
DISTRICT 1,183 · STATE 1,120
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·DEKALB COUNTY·NCES 130174000692
Chamblee High School
3688 Chamblee Dunwoody Rd, Chamblee, GA 30341 · (678) 676-6902 · DeKalb County
GRADES 09–12HIGH21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL1,867 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
16.5:1
113 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.8:1 · STATE 15.2:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
44%
813 students
DISTRICT 82% · STATE 74%
Community
6
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other high schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 9 | 546 | 29% |
| Grade 10 | 464 | 25% |
| Grade 11 | 433 | 23% |
| Grade 12 | 424 | 23% |
Student demographics
73%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 63% · STATE 71% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
School pathway
Feeds from
Based on published attendance-zone data from DeKalb County. Zones change; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
Georgia Milestones 2024-25 . % Proficient or DistinguishedMath
35.8%
GA avg 44.6% . +4.7pp since 2023
What this means: On the Georgia Milestones, Georgia's statewide test, about 36 of every 100 students at this school do math at grade level. The Georgia average is about 45 of 100. Math scores are up about 5 points since 2023.
Georgia Milestones results by year
| School year | Math |
|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 35.8% |
| 2023-24 | 31.1% |
% Proficient or Distinguished, all students and all tested grades.
Source: Georgia Milestones. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
59.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
54.8%
based on GA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+4.2pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 59% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 55% typical for Georgia schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among Georgia's top nor bottom 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like Chamblee High School
Chamblee High School's state test result (59.0% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chamblee High School this school | 1,867 | 43.5% | 59.0% |
| Lanier High School Sugar Hill | 1,871 | 45.0% | 47.3% |
| Centennial High School Roswell | 1,643 | 43.0% | 54.5% |
| Dunwoody High School Dunwoody | 2,012 | 36.3% | 45.2% |
| Riverwood International Charter School Atlanta | 1,737 | 40.5% | 54.3% |
| Sprayberry High School Marietta | 1,769 | 48.6% | 43.5% |
Matched among Georgia high schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where Chamblee High School ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In Georgia | In DeKalb County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 59.0% | #74 of 411 | #4 of 25 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 35.8% | #217 of 417 ▲ 26 | #7 of 25 ▼ 1 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 1,867 | #93 of 480 | #4 of 29 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 16.5:1 | #250 of 413 | #19 of 25 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 72.6% | #14 of 413 | #1 of 25 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 43.5% | #338 of 425 | #22 of 27 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +12.2% | #94 of 226 | #7 of 14 |
Ranked against other public high schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
1,867
+112 (+6%) vs 2020
+197% since 1990-91, when it was 628
Student : Teacher
16.5:1
was 16.3:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 1,867 | 113 | 16.5:1 | 44% (813) |
| 2023-24 | 1,829 | 108 | 16.9:1 | 44% (800) |
| 2022-23 | 1,776 | 108 | 16.4:1 | 38% (668) |
| 2020-21 | 1,755 | 108 | 16.3:1 | 34% (601) |
| 2017-18 | 1,664 | 94.5 | 17.6:1 | 38% (631) |
| 2015-16 | 1,377 | 84 | 16.4:1 | 35% (481) |
| 2010-11 | 1,518 | 98 | 15.5:1 | 41% (624) |
| 2000-01 | 1,265 | 66 | 19.2:1 | 18% (228) |
| 1990-91 | 628 | 45 | 14.0:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Chamblee High School.
Since 2017-18: students up 12% (1,664 to 1,867); teachers up 20% (94.5 to 113).
About Chamblee High School
Chamblee High School is a large high school in Chamblee, Georgia. Enrolled students number 1,867 students, in grades 9 through 12. Statewide, high schools in Georgia average about 1,120 students each.
DeKalb County enrolls 92,088 students, and its 131 schools include Chamblee High School.
Hispanic students are the largest group at Chamblee High School, with 36% of enrollment. The remaining shares are 32% White, 17% Black, 9% Asian, and 5% multiracial. DeKalb County as a whole is about 11% Hispanic, so the school's share is higher. The chance that two students picked at random at Chamblee High School belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 73%.
Chamblee High School counts 113 full-time-equivalent teachers, about 16.5 students for each one. The 15.2:1 average for high schools in Georgia is lower than this school's figure. About 44% of students at the school meet free or reduced-price lunch income limits. By comparison, the figure for public schools in DeKalb County is 77%.
Predicted from its free or reduced-price lunch share, Chamblee High School would score about 54.8%. It scores 59.0%, 4.2 points above that figure.
Recent Census Bureau figures for DeKalb County show that median household income is about $80,644, 47% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 10% of people live in poverty. Federal data list 154 public schools in DeKalb County, with a combined enrollment of about 102,960.
Chamblee Middle School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.3 miles away. A five-mile radius around the school includes at least 8 other public schools. Ranking the closest schools with test data puts Chamblee High School at 4th of 9.
The National Center for Education Statistics classifies the school's location as Suburb: Large, meaning it is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
The number of students climbed from 1,755 to 1,867 over 4 years.
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DeKalb County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
765,351
Census ACS
Median income
$80,644
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
47%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
10%
Below federal line
Schools in county
154
102,960 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in DeKalb County
- Lakeside High SchoolHigh · 2,234 students
- Dunwoody High SchoolHigh · 2,012 students
- Cross Keys High SchoolHigh · 1,748 students
- Sequoyah Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,713 students
- Tucker High SchoolHigh · 1,614 students
- Lithonia High SchoolHigh · 1,547 students
Other schools in Chamblee
- Henderson Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,367 students
- Chamblee Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,018 students
- Dresden Elementary SchoolElementary · 606 students
- Huntley Hills Elementary SchoolElementary · 507 students
Nearby schools
- Chamblee Middle School0.3 mi · 1,018
- Huntley Hills Elementary School0.9 mi · 507
- Doraville United Elementary School1.1 mi · 1,003
- Cary Reynolds Elementary School1.4 mi · 267
- Montgomery Elementary School1.7 mi · 728
- Ashford Park Elementary School1.9 mi · 757
Frequently asked questions
About Chamblee High SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Chamblee High School?
Chamblee High School enrolls approximately 1,867 students in grades 09-12.
Is Chamblee High School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Chamblee High School is a high school covering grades 09-12.
How many students per teacher at Chamblee High School?
Approximately 16.5:1 students per teacher at Chamblee High School.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Chamblee High School?
At Chamblee High School, the student body is approximately 32% White, 36% Hispanic, 17% Black, 9% Asian, 5% Two or more.
Who oversees Chamblee High School?
Chamblee High School is overseen by DeKalb County in DeKalb County.
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