Chamblee High School

Chamblee High School is a sizable senior high in Chamblee, Georgia, run under DeKalb County. The school hosts 1,867 students in grades 9 through 12. By comparison, Georgia's public schools average about 1,120 students each, so Chamblee High School sits 67% bigger than that benchmark.

DeKalb County runs 131 schools in total, collectively educating 92,088 students. Chamblee High School is one of those campuses.

On the student-mix side, Chamblee High School reports that the largest single group is Hispanic at 36%, but no single group is in the majority. Other groups include 32% White, 17% Black, 9% Asian, 5% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 11% Hispanic, putting the school's mix considerably more Hispanic than the area baseline.

Looking at school resources, On paper, Chamblee High School has 113 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 16.5:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 15.2:1 average. Roughly 44% of students at Chamblee High School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. That share is below DeKalb County's rate of about 77%.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Chamblee High School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 54.8%, the actual is 59.0%, a residual of +4.2 points.

Across the wider county, ACS estimates for DeKalb County put median household earnings sit near $80,644, about 47% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, 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 Chamblee High School is one.

Chamblee Middle School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.3 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Chamblee High School ranks 4th on composite proficiency, above the local average of 41.1%.

Geographically, the school is in a commuter-belt area.

Over the past 7-year window. Chamblee High School's enrollment has rose 12% since 2018, when it stood at 1,664 (now 1,867). Over the same period, the Black share declined from 27% to 17%. The student-to-teacher ratio pulled in from 17.6:1 in 2018 to 16.5:1 today.

On the community side, posts here usually surface around pickup logistics, teacher feedback, and after-school programs. Members of the school community can share what they know.