Chapel Hill Middle School

Chapel Hill Middle School is a middle school of intimate scale in Decatur, Georgia, part of DeKalb County, teacheing 614 students in grades 6 through 8.

Within DeKalb County, which oversees 131 schools and 92,088 students, Chapel Hill Middle School is one campus in the system.

In terms of who attends, Chapel Hill Middle School lists that the student body is overwhelmingly Black (91%). Other groups include 4% Hispanic, 2% multiracial. That is meaningfully more Black than the county at large, where the share is closer to 51%.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Chapel Hill Middle School shows 45 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 13.6:1. That tracks the state average closely. Around 100% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, often used as a Title I proxy. Set against DeKalb County (around 77%), the school's rate is north of typical.

After controlling for student poverty, Chapel Hill Middle School sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 25.7%; this one delivers 23.9%.

In the surrounding community, the surrounding county (DeKalb County) shows that median household income runs about $80,644, 47% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 10% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Chapel Hill Middle School is one of 154 public schools in DeKalb County (combined enrollment of about 102,960 students).

Chapel Hill Elementary School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.2 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, Chapel Hill Middle School comes 3rd of 8 in the immediate cluster, below the nearby-schools average of 24.0%.

Chapel Hill Middle School operates from a suburban location.

Five-year trend. Chapel Hill Middle School's enrollment has declined 21% since 2018, when it stood at 775 (now 614). Black enrollment moved from 97% to 91% across the same window.

Inside the community feed, the feed for Chapel Hill Middle School typically covers fundraisers, lost-and-found posts, and report-card season. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.