Enrollment
314
High
DISTRICT 1,183 · STATE 1,120
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·DEKALB COUNTY·NCES 130174003708
Dekalb Early College Academy
1701 Mountain Industrial Blvd, Stone Mountain, GA 30083 · (678) 676-0221 · DeKalb County
GRADES 09–12HIGH21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL314 STUDENTS
A+
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 98% of Georgia public high schools
- A+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- A+Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Georgia public high schools
Student : Teacher
17.4:1
18 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.8:1 · STATE 15.2:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
84%
265 students
DISTRICT 82% · STATE 74%
Community
0
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 | 96 | 31% |
| Grade 10 | 77 | 25% |
| Grade 11 | 72 | 23% |
| Grade 12 | 69 | 22% |
Student demographics
44%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
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Georgia Milestones 2024-25 . % Proficient or DistinguishedMath
85.5%
GA avg 44.6% . +7.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the Georgia Milestones, Georgia's statewide test, about 86 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 7 points since 2023.
Georgia Milestones results by year
| School year | Math |
|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 85.5% |
| 2023-24 | 78.5% |
% 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
OUTPERFORMING
Top 10% of GA schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
80.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
33.7%
based on GA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+46.8pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 81% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 34% typical for Georgia schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations ranks schools against others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school can post high scores and still fall short of its prediction, or post lower scores and still beat it. This school clears its prediction by about 47 points, placing it in Georgia's top 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 Dekalb Early College Academy
Dekalb Early College Academy's state test result (80.6% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dekalb Early College Academy this school | 314 | 84.4% | 80.6% |
| Macon County High School Montezuma | 333 | 80.8% | 24.1% |
| Elizabeth Andrews High School Stone Mountain | 167 | 83.2% | 7.8% |
| Richmond County Technical Career Magnet School Augusta | 433 | 82.0% | 47.8% |
| Utopian Academy for the Arts High School Marrow | 291 | 77.7% | 23.6% |
| Promise Career Institute School College Park | 247 | 76.9% | N/A |
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 Dekalb Early College Academy ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In Georgia | In DeKalb County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 80.6% | #9 of 411 | #1 of 25 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 85.5% | #9 of 417 ▲ 6 | #1 of 25 no change |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 314 | #391 of 480 | #22 of 29 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 17.4:1 | #315 of 413 | #24 of 25 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 44.2% | #298 of 413 | #11 of 25 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 84.4% | #157 of 425 | #17 of 27 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -5.7% | #113 of 168 | #10 of 11 |
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
314
+4 (+1%) vs 2020
+68% since 2010-11, when it was 187
Student : Teacher
17.4:1
was 15.5:1
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 | 314 | 18 | 17.4:1 | 84% (265) |
| 2023-24 | 301 | 19 | 15.8:1 | 77% (233) |
| 2022-23 | 295 | 17.5 | 16.9:1 | 64% (190) |
| 2020-21 | 310 | 20 | 15.5:1 | 65% (202) |
| 2017-18 | 333 | 17 | 19.6:1 | 59% (196) |
| 2015-16 | 319 | 15 | 21.3:1 | 61% (193) |
| 2010-11 | 187 | 8 | 23.4:1 | 66% (123) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Dekalb Early College Academy.
Since 2017-18: students down 6% (333 to 314); teachers up 6% (17 to 18).
About Dekalb Early College Academy
Dekalb Early College Academy is a public high school run by DeKalb County in Stone Mountain, Georgia. Students in grades 9 through 12 attend the school, which enrolls 314 students. For comparison, high schools in Georgia average about 1,120 students.
DeKalb County is the district for Dekalb Early College Academy. It has 131 schools and 92,088 students.
Dekalb Early College Academy's enrollment is 73% Black. The next largest groups are 14% Hispanic and 11% Asian. In DeKalb County overall, about 51% of residents are Black. The chance that two students picked at random at Dekalb Early College Academy belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 44%.
The ratio of students to teachers is 17.4:1, with 18 full-time-equivalent teachers on staff. The 15.2:1 average for high schools in Georgia is lower than this school's figure. Lunch subsidy eligibility at Dekalb Early College Academy is 84%.
The allk12 Grade for Dekalb Early College Academy is A+. Compared with Georgia public high schools, the school scored higher than 98% on a mix of test scores, poverty-adjusted results, and recent trend.
The BeatsExpectations model predicts 33.7% for Dekalb Early College Academy, given its share of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. The actual figure is 80.6%. The 46.8-point gap ranks in the top 10% of Georgia schools.
In DeKalb County (population about 765,351), median household income is about $80,644, 47% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 10% of residents live below the federal poverty line. A total of 154 public schools operate in DeKalb County, serving about 102,960 students.
Elizabeth Andrews High School is the public school closest to Dekalb Early College Academy, less than a tenth of a mile away. Dekalb Early College Academy has at least 8 other public schools within five miles. Local comparison: Dekalb Early College Academy ranks 1st of 9 nearby schools, at 80.6% versus a 25.9% average.
Its location is classified as Suburb: Large by the National Center for Education Statistics.
The student count changed little between 2020-21 (310) and 2024-25 (314). The student-to-teacher ratio rose from 15.5:1 in 2020-21 to 17.4:1 in 2024-25.
Families, students, and staff can use this page to discuss science fairs, picture day, and bus routes at Dekalb Early College Academy. Alumni can share how the school prepared them.
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
- Chamblee High SchoolHigh · 1,867 students
- Cross Keys High SchoolHigh · 1,748 students
- Sequoyah Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,713 students
- Tucker High SchoolHigh · 1,614 students
Other schools in Stone Mountain
- Stephenson High SchoolHigh · 1,339 students
- Freedom Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,272 students
- Stone Mountain High SchoolHigh · 1,254 students
- Redan High SchoolHigh · 1,052 students
- Stone Mountain Middle SchoolMiddle · 986 students
- Rockbridge Elementary SchoolElementary · 900 students
Nearby schools
- Elizabeth Andrews High School0.0 mi · 167
- DeKalb Agriculture Technology and Environment School0.6 mi · 760
- Stone Mountain Middle School1.0 mi · 986
- Stone Mill Elementary School1.2 mi · 601
- Smoke Rise Elementary School1.3 mi · 539
- Tucker Middle School1.5 mi · 1,173
Frequently asked questions
About Dekalb Early College AcademyHow many students attend Dekalb Early College Academy?
Dekalb Early College Academy enrolls approximately 314 students in grades 09-12.
What age range does Dekalb Early College Academy serve?
Dekalb Early College Academy serves students from grade 09 through grade 12.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Dekalb Early College Academy?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Dekalb Early College Academy is approximately 17.4:1 (18 FTE teachers).
What is the student diversity at Dekalb Early College Academy?
Student demographics at Dekalb Early College Academy are roughly 1% White, 14% Hispanic, 73% Black, 11% Asian, 1% Two or more.
What district is Dekalb Early College Academy in?
Dekalb Early College Academy is part of DeKalb County.
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