DeKalb PATH Academy Charter School

DeKalb PATH Academy Charter School is an intermediate school of close-knit scale in Brookhaven, Georgia, operated by DeKalb County, enrolling 369 students in grades 5 through 8. That puts it 52% below the typical public school in Georgia, which averages around 763 students.

DeKalb PATH Academy Charter School is one of 131 schools operated by DeKalb County, a district that serves 92,088 students overall.

On demographics, DeKalb PATH Academy Charter School lists that the student body is overwhelmingly Hispanic (90%); the rest consists of 6% Black, 3% Asian. That is visibly more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 11%.

On the resource side, DeKalb PATH Academy Charter School logs 25 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 14.8:1. That tracks the state average closely. About 100% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. By comparison, DeKalb County runs at roughly 77%, so the school's eligibility rate is above the surrounding baseline.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), DeKalb PATH Academy Charter 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 25.8%.

Across the wider county, DeKalb County reports 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. Across DeKalb County's 154 public schools (combined enrollment of about 102,960 students), DeKalb PATH Academy Charter School is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: Ashford Park Elementary School, around 0.9 miles off. 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), DeKalb PATH Academy Charter School ranks 6th on composite proficiency, below the local average of 42.9%.

DeKalb PATH Academy Charter School operates from a residential location. DeKalb PATH Academy Charter School operates as a public charter school, meaning it is publicly funded but governed independently of the surrounding district's traditional schools.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at DeKalb PATH Academy Charter School has changed only slightly, going from 368 students in 2018 to 369 in 2025. The Hispanic share of enrollment ticked up from 79% to 90% over that span. Class-load math has fell: from 16.4:1 in 2018 to 14.8:1 in 2025.

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