Lithonia Middle School

Lithonia Middle School is one of the moderately sized junior highs in Lithonia, Georgia, one of the schools within DeKalb County, with 1,062 students on its rolls from grades 6 through 8. By comparison, Georgia's public schools average about 763 students each, so Lithonia Middle School sits 39% bigger than that benchmark.

DeKalb County comprises 131 schools with combined enrollment of 92,088 students; Lithonia Middle School is among them.

Looking at the student body, Lithonia Middle School shows that 87% of students identify as Black, making the school strongly Black-majority; the rest breaks down as 7% Hispanic, 2% multiracial. By comparison, DeKalb County as a whole is about 51% Black, so the school skews visibly more Black than its surroundings.

Looking at school resources, Staff filings list 72 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 14.8:1 students per teacher. 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. That share is noticeably above DeKalb County's rate of about 77%.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Lithonia Middle School tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 25.7% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 13.0%.

In the broader community, ACS estimates for DeKalb County put the typical household earns roughly $80,644 per year, about 47% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 10%. In all, DeKalb County runs 154 public schools (combined enrollment of about 102,960 students), of which Lithonia Middle School is one.

Stoneview Elementary School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.7 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), Lithonia Middle School ranks 8th on composite proficiency, below the local average of 21.3%.

Geographically, the school is in a bedroom-community area.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count showed little movement: 1,088 students in 2018 compared to 1,062 in 2025. Black enrollment moved from 93% to 87% across the same window.

Within the allk12 community for this school, the feed for Lithonia Middle School typically covers science fair prep, picture-day reminders, and bus-route questions. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.