Margaret Harris Comprehensive School

Margaret Harris Comprehensive School is a very small school serving multiple grade levels for students in Atlanta, Georgia. It reports enrollment of 76 students in pre-K through 12. Across combined schools in Georgia, the average enrollment is about 738.

A total of 131 schools make up DeKalb County, with 92,088 students enrolled.

More than half of the students at Margaret Harris Comprehensive School are Black (61%). Beyond that, enrollment is 12% Hispanic, 11% White, 11% Asian, and 5% multiracial. In DeKalb County overall, about 51% of residents are Black. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, Margaret Harris Comprehensive School scores 59%.

For every teacher at Margaret Harris Comprehensive School, there are about 4.5 students; the school has 17 full-time-equivalent teachers. Statewide, combined schools in Georgia average 11.7:1. The eligibility rate for free or reduced-price meals is 88%. Across public schools in DeKalb County, the average is 77%.

In DeKalb County, where the school is located, the median household earns about $80,644 a year, 47% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 10% of people live in poverty. Counting Margaret Harris Comprehensive School, DeKalb County has 154 public schools.

About 0.4 miles separate Margaret Harris Comprehensive School from the closest public school, Kittredge Magnet School. A five-mile radius around the school includes at least 8 other public schools.

Margaret Harris Comprehensive School is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more, a location NCES labels Suburb: Large.

The school grew from 70 students in 2020-21 to 76 in 2024-25. The student-to-teacher ratio dropped from 5.8:1 in 2020-21 to 4.5:1 in 2024-25.

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