McNair High School

McNair High School is a compact senior high in Atlanta, Georgia, operated by DeKalb County. The school instructs 779 students in grades 9 through 12. By comparison, Georgia's public schools average about 1,120 students each, so McNair High School sits 30% smaller than that benchmark.

Across the 131 schools in DeKalb County (92,088 students total), McNair High School accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

Looking at the student body, McNair High School reports that the student body is overwhelmingly Black (88%). The remainder is composed of 9% Hispanic. By comparison, DeKalb County as a whole is about 51% Black, so the school skews meaningfully more Black than its surroundings.

Looking at school resources, The school employs 60 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 13.0:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 15.2:1, putting McNair High School tighter than the state norm the norm. 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 somewhat above the surrounding baseline.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, McNair High 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 12.2%.

In the broader community, census data for DeKalb County shows median household income runs about $80,644, about 47% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 10%. Across DeKalb County's 154 public schools (combined enrollment of about 102,960 students), McNair High School is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is Metro Regional Youth Detention Center, roughly 1.2 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, McNair High School comes 5th of 5 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 22.9%.

McNair High School operates from an outer-ring location.

Over the past 7-year window. McNair High School's enrollment has climbed 10% since 2018, when it stood at 705 (now 779). Black enrollment moved from 95% to 88% across the same window.

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