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As a very small secondary school in Atlanta, Georgia, Metro Regional Youth Detention Center works with 19 students from grades 5 through 12, run under Department of Juvenile Justice. Enrollment runs roughly 98% below the state mean of about 1,120.
Department of Juvenile Justice comprises 24 schools with combined enrollment of 410 students; Metro Regional Youth Detention Center is among them.
On the student-mix side, Metro Regional Youth Detention Center logs that nearly all students (84%) are Black. Beyond that, the school lists 11% Hispanic, 5% White. By comparison, DeKalb County as a whole is about 51% Black, so the school skews meaningfully more Black than its surroundings.
On the resource side, On paper, Metro Regional Youth Detention Center has 3 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 6.3:1. The state averages around 15.2:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. An estimated 84% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.
Across the wider county, 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 Metro Regional Youth Detention Center is one.
Nearest neighbor: McNair High School, around 1.2 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools.
Geographically, the school is in a suburban area.
Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Metro Regional Youth Detention Center has fell 42%, going from 33 students in 2018 to 19 in 2025. The Hispanic share of enrollment rose from 3% to 11% over that span.
In the discussion threads here, posts here usually surface around enrollment questions, classroom assignments, and PTA news. Members of the school community can share what they know.
