Redan High School

Located at 5247 Redan Rd, in Stone Mountain, Georgia, Redan High School is a moderately sized secondary school that caters to 1,052 students (grades 9 through 12), operated by DeKalb County.

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

On demographics, Redan High School shows that the student body is overwhelmingly Black (85%). Beyond that, the school lists 9% Hispanic, 2% multiracial. That is noticeably more Black than the county at large, where the share is closer to 51%.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Redan High School records 59 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 17.8:1. The state averages around 15.2:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. 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 higher than DeKalb County's rate of about 77%.

After controlling for student poverty, Redan High School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 25.7%, the actual is 26.3%, a residual of +0.6 points.

In the area at large, community-level numbers for DeKalb County indicate median household earnings sit near $80,644, about 47% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 10%. Across DeKalb County's 154 public schools (combined enrollment of about 102,960 students), Redan High School is one campus in the mix.

Eldridge L. Miller Elementary School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.8 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Redan High School. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Redan High School ranks 1st on composite proficiency, above the local average of 19.2%.

The school occupies a suburban site.

Looking at the recent track record. Redan High School's enrollment has rose 5% since 2018, when it stood at 1,005 (now 1,052). Black enrollment moved from 93% to 85% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio loosened from 15.8:1 in 2018 to 17.8:1 today.

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