Stephenson High School

Stephenson High School is a 9-12 campus of middle-of-the-pack scale in Stone Mountain, Georgia, part of DeKalb County, works with 1,339 students in grades 9 through 12.

Stephenson High School is one of 131 schools operated by DeKalb County, a district that works with 92,088 students overall.

Looking at the student body, Stephenson High School shows that 86% of students identify as Black, making the school strongly Black-majority. Beyond that, the school logs 9% Hispanic, 2% multiracial. That is meaningfully more Black than the county at large, where the share is closer to 51%.

In terms of school funding signals, The school employs 80 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 16.7:1. The state averages around 15.2:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. Roughly 95% of students at Stephenson High School qualify 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 above the surrounding baseline.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Stephenson High School tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 28.4% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 24.8%.

Around the school, ACS estimates for DeKalb County put median household income runs about $80,644, roughly 47% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 10% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Stephenson High School is one of 154 public schools in DeKalb County (combined enrollment of about 102,960 students).

The closest other public school is Pine Ridge Elementary School, roughly 0.3 miles away. 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), Stephenson High School ranks 3rd on composite proficiency, above the local average of 24.3%.

Stephenson High School operates from an outer-ring location.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count decreased 15%: 1,576 students in 2018 compared to 1,339 in 2025. Black enrollment moved from 94% to 86% across the same window.

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