Stephenson Middle School

Stephenson Middle School is an average-sized intermediate school in Stone Mountain, Georgia, overseen by DeKalb County. The school educates 788 students in grades 6 through 8.

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

Looking at the student body, Stephenson Middle School logs that 83% of students identify as Black, making the school strongly Black-majority. Other groups include 10% Hispanic, 3% multiracial. By comparison, DeKalb County as a whole is about 51% Black, so the school skews noticeably more Black than its surroundings.

In terms of school funding signals, Stephenson Middle School reports 61 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 12.9:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 14.1:1 average. Roughly 100% of students at Stephenson Middle School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. By comparison, DeKalb County runs at roughly 77%, so the school's eligibility rate is higher than the surrounding baseline.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Stephenson Middle 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 27.4%.

In the broader community, DeKalb County reports that 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%. Stephenson Middle 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. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, Stephenson Middle School comes 2nd of 9 in the immediate cluster, above the nearby-schools average of 24.0%.

The school occupies a residential site.

Trend over the last 7 years. Stephenson Middle School's enrollment has edged down 16% since 2018, when it stood at 943 (now 788). The Black share of enrollment contracted from 93% to 83% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio narrowed from 14.8:1 in 2018 to 12.9:1 today.

Within the allk12 community for this school, members of the Stephenson Middle School community share and discuss classroom updates, athletics, and weather closures. The community welcomes input from current and former families.