The Champion Middle Theme School

The Champion Middle Theme School is a mid-sized intermediate school in Stone Mountain, Georgia, overseen by DeKalb County. The school educates 782 students in grades 6 through 8.

The Champion Middle Theme School is one of 131 schools operated by DeKalb County, a district that caters to 92,088 students overall.

On the student-mix side, The Champion Middle Theme School logs that the student body is overwhelmingly Black (95%). Other groups include 2% Hispanic. That is noticeably more Black than the county at large, where the share is closer to 51%.

On the income-and-resources front, Staff filings list 50 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 15.6:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 14.1:1, putting The Champion Middle Theme School higher than the state norm the norm. An estimated 87% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. Set against DeKalb County (around 77%), the school's rate is north of typical.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, The Champion Middle Theme School tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 32.3% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 40.1%.

In the area at large, the surrounding county (DeKalb County) records that median household earnings sit near $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%. In all, DeKalb County runs 154 public schools (combined enrollment of about 102,960 students), of which The Champion Middle Theme School is one.

The closest other public school is Stone Mountain Elementary School, roughly 0.6 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Among the 7 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), The Champion Middle Theme School ranks 2nd on composite proficiency, higher than the local average of 24.6%.

The Champion Middle Theme School operates from a commuter-belt location.

Over the past 7-year window. The Champion Middle Theme School's enrollment has held roughly steady since 2018, when it stood at 800 (now 782). The student-to-teacher ratio pulled in from 18.2:1 in 2018 to 15.6:1 today.

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