Towers High School

Towers High School operates as a cozy 9-12 campus in Decatur, Georgia, one of the schools within DeKalb County. Current enrollment sits at 876 students spanning grades 9 through 12. By comparison, Georgia's public schools average about 1,120 students each, so Towers High School sits 22% below that benchmark.

Within DeKalb County, which oversees 131 schools and 92,088 students, Towers High School is one campus in the system.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Towers High School lists that Black students make up the majority at 77%. The remainder comes out to 14% Hispanic, 4% Asian, 2% White, 2% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 51% Black, putting the school's mix visibly more Black than the area baseline.

Looking at the economic backdrop, The school currently runs with 53 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 16.5:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 15.2:1 average. Around 100% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. That share is noticeably above DeKalb County's rate of about 77%.

After controlling for student poverty, Towers High School tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 25.7% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 14.8%.

In the area at large, DeKalb County reports that the typical household earns roughly $80,644 per year, roughly 47% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 10%. Across DeKalb County's 154 public schools (combined enrollment of about 102,960 students), Towers High School is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: DeKalb Preparatory Academy Charter, around 0.4 miles off. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, Towers High School comes 7th of 9 in the immediate cluster, behind the nearby-schools average of 34.5%.

The school occupies a bedroom-community site.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count shrank 8%: 957 students in 2018 compared to 876 in 2025. The Black share of enrollment fell from 90% to 77% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio rose from 14.9:1 in 2018 to 16.5:1 today.

Inside the community feed, the feed for Towers High School typically covers open house dates, ride-share offers, and field-trip permission slips. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.