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If you had an hour of school board time for Towers High School, what would you bring up?
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Enrollment
876
High
DISTRICT 1,183 · STATE 1,120
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·DEKALB COUNTY·NCES 130174000686
Towers High School
3919 Brookcrest Cir, Decatur, GA 30032 · (678) 874-2202 · DeKalb County
GRADES 09–12HIGH21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL876 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
16.5:1
53 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.8:1 · STATE 15.2:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
100%
876 students
DISTRICT 82% · STATE 74%
Community
6
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other high schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 9 | 300 | 34% |
| Grade 10 | 209 | 24% |
| Grade 11 | 184 | 21% |
| Grade 12 | 183 | 21% |
Student demographics
38%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 63% · STATE 71% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
School pathway
Feeds from
Based on published attendance-zone data from DeKalb County. Zones change; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
Georgia Milestones 2024-25 . % Proficient or DistinguishedMath
13.0%
GA avg 44.6% . +2.6pp since 2023
What this means: On the Georgia Milestones, Georgia's statewide test, about 13 of every 100 students at this school do math at grade level. The Georgia average is about 45 of 100. Math scores are up about 3 points since 2023.
Georgia Milestones results by year
| School year | Math |
|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 13.0% |
| 2023-24 | 10.4% |
% Proficient or Distinguished, all students and all tested grades.
Source: Georgia Milestones. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
14.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
25.7%
based on GA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-10.9pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 15% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 26% typical for Georgia schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among Georgia's top nor bottom 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like Towers High School
Towers High School's state test result (14.8% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Towers High School this school | 876 | 100.0% | 14.8% |
| North Clayton High School College Park | 1,124 | 100.0% | 32.3% |
| Redan High School Stone Mountain | 1,052 | 100.0% | 26.3% |
| Josey High School Augusta | 625 | 100.0% | 4.0% |
| McNair High School Atlanta | 779 | 100.0% | 12.2% |
| Spencer High School Columbus | 1,016 | 100.0% | 12.1% |
Matched among Georgia high schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where Towers High School ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In Georgia | In DeKalb County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 14.8% | #370 of 411 | #22 of 25 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 13.0% | #371 of 417 ▼ 3 | #23 of 25 ▼ 2 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 876 | #288 of 480 | #20 of 29 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 16.5:1 | #252 of 413 | #20 of 25 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 38.3% | #321 of 413 | #13 of 25 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 100% | #34 of 425 | #5 of 27 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -8.5% | #89 of 168 | #8 of 11 |
Ranked against other public high schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
876
+129 (+17%) vs 2020
-19% since 1990-91, when it was 1,088
Student : Teacher
16.5:1
was 13.6:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 876 | 53 | 16.5:1 | 100% (876) |
| 2023-24 | 769 | 50 | 15.4:1 | 100% (769) |
| 2022-23 | 764 | 49 | 15.6:1 | 100% (764) |
| 2020-21 | 747 | 55 | 13.6:1 | 99% (741) |
| 2017-18 | 957 | 64 | 14.9:1 | 100% (957) |
| 2015-16 | 975 | 59 | 16.5:1 | 75% (729) |
| 2010-11 | 935 | 64 | 14.6:1 | 79% (739) |
| 2000-01 | 1,426 | 85 | 16.8:1 | 48% (690) |
| 1990-91 | 1,088 | 79 | 13.8:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Towers High School.
Since 2017-18: students down 8% (957 to 876); teachers down 17% (64 to 53).
About Towers High School
Towers High School is a low-enrollment high school located in Decatur, Georgia. Its grade span covers grades 9 through 12, with 876 students on the rolls. Across high schools in Georgia, the average enrollment is about 1,120.
Towers High School is one school in DeKalb County, a system of 131 schools with 92,088 students.
The student body at Towers High School is 77% Black. Other reported shares: 14% Hispanic, 4% Asian, 2% White, and 2% multiracial. DeKalb County's residents are about 51% Black, 26 points below the school's share. A diversity index of 38% means there is a 38% chance two randomly chosen students at Towers High School are from different groups.
There are about 16.5 students for every full-time-equivalent teacher at Towers High School, which has 53. By comparison, the average for high schools in Georgia is 15.2:1. Free or reduced-price lunch eligibility at Towers High School is about 100%. The rate at public schools in DeKalb County averages 77%, lower than here.
The allk12 BeatsExpectations score for Towers High School is -10.9 points: 14.8% actual, 25.7% predicted.
Looking at the county, DeKalb County, median household income comes to about $80,644, about 47% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 10% of residents are in poverty. The county has 154 public schools and about 102,960 students.
Towers High School's nearest public school is DeKalb Preparatory Academy Charter (about 0.4 miles). Counting only straight-line distance, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. Among the 9 closest schools with test data, this one included, Towers High School ranks 7th on average proficiency.
The school is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more, according to its NCES locale (Suburb: Large).
Federal enrollment counts increased from 747 (2020-21) to 876 (2024-25). Over the same period, the student-to-teacher ratio increased to 16.5:1, from 13.6:1.
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DeKalb County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
765,351
Census ACS
Median income
$80,644
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
47%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
10%
Below federal line
Schools in county
154
102,960 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in DeKalb County
- Lakeside High SchoolHigh · 2,234 students
- Dunwoody High SchoolHigh · 2,012 students
- Chamblee High SchoolHigh · 1,867 students
- Cross Keys High SchoolHigh · 1,748 students
- Sequoyah Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,713 students
- Tucker High SchoolHigh · 1,614 students
Other schools in Decatur
- Decatur High SchoolHigh · 1,901 students
- Beacon Hill Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,285 students
- Southwest DeKalb High SchoolHigh · 1,237 students
- Druid Hills Middle SchoolMiddle · 985 students
- Columbia High SchoolHigh · 877 students
- Peachcrest Elementary SchoolElementary · 729 students
Nearby schools
- DeKalb Preparatory Academy Charter0.4 mi · 537
- Peachcrest Elementary School0.5 mi · 729
- Rowland Elementary School1.1 mi · 390
- Snapfinger Elementary School1.2 mi · 356
- Columbia High School1.5 mi · 877
- Wadsworth Magnet School for High Achievers1.7 mi · 273
Frequently asked questions
About Towers High SchoolHow large is Towers High School?
Towers High School enrolls approximately 876 students in grades 09-12.
What age range does Towers High School serve?
Towers High School serves students from grade 09 through grade 12.
How many students per teacher at Towers High School?
Approximately 16.5:1 students per teacher at Towers High School.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Towers High School?
At Towers High School, the student body is approximately 2% White, 14% Hispanic, 77% Black, 4% Asian, 2% Two or more.
Who oversees Towers High School?
Towers High School is overseen by DeKalb County in DeKalb County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.