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Enrollment
1,614
High
DISTRICT 1,183 · STATE 1,120
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·DEKALB COUNTY·NCES 130174000669
Tucker High School
5036 Lavista Rd, Tucker, GA 30084 · (678) 874-3702 · DeKalb County
GRADES 09–12HIGH21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL1,614 STUDENTS
C+
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Scored higher than 36% of Georgia public high schools
- C+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- C+Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Georgia public high schools
Student : Teacher
14.8:1
109 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.8:1 · STATE 15.2:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
85%
1,379 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 | 550 | 34% |
| Grade 10 | 445 | 28% |
| Grade 11 | 346 | 21% |
| Grade 12 | 273 | 17% |
Student demographics
64%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
30.3%
GA avg 44.6% . +12.9pp since 2023
What this means: On the Georgia Milestones, Georgia's statewide test, about 30 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 13 points since 2023.
Georgia Milestones results by year
| School year | Math |
|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 30.3% |
| 2023-24 | 17.4% |
% 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
28.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
33.2%
based on GA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-4.9pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 28% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 33% 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 Tucker High School
Tucker High School's state test result (28.3% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tucker High School this school | 1,614 | 85.4% | 28.3% |
| Shaw High School Columbus | 1,162 | 81.0% | 24.9% |
| Jenkins High School Savannah | 1,265 | 73.9% | 20.9% |
| Bradwell Institute Hinesville | 1,900 | 88.9% | 23.3% |
| Groves High School Garden City | 1,469 | 75.2% | 13.7% |
| Morrow High School Ellenwood | 2,077 | 100.0% | 16.4% |
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 Tucker High School ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In Georgia | In DeKalb County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 28.3% | #275 of 411 | #12 of 25 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 30.3% | #257 of 417 ▲ 83 | #13 of 25 ▲ 6 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 1,614 | #127 of 480 | #6 of 29 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.8:1 | #131 of 413 | #11 of 25 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 64.2% | #87 of 413 | #7 of 25 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 85.4% | #148 of 425 | #16 of 27 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -7.7% | #95 of 168 | #9 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
1,614
-78 (-5%) vs 2020
+48% since 1990-91, when it was 1,088
Student : Teacher
14.8:1
was 14.6:1
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 | 1,614 | 109 | 14.8:1 | 85% (1,379) |
| 2023-24 | 1,590 | 100.5 | 15.8:1 | 68% (1,076) |
| 2022-23 | 1,579 | 99.7 | 15.8:1 | 51% (813) |
| 2020-21 | 1,692 | 116 | 14.6:1 | 51% (857) |
| 2017-18 | 1,749 | 120 | 14.6:1 | 60% (1,050) |
| 2015-16 | 1,824 | 110 | 16.6:1 | 62% (1,135) |
| 2010-11 | 1,537 | 88 | 17.5:1 | 57% (878) |
| 2000-01 | 1,332 | 73 | 18.3:1 | 28% (376) |
| 1990-91 | 1,088 | 60 | 18.1:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Tucker High School.
Since 2017-18: students down 8% (1,749 to 1,614); teachers down 9% (120 to 109).
About Tucker High School
Tucker High School is classified as a high school. It is located in Tucker, Georgia. It had 1,614 students in 2024-25, spanning grades 9 through 12. That compares with an average of about 1,120 students for high schools in Georgia.
DeKalb County has 92,088 students spread across 131 schools.
About 53% of the student body at Tucker High School is Black. Smaller groups are 24% Hispanic, 9% Asian, 9% White, and 3% multiracial. DeKalb County residents are about 51% Black, a similar share. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 64%.
The school's 109 full-time-equivalent teachers translate to a student-to-teacher ratio of 14.8:1. It is about the same as the 15.2:1 average for high schools in Georgia. At Tucker High School, 85% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch in 2024-25. On average, public schools in DeKalb County report 77%.
Tucker High School holds a C+ allk12 Grade, placing it above 36% of Georgia public high schools.
BeatsExpectations compares each school's average proficiency rate across its state test results with a prediction based on free or reduced-price lunch eligibility. For Tucker High School, the prediction is 33.2% and the result is 28.3%.
For the population of DeKalb County, the median household earns about $80,644 a year, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 47% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 10%. DeKalb County counts 154 public schools with about 102,960 students.
Tucker Middle School is the nearest public school to Tucker High School, about 0.6 miles away. Tucker High School is one of several public schools in the area, with at least 8 others within five miles. Nearby schools with test data average 34.1% proficiency; Tucker High School posts 28.3%.
By NCES locale, the school is Suburb: Large, or in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Over the 4 years from 2020-21 to 2024-25, enrollment decreased 5%.
Tucker High School has a community page on allk12 for topics such as special education services, counseling, and support programs. You can also rate the school on this page.
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
- Lithonia High SchoolHigh · 1,547 students
Other schools in Tucker
- Nesbit Elementary SchoolElementary · 1,191 students
- Tucker Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,173 students
- Idlewood Elementary SchoolElementary · 889 students
- Midvale Elementary SchoolElementary · 417 students
- Brockett Elementary SchoolElementary · 394 students
- Livsey Elementary SchoolElementary · 383 students
Nearby schools
- Tucker Middle School0.6 mi · 1,173
- Livsey Elementary School0.8 mi · 383
- Midvale Elementary School1.1 mi · 417
- Brockett Elementary School1.3 mi · 394
- Smoke Rise Elementary School1.4 mi · 539
- Stone Mountain Middle School1.7 mi · 986
Frequently asked questions
About Tucker High SchoolHow many students attend Tucker High School?
Tucker High School enrolls approximately 1,614 students in grades 09-12.
Is Tucker High School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Tucker High School is a high school covering grades 09-12.
How many teachers does Tucker High School have?
Tucker High School employs 109 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 14.8:1.
How diverse is Tucker High School?
Tucker High School reports a student body of 9% White, 24% Hispanic, 53% Black, 9% Asian, 3% Two or more.
Who oversees Tucker High School?
Tucker 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.