Chamblee Charter High School
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3688 Chamblee Dunwoody Road Chamblee, Georgia United States |
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| Coordinates | 33°53′54″N 84°18′23″W / 33.898256°N 84.306307°WCoordinates: 33°53′54″N 84°18′23″W / 33.898256°N 84.306307°W |
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| Type | Public high school |
| Established | 1917 |
| Principal | Dr. Norman Sauce III |
| Grades | 9–12 |
| Enrollment | 1,604 |
| Campus | Suburban |
| Color(s) | Blue and gold |
| Mascot | Bulldog |
| Website | Chamblee Charter High School |
Chamblee Charter High School is a public secondary school located in Chamblee, Georgia, United States. As of 2010, it serves 1512 students in grades 9-12. It is the second oldest high school of the DeKalb County School System, having opened in 1917. Chamblee's current principal is Dr. Norman Sauce III.
Chamblee is a charter school and therefore accepts students from all of Dekalb County as well as from its local district. Chamblee was named a National Blue Ribbon School of Excellence in 1996 and is one of 27% of schools in Dekalb to make the AYP of the No Child Left Behind Act. CHS was ranked #215 of the 1500 best public high schools by Newsweek magazine. Its students' SAT scores are ranked first in Dekalb County and sixth in the state.
When adjusted for differences in demographics, Chamblee High School has the highest SAT scores of all Atlanta-metro schools (including Cobb, Gwinnett, and Forsyth). Its 84th percentile ranking is superior to Walton (73rd percentile) and other suburban counterparts. The student body also has one of the highest acceptance rates to tier 1 colleges and universities in the state of Georgia.
The school offers a variety of extracurricular activities, courses, and sports. There are elective performing art classes which are bolstered by performances. CCHS offers 22 AP courses, the most of any high school in Dekalb County, and was named an AP Honor School in 2011 for every category in which it was eligible.
On December 17, 2012, the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools announced that it had downgraded the DeKalb County Schools System's status from "on advisement" to "on probation" and warned the school system that the loss of their accreditation was "imminent."
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