DeKalb County Public School System
| DeKalb County School District | |
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| DeKalb County, Georgia | |
| District information | |
| Type | Suburban/urban public |
| Grades | PK-12 |
| Established | 1873 |
| Superintendent | Dr. R. Stephen Green |
| Accreditation | Southern Association of Colleges and Schools |
| Schools | 83 elementary schools 20 middle schools 22 high schools 18 centers |
| Students and staff | |
| Students | 49,142 elementary school 22,647 middle school 29,290 high school 101,079 total |
| Teachers | 8,500 (4,600 of whom are regular education teachers) |
| Staff | 13,285 (non-teaching) |
| Student-teacher ratio | 23 to 1 |
| Other information | |
| Website | www.dekalb.k12.ga.us |
The DeKalb County School District (DCSD) is a school district headquartered at 1701 Mountain Industrial Boulevard in unincorporated DeKalb County, Georgia, United States. DCSD operates public schools in areas of DeKalb County that are not within the city limits of Atlanta and Decatur.
As of July 1, 2015, the District Superintendent was Dr. R. Stephen Green. The system educates more than 101,000 students at 137 schools with more than 14,000 full-time employees and 6,000 teachers. The student-to-teacher ratio is 23:1. In 2005 the school system graduated over 5,000 students from high school. Of those students, 7.8% received a dual diploma, 79.4% received a college prep diploma and 12.8% received a vocational diploma. After graduation, 62% were eligible for Hope Scholarships. In 2011, the school system graduated 6,130 students.
Current School Board members:
On December 17, 2012, the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools announced that it had downgraded the DeKalb County School District's status from "on advisement" to "on probation" and warned the school system that the loss of their accreditation was "imminent."
On January 21, 2014, the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools announced that it had upgraded the DeKalb County School District's status from "probation" to "accredited warned" which is below full accreditation status. The DeKalb County School District is now fully accredited.
Former DeKalb County Schools Superintendent Crawford Lewis was indicted in 2012, along with former DeKalb County Schools Chief Operating Officer Pat Pope, and others, on criminal charges related to a school construction scandal. The indictment listed four counts of racketeering, as well as theft by taking and bribery.
On August 20, 2013, a shooting and hostage situation occurred at Ronald E. McNair Discovery Learning Academy, an elementary school in the district. A man with an AK-47 entered the school's front office and barricaded himself. He fired six shots at approaching police officers outside, who returned fire. No one was injured. The school's students were evacuated. Antoinette Tuff, a school bookkeeper, later received a call from President Obama praising her for her courage while talking to the shooter; police credited her calmness and kindness toward him with convincing him to surrender without shooting anyone.
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