Druid Hills High School
| Druid Hills High School | |
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The main building as viewed from the school's picnic area, December 2011
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| Address | |
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1798 Haygood Drive Druid Hills, Georgia, (Dekalb County) 30307 United States |
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| Coordinates | 33°47′37″N 84°18′58″W / 33.79356°N 84.31603°WCoordinates: 33°47′37″N 84°18′58″W / 33.79356°N 84.31603°W |
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| Type | Public |
| Motto | Quality Teaching, Quality Learning |
| Established | 1919 |
| School number | 2055 |
| Principal | Brittany Cunningham |
| Grades | 9–12 |
| Enrollment | 1,421 1,459 |
| Average class size | 250 to 400 |
| Student to teacher ratio | 16.8 |
| Campus | Suburban |
| Color(s) |
Red and black |
| Athletics | Baseball, basketball, cheerleading, cross country, football, golf, lacrosse, marching band, rifle team, soccer, softball, swimming, tennis, track & field, ultimate, volleyball, and wrestling |
| Mascot | Red Devils |
| Newspaper | The Spotlight |
| Yearbook | SAGA |
| Website | Druid Hills High School |
Druid Hills High School is a high school operated by the DeKalb County School System. It is located at 1798 Haygood Drive, in the Druid Hills CDP in unincorporated DeKalb County, Georgia, United States. It serves the Druid Hills CDP, the North Druid Hills CDP, and the North Decatur CDP.
Several levels of academics are offered at Druid Hills. From least to greatest difficulty, the course types available are online/DOLA, general, accelerated/honors/gifted, Advanced Placement, and International Baccalaureate classes. Dual enrollment options are also offered. All classes are in accordance with Georgia Performance Standards and students must take state-administered End-of-Course Tests (EOCTs), unless otherwise exempt. Graduates often enroll as first-year undergraduate students at the University of Georgia, Georgia Institute of Technology, and Georgia State University, but many go elsewhere.
Druid Hills has had IB accreditation since 2004 as an IB World School, one of the very few in the area to have done so. At Druid Hills, AP classes are generally much larger and much more popular than its IB counterparts. Roughly 10% of the student body enrolls in the IB Diploma Programme, often with below 50 IB students per year in the same grade.
Druid Hills runs on a block schedule, meaning that students normally take four classes per semester. Some classes last two semesters because of curriculum requirements, such as many Advanced Placement and International Baccalaureate classes. First and second period classes at Druid Hills are 90 minutes long. Third and fourth periods are slightly longer because of lunch and afternoon announcements.
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