Druid Hills High School - Atlanta, Georgia/GA

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Druid Hills High School

1798 Haygood Drive, Ne, Atlanta, GA, 30307-1119 -

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Definition of Terms

Druid Hills High School

School Level

High school

School Type

Charter School

Grades Offered

Grades 9 - 12

County

Dekalb County, GA

Students & Faculty

Total Students

1270 students

% Male / % Female

49% / 51%

Total Classroom Teachers

67 teachers

Students by Grade

Grade 9 - 421 students

Grade 10 - 321 students

Grade 11 - 299 students

Grade 12 - 229 students

This School

(GA) School Average

Teacher : Student Ratio

1:19

1:15

Students by Ethnicity

This School

(GA) School Average

% American Indian	n/a	n/a
% Asian	10%	2%
% Hispanic	4%	10%
% Black	49%	37%
% White	33%	46%
% Unknown	4 %	5%

Additional Student Information

This School

(GA) School Average

% Eligible for Free Lunch

39%

45%

% Eligible for Reduced Lunch

% Migrant Students Enrolled

n/a

n/a

(GA) Statewide Testing Performance

School Statewide Performance

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School District Name

Dekalb County School District

This School's Agency

(GA) District Average

Number of Schools Managed	148	6
Number of Students Managed	103,383 students	3,472 students
District Total Revenue	$972,966,000	$29,999,000
District Expenditure	$965,936,000	$27,898,000
District Revenue / Student	$9,411	$8,709
District Expenditure / Student	$9,343	$7,955
District Graduation Rates	70%	74%

Druid Hills High School is a public high school in DeKalb County, Georgia; located at 1798 Haygood Drive, northeast of Atlanta, Georgia. It was started in 1919 in the Fishburne Building of Emory University as a school for children of Emory faculty.
History: Emory University founded Druid Hills High School in the Fishburne Building on the Emory Campus in 1919 as a K-11 school for children of faculty. In 1928, the school moved to its current site at 1798 Haygood Drive, where it was designed and constructed by the architects Crook & Ivey. In 1959, the elementary students were moved to Fernbank Elementary School, and Druid Hills housed grades 8-12. Between 1974 and 1976, the school was remodeled, and in the fall of 1996, Druid Hills merged with Shamrock High School to become a 9-12 high school. In 1997, Druid Hills became the first charter school in DeKalb County. During the 1999-2000 school year, the school was again remodeled with new lighting, tile floors, carpeting, blinds, white boards, and the complete renovation of the Alfred Uhry Theatre and the gymnasium. The Druid Hills charter ended in 2002 and was not renewed. In 2004, Druid Hills applied to participate in the International Baccalaureate programme. The school received acceptance into the program on July 9, 2004 with authorization to begin the program in the fall of 2004.
Accreditation: Druid Hills is accredited by the Southern Association of Colleges and Secondary Schools and the Georgia High School Accrediting Commission.
International Baccalaureate: Druid Hills was accepted into the IB Programme on July 9, 2004, and began the program in the fall of 2004. The International Baccalaureate Diploma Programme is a two-year program for 11th and 12th graders who want an academic challenge and a diploma recognized by universities throughout the world. Students earn the diploma by taking six subjects and doing three special features: an Extended Essay, CAS service hours to the school and community, and a course named Theory of Knowledge, focusing on an introduction to epistemology and ontology.
IB Higher Level (HL) courses at Druid Hills include Biology, Chemistry, Mathematics, History, and English.
Advanced Placement: Advanced Placement (AP) courses include Biology, Chemistry, Art, Calculus (AB and BC), Psychology, American History, American Government, European History, English, German, Spanish, Latin, and French.
Fernbank Advanced Studies: Fernbank Science Center offers a variety of courses, known as �Advanced Studies� courses, available for all DeKalb County students. These can be taken instead of or in addition to each semester�s fourth period.
Alfred Uhry Theater: When the Druid Hills Theater was renovated under the non-profit Uhry Theater project organization, the modernized theater became known as the Alfred Uhry Theater after the playwright Alfred Fox Uhry, a Druid Hills alumnus from 1954.
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About This Zip Code (30307)

School Zip (30307)

(GA) State Average

Population (Approximate)

16,646 people

7,714,340 people

% (age 25+) w/College Degree

67%

21%

Population Average Age

33 years old

33 years old

Average Household size

2.1 persons

2.5 persons

Median Household Income

$56,496

$44,678

Avg. # of Rooms in Household

5.2 rooms

5.6 rooms

Median Age of Housing Structure

62 years old

30 years old

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% Owning / % Renting

54% / 46%

66% / 34%

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