Southwest Dekalb High School - Decatur, Georgia/GA

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Southwest Dekalb High School

2863 Kelley Chapel Road, Decatur, GA, 30034-2208 -

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Definition of Terms

Southwest Dekalb High School

School Level

High school

School Type

Magnet School

Grades Offered

Grades 9 - 12

County

Dekalb County, GA

Students & Faculty

Total Students

1782 students

% Male / % Female

47% / 53%

Total Classroom Teachers

101 teachers

Students by Grade

Grade 9 - 547 students

Grade 10 - 458 students

Grade 11 - 409 students

Grade 12 - 368 students

This School

(GA) School Average

Teacher : Student Ratio

1:18

1:16

Students by Ethnicity

This School

(GA) School Average

% American Indian	n/a	n/a
% Asian	n/a	2%
% Hispanic	n/a	6%
% Black	98%	39%
% White	n/a	52%
% Unknown	2 %	4%

Additional Student Information

This School

(GA) School Average

% Eligible for Free Lunch

40%

33%

% 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	7
Number of Students Managed	102,915 students	3,848 students
District Total Revenue	$972,966,000	$34,253,000
District Expenditure	$965,936,000	$34,226,000
District Revenue / Student	$9,454	$8,902
District Expenditure / Student	$9,386	$8,894
District Graduation Rates	70%	75%

Lost class ring comes full circle back to owner (The Champion Newspaper)
posted on October 29, 2009 at 08:48:46 pm
When a young Marine dated a young woman who would become his wife, she longed to wear his high school ring. He couldn’t oblige because his ring was lost.
University of Akron cornerback tackles his own sport (Akron Beacon Journal)
posted on September 25, 2009 at 07:46:09 am
Son of world-class sprinter making mark in football Waller is considered fastest player on team
Western Carolina respects Vandy's talent (The Leaf Chronicle)
posted on September 3, 2009 at 02:48:56 pm
NASHVILLE — Western Carolina Coach Dennis Wagner isn't making any guarantees. With his team preparing to face Vanderbilt on Saturday in Nashville, the second-year Catamount coach is shying away from any upset talk.
Just who is Western Carolina? (The Tennessean)
posted on September 3, 2009 at 07:18:50 am
Western Carolina knows it is a decided underdog, but the Catamounts want to show they're no pushover, not even against an SEC team.
Former student in top post at her former high school (The Champion Newspaper)
posted on August 28, 2009 at 02:57:16 pm
The year is 1989. George H. Bush is president, Madonna’s Like a Prayer and Tone Loc’s Wild Thing dominate the airwaves, while Do the Right Thing drives audiences to movie theaters.