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Black student results at Southwest DeKalb High School

DeKalb County, Georgia · Magnet

30.6%
of Black students meet proficient or distinguished

At Southwest DeKalb High School, 30.6% of Black students meet proficient or distinguished — 0.1 points below the 30.7% recorded for all students at the same school, and 1.3 points above the 29.3% average for Black students across DeKalb County.

Among the 123 schools in DeKalb County with reportable Black student results, this one ranks 42nd. Across Georgia, the average for Black students is 29.6%.

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Every group at this school

30.7%
All students
30.6%
Black
36.3%
Hispanic

Share of students meeting proficient or distinguished at Southwest DeKalb High School. A group is omitted when too few students were tested to report safely.

How it compares inside DeKalb County

The schools ranked immediately above and below this one for Black student results, so the number above has something to sit against.

SchoolAllBlackHispanicWhiteAsian
Brockett Elementary School 29.4% 33.1% 14.6% 67.5% 28.6%
Vanderlyn Elementary School 72.2% 31.5% 40.9% 82.4% 77.1%
Kelley Lake Elementary School 19.1% 31.4% 5.5%
Stephenson High School 31.9% 31.4% 32.6%
Peachtree Middle School 40.5% 31.1% 16% 76.3% 72.4%
Southwest DeKalb High School Magnet This school 30.7% 30.6% 36.3%
Dunwoody High School 43.2% 30.5% 22.8% 76.2% 63.3%
Idlewood Elementary School 28.5% 30.1% 17.3% 17.3% 30%
Doraville United Elementary School 14.6% 30% 13.6%
Miller Grove High School 29.8% 29.9% 31.9%
Druid Hills High School 41.9% 29.8% 31.3% 69.9% 32.3%

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How to read this. Georgia suppresses results for very small groups, shown in the source data as “TFS” (too few students). Those schools appear as no data rather than zero. Because every state sets its own proficiency standard, Georgia figures should not be compared against another state's.