The DeKalb County School District is a school district headquartered at 1701 Mountain Industrial Boulevard in the City of Tucker, 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.School Board membersCurrent School Board members: District 1 - Stan Jester District 2 - Marshall Orson District 3 - Michael A. Erwin District 4 - James L. McMahan (Vice Chair) District 5 - Vickie Turner District 6 - Dr. Melvin Johnson (Chair) District 7 - Dr. Joyce A. Morley District 8 - Board super district eliminated as of 1/1/2015 District 9 - Board super district eliminated as of 1/1/2015HistoryAccreditationOn 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."
