📍 1300 Constitution Rd SE, Atlanta, DeKalb County, 30316
Metro Regional Youth Detention Center is an Alternative/PRU serving secondary age pupils, located in Atlanta, DeKalb County. The school has 23 pupils enrolled. It is part of the Department of Juvenile Justice school district. It serves grades 8–10 in a suburban setting. Technology infrastructure includes campus-wide Wi-Fi.
Metro Regional Youth Detention Center enrolls 23 students across grades 8–10. The student body is 87% male and 13% female.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 96% Black or African American and 4.3% White.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Black or African American | 22 | 96% |
| White | 1 | 4.3% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
20 of the school's 23 students (87%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 20 qualify for free lunch and 0 for a reduced price. The school participates in the National School Lunch Program. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility is a widely used indicator of the share of students from lower-income households.
Metro Regional Youth Detention Center is located in a suburban setting (NCES locale: Suburb, Large). The school runs a schoolwide Title I program, which provides federal funding to support students from low-income families. For civic and policy purposes, the school sits in congressional district GA-50, state senate district 44, state house district 89.
Metro Regional Youth Detention Center is one of 25 schools in Department of Juvenile Justice, based in Decatur, Georgia. The district serves 410 students district-wide and employs 34 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 23 students, Metro Regional Youth Detention Center is larger than the district average of about 16 students per school.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.
Setting: Suburb - Large
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