📍 5036 Lavista Rd, Tucker, DeKalb County, 30084
Tucker High School is a State/Public serving high age pupils, located in Tucker, DeKalb County. The school has 1,579 pupils enrolled. It is part of the DeKalb County school district. It serves grades 9–12 in a suburban setting. The school employs 99.7 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 15.8:1. 17% of students are proficient in reading. 11% are proficient in maths. The four-year graduation rate is 80%. The school offers 75 AP courses, dual enrollment, a gifted and talented program. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi, devices for students.
Tucker High School enrolls 1,579 students across grades 9–12. The student body is 51% male and 49% female. A teaching staff of 99.7 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 15.8:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 58% Black or African American, 20% Hispanic or Latino and 9.9% White.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Black or African American | 908 | 58% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 316 | 20% |
| White | 156 | 9.9% |
| Asian | 134 | 8.5% |
| Two or more races | 60 | 3.8% |
| American Indian or Alaska Native | 3 | <1% |
| Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander | 2 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
813 of the school's 1,579 students (51%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 717 qualify for free lunch and 96 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.
Tucker High School 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-40, state senate district 41, state house district 88.
Tucker High School is one of 131 schools in DeKalb County, based in Stone Mountain, Georgia. The district serves 91,752 students district-wide and employs 6,250 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 1,579 students, Tucker High School is larger than the district average of about 700 students per school.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.
Setting: Suburb - Large