Summary
Druid Hills High School is a high school operated by the DeKalb County School District. It is located at 1798 Haygood Drive, in the Druid Hills CDP in unincorporated DeKalb County, Georgia, United States.[4][5] It serves the Druid Hills CDP, the North Druid Hills CDP, and the North Decatur CDP.
| Druid Hills High School | |
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 The main building as viewed from the school's picnic area, December 2011 | |
| Address | |
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1798 Haygood Drive , , 30307 United States | |
| Coordinates | 33°47′37″N 84°18′58″W / 33.79356°N 84.31603°W |
| Information | |
| Type | Public |
| Motto | Quality Teaching, Quality Learning |
| Established | 1919 |
| School number | 2055 |
| Principal | Mark Joyner |
| Teaching staff | 85.00 (FTE)[1] |
| Grades | 9–12 |
| Enrollment | 1,332 (2021-22)[1] |
| Average class size | 250 to 400[2] |
| Student to teacher ratio | 1:15[1] |
| Campus | Suburban |
| Color(s) | Red and black |
| Athletics | Baseball, basketball, cheerleading, cross country, football, golf, lacrosse, marching band, rifle team, soccer, softball, swimming, tennis, track & field, ultimate, volleyball, and wrestling[3] |
| Mascot | Red Devils |
| Newspaper | The Spotlight |
| Yearbook | SAGA |
| Website | druidhillshs.dekalb.k12.ga.us |
School characteristics edit
Academics edit
Several levels of academics are offered at Druid Hills. From least to greatest difficulty, the course types available are online/DOLA, general, accelerated/honors/gifted, Advanced Placement, and International Baccalaureate classes. Dual enrollment options are also offered. All classes are in accordance with Georgia Performance Standards and students must take state-administered End of Course Tests (EOCTs), unless otherwise exempt. Graduates often enroll as first-year undergraduate students at the University of Georgia, Georgia Institute of Technology, and Georgia State University.
Druid Hills has had IB accreditation since 2004 as an IB World School, however, AP classes generally are more populated than their IB counterparts. Roughly 10% of the student body enrolls in the IB Diploma Programme, often with less than 50 IB students per grade.
Enrollment edit
Enrollment for the 2009–2010 school year was 1,421 students[4] in grades 9-12. A later population size indicated was 1,459.[6]
Accreditation edit
On December 17, 2012, the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools announced that it had downgraded the DeKalb County Schools System's status from "on advisement" to "on probation" and warned the school system that the loss of their accreditation was "imminent."[7] Partially in an attempt to distance Druid Hills from the danger of disaccreditation and county mismanagement, parents and other contributors of Druid Hills High School began a petition to form a public charter cluster of five elementary schools, one middle school, and one high school. This included Druid Hills High School, Avondale Elementary, Briar Vista Elementary, Fernbank Elementary, Laurel Ridge Elementary,[8] McLendon Elementary, and Druid Hills Middle School. The charter cluster would have granted some autonomy to the schools as a group while still remaining part of the DeKalb County School District. However, this charter was turned down by the Dekalb School Board on November 11, 2013, with a 5–4 vote against it, which was a final and non-appealable decision.
School Lockdown Incident edit
At 10:30 AM on May 5, 2022, students at DHHS informed their principal that they believed a fellow classmate had brought a gun to school. The principle then informed the school resource officer, locking down the school while police searched for the student and the weapon. The lockdown was ended around noon when police decided that the student had likely escaped to the area around the school, the student was later apprehended on the Emory University campus just before 4 PM that day. [9][10][11]
School Conditions Scandal edit
In early 2022, a group of DHHS students and parents posted a video showing various health and safety issues[12].The DeKalb County School Board voted against modernizing the school, leading to student protests.[13] On April 25 the state superintendent sent a letter ordering the school board to take action to repair the school.[14] On May 31, 2022, the DeKalb County School Board voted 7-0 to restore Druid Hills High School at a proposed funding level of $50 million.[15]
Feeder schools edit
Druid hills is fed into by the following Elementary Schools:[16]
- Briar Vista Elementary School
- Fernbank Elementary School
- Laurel Ridge Elementary School
- McLendon Elementary School
- Avondale Elementary School
Druid Hills Middle School, formerly known as Shamrock Middle School, and The Museum School are Druid Hills' two feeder middle schools.
Notable alumni edit
- Josh Arieh, World Series of Poker champion[17]
- Gayle Barron, distance runner[18]
- Ron Blomberg, Major League Baseball player[19]
- Brenda Boozer, Opera singer[19]
- Hermann Flaschka, mathematician[20]
- Sam Massell, former mayor of Atlanta[19]
- Ray Stevens, recording artist[19]
- Herman Talmadge, former Georgia Governor and Georgia Senator[19]
- Alfred Uhry, playwright[19]
- Shameik Moore, actor and musician
References edit
- ^ a b c "Druid Hills High School". National Center for Education Statistics. Archived from the original on November 26, 2018. Retrieved September 3, 2021.
- ^ "National Center for Education Statistics (NCES)". Archived from the original on January 16, 2011. Retrieved February 28, 2010.
- ^ "Sports". Druid Hills High School website. Archived from the original on March 8, 2010. Retrieved March 18, 2010.
- ^ a b "Druid Hills". DeKalb County Schools. Retrieved June 3, 2010.[permanent dead link]
- ^ "Druid Hills CDP, GA Archived November 25, 2011, at the Wayback Machine." United States Census Bureau. Retrieved on May 5, 2009.
- ^ "Druid Hills High School". PublicSchoolReview.com. Archived from the original on April 4, 2016. Retrieved December 5, 2016.
- ^ Tagami, Ty (December 17, 2012). "DeKalb school district in 'conflict and crisis,' put on probation by accreditation agency". The Atlanta Journal-Constitution. Cox Enterprises. Archived from the original on December 19, 2012. Retrieved December 5, 2016.
- ^ "Laurel Ridge Elementary School: Details overview". GreatSchools.org. Archived from the original on December 20, 2016. Retrieved December 5, 2016.
- ^ "Druid Hills High student in custody after lockdown". ajc. Archived from the original on May 11, 2022. Retrieved May 11, 2022.
- ^ "Student with weapon prompted lockdown at Druid Hills High School, police chief says". 11Alive.com. May 5, 2022. Archived from the original on March 2, 2023. Retrieved May 11, 2022.
- ^ "Student with gun on campus prompts lockdown at Druid Hills High, Emory University". FOX 5 Atlanta. May 5, 2022. Archived from the original on May 11, 2022. Retrieved May 11, 2022.
- ^ "Mold, sewage leak and more | Druid Hills High School students expose toxic conditions, get results". April 13, 2022. Archived from the original on March 2, 2023. Retrieved August 9, 2022.
- ^ "DeKalb County students and parents pressure school board to keep promises". May 10, 2022. Archived from the original on August 9, 2022. Retrieved August 9, 2022.
- ^ "Exclusive: State Schools Superintendent sends scathing letter about Druid Hills High". April 25, 2022. Archived from the original on August 9, 2022. Retrieved August 9, 2022.
- ^ "Druid Hills High School is getting a $50M makeover". June 2, 2022. Archived from the original on August 9, 2022. Retrieved August 9, 2022.
- ^ "Druid Hills High School Feeder Schools" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on April 14, 2015. Retrieved April 7, 2015.
- ^ Fennessy, Steve (June 22, 2005). "Cover Story: One of a Kind Josh Arieh can beat you in poker. Wanna bet?". Creative Loafing. Archived from the original on March 2, 2023. Retrieved March 2, 2023.
- ^ Burfoot, Amy. "Running with purpose: Gayle Barron blazed a trail as first female AJC Peachtree Road Race winner". The Atlanta Journal-Constitution. Archived from the original on July 6, 2022. Retrieved July 6, 2022.
- ^ a b c d e f "Druid Hills Famous Alumni". Archived from the original on August 17, 2007. Retrieved November 18, 2007.
- ^ "205 Given Diplomas at Druid Hills". The Atlanta Constitution. June 27, 1962. p. 6. Archived from the original on March 2, 2023. Retrieved March 2, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
External links edit
- Official website