Clarkston High School (Georgia)
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Clarkston High School is a public high school located at 618 North Indian Creek Drive in Clarkston, Georgia, United States,[2] in central DeKalb County. As part of the DeKalb County School District, it is accredited by the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools.
Clarkston High School | |
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618 North Indian Creek Drive , 30021 United States | |
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Type | Public school |
Established | September 1958 (65 years ago) (1958-09) |
School district | DeKalb County Schools |
Teaching staff | 99.9 (on an FTE basis)[1] |
Grades | 9ā12[1] |
Enrollment | 1,421 (2021ā22)[1] |
Student to teacher ratio | 14.2[1] |
Color(s) | Green and gold |
Team name | Angora |
Website | www.clarkstonhs.dekalb.k12.ga.us |
Clarkston High School has the most diverse student body of all DeKalb County public schools, with 1,421 high schoolers representing 54 different countries in 2021-22.[1][3] Students were reported to speak 47 languages there in 2014.[3] CHS has DeKalb School System's only program for hearing impaired high school students.[3] Another school for deaf and hard-of-hearing students, Atlanta Area School for the Deaf, is also located in the city of Clarkston, about half a mile from CHS.[4]
The freshman class of 2021-22 had 538 students, many more than in the later grades, which had 298, 271, and 314 students in 10th through 12th grades, respectively.[1] Girls were outnumbered by boys, 46 to 54 percent. The majority ethnic or racial group was Black/African American students (59 percent), followed by Asian students (31 percent), with Hispanic, white, multiracial and American Indian/Alaska Native students making up the other 10 percent.[1]
The school mascot is the Angora and the school colors are green and gold.[3]