DEKALB COUNTY, Ga. — Over the past decade, the DeKalb County School District has seen numerous changes, but one that matches a national trend in public schools is a decrease in enrollment — a statistic it is trying to reverse.
According to Georgia’s Department of Education Full-Time Enrollment across K-12, DeKalb County School District had 97,889 students in March 2016, and in March 2025 they reported 88,436, a net decline of 9,543 students.
Here is a graph displaying the decline:
The numbers reported by the district can often vary depending on the data being used. Some data points include pre-K and pre-K-3 totals, which are not included in state reports as they are not funded through Georgia’s Quality Basic Education (QBE) funding formula…