Clarkston High School (Georgia)

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Clarkston High School
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Clarkston High School (Georgia)
618 North Indian Creek Drive

Clarkston
,
Georgia
30021

United States
Information
Type Public school
EstablishedSeptember 1958(66 years ago) (1958-09)
School districtDeKalb County Schools
Teaching staff91.90 (on an FTE basis) [1]
Grades 9–12 [1]
Enrollment1,413 (2022–2023) [1]
Student to teacher ratio15.38 [1]
Color(s)Green and gold
  
Team nameAngora
Websitewww.clarkstonhs.dekalb.k12.ga.us

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 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]

Athletics

In 2015, the CHS's boys cross-country team were surprise champions of the GHSA state title, and they won the state title again in 2016 and 2017. [5] The team had student athletes from over forty countries, including many who arrived in the United States as refugees. [5] In 2017, all eight of the top runners on the team were immigrants from African countries, including Democratic Republic of the Congo, Somalia, and South Sudan. [6]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 "Clarkston High School - CCD Public school data 2022-2023". National Center for Education Statistics. Retrieved September 8, 2024.
  2. ↑ "Home". Clarkston High School. Retrieved June 25, 2023.
  3. 1 2 3 4 "About us". Clarkston High School. Retrieved June 25, 2023.
  4. ↑ "Atlanta Area School for the Deaf - CCD Public school data 2021-2022". National Center for Education Statistics. Retrieved June 25, 2023.
  5. 1 2 "Clarkston High School Boys Cross Country Ring In Another Title". Georgia Public Broadcasting. March 26, 2016. Retrieved June 25, 2023.
  6. ↑ Emily Giambalvo (May 19, 2017). "Refugees, immigrants helped a Georgia high school build a diverse cross country dynasty". ESPN. Retrieved June 25, 2023.

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