Superintendent, Dr. Devon Horton
Dr. Devon Horton serves as superintendent of the DeKalb County School District, managing the day-to-day operations of a diverse educational system with more than 92,000 students, 14,500 employees and a budget of $2.6 billion. More »
The vision of DeKalb County School District is to inspire our community of learners to achieve educational excellence. Our mission is to ensure student success, leading to higher education, work, and life-long learning. We are making this vision and mission a reality – every day, in every classroom throughout the District. Through community forums, focus groups, listening sessions, and more, we have engaged our stakeholders, refined our objectives, honed our procedures, and formulated a robust, highly-structured yet agile and adaptive… More »
On March 20-25, 2022 the DeKalb County School District (DCSD) engaged in a Cognia Accreditation Engagement Review. Cognia, formerly known as AdvancED, is the global leader in preschool through 12th grade accreditation services and is responsible for conducting five-year accreditation renewal visits for member school districts. A preliminary presentation released by Cognia during an Exit Report on Friday March 25, 2022 shows that the team will recommend DeKalb County School District receive a five-year renewal of its accreditation following this intense review. More »
DeKalb County School District’s Master Planning process includes an evaluation of all school and administrative facilities, as well as the infrastructure to support the educational mission of the District. This process includes gathering data about school facilities that will be used to develop priorities for the next Educational Special Purpose Local Option Sales Tax (E-SPLOST) project list. The Master Plan Process includes several major types of activities. More »
Dr. Horton’s 60-Day Plan: Reflection and Progression
It’s been 60 days since I started my journey to serve our community as superintendent. This remarkable experience has been filled with learning, growth, and inspiration. As we confront our challenges and continue Disrupting for Excellence, this will entail revisiting strategies and repositioning for greatness.
Making the Grade: Six High Schools Ranked Among Top 100 in Georgia
The DeKalb County School District (DCSD) has once again received recognition for having some of the best high schools in both Georgia and the nation. According to U.S. News and World Reports, six DCSD high schools have achieved rankings in the top 100 in Georgia. [...]
‘Banner’ Year! 10 Schools Honored by State Superintendent
School State Superintendent Richard Woods bestowed a special recognition to ten DeKalb County School District (DCSD) schools for their outstanding performance in literacy, which he presented during a visit to Avondale Elementary School on September 15. The distinguished schools earning the honors were Avondale Elementary, [...]
All DeKalb County Schools will be closed for students for Fall Break. Teachers will report. Administrative buildings will still be open.
All DeKalb County Schools will be closed.
Information regarding the DeKalb BOE and monthly meetings can be found at www.dekalbschoolsga.org/board-of-education/
All meetings can be viewed on DeKalb Schools TV (DSTV) by going to: www.dekalbschoolsga.org/communications/dstv or Comcast channel 24 (for Comcast subscribers in DeKalb County).
For more info, visit the Board of Education homepage.
