Southwest DeKalb High School
Magnet · Grades 9–12 · 1,237 students
The Anchor School
2460 Wesley Chapel Road, Decatur, GA 30035
Grades
6–12
High
Students
208
Enrolled 2024–25
Students per teacher
13.6 : 1
Full-time teachers
District
State Specialty Schools II- The Anchor School
DeKalb County
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About The Anchor School
The Anchor School is a charter high school in Decatur, Georgia, serving grades 6–12. It is part of State Specialty Schools II- The Anchor School. The school is located in a large suburb in DeKalb County.
In the 2024–25 school year, 208 students were enrolled, with about 13.6 students for every full-time teacher. That ratio is smaller than the typical Georgia high school (15.5 students per teacher). As a charter school, it is publicly funded and tuition-free, but operates independently of the local district under a charter from State Charter Schools Commission.
Grades & enrollment
Students per grade, 2024–25Grades 6–12
Location & nearby schools
School details
- Type
- Charter School · What this means
- Level
- High
- Grades offered
- 6–12
- Enrollment (2024–25)
- 208 students
- Students per teacher
- 13.6 to 1
- Charter school
- Yes
- Charter authorizer
- State Charter Schools Commission
- Magnet school
- No
- Locale
- Suburb — Large
- School district
- State Specialty Schools II- The Anchor School
- County
- DeKalb County
- NCES school ID
- 130585804676
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School data comes from the U.S. Department of Education: the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) Common Core of Data and EDGE school locations (2024–25) and Private School Survey (2023–24), the Civil Rights Data Collection (2023–24), and EDFacts (test results 2021–22; graduation and chronic absenteeism 2022–23), plus other public sources. Please contact the school to confirm enrollment, programs, and other details. How we source data.