Original Research by School Decision on Elizabeth Andrews High School
Elizabeth Andrews High School is a small, high-poverty secondary school in Stone Mountain serving grades ten through twelve. It enrolls students drawn heavily from low-income households, with the vast majority qualifying for free or reduced-price lunch. The school's student body is predominantly Black, with smaller shares of Hispanic, Asian, and white students. The three-grade cohort is unevenly distributed, with senior enrollment substantially larger than the tenth-grade class.
State testing data and graduation rates were not available in the records reviewed, so readers cannot see how Elizabeth Andrews' academic proficiency or completion rates compare to other schools in DeKalb County or statewide. Special education and English learner enrollment figures were also not reported. Without these metrics, a parent or resident cannot easily assess the school's performance directly or position it against its county peers. A family considering this school may want to request recent proficiency results, graduation and attendance data, and information on special services directly from the school or the DeKalb County School District.
The school sits in Stone Mountain, a small, diverse DeKalb County city that has undergone recent downtown revitalization. The historic village core on Main Street, lined with early-1900s buildings, now hosts shops and restaurants, and the pedestrian-scaled PATH regional trail connects the area to Stone Mountain Park. Outside the village proper, the broader Stone Mountain postal area is more conventionally suburban, with new housing developments and townhome communities adding inventory, including Heritage at Panola and mixed-income senior housing like The View. The local economy is anchored by manufacturing and industrial firms, Stone Mountain Park's hospitality sector, and the DeKalb County School District, which is headquartered nearby on Mountain Industrial Boulevard.
At the district level, DeKalb County faces significant operational headwinds that will affect school enrollment and assignments over the coming years. The Student Assignment Project, launched in 2024, is a multi-year redistricting and consolidation effort aimed at closing or repurposing dozens of schools to address roughly thousands of empty seats across the system. Cluster-specific scenarios are under review, with a final recommendation expected in December 2026. This effort will reshape attendance boundaries across multiple clusters and is a lasting consideration for any family choosing where to buy or enroll in DeKalb. The district is also executing an E-SPLOST VI capital plan (2022–2027) that includes building a new Sequoyah high school, a rebuilt Cross Keys High School, and repurposing existing schools as specialized academies focused on performing arts, cyber technology and engineering, and career technical education. These infrastructure and program changes will continue to reshape the schools students can access.
On property taxes, DeKalb's millage rate, historically one of the highest in Georgia, has been reduced for three consecutive years, yet actual tax bills have risen as property values have climbed. Families should expect that rising home values in the Stone Mountain area will outpace any millage relief.
Elizabeth Andrews' role in this landscape remains defined by its enrollment profile and grade band. Without available achievement data, prospective families should weigh the school's socioeconomic composition, size, and location against their own priorities, and follow up directly with the district and school for proficiency, graduation, and support-services information.
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