Demographic Profiles of DeKalb School Board Districts

Prepared by Neighborhood Nexus and Atlanta Regional Commission

March 1, 2013

School Age Population (5-17)

Key Points:

• District 2 has the smallest school age population. District 1 has the second smallest school age population. Thus the northern districts have the smallest school age populations

• Districts 5 and 6 have the highest (they are almost identical), with District 7 not far behind. Thus the southeastern districts have the largest school age populations.

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Source: ESRI

School Age Populations compared

Key Points:

• What we are looking for is the same basic “shape” of the bars district-by-district. For the most part, we have that. District 4 is the lone exception in that it has a larger elementary school age relative to the overall “shape” of the bars in the middle school and high school graphs.

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Source: ESRI

Elementary Middle School High School

Age 0-4

Key Points:

• District 7 has the largest number of kids ages 0 to 4, about 800 more kids than District 6, which had the lowest number of kids age 0-4.

• This is the population that will begin hitting elementary school next year.

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Source: ESRI

Elementary School Age (5-10)Key Points:

• District 5 has the largest number of elementary school age kids (ages 5 – 10).

• District 5 had a low 0-4 population, meaning that they will have extra capacity in the next few years in elementary schools due to low replacement numbers. District 6 is in a similar situation.

• District 2 had the lowest elementary school age population.

• District 7 has large populations in both the 0-4 and elementary school age group.

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Source: ESRI

Middle School Age (11-13)Key Points:

• District 6 has the largest number of middle school age kids.

• District 5 also has large numbers of elementary school age kids. District 6 is in a similar situation.

• District 2 had the lowest middle school age population AND the lowest elementary school age population.

• Districts 1 and 4 have the largest “gap” between elementary age and middle school age. (i.e. there are 4,500 more elementary age kids than middle school age kids in District 1).

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Source: ESRI

High School Age (14-17)Key Points:

• Districts 5 and 6 have the largest number of high school kids as well

• District 2 had the lowest high school age population, as well as the lowest middle school and elementary school age population.

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Source: ESRI

% White PopulationKey Points:

• Districts 1, 2 and 4 have the largest percentages of White population of any district, including in comparison to the State and DeKalb County as a whole.

• These districts also have the fewest school-age kids, but have relatively large populations of PRE-SCHOOL age kids.

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Source: ESRI

% Black PopulationKey Points:

• Districts 3, 5, 6 and 7 each have greater than 80 percent Black population, all well-higher than State and DeKalb averages.

• These districts also have the greatest number of school-age kids.

• District 7 also has the largest number of pre-school age kids

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Source: ESRI

% Hispanic PopulationKey Points:

• Districts 1, 2 and 4 have the largest percentages of Hispanic population of any district. (They also had the highest percentages of White population).

• Districts 1 and 4 have more the double the percentage that Georgia and DeKalb have.

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Source: ESRI

% Asian PopulationKey Points:

• Districts 1, 2 and 4 have the largest percentages of Asian population of any district. (They also had the highest percentages of White and Hispanic population).

• District 7 also has a relatively large Asian population when compared to State and DeKalb averages.

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Source: ESRI

Household IncomeKey Points:

• Districts 1 has, by far, the highest household income of the districts, roughly 40% higher than Georgia’s household income.

• District 3 has the lowest household income, about 25% lower than Georgia’s household income.

• The other districts are similar in terms of household income.

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Source: ESRI

Household IncomeKey Points:

• Districts 1 has, by far, the highest household income of the districts, roughly 40% higher than Georgia’s household income.

• District 3 has the lowest household income, about 25% lower than Georgia’s household income.

• The other districts are similar in terms of household income.

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Source: ESRI

Home ValueKey Points:

• Districts 1 has the highest median home value, followed by Districts 2 and 4. These districts happen to have to lowest school-age populations.

• The other districts have roughly the same median home value, but have many more school-age children.

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Source: ESRI