The Anchor School
Decatur · GA · State Specialty Schools II- The Anchor School · Public charter · K-12 combined
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Southwest DeKalb High School → Columbia High School → Towers High School → Redan High School → Miller Grove High School → Martin Luther King- Jr. High School → DeKalb Regional Youth Detention Center → DeKalb School of the Arts →For Parents
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🏛️ Federal Title I context
High-poverty school
Title I Schoolwide eligible
≥75% of students qualify for free/reduced lunch. These schools qualify for the highest tier of federal Title I funding and typically receive extra wraparound services. Academic outcomes vary widely — check the state assessment + grad-rate tiles.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data, free/reduced-price lunch eligibility. The actual Title I designation is a district decision and may differ from eligibility — but the federal eligibility math is what we show here. We don't claim to assert whether the district formally chose to enroll this school in Title I.
🏛️ Your state's public flagship
University of Georgia
The in-state tuition gap is the flagship's biggest draw — most in-state families pay far less than the out-of-state sticker. Average net price after aid runs about $13,936/yr. Admission odds depend on your student's GPA and test scores, not which high school they attend.
Source: IPEDS admissions, tuition & enrollment + College Scorecard net price. Flagship = the state's primary public research university.
💰 Pay for college in Georgia
Georgia's public scholarships
Georgia's lottery-funded HOPE and Zell Miller scholarships are pure merit — no income limit. GPAs are recalculated by the state (GSFC) on core academic courses only.
Covers a set share of public-college tuition for Georgia grads with a 3.0+ core GPA — no test score or income limit. (Requires 4 rigor credits; maintain a 3.0 in college.)
Official program details ↗Top tier: full public-college tuition for a 3.7 GPA plus a single-sitting SAT 1200 / ACT 25. Named valedictorians and salutatorians qualify at a 3.0 with no test. (The 3.0 val/sal path needs no test score; 3.3 is the separate in-college maintenance GPA.)
Official program details ↗Eligibility rules change yearly — confirm with the official program before relying on it. Amounts are recent published figures; awards cover tuition/fees, not housing or books unless noted. Verified 2026-06-14.
Enrollment trend & projection
Total enrollment + grade 12, NCES Common Core of Data (2021–2024).
If the recent trend holds…
At its recent rate of +141.9%/year, projecting from 2024's 208 students:
An extrapolation of the recent trajectory, not a forecast of the school's plans; ignores one-off shocks.
Most similar nearby high schools
The schools most like this one — same type, blended on distance and size — and where their enrollment is heading. These are the schools families here weigh against each other.
| School | Type | Miles | HS enrollment | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Southwest DeKalb High School Decatur |
Public | 1.2 | 1,237 | -4.2% |
| Columbia High School Decatur |
Public | 2.4 | 877 | -11.0% |
| Towers High School Decatur |
Public | 2.6 | 876 | +10.2% |
| Redan High School Stone Mountain |
Public | 3.5 | 1,052 | +12.9% |
| Miller Grove High School Lithonia |
Public | 3.6 | 1,073 | -11.0% |
| Martin Luther King- Jr. High School Lithonia |
Public | 3.8 | 1,370 | -6.9% |
| DeKalb Regional Youth Detention Center Decatur |
Public | 4.0 | 9 | — |
| DeKalb School of the Arts Avondale Estates |
Public | 4.4 | 298 | -8.9% |