Cross Keys High's graduation rate rose 4.8 points to 78.5% for the Class of 2026. Chamblee and Druid Hills highs, which also serve Brookhaven, set records.

Cross Keys High School graduated 78.5% of its students in four years in 2026. That is up 4.8 percentage points on a year earlier, and up more than 14 points in two years.

The figures are in the DeKalb County School District’s report on Class of 2026 graduation rates, published Sept. 28.

The two other high schools that serve Brookhaven both reached their highest rates on record, the district said:

  • Chamblee High: 88.4%, up from 88% in 2025
  • Druid Hills High: 89%, up from 88.7% in 2025
  • Cross Keys High: 78.5%, up from 73.7% in 2025 and 64.3% in 2024

The 2025 and 2024 figures are from the state’s report cards for Cross Keys High, Chamblee High and Druid Hills High.

A record for the district

DeKalb’s districtwide four-year rate rose to 83.3%, the highest it has recorded. It was the fifth year in a row the rate went up, the district said. Its 2025 rate was 81.6%, according to the state’s data.

Fifteen DeKalb high schools set records, and seven reached at least 90%. The district has set a goal of a districtwide rate of at least 90% by 2030.

All nine student groups the district tracks improved. Six reached their highest rates on record:

  • multiracial students, 89.5%
  • Black students, 84.8%
  • economically disadvantaged students, 81.4%
  • students with disabilities, 74.1%
  • Hispanic students, 73.6%
  • English learners, 69.6%

Cross Keys is zoned for a band across the south of Brookhaven, around North Druid Hills Road and Buford Highway. The district’s report does not break the student-group figures down by school.

Rates at the schools serving Brookhaven

Bar chart of four-year graduation rates for the Class of 2026: Druid Hills High 89%, Chamblee High 88.4%, DeKalb County School District 83.3%, Cross Keys High 78.5%.
Four-year graduation rates for the Class of 2026. Chart by Brookhaven Local Today
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Cross Keys still trails the district average by 4.8 points. Two years ago the gap was much wider.

The schools sit in and around the city:

  • Cross Keys High is at 1626 N. Druid Hills Road in Brookhaven.
  • Chamblee High is at 3688 Chamblee Dunwoody Road in Chamblee, just north of the city.
  • Druid Hills High is at 1798 Haygood Drive NE in Atlanta, south of the city.

What it means for you

Which high school your child is zoned for depends on your address. Laying the district’s 2026-27 zone map over the city boundary, about 70% of Brookhaven’s land is zoned for Chamblee High, about 22% for Cross Keys High and about 8% for Druid Hills High.

Our guide to public schools in Brookhaven has the zone details, enrollment and state ratings for each school, and links the district’s address locator. Each high school also has its own page:

The district is also reviewing school attendance zones in the Chamblee, Cross Keys and Druid Hills clusters through its Student Assignment Project. Recommendations are due to the Board of Education in December.