Druid Hills High School: Brookhaven zone, report card and calendar

Last checked Oct. 6, 2026. Sources: the Druid Hills High website and athletics site, the DeKalb County School District’s school locator, planning data, cluster feeder patterns and 2026-27 calendar, the Governor’s Office of Student Achievement’s 2025 School Grades data, the Georgia High School Association and the federal NCES school directory.

Druid Hills High School is a DeKalb County School District high school south of Brookhaven, with an Atlanta mailing address. It is the zoned high school for the southern tip of Brookhaven, the part of the city in the Briar Vista Elementary zone. It serves ninth through 12th grade. The school’s site says it was founded in 1914 on the Emory University campus and moved to its Haygood Drive site in 1928.

• Address: 1798 Haygood Drive NE, Atlanta, GA 30307
• Phone: 678-874-6302
• Grades: 9 to 12
• Website: druidhillshs.dekalb.k12.ga.us

Who to call

• Druid Hills High front office: 678-874-6302
• Register a new student: the district’s online registration, then the school’s registrar
• Buses: district Student Transportation, 678-676-1333
• DeKalb County School District main line: 678-676-1200
• Is this your school? Check an address with the school locator

Principal

Principal Michael Costa, according to the school’s website.

Enrollment and teachers

The state counted 1,566 students at Druid Hills High in its 2025 School Grades data. The most recent federal figure, from the NCES directory for the 2023-24 school year, is 1,430 students and 92 full-time-equivalent teachers, about 15.5 students per teacher.

The district’s enrollment and capacity table, on its planning page and updated Oct. 1, 2026, lists Druid Hills High at 1,447 students in a building with a capacity of 1,395.

State report card

Druid Hills High’s 2025 CCRPI single score was 77.2, according to the state’s School Grades data. The Georgia average for high schools was 76.9 and the DeKalb County School District’s was 74.2. The school scored 79.8 in 2023 and 65.3 in 2024. Its four-year graduation rate was 88.7% in 2025, against 81.6% for the district and 87.2% for Georgia. The full report card is on the state’s Druid Hills High report card.

CCRPI is the Georgia Department of Education’s “comprehensive school improvement, accountability, and communication platform,” according to GaDOE. The single score runs from 0 to 100 and is built from content mastery, progress, closing gaps and readiness, plus graduation rate for high schools. Georgia does not publish an A-to-F letter grade for schools in its 2025 data.

Georgia Milestones end-of-course tests, 2025, share of tested students at each of the two top levels:

Attendance zone

Zones are set by the district and do not follow city limits. Check any address with the district’s school locator. Laying the district’s 2026-27 zone map over the Census Bureau’s city boundary, about 8% of Brookhaven’s land, at the southern tip of the city, is zoned for Druid Hills High. Most of the city is zoned for Chamblee High, and a band across the south for Cross Keys High.

Under the district’s cluster feeder patterns, Druid Hills Middle School, 3100 Mount Olive Drive, Decatur, feeds Druid Hills High. Its elementary schools are Avondale, Briar Vista, Fernbank, Laurel Ridge and McLendon. The Brookhaven part of the zone is in the Briar Vista Elementary zone; Briar Vista is at 1131 Briar Vista Terrace NE, outside the city.

Rezoning under study: the Druid Hills cluster is one of six in the district’s Fall 2026 Student Assignment Project, which is redrawing zones for overcrowded schools before new and expanded buildings open from 2027 to 2029. The district says no recommendations have been made and the Board of Education will consider them in December 2026. The district’s next public comment sessions on the project are set for 6 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 20, at Druid Hills Middle School and 6 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 22, at Dunwoody High School. No rezoning affecting Druid Hills High has been approved.

Programs

The school’s About Us page says Druid Hills became an International Baccalaureate school in the 2004-05 school year and offers the IB Diploma Program. Its site also has pages for IB at DHHS, AP exams and the Governor’s Honors Program.

Sports and activities

Druid Hills plays in Region 5-AAAAA of the Georgia High School Association for 2026-27, according to the GHSA region alignment, with Banneker, Cross Keys, Jackson (Atlanta), Lithonia, Mays, Southwest DeKalb and Tucker. The Red Devils play home football games at Adams Stadium, 2415 N. Druid Hills Road, a district stadium, according to the district’s 2026 varsity football schedule. Results: our high school scoreboard.

The school’s athletics site lists these teams:

• Football, flag football, cheerleading
• Baseball, softball
• Basketball, boys and girls
• Cross country, track and field
• Golf, boys and girls; tennis
• Gymnastics, wrestling
• Lacrosse, boys and girls
• Soccer, boys and girls
• Swimming, volleyball

Calendar

From the district’s 2026-27 calendar (PDF):

• Through Friday, Oct. 9: fall break; classes resume Monday, Oct. 12
• Tuesday, Nov. 3: independent learner and professional development day
• Nov. 23-27: Thanksgiving break
• Dec. 21-31: winter break; the second semester begins Tuesday, Jan. 5, 2027
• Feb. 16-19, 2027: February break, after Presidents Day on Feb. 15
• April 5-9, 2027: spring break
• Thursday, May 27, 2027: last day of school

We found no 2026-27 bell schedule on the school’s site. Call the front office for start and dismissal times.

More

• The school’s website, administration page and athletics site
• The state’s report card for Druid Hills High
• Every public school in Brookhaven, with zones and scores: our Brookhaven public schools guide

Frequently asked questions

Which part of Brookhaven is zoned for Druid Hills High School?

The southern tip of the city, about 8% of its land in the district’s 2026-27 zone map, which is also the Briar Vista Elementary zone. Check an address with the district’s school locator.

What is Druid Hills High School’s CCRPI score?

77.2 in 2025, according to the state’s School Grades data, against a Georgia high school average of 76.9. It was 65.3 in 2024.

What is the graduation rate at Druid Hills High School?

88.7% for the four-year cohort in 2025, according to the state’s data, against 81.6% for the district and 87.2% for Georgia.

Which schools feed Druid Hills High School?

Druid Hills Middle, fed by Avondale, Briar Vista, Fernbank, Laurel Ridge and McLendon elementary schools, according to the district’s cluster feeder patterns.

Does Druid Hills High School offer the IB Diploma?

Yes. The school’s site says it became an International Baccalaureate school in the 2004-05 school year and offers the IB Diploma Program.