DCSD’s 2018 graduates earn more than $140 million in total scholarships

More than $140 million in total scholarship funds were awarded by higher education institutions to DeKalb County students in the Class of 2018.

Of the district’s 22 high schools that reported data, graduating seniors at those campuses earned a grand total of $140,697,601 from colleges, universities, as well as state, federal and private scholarship organizations.

“This astounding total is proof positive that DeKalb County School District graduates are in high demand throughout the country,” said Superintendent R. Stephen Green. “By committing themselves to a disciplined academic career, the Class of 2018 will represent our community at a reduced—if not completely absent—cost. We congratulate our outgoing seniors, and wish them the best of luck in their futures.”

The total for each school is as follows:

Region 1 – $33,173,377 

•    Chamblee Charter High – $16,224,324

•    Cross Keys High – $4,158,974

•    Dunwoody High – $12,790,079

Region 2 – $29,192,462

•    DeKalb School of the Arts – $7,411,444

•    Druid Hills High – $5,264,301

•    Lakeside High – $11,523,576

•    Tucker High – $4,993,141

Region 3 – $27,946,732 

•    Clarkston High – $5,661,056

   
DeKalb Early College Academy – $3,839,990

•    Redan High – $7,497,684

•    Stone Mountain High – $2,504,532

•    Stephenson High – $8,443,470

Region 4 – $33,829,481

•    Arabia Mountain High – $10,430,668

•    Lithonia High – $5,948,610

•    Martin Luther King, Jr. High – $7,317,023

•    Miller Grove High – $5,623,823

•    Southwest DeKalb High – $4,509,357

Region 5 – $16,555,549

•    Cedar Grove High – $3,900,220

•    Columbia High – $1,835,426

•    Elizabeth Andrews High – $219,800

•    McNair High – $2,244,981

•   Towers High – $8,355,122