Cross Keys High School is a public high school in
Georgia
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which opened in 1958. It is located at 1626 North Druid Hills Road NE in the city of
Brookhaven, near
Atlanta
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, on the western edge of
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. It serves students from the Buford Highway Corridor in Brookhaven,
Chamblee
Chamblee ( ) is a city in northern DeKalb County, Georgia, United States, northeast of Atlanta. The population was 30,164 as of the 2020 census.
History
The area that would later become Chamblee was originally dairy farms. During the late ninet ...
, and Doraville in the
DeKalb County School System
The DeKalb County School District (DCSD) is a school district headquartered at 1701 Mountain Industrial Boulevard in unincorporated DeKalb County, Georgia, United States, near Stone Mountain and in the Atlanta metropolitan area. DCSD operates ...
.
Demographics
For the 2016–2017 school year the student body was 86% Hispanic, 6% Black, 7% Asian, and 1% White. It is the most culturally diverse high school in the state, with students from 65 countries who speak 75 different languages.
1,547 students were in attendance for the 2016–2017 school year.
Of those, 1,330 were reported to be economically disadvantaged.
Academics
Cross Keys High School's overall performance is higher than 62% of schools in the state and is higher than its district. Its students' academic growth is higher than 99% of schools in the state and higher than its district.
Cross Keys was selected as a
Georgia School of Excellence in 1996.
Athletics
The school's teams compete as the Indians.
Cross Keys High School website
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External links
School website
References
Education in Brookhaven, Georgia
DeKalb County School District high schools
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