DeKalb schools earn low “financial efficiency” score
DeKalb County Schools rated poorly under Georgia’s new “financial efficiency” measure unveiled Thursday by state education officials.
The school district earned a 2.5 in the rating system, with 1 being the worst and 5 the best. It was in the bottom of the state’s 180 districts, with 100 earning a higher rating.
Decatur City Schools, an independent system in DeKalb, also earned a 2.5.
Read more about the rating system here.
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Ty Tagami is a staff writer for The Atlanta Journal-Constitution. Since joining the newspaper in 2002, he has written about everything from hurricanes to homelessness. He has deep experience covering local government and education, and can often be found under the Gold Dome when lawmakers meet or in a school somewhere in the state.
