Stone Mountain High School Explained
| Stone Mountain High School |
| Principal: | Michael Costa |
| Established: | 1909 |
| Grades: | 9–12 |
| Location: | 4555 Central Drive
Stone Mountain, Georgia 30083
United States |
| Enrollment: | 1,202 (2022-23)[1] |
| Ratio: | 18.49 |
| Teaching Staff: | 65.00 (FTE) |
| Campus: | Suburban |
| Motto: | "Raising the Bar: No Exceptions!" |
| Free Label: | Accreditation |
| Colors: | Black & Red |
| Website: | Stone Mountain High School |
| Pushpin Map: | USA Georgia#USA |
Stone Mountain High School is a college preparatory and public high school located in unincorporated DeKalb County, Georgia, United States, near Stone Mountain and in the Atlanta metropolitan area.[2] [3]
Its attendance boundary includes all of Stone Mountain.[4] [5]
A school of the same name is mentioned in season 1 of The Walking Dead video game, it is the highschool that a character named Ben Paul attended, he wears a varsity jacket from the school. The game is set in Georgia so it is assumed it is the in-game representation of this school.
History
It is one of the oldest high schools in the DeKalb County School District.
Notable alumni
- Jarren Benton, professional rapper
- 6lack, professional rapper, singer, and songwriter
- Robert Carswell, former professional football player for the San Diego Chargers
- Callix Crabbe, former professional baseball player for the San Diego Padres
- Ukeme Eligwe, professional football player for the Kansas City Chiefs
- Fast Life Yungstaz, Rap trio
- Andrew Goudelock (born 1988), basketball player for Maccabi Tel Aviv of the Israeli Premier League and the Euroleague
- Tamyra Gray, actress and singer, top ten finalist on American Idol
- D. Richard Hipp, software developer and the primary author of SQLite and Fossil SCM
- Connie Johnson, former professional baseball player for the Chicago White Sox and Baltimore Orioles
- RonReaco Lee, Actor, Sister Sister, Guess Who, Survivor's Remorse
- Katherine Lee-Hinton, Delta Air Lines flight attendant who was one of the presenters of Delta's onboard safety videos and quickly became popular not only on board but also on YouTube soon after.[6]
- Cord Parks, former professional football player
- Kelly Quinn, former professional football player
- Damon Russell, Oscar winning producer Curfew, Director of Snow on da Bluff
- Mitch Sutton, former professional football player
- Swizz Beatz, record producer
- Josh Symonette, football player
- Hugh Thompson, Jr., United States Army, Vietnam War veteran who attempted to stop the My Lai Massacre
External links
Notes and References
- Web site: Stone Mountain High School. National Center for Education Statistics. July 30, 2024.
- "Stone Mountain High School." Georgia Governor's Office of Student Achievement. Retrieved on July 9, 2018. "4555 Central Dr, Stone Mountain, GA 30083"
- "Zoning Map." City of Stone Mountain. Retrieved on June 9, 2018. The zoning map does not indicate the school, and the school's location places it outside of the map.
- Web site: Zoning Map. Stone Mountain. 2023-02-18. - Compare to county school zoning maps.
- "High School Attendance Areas 2016 - 2017 School Year." DeKalb County School System. Retrieved on June 1, 2017.
- News: Brett . Jennifer . Who is Deltalina? Flashback to 2008 . The Atlanta Journal-Constitution . English . Born in Heidelberg, Germany, she has traveled ever since she can remember. Her father is from Puerto Rico and her mother is German; he was in the military, so the family moved around a good bit. Lee, 33, graduated from Stone Mountain High School in 1992 and was living in Melbourne, Fla., when she applied to become a Delta flight attendant in 1997..
