Dunwoody High School: zone, report card and calendar

Last checked Oct. 5, 2026. Sources: the Dunwoody High website, the DeKalb County School District’s school locator 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.

Dunwoody High School is the DeKalb County School District high school for Dunwoody, serving ninth through 12th grade on Vermack Road in the center of the city. The school’s site calls it a traditional high school and an AP Honor School. Its teams are the Wildcats.

• Address: 5035 Vermack Road, Dunwoody, GA 30338
• Phone: 678-874-8502
• Grades: 9 to 12
• Website: dunwoodyhs.dekalb.k12.ga.us

Who to call

• Dunwoody High front office: 678-874-8502
• Register a new student: the district’s online registration, then the school’s registrar
• Bus routes and transportation: the district’s transportation office
• DeKalb County School District main line: 678-676-1200
• Is this your school? Check an address with the school locator

Principal

Principal Tom Bass, according to the school’s website, which says he is in his fifth year leading the school.

Enrollment and teachers

The state counted 2,119 students at Dunwoody High in its 2025 School Grades data. The most recent federal figure, from the NCES directory for the 2023-24 school year, is 1,974 students and 120 full-time-equivalent teachers, about 16.5 students per teacher. The district’s facilities data, published with its school locator map, lists a capacity of 1,550 for the building.

State report card

Dunwoody High’s 2025 CCRPI single score was 76.7, 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 80.4 in 2023 and 72.0 in 2024. Its four-year graduation rate was 86.8% in 2025, against 87.2% for Georgia and 81.6% for the district. For the Class of 2026, the district reported a rate of 91.7%, the school’s first above 90%; see our story on the 2026 rate. The full report card is on the state’s Dunwoody 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. Our neighborhoods guide found every Dunwoody address in the 2026-27 zone map, apart from a handful at the edges, zoned for Dunwoody High, and the zone also reaches about 1.8 square miles beyond the city line to the southeast.

The school’s feeder schools page lists one middle school, Peachtree Middle, and six elementary schools: Austin, Chesnut, Dunwoody, Hightower, Kingsley and Vanderlyn. We found no rezoning approved by the Board of Education that changes the Dunwoody High zone for 2026-27.

Sports and activities

Dunwoody High plays in Region 4-AAAAAA of the Georgia High School Association for 2026-27, according to the GHSA region alignment. The other region schools are Alcovy, Chamblee, Decatur, Heritage (Conyers), Lakeside (DeKalb), Meadowcreek, Midtown and Shiloh.

Football home games are at North DeKalb Stadium, a district stadium, according to the DeKalb County School District’s 2026 schedule. Schedules and results: our Friday night football page and the scoreboard.

The school’s athletics page lists these teams and groups:

• Band and auxiliary, cheerleading
• Baseball, softball
• Basketball, volleyball
• Cross country, track and field
• Fencing, gymnastics, wrestling
• Football, flag football
• Golf, tennis, lacrosse, soccer
• Swim and dive

Calendar

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

• Monday, Oct. 5: teacher virtual workday, no school for students
• Tuesday, Oct. 6, to Friday, Oct. 9: fall break; classes resume Monday, Oct. 12
• Tuesday, Nov. 3: independent learner and professional development day
• Nov. 23-27: Thanksgiving break (Nov. 23 and 24 are weather makeup days if needed)
• Dec. 21 to Jan. 1: winter break; the second semester begins Tuesday, Jan. 5, 2027
• Thursday, May 27, 2027: last day of school

Bell times

The bell schedule linked from the school’s site is for the 2024-25 school year; we did not find a 2026-27 schedule. Call the front office for current start and dismissal times.

More

• The school’s website, administration page and athletics page
• The state’s report card for Dunwoody High
• Every public school in Dunwoody, with zones and scores: our Dunwoody public schools guide
• District calendar, registration and the Board of Education: our Dunwoody schools guide

Frequently asked questions

What is Dunwoody High School’s CCRPI score?

76.7 in 2025, according to the state’s School Grades data, against a Georgia high school average of 76.9. It was 72.0 in 2024.

What is Dunwoody High School’s graduation rate?

86.8% for the four-year cohort in 2025, according to the state’s data, against 87.2% for Georgia and 81.6% for the DeKalb County School District.

What region is Dunwoody High School in?

Region 4-AAAAAA of the Georgia High School Association for 2026-27, with Alcovy, Chamblee, Decatur, Heritage, Lakeside, Meadowcreek, Midtown and Shiloh.

Which schools feed Dunwoody High School?

Peachtree Middle, fed by Austin, Chesnut, Dunwoody, Hightower, Kingsley and Vanderlyn elementary schools, according to the school’s feeder schools page.

Who is the principal of Dunwoody High School?

Tom Bass, according to the school’s website on Oct. 5, 2026.