Lakeside High School is a public high school in unincorporated DeKalb County, Georgia, United States. The school is part of the DeKalb County School System. Lakeside is a public school encompassing grades 9-12. The school serves students from the North Druid Hills and Northlake area of the DeKalb County School District. Lakeside High School opened its doors in 1964. It completed a $23 million renovation and addition in the summer of 2012, adding a new classroom wing and a performing arts building. In Newsweek magazine's 2005 list of the best 1,200 public high schools in the nation, Lakeside ranked at 107, the highest in Georgia. In the 2006 edition of the list, which is based on the number of AP and IB tests taken as compared to the number of graduating seniors, Lakeside ranked 135, just below Riverwood High School in nearby Sandy Springs, which ranked 132. Demographics The student body is composed of 46% White, 22% Hispanic, 32% Black, 7.4% Asian, and 14% other racial groups. These numbers include 9.2% students with disabilities, 36% economically disadvantaged, and 5.5% English language learners. Feeder schools The following elementary schools feed into Lakeside: Briarlake Evansdale Hawthorne Henderson Mill Oak Grove Pleasantdale Sagamore Hills Henderson Middle School is Lakeside's feeder middle school. A small minority of the students come from private schools, including Cliff Valley, Immaculate Heart of Mary Catholic School and Intown Community School. Staff The school has a professional staff of 170, including 120 teaching faculty, seven administrators, and seven counselors. Curriculum In addition to a range of extracurricular activities, a curriculum is offered from a standardized system-wide program of studies. A high percentage of students take advanced and gifted classes. 22 Advanced Placement courses are offered in English Literature, Composition, Calculus AB and BC, Statistics, Biology, Chemistry, Environmental Science, Physics, Microeconomics, World History, Psychology, American History, American Government, Computer Science, French Language, German Language, Spanish Language, Music Theory, Studio Art Drawing, 2-D and 3-D, and Art History. Advanced or accelerated courses, and courses for the gifted, are offered in English, math, science, French, Spanish, and social science. Lakeside administered 1164 AP exams during the 2011–2012 school year. In the fall of 1997, DeKalb County Schools changed to a semester system. A minimum of 24 Carnegie Units must be completed in order to qualify for graduation. Lakeside is on a traditional seven period class day. Each class period is 50 minutes