▁the ▁Southern ▁Association ▁of ▁Colleg es ▁and ▁School s ▁announced ▁that ▁it ▁had ▁upgrad ed ▁the ▁De K al b ▁County ▁School ▁District ' s ▁status ▁from ▁" prob ation " ▁to ▁" ac cred ited ▁war ned " ▁which ▁is ▁below ▁full ▁acc red itation ▁status . ▁ ▁Academ ic ▁Ach iev ement ▁ ▁In ▁ 2 0 1 7 , ▁the ▁DC SD ▁College ▁and ▁Career ▁Re ady ▁Performance ▁Index ▁( CC R PI ) ▁score ▁increased ▁to ▁ 7 0 , ▁up ▁from ▁ 6 6 ▁in ▁ 2 0 1 6 . ▁Since ▁ 2 0 1 6 , ▁the ▁C CR PI ▁score ▁for ▁elementary ▁schools ▁increased ▁five ▁points ; ▁middle ▁schools ▁increased ▁three ▁points ; ▁and ▁high ▁schools ▁increased ▁nearly ▁one ▁full ▁point . ▁ ▁In ▁ 2 0 1 7 , ▁more ▁than ▁ 2 , 5 0 0 ▁students ▁in ▁DC SD ▁took ▁the ▁A CT , ▁ear ning ▁a ▁composite ▁score ▁of ▁ 1 9 . 8 , ▁compared ▁to ▁last ▁year ' s ▁composite ▁score ▁of ▁ 1 9 . 4 . ▁That ▁same ▁year , ▁more ▁than ▁ 3 , 5 0 0 ▁students ▁took ▁the ▁S AT ; ▁the ▁district ' s ▁total ▁composite ▁score ▁continues ▁to ▁improve ▁year - over - year . ▁De K al b ' s ▁ 2 0 1 7 ▁total ▁mean ▁score ▁for ▁the ▁S AT ▁was ▁ 9 8 0 . ▁ ▁The ▁four - year ▁gradu ation ▁rate ▁for ▁DC SD ' s