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Enrollment
757
High
DISTRICT 1,306 · STATE 1,120
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CLAYTON COUNTY·NCES 130123003896
Elite Scholars Academy School
7923 Fielder Rd, Jonesboro, GA 30236 · (770) 472-2823 · Clayton County
GRADES 06–12HIGH21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL757 STUDENTS
A+
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Scored higher than 99% of Georgia public high schools
- A+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- A+Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Georgia public high schools
Student : Teacher
18.9:1
40 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 17.5:1 · STATE 15.2:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
100%
757 students
DISTRICT 99% · STATE 74%
Community
6
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other high schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 6 | 125 | 17% |
| Grade 7 | 112 | 15% |
| Grade 8 | 119 | 16% |
| Grade 9 | 111 | 15% |
| Grade 10 | 116 | 15% |
| Grade 11 | 84 | 11% |
| Grade 12 | 90 | 12% |
Student demographics
55%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 48% · STATE 71% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
Test scores
Georgia Milestones 2024-25 . % Proficient or DistinguishedEnglish Language Arts
97.7%
GA avg 40.1% . +2.5pp since 2021
Math
94.5%
GA avg 44.6% . +7.6pp since 2021
What this means: On the Georgia Milestones, Georgia's statewide test, about 98 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 94 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Georgia schools, those numbers are about 40 and 45. Reading and writing scores are up about 3 points since 2021, while math scores are up about 8 points.
Georgia Milestones results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 97.7% | 94.5% |
| 2023-24 | 97.1% | 93.0% |
| 2022-23 | 96.5% | 89.3% |
| 2021-22 | 95.1% | 86.9% |
% Proficient or Distinguished, all students and all tested grades.
Source: Georgia Milestones. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
OUTPERFORMING
Top 10% of GA schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
94.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
25.7%
based on GA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+69.0pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 95% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 26% typical for Georgia schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations ranks schools against others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school can post high scores and still fall short of its prediction, or post lower scores and still beat it. This school clears its prediction by about 69 points, placing it in Georgia's top 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like Elite Scholars Academy School
Elite Scholars Academy School's state test result (94.7% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Elite Scholars Academy School this school | 757 | 100.0% | 94.7% |
| Stone Mountain High School Stone Mountain | 1,254 | 100.0% | 15.3% |
| Towers High School Decatur | 876 | 100.0% | 14.8% |
| Morrow High School Ellenwood | 2,077 | 100.0% | 16.4% |
| Martha Ellen Stilwell School for the Performing Arts Jonesboro | 494 | 100.0% | 64.4% |
| Mount Zion High School Jonesboro | 1,232 | 100.0% | 21.0% |
Matched among Georgia high schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where Elite Scholars Academy School ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In Georgia | In Clayton County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 94.7% | #2 of 411 | #1 of 13 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 94.5% | #2 of 417 ▲ 2 | #1 of 13 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 97.7% | #1 of 32 no change | N/A |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +5.0pp | #14 of 24 | N/A |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 757 | #313 of 480 | #11 of 14 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 18.9:1 | #383 of 413 | #10 of 13 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 55.1% | #208 of 413 | #2 of 13 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 100% | #22 of 425 | #9 of 13 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +21.3% | #39 of 226 | #3 of 7 |
Ranked against other public high schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
757
+58 (+8%) vs 2020
+147% since 2010-11, when it was 307
Student : Teacher
18.9:1
was 19.4:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 757 | 40 | 18.9:1 | 100% (757) |
| 2023-24 | 726 | 39 | 18.6:1 | 37% (268) |
| 2022-23 | 680 | 39 | 17.4:1 | 90% (615) |
| 2020-21 | 699 | 36 | 19.4:1 | 93% (650) |
| 2017-18 | 624 | 35 | 17.8:1 | 100% (621) |
| 2015-16 | 597 | 35 | 17.1:1 | 99% (594) |
| 2010-11 | 307 | 20 | 15.3:1 | 52% (161) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Elite Scholars Academy School.
Since 2017-18: students up 21% (624 to 757); teachers up 14% (35 to 40).
About Elite Scholars Academy School
Elite Scholars Academy School is a small high school in Clayton County, located in Jonesboro, Georgia. Enrollment is 757 students in 2024-25, and the school serves grades 6 through 12. The average for high schools in Georgia is about 1,120 students, so this school is 32% smaller than average.
Elite Scholars Academy School is run by Clayton County, whose 68 schools enroll 51,326 students.
Black students make up a majority at Elite Scholars Academy School, at 63%. The remaining shares are 17% Hispanic, 14% Asian, and 4% multiracial. Pick two students at random and there is a 55% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.
Staffing totals 40 full-time-equivalent teachers, and the student-to-teacher ratio is 18.9:1. That is higher than the 15.2:1 average for high schools in Georgia. A measure often used for student poverty, free or reduced-price lunch eligibility, stands at 100%.
Elite Scholars Academy School is graded A+ by allk12, scoring above 99% of Georgia public high schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
On BeatsExpectations, which compares test results with what a school's student poverty level would predict, Elite Scholars Academy School ranks in the top 10% in Georgia. Its average proficiency rate on state tests is 94.7%, against a prediction of 25.7%.
Recent Census Bureau figures for Clayton County show that the median household income is $59,806, roughly 23% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 15%. Elite Scholars Academy School is one of 73 public schools in the county.
The closest other public school is James Jackson Elementary School, about 1.0 miles away. Within five miles are at least 8 other public schools. Of 9 schools in the immediate area with test results, Elite Scholars Academy School ranks 1st on average proficiency.
The school is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more, according to its NCES locale (Suburb: Large).
The school enrolled 757 students in 2024-25, 58 more than the 699 it had in 2020-21.
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Clayton County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
298,924
Census ACS
Median income
$59,806
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
23%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
15%
Below federal line
Schools in county
73
63,156 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Clayton County
- Morrow High SchoolHigh · 2,077 students
- Lovejoy High SchoolHigh · 2,049 students
- Forest Park High SchoolHigh · 1,711 students
- Charles R. Drew High SchoolHigh · 1,708 students
- Mundy's Mill High SchoolHigh · 1,665 students
- Jonesboro High SchoolHigh · 1,630 students
Other schools in Jonesboro
- Mundy's Mill High SchoolHigh · 1,665 students
- Jonesboro High SchoolHigh · 1,630 students
- Mount Zion High SchoolHigh · 1,232 students
- Jonesboro Middle SchoolMiddle · 895 students
- M. D. Roberts Middle SchoolMiddle · 894 students
- Perry Career Academy - Eula Wilburn Ponds Perry Center forHigh · 887 students
Nearby schools
- James Jackson Elementary School1.0 mi · 696
- Jonesboro High School1.0 mi · 1,630
- M. D. Roberts Middle School1.3 mi · 894
- Mount Zion High School1.3 mi · 1,232
- Kay R Pace Elementary School of the Arts1.4 mi · 518
- Martha Ellen Stilwell School for the Performing Arts1.6 mi · 494
Frequently asked questions
About Elite Scholars Academy SchoolHow large is Elite Scholars Academy School?
Elite Scholars Academy School enrolls approximately 757 students in grades 06-12.
What age range does Elite Scholars Academy School serve?
Elite Scholars Academy School serves students from grade 06 through grade 12.
How many teachers does Elite Scholars Academy School have?
Elite Scholars Academy School employs 40 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 18.9:1.
How diverse is Elite Scholars Academy School?
Elite Scholars Academy School reports a student body of 1% White, 17% Hispanic, 63% Black, 14% Asian, 4% Two or more.
What district is Elite Scholars Academy School in?
Elite Scholars Academy School is part of Clayton County.
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