Enrollment
213
High
DISTRICT 1,276 · STATE 1,120
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·HENRY COUNTY·NCES 130282004214
EXCEL Academy
330 Tomlinson St, McDonough, GA 30253 · (770) 957-4101 · Henry County
GRADES 06–12HIGH21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL213 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
8.9:1
24 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 17.6:1 · STATE 15.2:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
67%
142 students
DISTRICT 66% · STATE 74%
Community
0
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 | 2 | 1% |
| Grade 7 | 11 | 5% |
| Grade 8 | 24 | 11% |
| Grade 9 | 42 | 20% |
| Grade 10 | 61 | 29% |
| Grade 11 | 40 | 19% |
| Grade 12 | 33 | 15% |
Student demographics
45%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 54% · 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
5.1%
GA avg 40.1% . -3.9pp since 2021
Math
3.1%
GA avg 44.6% . +1.3pp since 2021
What this means: On the Georgia Milestones, Georgia's statewide test, about 5 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 3 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Georgia schools, those numbers are about 40 and 45. Reading and writing scores are down about 4 points since 2021, while math scores are up about 1 points.
Georgia Milestones results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 5.1% | 3.1% |
| 2023-24 | 9.0% | 0.6% |
| 2022-23 | 9.7% | 3.1% |
| 2021-22 | 9.0% | 1.8% |
% 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
UNDERPERFORMING
Bottom 10% of GA schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
4.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
42.9%
based on GA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-38.1pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 5% of students here test proficient in math and reading, below the roughly 43% typical for Georgia schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations compares each school with others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school lands here when its results trail those comparable schools, which is not the same as having low scores. A higher-scoring school can still fall in this tier if similar schools score higher still.
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 EXCEL Academy
EXCEL Academy's state test result (4.8% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| EXCEL Academy this school | 213 | 66.7% | 4.8% |
| Savannah Early College High School Savannah | 151 | 60.9% | 57.5% |
| Promise Career Institute School College Park | 247 | 76.9% | N/A |
| Mitchell County High School Camilla | 334 | 77.2% | 36.4% |
| Twiggs County High School Jeffersonville | 230 | 74.8% | 18.9% |
| Utopian Academy for the Arts High School Marrow | 291 | 77.7% | 23.6% |
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 EXCEL Academy ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In Georgia | In Henry County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 4.8% | #401 of 411 | #11 of 11 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 3.1% | #406 of 417 ▼ 3 | #11 of 11 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 5.1% | #30 of 32 ▼ 2 | N/A |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 213 | #411 of 480 | #12 of 12 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 8.9:1 | #7 of 413 | #1 of 12 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 44.5% | #295 of 413 | #8 of 12 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 66.7% | #242 of 425 | #3 of 12 |
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
213
+176 (+476%) vs 2020
Student : Teacher
8.9:1
was 1.6:1
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 | 213 | 23.8 | 8.9:1 | 67% (142) |
| 2023-24 | 223 | 18.1 | 12.3:1 | 75% (168) |
| 2022-23 | 154 | 15.2 | 10.1:1 | 63% (97) |
| 2020-21 | 37 | 23 | 1.6:1 | 54% (20) |
| 2017-18 | 117 | 28 | 4.2:1 | 51% (60) |
| 2015-16 | 277 | 28 | 9.9:1 | 67% (186) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for EXCEL Academy.
Since 2017-18: students up 82% (117 to 213); teachers down 15% (28 to 23.8).
About EXCEL Academy
EXCEL Academy is a very small high school. Its address is in McDonough, Georgia. The school runs grades 6 through 12 and enrolls 213 students. That compares with an average of about 1,120 students for high schools in Georgia.
Henry County oversees EXCEL Academy and 52 other schools, with 43,012 students in total.
Federal enrollment data show EXCEL Academy is 73% Black. Enrollment also includes 10% White, 10% Hispanic, and 6% multiracial. The school's Black share is 21 points above the 52% share among Henry County residents. A diversity index of 45% means there is a 45% chance two randomly chosen students at EXCEL Academy are from different groups.
With 23.8 full-time-equivalent teachers, the student-to-teacher ratio is about 8.9:1. High schools in Georgia average 15.2:1, 6.2 more students per teacher than here. Roughly 67% of students come from households that qualify for free or reduced-price lunch.
Schools in Georgia with a similar free or reduced-price lunch share are predicted to post an average proficiency rate across its state test results near 42.9%. EXCEL Academy posts 4.8%, 38.1 points below that, which places it in the bottom 10% statewide on BeatsExpectations.
Looking at the county, Henry County, median household income comes to about $83,146, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 30% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 8%. The county has 54 public schools and about 43,102 students.
Measured in a straight line, Impact Academy High School is about 0.2 miles from EXCEL Academy. The five-mile area around EXCEL Academy holds at least 8 other public schools. Nearby schools with test data average 28.4% proficiency; EXCEL Academy posts 4.8%.
Federal records code the school's setting as Suburb: Large.
EXCEL Academy reported 37 students in 2020-21 and 213 in 2024-25. Changes that large sometimes follow a school adding or dropping grades, so the two figures may not cover the same grades. Federal data show the ratio rising from 1.6:1 to 8.9:1.
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Henry County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
249,960
Census ACS
Median income
$83,146
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
30%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
8%
Below federal line
Schools in county
54
43,102 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Henry County
- Dutchtown HighHigh · 1,821 students
- Union Grove HighHigh · 1,622 students
- Ola High SchoolHigh · 1,586 students
- Eagle's Landing High SchoolHigh · 1,578 students
- Locust Grove HighHigh · 1,572 students
- Stockbridge High SchoolHigh · 1,456 students
Other schools in McDonough
- Union Grove HighHigh · 1,622 students
- Ola High SchoolHigh · 1,586 students
- Eagle's Landing High SchoolHigh · 1,578 students
- McDonough High SchoolHigh · 1,359 students
- Ola Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,039 students
- Union Grove MiddleMiddle · 1,033 students
Other EXCEL Academy schools
4 other US public schools in 5 states are named EXCEL Academy. EXCEL Academy is the 3rd largest of the 5.
- Excel AcademyWashington, DC · 363 students
- Excel AcademyDENVER, CO · 227 students
- EXCEL AcademyAnniston, AL · 196 students
- Excel AcademyBedford, OH · 118 students
Nearby schools
- Impact Academy High School0.2 mi · 449
- Impact Academy Middle School0.2 mi · 339
- McDonough High School0.9 mi · 1,359
- McDonough Middle School0.9 mi · 876
- Walnut Creek Elementary1.6 mi · 712
- Wesley Lakes Elementary School2.0 mi · 564
Frequently asked questions
About EXCEL AcademyHow many students attend EXCEL Academy?
EXCEL Academy enrolls approximately 213 students in grades 06-12.
What age range does EXCEL Academy serve?
EXCEL Academy serves students from grade 06 through grade 12.
How many students per teacher at EXCEL Academy?
Approximately 8.9:1 students per teacher at EXCEL Academy.
What is the racial breakdown of students at EXCEL Academy?
At EXCEL Academy, the student body is approximately 10% White, 10% Hispanic, 73% Black, 0% Asian, 6% Two or more.
Is EXCEL Academy public or private?
EXCEL Academy is a public K-12 school, overseen by Henry County.
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