EXCEL Academy

EXCEL Academy is a minimally staffed secondary school in McDonough, Georgia, operated by Henry County. The school works with 213 students in grades 6 through 12. Enrollment runs roughly 81% below the state mean of about 1,120.

Henry County comprises 53 schools with combined enrollment of 43,012 students; EXCEL Academy is among them.

In terms of who attends, EXCEL Academy records that 73% of the student body identifies as Black. Other groups include 10% White, 10% Hispanic, 6% multiracial. By comparison, Henry County as a whole is about 52% Black, so the school skews visibly more Black than its surroundings.

Looking at the economic backdrop, On paper, EXCEL Academy has 24 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 8.9:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 15.2:1 average. Roughly 67% of students at EXCEL Academy qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), On a poverty-adjusted basis, EXCEL Academy sits in the bottom 10% statewide. Predicted proficiency from the FRL regression is roughly 42.9%; actual is 4.8%, a gap of -38.1 points.

In the broader community, community-level numbers for Henry County indicate median household earnings sit near $83,146, roughly 30% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 8%. In all, Henry County runs 54 public schools (combined enrollment of about 43,102 students), of which EXCEL Academy is one.

Impact Academy Middle School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.2 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, EXCEL Academy comes 6th of 6 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 28.4%.

The campus sits in a bedroom-community setting.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count increased 82%: 117 students in 2018 compared to 213 in 2025. The White share of enrollment declined from 23% to 10% over that span. Class-load math has grew: from 4.2:1 in 2018 to 8.9:1 in 2025.

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