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
Student demographics
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. 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.
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 →
7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
213
+96 (+82%) vs 2017
Student : Teacher
8.9:1
was 4.2:1
% White
10%
was 23%
% Hispanic
10%
was 10%
% Black
73%
was 63%
% Asian
0%
was 1%
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
About 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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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
Nearby schools
- Impact Academy Middle School0.2 mi · 339
- Impact Academy High School0.2 mi · 449
- 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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