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Enrollment
2,049
High
DISTRICT 1,306 · STATE 1,120
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CLAYTON COUNTY·NCES 130123002067
Lovejoy High School
1587 McDonough Rd, Hampton, GA 30228 · (770) 473-2920 · Clayton County
GRADES 09–12HIGH21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL2,049 STUDENTS
D
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Scored higher than 13% of Georgia public high schools
- DTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- CBeats 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
18.8:1
109 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 17.5:1 · STATE 15.2:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
100%
2,049 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 9 | 581 | 28% |
| Grade 10 | 552 | 27% |
| Grade 11 | 459 | 22% |
| Grade 12 | 457 | 22% |
Student demographics
33%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 DistinguishedMath
10.3%
GA avg 44.6% . -0.7pp since 2021
What this means: On the Georgia Milestones, Georgia's statewide test, about 10 of every 100 students at this school do math at grade level. The Georgia average is about 45 of 100. Math scores have held steady since 2021.
Georgia Milestones results by year
| School year | Math |
|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 10.3% |
| 2023-24 | 16.3% |
| 2022-23 | 9.4% |
| 2021-22 | 11.0% |
% 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
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
14.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
25.7%
based on GA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-11.3pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 14% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 26% typical for Georgia schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among Georgia's top nor bottom 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 Lovejoy High School
Lovejoy High School's state test result (14.3% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lovejoy High School this school | 2,049 | 100.0% | 14.3% |
| Creekside High School Fairburn | 1,745 | 100.0% | 29.0% |
| Mundy's Mill High School Jonesboro | 1,665 | 99.4% | 17.1% |
| Lithonia High School Lithonia | 1,547 | 100.0% | 21.6% |
| Banneker High School College Park | 1,695 | 100.0% | 23.1% |
| Langston Hughes High School Fairburn | 1,891 | 100.0% | 29.3% |
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 Lovejoy High School ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In Georgia | In Clayton County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 14.3% | #375 of 411 | #12 of 13 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 10.3% | #379 of 417 ▼ 32 | #11 of 13 ▼ 2 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 2,049 | #60 of 480 | #2 of 14 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 18.8:1 | #381 of 413 | #9 of 13 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 32.8% | #340 of 413 | #11 of 13 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 100% | #19 of 425 | #6 of 13 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +11.7% | #99 of 226 | #5 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
2,049
+183 (+10%) vs 2020
+60% since 1990-91, when it was 1,277
Student : Teacher
18.8:1
was 20.1:1
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 | 2,049 | 109 | 18.8:1 | 100% (2,049) |
| 2023-24 | 2,030 | 103 | 19.7:1 | 75% (1,528) |
| 2022-23 | 2,136 | 99.2 | 21.5:1 | 91% (1,934) |
| 2020-21 | 1,866 | 93 | 20.1:1 | 93% (1,735) |
| 2017-18 | 1,835 | 100.5 | 18.3:1 | 100% (1,826) |
| 2015-16 | 1,992 | 96 | 20.8:1 | 99% (1,982) |
| 2010-11 | 1,894 | 108 | 17.5:1 | 70% (1,320) |
| 2000-01 | 2,342 | 121 | 19.4:1 | 28% (654) |
| 1990-91 | 1,277 | 74 | 17.3:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Lovejoy High School.
Since 2017-18: students up 12% (1,835 to 2,049); teachers up 8% (100.5 to 109).
About Lovejoy High School
Lovejoy High School is a high-enrollment high school in Georgia, located in Hampton. It has an enrollment of 2,049 students in grades 9 through 12. That compares with an average of about 1,120 students for high schools in Georgia.
Clayton County, which runs Lovejoy High School, has 68 schools and 51,326 students.
At Lovejoy High School, 81% of students are Black. Other students are 14% Hispanic and 3% multiracial. That is higher than the 69% Black share among all Clayton County residents. Measured by the diversity index, the student body scores 33%.
The student-to-teacher ratio is 18.8:1. The school has 109 full-time-equivalent teachers. The gap from the 15.2:1 average for high schools in Georgia is 3.6 students per teacher. In all, 100% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch.
Among Georgia public high schools, Lovejoy High School outscored 13%, which works out to a D on the allk12 Grade.
The school's average proficiency rate across its state test results is 14.3%. For its free or reduced-price lunch share, the predicted value is 25.7%.
In the wider Clayton County area, the median household earns about $59,806 a year, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 23% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 15%. Lovejoy High School shares Clayton County with 72 other public schools.
Kemp Primary is about 1.1 miles away, making it the nearest public school. Within five miles of Lovejoy High School, there are at least 8 other public schools. Ranked by average proficiency, Lovejoy High School places 7th out of 7 schools in its immediate area.
On the NCES locale scale, the school is Suburb: Large.
Over the 4 years from 2020-21 to 2024-25, enrollment increased 10%. The school's ratio dropped from 20.1:1 to 18.8:1 between 2020-21 and 2024-25.
This community page is for conversations about athletics, class schedules, and weather closures. You can also rate the school on this page.
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
- 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
- Eddie White Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,364 students
Other schools in Hampton
- Dutchtown HighHigh · 1,821 students
- Eddie White Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,364 students
- Hampton High SchoolHigh · 1,165 students
- Dutchtown Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,108 students
- Michelle Obama STEM Elementary AcademyElementary · 1,048 students
- Dutchtown Elementary SchoolElementary · 962 students
Other Lovejoy High schools
One other US public school is named Lovejoy High. Lovejoy High School is the largest of the 2.
- Lovejoy High SchoolLUCAS, TX · 1,581 students
Nearby schools
- Kemp Primary1.1 mi · 626
- Kemp Elementary School1.2 mi · 586
- Michelle Obama STEM Elementary Academy1.6 mi · 1,048
- Eddie White Middle School1.6 mi · 1,364
- Hawthorne Elementary School1.8 mi · 813
- Martha K. Glaze Regional Youth Detention Center2.0 mi · 21
Frequently asked questions
About Lovejoy High SchoolHow many students attend Lovejoy High School?
Lovejoy High School enrolls approximately 2,049 students in grades 09-12.
Is Lovejoy High School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Lovejoy High School is a high school covering grades 09-12.
How many teachers does Lovejoy High School have?
Lovejoy High School employs 109 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 18.8:1.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Lovejoy High School?
At Lovejoy High School, the student body is approximately 2% White, 14% Hispanic, 81% Black, 1% Asian, 3% Two or more.
Is Lovejoy High School public or private?
Lovejoy High School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Clayton County.
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