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Enrollment
494
High
DISTRICT 1,306 · STATE 1,120
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CLAYTON COUNTY·NCES 130123004154
Martha Ellen Stilwell School for the Performing Arts
2580 Mount Zion Pkwy, Jonesboro, GA 30236 · (770) 473-2785 · Clayton County
GRADES 09–12HIGH21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL494 STUDENTS
A+
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Scored higher than 95% of Georgia public high schools
- ATest 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
14.1:1
35 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 17.5:1 · STATE 15.2:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
100%
494 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 | 147 | 30% |
| Grade 10 | 141 | 29% |
| Grade 11 | 102 | 21% |
| Grade 12 | 104 | 21% |
Student demographics
36%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
52.7%
GA avg 44.6% . +26.1pp since 2021
What this means: On the Georgia Milestones, Georgia's statewide test, about 53 of every 100 students at this school do math at grade level. The Georgia average is about 45 of 100. Math scores are up about 26 points since 2021.
Georgia Milestones results by year
| School year | Math |
|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 52.7% |
| 2023-24 | 88.0% |
| 2022-23 | 63.4% |
| 2021-22 | 26.6% |
% 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
64.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
25.7%
based on GA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+38.7pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 64% 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 39 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 Martha Ellen Stilwell School for the Performing Arts
Martha Ellen Stilwell School for the Performing Arts's state test result (64.4% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Martha Ellen Stilwell School for the Performing Arts this school | 494 | 100.0% | 64.4% |
| Josey High School Augusta | 625 | 100.0% | 4.0% |
| Greene County High School Greensboro | 432 | 100.0% | 18.5% |
| Towers High School Decatur | 876 | 100.0% | 14.8% |
| Hapeville Charter Career Academy Atlanta | 638 | 99.8% | 26.4% |
| McNair High School Atlanta | 779 | 100.0% | 12.2% |
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 Martha Ellen Stilwell School for the Performing Arts ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In Georgia | In Clayton County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 64.4% | #51 of 411 | #2 of 13 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 52.7% | #109 of 417 ▼ 101 | #2 of 13 no change |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 494 | #353 of 480 | #12 of 14 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.1:1 | #92 of 413 | #3 of 13 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 36.4% | #329 of 413 | #9 of 13 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 100% | #23 of 425 | #10 of 13 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -21.1% | #25 of 168 | N/A |
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
494
-97 (-16%) vs 2020
Student : Teacher
14.1:1
was 16.9:1
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 | 494 | 35 | 14.1:1 | 100% (494) |
| 2023-24 | 468 | 35 | 13.4:1 | 45% (212) |
| 2022-23 | 488 | 35 | 13.9:1 | 90% (441) |
| 2020-21 | 591 | 35 | 16.9:1 | 93% (550) |
| 2017-18 | 626 | 38 | 16.5:1 | 100% (623) |
| 2015-16 | 542 | 28 | 19.4:1 | 99% (539) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Martha Ellen Stilwell School for the Performing Arts.
Since 2017-18: students down 21% (626 to 494); teachers down 8% (38 to 35).
About Martha Ellen Stilwell School for the Performing Arts
In Jonesboro, Georgia, Martha Ellen Stilwell School for the Performing Arts is a low-enrollment high school. It educates 494 students in grades 9 through 12. The typical figure for high schools in Georgia is about 1,120 students.
Besides Martha Ellen Stilwell School for the Performing Arts, Clayton County runs 67 other schools. The district enrolls 51,326 students.
At 78%, Black students outnumber all other groups at Martha Ellen Stilwell School for the Performing Arts combined. Other students are 14% Hispanic, 3% Asian, and 2% multiracial. By comparison, Clayton County residents are about 69% Black. Martha Ellen Stilwell School for the Performing Arts has a diversity index of 36%, compared with 70% for all US public school students.
The count of teachers at Martha Ellen Stilwell School for the Performing Arts is 35 full-time equivalents, for a ratio of 14.1:1. The average ratio among high schools in Georgia is 15.2:1, higher than at this school. Around 100% of the school's students qualify for free or reduced-price meals.
Martha Ellen Stilwell School for the Performing Arts is graded A+ by allk12, scoring above 95% of Georgia public high schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
Martha Ellen Stilwell School for the Performing Arts beats its predicted average proficiency rate on state tests by 38.7 points (64.4% versus 25.7%), a top-10% result in Georgia on BeatsExpectations.
Clayton County has these Census figures: median household income is about $59,806, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 23%, and roughly 15% of residents are in poverty. Martha Ellen Stilwell School for the Performing Arts is among the 73 public schools in Clayton County.
The nearest other public school, Mount Zion High School, is about 0.3 miles away. The count of other public schools within five miles is at least 8. Martha Ellen Stilwell School for the Performing Arts is 2nd of 8 nearby schools by average proficiency rate.
NCES lists the school's locale as Suburb: Large. That means it sits in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
The student count in 2024-25 was 494, 16% below the 591 of 2020-21. Over the same period, the student-to-teacher ratio fell to 14.1:1, from 16.9:1.
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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
- Mount Zion High School0.3 mi · 1,232
- Mount Zion Primary0.7 mi · 620
- Mount Zion Elementary School0.8 mi · 491
- Elite Scholars Academy School1.6 mi · 757
- William M. McGarrah Elementary School1.9 mi · 658
- Roberta T. Smith Elementary School2.1 mi · 720
Frequently asked questions
About Martha Ellen Stilwell School for the Performing ArtsWhat is the total enrollment at Martha Ellen Stilwell School for the Performing Arts?
Martha Ellen Stilwell School for the Performing Arts enrolls approximately 494 students in grades 09-12.
What age range does Martha Ellen Stilwell School for the Performing Arts serve?
Martha Ellen Stilwell School for the Performing Arts serves students from grade 09 through grade 12.
How many students per teacher at Martha Ellen Stilwell School for the Performing Arts?
Approximately 14.1:1 students per teacher at Martha Ellen Stilwell School for the Performing Arts.
What is the student diversity at Martha Ellen Stilwell School for the Performing Arts?
Student demographics at Martha Ellen Stilwell School for the Performing Arts are roughly 1% White, 14% Hispanic, 78% Black, 3% Asian, 2% Two or more.
What district is Martha Ellen Stilwell School for the Performing Arts in?
Martha Ellen Stilwell School for the Performing Arts is part of Clayton County.
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