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Parents: what's one thing you'd want the Maynard Jackson High School administration to hear?
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Enrollment
1,549
High
DISTRICT 978 · STATE 1,120
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·ATLANTA PUBLIC SCHOOLS·NCES 130012001939
Maynard Jackson High School
801 Glenwood Ave SE, Atlanta, GA 30316 · (404) 802-5200 · Fulton County
GRADES 09–12HIGH11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL1,549 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
14.5:1
107 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.3:1 · STATE 15.2:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
82%
1,267 students
DISTRICT 82% · 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 | 431 | 28% |
| Grade 10 | 411 | 27% |
| Grade 11 | 361 | 23% |
| Grade 12 | 346 | 22% |
Student demographics
50%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 47% · 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
School pathway
Feeds from
Based on published attendance-zone data from Atlanta Public Schools. Zones change; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
Georgia Milestones 2024-25 . % Proficient or DistinguishedMath
31.2%
GA avg 44.6% . +1.8pp since 2021
What this means: On the Georgia Milestones, Georgia's statewide test, about 31 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 2 points since 2021.
Georgia Milestones results by year
| School year | Math |
|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 31.2% |
| 2023-24 | 33.6% |
| 2022-23 | 16.9% |
| 2021-22 | 29.4% |
% 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
39.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
35.1%
based on GA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+4.5pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 40% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 35% 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 Maynard Jackson High School
Maynard Jackson High School's state test result (39.6% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Maynard Jackson High School this school | 1,549 | 81.8% | 39.6% |
| Burke County High School Waynesboro | 1,133 | 85.2% | 24.5% |
| Academy of Richmond County High School Augusta | 1,178 | 85.1% | 10.8% |
| Westside High School Augusta | 1,088 | 85.0% | 7.9% |
| Statesboro High School Statesboro | 1,801 | 89.6% | 30.0% |
| Valdosta High School Valdosta | 2,457 | 84.2% | 33.0% |
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 Maynard Jackson High School ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In Georgia | In Fulton County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 39.6% | #193 of 411 | #16 of 32 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 31.2% | #248 of 417 ▼ 22 | #18 of 32 ▼ 1 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 1,549 | #141 of 480 | #17 of 38 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.5:1 | #120 of 413 | #13 of 33 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 49.9% | #255 of 413 | #14 of 33 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 81.8% | #173 of 425 | #18 of 36 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +28.5% | #23 of 226 | #2 of 15 |
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
1,549
+137 (+10%) vs 2020
+28% since 1990-91, when it was 1,209
Student : Teacher
14.5:1
was 15.5:1
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 | 1,549 | 106.7 | 14.5:1 | 82% (1,267) |
| 2023-24 | 1,551 | 115.2 | 13.5:1 | 52% (802) |
| 2022-23 | 1,474 | 106.7 | 13.8:1 | 44% (642) |
| 2020-21 | 1,412 | 91 | 15.5:1 | 41% (581) |
| 2017-18 | 1,205 | 78.2 | 15.4:1 | 100% (1,205) |
| 2015-16 | 1,096 | 71 | 15.4:1 | 100% (1,093) |
| 2010-11 | 814 | 60 | 13.6:1 | 88% (719) |
| 2000-01 | 1,067 | 75 | 14.2:1 | 73% (779) |
| 1990-91 | 1,209 | 74 | 16.3:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Maynard Jackson High School.
Since 2017-18: students up 29% (1,205 to 1,549); teachers up 36% (78.2 to 106.7).
About Maynard Jackson High School
Maynard Jackson High School is a high school in Atlanta, Georgia, and it is part of Atlanta Public Schools. The school's 1,549 students are in grades 9 through 12. Enrollment is 38% higher than the average for high schools in Georgia, which is about 1,120.
Atlanta Public Schools has 49,945 students in 87 schools, and Maynard Jackson High School is one of those schools.
Maynard Jackson High School's enrollment is 67% Black. Other groups include 21% White, 8% Hispanic, and 3% multiracial. By comparison, Fulton County residents are about 43% Black. The chance that two students picked at random at Maynard Jackson High School belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 50%.
Federal staffing data show 106.7 full-time-equivalent teachers at Maynard Jackson High School and a ratio of 14.5:1. High schools in Georgia have a similar average ratio of 15.2:1. The count of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch equals 82% of enrollment. That rate is above the 62% average among public schools in Fulton County.
In Georgia, Maynard Jackson High School is in the middle band of BeatsExpectations: 39.6% actual against a predicted 35.1%.
Fulton County has about 1,076,561 residents, and median household income is about $95,292, about 59% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 8% of residents are in poverty. Federal data list 205 public schools in Fulton County, with a combined enrollment of about 138,270.
Parkside Elementary School is located about 0.3 miles from Maynard Jackson High School. Within five miles are at least 8 other public schools. Among its closest neighbors with test data, Maynard Jackson High School is 5th of 9 on proficiency.
The school's setting, by NCES definition, is City: Large: inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more.
Federal counts put enrollment at 1,412 in 2020-21 and 1,549 in 2024-25, a 10% gain. There were fewer students per teacher in 2024-25 (14.5:1) than in 2020-21 (15.5:1).
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Fulton County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
1,076,561
Census ACS
Median income
$95,292
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
59%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
8%
Below federal line
Schools in county
205
138,270 students
Quick facts
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Frequently asked questions
About Maynard Jackson High SchoolHow large is Maynard Jackson High School?
Maynard Jackson High School enrolls approximately 1,549 students in grades 09-12.
What grades does Maynard Jackson High School serve?
Maynard Jackson High School serves grades 09-12.
How many students per teacher at Maynard Jackson High School?
Approximately 14.5:1 students per teacher at Maynard Jackson High School.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Maynard Jackson High School?
At Maynard Jackson High School, the student body is approximately 21% White, 8% Hispanic, 67% Black, 1% Asian, 3% Two or more.
Is Maynard Jackson High School public or private?
Maynard Jackson High School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Atlanta Public Schools.
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