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If you had an hour of school board time for Mt. Zion High School, what would you bring up?
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Enrollment
496
High
DISTRICT 962 · STATE 1,120
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CARROLL COUNTY·NCES 130084003582
Mt. Zion High School
280 Eureka Church Rd, Carrollton, GA 30117 · (770) 834-6654 · Carroll County
GRADES 09–12HIGH41-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL496 STUDENTS
C+
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Scored higher than 36% of Georgia public high schools
- B-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- C-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
17.3:1
29 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 18.7:1 · STATE 15.2:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
47%
233 students
DISTRICT 47% · 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 | 131 | 26% |
| Grade 10 | 131 | 26% |
| Grade 11 | 128 | 26% |
| Grade 12 | 106 | 21% |
Student demographics
57%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 58% · 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
37.2%
GA avg 44.6% . -12.2pp since 2021
What this means: On the Georgia Milestones, Georgia's statewide test, about 37 of every 100 students at this school do math at grade level. The Georgia average is about 45 of 100. Math scores are down about 12 points since 2021.
Georgia Milestones results by year
| School year | Math |
|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 37.2% |
| 2023-24 | 49.4% |
| 2022-23 | 53.5% |
| 2021-22 | 49.4% |
% 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
UNDERPERFORMING
Bottom 10% of GA schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
38.2%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
53.1%
based on GA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-14.9pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 38% of students here test proficient in math and reading, below the roughly 53% 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 →
Schools most like Mt. Zion High School
Mt. Zion High School's state test result (38.2% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mt. Zion High School this school | 496 | 47.0% | 38.2% |
| Commerce High School Commerce | 557 | 54.6% | 50.5% |
| Bowdon High School Bowdon | 428 | 40.4% | 41.9% |
| Dawson County Junior High Dawsonville | 603 | 51.6% | 46.4% |
| Schley Middle High School Ellaville | 649 | 45.1% | 59.4% |
| Trion High School Trion | 380 | 52.9% | 53.6% |
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 Mt. Zion High School ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In Georgia | In Carroll County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 38.2% | #206 of 411 | #5 of 6 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 37.2% | #205 of 417 ▼ 76 | #3 of 6 ▼ 1 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 496 | #352 of 480 | #5 of 6 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 17.3:1 | #305 of 413 | #3 of 6 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 56.9% | #185 of 413 | #3 of 6 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 47.0% | #323 of 425 | #2 of 6 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +24.0% | #29 of 226 | #2 of 6 |
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
496
+67 (+16%) vs 2020
+31% since 2010-11, when it was 379
Student : Teacher
17.3:1
was 17.2:1
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 | 496 | 28.7 | 17.3:1 | 47% (233) |
| 2023-24 | 471 | 26.2 | 18.0:1 | 69% (326) |
| 2022-23 | 470 | 27.2 | 17.3:1 | 63% (294) |
| 2020-21 | 429 | 25 | 17.2:1 | 57% (246) |
| 2017-18 | 400 | 24.5 | 16.3:1 | 62% (249) |
| 2015-16 | 420 | 23 | 18.3:1 | 64% (270) |
| 2010-11 | 379 | 21 | 18.1:1 | 69% (260) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Mt. Zion High School.
Since 2017-18: students up 24% (400 to 496); teachers up 17% (24.5 to 28.7).
About Mt. Zion High School
Among the schools in Carrollton, Georgia, is Mt. Zion High School, a small high school. It enrolls 496 students in 2024-25. The grades offered are 9 through 12. The school is 56% below the average for high schools in Georgia.
The district, Carroll County, has 16,400 students enrolled across 24 schools.
The student body at Mt. Zion High School is 61% White. It is also 16% Hispanic, 15% Black, and 7% multiracial. On a 0 to 100 scale, the school's diversity index is 57, compared with 70 nationally.
Mt. Zion High School reported 28.7 full-time-equivalent teachers in 2024-25, a ratio of 17.3:1. High schools in Georgia average 15.2:1, 2.1 fewer students per teacher than here. There are 233 students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, 47% of enrollment. The average for public schools in Carroll County is similar, at 48%.
On the allk12 Grade, Mt. Zion High School lands at C+, ahead of 36% of Georgia public high schools.
Predicted from its free or reduced-price lunch share, Mt. Zion High School would score about 53.1%. It scores 38.2%, a bottom-10% result among Georgia schools on BeatsExpectations.
The school's county is Carroll County. According to Census Bureau estimates, the median household earns about $73,714 a year, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 24% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 13%. Mt. Zion High School shares Carroll County with 27 other public schools.
Mount Zion Elementary School sits about 0.4 miles from Mt. Zion High School. Mt. Zion High School has 4 other public schools within five miles. The school's 38.2% average proficiency ranks 7th among 9 nearby schools.
Federal data place Mt. Zion High School in the Rural: Fringe locale, which means it is in rural territory close to an urban area.
Between 2020-21 and 2024-25, Mt. Zion High School had a net gain of 67 students, or 16%.
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Carroll County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
124,569
Census ACS
Median income
$73,714
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
24%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
13%
Below federal line
Schools in county
28
22,250 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Carroll County
- Villa Rica High SchoolHigh · 1,681 students
- Central High SchoolHigh · 1,338 students
- Central Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,009 students
- Central Elementary SchoolElementary · 991 students
- Temple High SchoolHigh · 868 students
- Ithica ElementaryElementary · 809 students
Other schools in Carrollton
- Carrollton Elementary SchoolElementary · 1,894 students
- Carrollton High SchoolHigh · 1,859 students
- Central High SchoolHigh · 1,338 students
- Carrollton Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,280 students
- Central Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,009 students
- Central Elementary SchoolElementary · 991 students
Nearby schools
- Mount Zion Elementary School0.4 mi · 640
- Mt. Zion Middle School2.9 mi · 404
- Carrollton Elementary School4.9 mi · 1,894
- Bowdon Middle School5.0 mi · 338
- Carrollton High School5.0 mi · 1,859
- Carrollton Middle School5.1 mi · 1,280
Frequently asked questions
About Mt. Zion High SchoolHow large is Mt. Zion High School?
Mt. Zion High School enrolls approximately 496 students in grades 09-12.
What grades does Mt. Zion High School serve?
Mt. Zion High School serves grades 09-12.
How many teachers does Mt. Zion High School have?
Mt. Zion High School employs 29 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 17.3:1.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Mt. Zion High School?
At Mt. Zion High School, the student body is approximately 61% White, 16% Hispanic, 15% Black, 0% Asian, 7% Two or more.
Is Mt. Zion High School public or private?
Mt. Zion High School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Carroll County.
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