Northeast High School

Set in Macon, Georgia, Northeast High School is a modestly sized secondary school, part of Bibb County. It serves 794 students across grades 9 through 12. That puts it 29% smaller than the typical public school in Georgia, which averages around 1,120 students.

Bibb County comprises 35 schools with combined enrollment of 21,334 students; Northeast High School is among them.

In terms of who attends, Northeast High School logs that 93% of students identify as Black, making the school strongly Black-majority; the rest reads as 3% multiracial, 2% White. The wider county runs roughly 55% Black, putting the school's mix meaningfully more Black than the area baseline.

Looking at the economic backdrop, The school employs 52 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 15.2:1. That tracks the state average closely. An estimated 64% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Northeast High School falls in the UNDERPERFORMING tier of the BeatsExpectations residual. Given its student profile, a typical campus would land near 44.5%; this one comes in at 12.3%, -32.2 points off the demographic line.

In the broader community, the surrounding county (Bibb County) logs that median household income runs about $51,234, 26% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 20%. Across Bibb County's 41 public schools (combined enrollment of about 23,725 students), Northeast High School is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is Appling Middle School, roughly 0.1 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Northeast High School ranks 6th on composite proficiency, behind the local average of 30.8%.

Northeast High School operates from a city-core location.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count grew 7%: 741 students in 2018 compared to 794 in 2025.

In the discussion threads here, posts here usually surface around pickup logistics, teacher feedback, and after-school programs. Members of the school community can share what they know.