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Enrollment
887
High
DISTRICT 1,306 · STATE 1,120
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CLAYTON COUNTY·NCES 130123004279
Perry Career Academy - Eula Wilburn Ponds Perry Center for
137 Spring St, Jonesboro, GA 30236 · (770) 515-7601 · Clayton County
GRADES 06–12HIGH21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL887 STUDENTS
F
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 2% of Georgia public high schools
- FTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- DBeats 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
13.4:1
66 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 17.5:1 · STATE 15.2:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
100%
887 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 | 9 | 1% |
| Grade 10 | 186 | 21% |
| Grade 11 | 461 | 52% |
| Grade 12 | 231 | 26% |
Student demographics
48%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
3.9%
GA avg 44.6% . +2.1pp since 2021
What this means: On the Georgia Milestones, Georgia's statewide test, about 4 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 | 3.9% |
| 2023-24 | 2.8% |
| 2022-23 | 1.1% |
| 2021-22 | 1.8% |
% 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
3.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
25.7%
based on GA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-22.4pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 3% of students here test proficient in math and reading, below the roughly 26% 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 Perry Career Academy - Eula Wilburn Ponds Perry Center for
Perry Career Academy - Eula Wilburn Ponds Perry Center for's state test result (3.3% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Perry Career Academy - Eula Wilburn Ponds Perry Center for this school | 887 | 100.0% | 3.3% |
| Mount Zion High School Jonesboro | 1,232 | 100.0% | 21.0% |
| Spencer High School Columbus | 1,016 | 100.0% | 12.1% |
| Riverdale High School Riverdale | 1,359 | 100.0% | 28.2% |
| Jonesboro High School Jonesboro | 1,630 | 100.0% | 29.6% |
| Tri-Cities High School East Point | 1,748 | 100.0% | 19.8% |
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 Perry Career Academy - Eula Wilburn Ponds Perry Center for ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In Georgia | In Clayton County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 3.3% | #405 of 411 | #13 of 13 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 3.9% | #402 of 417 ▼ 6 | #13 of 13 no change |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 887 | #283 of 480 | #10 of 14 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.4:1 | #67 of 413 | #2 of 13 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 48.2% | #268 of 413 | #5 of 13 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 100% | #24 of 425 | #11 of 13 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +101.6% | #2 of 226 | #1 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
887
-24 (-3%) vs 2020
Student : Teacher
13.4:1
was 14.0:1
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 | 887 | 66 | 13.4:1 | 100% (887) |
| 2023-24 | 1,064 | 61 | 17.4:1 | 87% (923) |
| 2022-23 | 925 | 58.1 | 15.9:1 | 90% (837) |
| 2020-21 | 911 | 65 | 14.0:1 | 93% (847) |
| 2017-18 | 440 | 32 | 13.8:1 | 99% (437) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Perry Career Academy - Eula Wilburn Ponds Perry Center for.
Since 2017-18: students up 102% (440 to 887); teachers up 106% (32 to 66).
About Perry Career Academy - Eula Wilburn Ponds Perry Center for
Perry Career Academy - Eula Wilburn Ponds Perry Center for is a public high school run by Clayton County in Jonesboro, Georgia. The school serves grades 6 through 12. Enrollment is 887 students. It has 21% fewer students than the average for high schools in Georgia (about 1,120).
Perry Career Academy - Eula Wilburn Ponds Perry Center for belongs to Clayton County, a district of 68 schools and 51,326 students.
More than half of enrollment at Perry Career Academy - Eula Wilburn Ponds Perry Center for is Black: 67%. Other groups make up 27% Hispanic and 3% multiracial. In Clayton County overall, the Black share is about 69%. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, Perry Career Academy - Eula Wilburn Ponds Perry Center for scores 48%.
The student-to-teacher ratio at Perry Career Academy - Eula Wilburn Ponds Perry Center for is 13.4:1, based on 66 full-time-equivalent teachers. Compared with the 15.2:1 average for high schools in Georgia, this school's ratio is lower. Lunch program data show 100% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price meals.
Perry Career Academy - Eula Wilburn Ponds Perry Center for earns an F on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 2% of Georgia public high schools.
Schools in Georgia with a similar free or reduced-price lunch share are predicted to post an average proficiency rate across its state test results near 25.7%. Perry Career Academy - Eula Wilburn Ponds Perry Center for posts 3.3%, 22.4 points below that, which places it in the bottom 10% statewide on BeatsExpectations.
Clayton County is the school's county. There, the median household earns about $59,806 a year, roughly 23% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 15%. Perry Career Academy - Eula Wilburn Ponds Perry Center for shares Clayton County with 72 other public schools.
Lee Street Elementary School is about 0.1 miles away, making it the nearest public school. Perry Career Academy - Eula Wilburn Ponds Perry Center for is one of several public schools in the area, with at least 8 others within five miles. Perry Career Academy - Eula Wilburn Ponds Perry Center for ranks 9th of 9 among nearby schools on average proficiency, with 3.3% against a local average of 25.5%.
In the federal locale system, Perry Career Academy - Eula Wilburn Ponds Perry Center for is coded Suburb: Large, for schools in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
A 3% decline took enrollment from 911 in 2020-21 to 887 in 2024-25.
Use the discussion section to ask about homework, tutoring, and testing dates at Perry Career Academy - Eula Wilburn Ponds Perry Center for. 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
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- Morrow High SchoolHigh · 2,077 students
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- 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
- Elite Scholars Academy SchoolHigh · 757 students
Nearby schools
- Lee Street Elementary School0.1 mi · 515
- Arnold Elementary School0.6 mi · 454
- Jonesboro Middle School0.7 mi · 895
- Suder Elementary School1.0 mi · 592
- Swint Elementary School1.2 mi · 544
- Jonesboro High School1.6 mi · 1,630
Frequently asked questions
About Perry Career Academy - Eula Wilburn Ponds Perry Center forHow many students attend Perry Career Academy - Eula Wilburn Ponds Perry Center for?
Perry Career Academy - Eula Wilburn Ponds Perry Center for enrolls approximately 887 students in grades 06-12.
Is Perry Career Academy - Eula Wilburn Ponds Perry Center for an elementary, middle, or high school?
Perry Career Academy - Eula Wilburn Ponds Perry Center for is a high school covering grades 06-12.
How many teachers does Perry Career Academy - Eula Wilburn Ponds Perry Center for have?
Perry Career Academy - Eula Wilburn Ponds Perry Center for employs 66 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 13.4:1.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Perry Career Academy - Eula Wilburn Ponds Perry Center for?
At Perry Career Academy - Eula Wilburn Ponds Perry Center for, the student body is approximately 2% White, 27% Hispanic, 67% Black, 1% Asian, 3% Two or more.
What district is Perry Career Academy - Eula Wilburn Ponds Perry Center for in?
Perry Career Academy - Eula Wilburn Ponds Perry Center for is part of Clayton County.
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