Enrollment
291
High
DISTRICT 1,306 · STATE 1,120
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CLAYTON COUNTY·NCES 130123004452
Utopian Academy for the Arts High School
2299 Old Rex Marrow Road, Marrow, GA 30260 · (470) 446-1070 · Clayton County
GRADES 09–12HIGH21-SUBURBCHARTERTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL291 STUDENTS
C-
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 22% of Georgia public high schools
- CTest 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
12.1:1
24 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 17.5:1 · STATE 15.2:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
78%
226 students
DISTRICT 99% · STATE 74%
Community
0
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 | 104 | 36% |
| Grade 10 | 71 | 24% |
| Grade 11 | 79 | 27% |
| Grade 12 | 37 | 13% |
Student demographics
19%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
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Georgia Milestones 2024-25 . % Proficient or DistinguishedMath
8.9%
GA avg 44.6% . -3.9pp since 2022
What this means: On the Georgia Milestones, Georgia's statewide test, about 9 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 4 points since 2022.
Georgia Milestones results by year
| School year | Math |
|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 8.9% |
| 2023-24 | 7.7% |
| 2022-23 | 12.8% |
% 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
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
23.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
37.2%
based on GA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-13.7pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 24% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 37% 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 Utopian Academy for the Arts High School
Utopian Academy for the Arts High School's state test result (23.6% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Utopian Academy for the Arts High School this school | 291 | 77.7% | 23.6% |
| Promise Career Institute School College Park | 247 | 76.9% | N/A |
| Mitchell County High School Camilla | 334 | 77.2% | 36.4% |
| Macon County High School Montezuma | 333 | 80.8% | 24.1% |
| Warren County High School Warrenton | 187 | 80.2% | 10.8% |
| Terrell High School Dawson | 266 | 88.7% | 22.5% |
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 Utopian Academy for the Arts High School ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In Georgia | In Clayton County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 23.6% | #309 of 411 | #6 of 13 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 8.9% | #387 of 417 ▼ 9 | #12 of 13 no change |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 291 | #398 of 480 | #13 of 14 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.1:1 | #33 of 413 | #1 of 13 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 19.2% | #381 of 413 | #13 of 13 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 77.7% | #193 of 425 | #13 of 13 |
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.
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 291 | 24 | 12.1:1 | 78% (226) |
| 2023-24 | 258 | 13 | 19.9:1 | 44% (113) |
| 2022-23 | 158 | 3 | 52.7:1 | 68% (108) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Utopian Academy for the Arts High School.
About Utopian Academy for the Arts High School
At 2299 Old Rex Marrow Road in Marrow, Georgia, Utopian Academy for the Arts High School operates as a very small high school. It has an enrollment of 291 students in grades 9 through 12. Across high schools in Georgia, the average enrollment is about 1,120.
Clayton County has 68 schools and 51,326 students, and Utopian Academy for the Arts High School is one of those schools.
Of every 100 students at Utopian Academy for the Arts High School, about 90 are Black. After that, the student body is 6% Hispanic. Census figures show Clayton County is about 69% Black. On a 0 to 100 scale, the school's diversity index is 19, compared with 70 nationally.
There are 24 full-time-equivalent teachers at the school, a ratio of 12.1:1. Compared with the 15.2:1 average for high schools in Georgia, this school's ratio is lower. On the income side, 78% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. By comparison, the figure for public schools in Clayton County is 92%.
Utopian Academy for the Arts High School holds a C- allk12 Grade, placing it above 22% of Georgia public high schools.
On BeatsExpectations, Utopian Academy for the Arts High School is 13.7 points below its prediction, a result in the middle 80% of Georgia schools.
The school is in Clayton County, where median household income comes to about $59,806, 23% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 15% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Clayton County counts 73 public schools with about 63,156 students.
A public school less than a tenth of a mile away, Forest Park Middle School, is the closest to Utopian Academy for the Arts High School. Utopian Academy for the Arts High School has at least 8 other public schools within five miles. Utopian Academy for the Arts High School comes in 3rd of 7 nearby schools on average proficiency.
Utopian Academy for the Arts High School falls in the Suburb: Large locale category, used for schools in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more. NCES lists Utopian Academy for the Arts High School as a charter school.
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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
Nearby schools
- Forest Park Middle School0.0 mi · 593
- Thurgood Marshall Elementary School0.2 mi · 801
- Morrow Middle School0.3 mi · 794
- William M. McGarrah Elementary School0.8 mi · 658
- Morrow Elementary School1.6 mi · 406
- Utopian Academy for the Arts Middle School1.6 mi · 315
Frequently asked questions
About Utopian Academy for the Arts High SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Utopian Academy for the Arts High School?
Utopian Academy for the Arts High School enrolls approximately 291 students in grades 09-12.
Is Utopian Academy for the Arts High School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Utopian Academy for the Arts High School is a high school covering grades 09-12.
How many teachers does Utopian Academy for the Arts High School have?
Utopian Academy for the Arts High School employs 24 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 12.1:1.
What is the student diversity at Utopian Academy for the Arts High School?
Student demographics at Utopian Academy for the Arts High School are roughly 1% White, 6% Hispanic, 90% Black, 2% Asian, 1% Two or more.
Is Utopian Academy for the Arts High School public or private?
Utopian Academy for the Arts High School is a public K-12 school operated as a charter, overseen by Clayton County.
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