Zest Preparatory Academy School

Zest Preparatory Academy School runs as a very small elementary school in Douglasville, Georgia. The school counted 209 students in 2024-25, covering kindergarten through 5. That puts enrollment 65% below the 605-student average for elementary schools in Georgia.

The school's district is State Specialty Schools II- Zest Preparatory Academy School.

Of every 100 students at Zest Preparatory Academy School, about 86 are Black. It is also 8% Hispanic and 6% multiracial. For comparison, the population of Douglas County is roughly 50% Black. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 26%.

Teacher count: 14 full-time equivalents. Student-to-teacher ratio: 14.9:1. Across elementary schools in Georgia, the average ratio is 13.3:1. Roughly 43% of students come from households that qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. That is 28 points below the 71% average for public schools in Douglas County.

The school's county is Douglas County. According to Census Bureau estimates, the median household earns about $82,984 a year, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 31% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 9%. Public schools in Douglas County number 37, with about 26,121 students.

Brighten Academy is the nearest public school to Zest Preparatory Academy School, about 1.2 miles away. Counting only straight-line distance, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles.

In the federal locale system, Zest Preparatory Academy School 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. Zest Preparatory Academy School is a publicly funded charter school.

This page is set up for the Zest Preparatory Academy School community to discuss open houses, carpools, and field trips. Members of the school community can share what they know.