Jonesboro High School
7728 Mount Zion Blvd
Jonesboro GA, 30236, Clayton County
Phone: 770-473-2855
Ranking: 
(264 out of 392, bottom 33%)*
(264 out of 392, bottom 33%)*Type: Regular High School
Status: Currently Operational
Grade: Grade 9 to Grade 12
School District: Clayton County School District
Title I Eligible School: Yes School-Wide Title I: NA
Magnet: NA
Charter: NA
Shared-Time School: NA
Students and Teachers
| 2013-2014 | 2012-2013 | 2011-2012 | 2010-2011 | 2009-2010 | 2008-2009 | 2007-2008 | ||||||||
| Amount | % | Amount | % | Amount | % | Amount | % | Amount | % | Amount | % | Amount | % | |
| Total Teachers: | 69 | 71 | 77 | 77 | 85 | 90 | 100 | |||||||
| Total Students: | 1,319 | 1,372 | 1,311 | 1,235 | 1,261 | 1,280 | 1,620 | |||||||
| Grade 9: | 379 | 28.7% | 384 | 28.0% | 414 | 31.6% | 426 | 34.5% | 425 | 33.7% | 409 | 32.0% | 539 | 33.3% |
| Grade 10: | 343 | 26.0% | 366 | 26.7% | 374 | 28.5% | 335 | 27.1% | 290 | 23.0% | 302 | 23.6% | 375 | 23.1% |
| Grade 11: | 313 | 23.7% | 327 | 23.8% | 301 | 23.0% | 249 | 20.2% | 319 | 25.3% | 295 | 23.0% | 387 | 23.9% |
| Grade 12: | 284 | 21.5% | 295 | 21.5% | 222 | 16.9% | 225 | 18.2% | 227 | 18.0% | 274 | 21.4% | 319 | 19.7% |
| Ungraded: | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA |
| Student By Gender: | ||||||||||||||
| Male: | 722 | 54.7% | 720 | 52.5% | 679 | 51.8% | 636 | 51.5% | 636 | 50.4% | 645 | 50.4% | 773 | 47.7% |
| Female: | 597 | 45.3% | 652 | 47.5% | 632 | 48.2% | 599 | 48.5% | 625 | 49.6% | 572 | 44.7% | 777 | 48.0% |
| Student By Races: | ||||||||||||||
| American Indian/Alaska Native: | 3 | 0.2% | 3 | 0.2% | 4 | 0.3% | 5 | 0.4% | 5 | 0.4% | 2 | 0.2% | 3 | 0.2% |
| Asian: | 46 | 3.5% | 50 | 3.6% | 42 | 3.2% | 42 | 3.4% | 45 | 3.6% | 43 | 3.4% | 54 | 3.3% |
| Hispanic: | 193 | 14.6% | 179 | 13.0% | 149 | 11.4% | 133 | 10.8% | 132 | 10.5% | 120 | 9.4% | 139 | 8.6% |
| Black: | 948 | 71.9% | 1,012 | 73.8% | 979 | 74.7% | 907 | 73.4% | 922 | 73.1% | 906 | 70.8% | 1,103 | 68.1% |
| White: | 84 | 6.4% | 78 | 5.7% | 92 | 7.0% | 99 | 8.0% | 115 | 9.1% | 154 | 12.0% | 255 | 15.7% |
| Hawaiian Native/Pacific Islander: | 0 | 0.0% | 1 | 0.1% | 3 | 0.2% | 5 | 0.4% | 8 | 0.6% | NA | NA | NA | NA |
| Two or More Races: | 45 | 3.4% | 49 | 3.6% | 42 | 3.2% | 44 | 3.6% | 34 | 2.7% | NA | NA | NA | NA |
| Lunch Program: | ||||||||||||||
| Free Lunch Program Eligible: | 1,316 | 99.8% | 874 | 63.7% | 814 | 62.1% | 774 | 62.7% | 733 | 58.1% | 660 | 51.6% | 728 | 44.9% |
| Reduced-Price Lunch Program Eligible: | 0 | 0.0% | 127 | 9.3% | 104 | 7.9% | 78 | 6.3% | 130 | 10.3% | 150 | 11.7% | 194 | 12.0% |
| Student-Teacher Ratio: | 19.09 | 19.32 | 17.07 | 16.08 | 14.91 | 14.20 | 16.20 | |||||||
Test Performance
| Year | Test | Grade | Measurement | Score | School District | State Average |
| EOCT | ||||||
| 2006 | Algebra I | End of course | % met std | 42% | 43% | 64% |
| 2007 | Algebra I | End of course | % met std | 34.6% | 37.2% | 65% |
| 2008 | Algebra I | End of course | % met std | 19.1% | 25.7% | 55% |
| 2006 | American Literature and Composition | End of course | % met std | 74% | 68% | 81% |
| 2007 | American Literature and Composition | End of course | % met std | 73.4% | 66.9% | 81% |
| 2008 | American Literature and Composition | End of course | % met std | 76.9% | 72% | 84% |
| 2009 | American Literature and Composition | End of course | % met std | 76.9% | 73.1% | 86% |
| 2010 | American Literature and Composition | End of course | % met std | 76.6% | 76.1% | 86.1% |
| 2011 | American Literature and Composition | End of course | % met std | 83.9% | 81.4% | 88.1% |
| 2012 | American Literature and Composition | End of course | % met std | 82% | 82.3% | 89.2% |
| 2013 | American Literature and Composition | End of course | % met std | 84.9% | 86.4% | N/A |
| 2006 | Biology | End of course | % met std | 41% | 38% | 57% |
| 2007 | Biology | End of course | % met std | 28% | 27.5% | 58% |
| 2008 | Biology | End of course | % met std | 33.3% | 36.2% | 62% |
| 2009 | Biology | End of course | % met std | 40% | 40.1% | 64% |
| 2010 | Biology | End of course | % met std | 35.4% | 41.6% | 66.1% |
| 2011 | Biology | End of course | % met std | 61.9% | 46.9% | 69.9% |
| 2012 | Biology | End of course | % met std | 69.5% | 52% | 72.7% |
| 2013 | Biology | End of course | % met std | 70.7% | 53.9% | N/A |
| 2013 | Coordinate Algebra | End of course | % met std | 18.6% | 22.2% | 36.9% |
| 2006 | Economics/Business/Free Enterprise | End of course | % met std | 45% | 46% | 58% |
| 2007 | Economics/Business/Free Enterprise | End of course | % met std | 58.3% | 43.9% | 66% |
| 2008 | Economics/Business/Free Enterprise | End of course | % met std | 37.6% | 40.7% | 68% |
| 2009 | Economics/Business/Free Enterprise | End of course | % met std | 57.6% | 49% | 68% |
| 2010 | Economics/Business/Free Enterprise | End of course | % met std | 45.9% | 50.1% | 70.3% |
| 2011 | Economics/Business/Free Enterprise | End of course | % met std | 57.9% | 57.9% | 72.2% |
| 2012 | Economics/Business/Free Enterprise | End of course | % met std | 61.6% | 66.5% | 77.3% |
| 2013 | Economics/Business/Free Enterprise | End of course | % met std | 62.3% | 69.6% | 78.9% |
| 2006 | Geometry | End of course | % met std | 41% | 28% | 62% |
| 2007 | Geometry | End of course | % met std | 31.1% | 26.5% | 63% |
| 2008 | Geometry | End of course | % met std | 28.4% | 25.5% | 61% |
| 2009 | Geometry | End of course | % met std | 16.2% | 14.4% | 47% |
| 2010 | Mathematics I | End of course | % met std | 56% | 43.9% | 64.4% |
| 2011 | Mathematics I | End of course | % met std | 52.3% | 40.9% | 61.3% |
| 2012 | Mathematics I | End of course | % met std | 42.7% | 49.6% | 65.2% |
| 2013 | Mathematics I | End of course | % met std | 27.6% | 25.1% | N/A |
| 2010 | Mathematics II | End of course | % met std | 24.9% | 23.4% | 52.3% |
| 2011 | Mathematics II | End of course | % met std | 38.2% | 30.1% | 54.8% |
| 2012 | Mathematics II | End of course | % met std | 39.3% | 34.6% | 53.9% |
| 2013 | Mathematics II | End of course | % met std | 48.9% | 39.3% | 59.1% |
| 2006 | Ninth Grade Literature and Composition | End of course | % met std | 55% | 50% | 65% |
| 2007 | Ninth Grade Literature and Composition | End of course | % met std | 54.3% | 50.4% | 68% |
| 2008 | Ninth Grade Literature and Composition | End of course | % met std | 57.2% | 58% | 73% |
| 2009 | Ninth Grade Literature and Composition | End of course | % met std | 61.7% | 63.3% | 76% |
| 2010 | Ninth Grade Literature and Composition | End of course | % met std | 65.6% | 68.6% | 79.4% |
| 2011 | Ninth Grade Literature and Composition | End of course | % met std | 75.3% | 73.4% | 82.3% |
| 2012 | Ninth Grade Literature and Composition | End of course | % met std | 82.7% | 77.8% | 84.1% |
| 2013 | Ninth Grade Literature and Composition | End of course | % met std | 82.8% | 78.2% | 85.7% |
| 2006 | Physical Science | End of course | % met std | 51% | 49% | 61% |
| 2007 | Physical Science | End of course | % met std | 49% | 51% | 62% |
| 2008 | Physical Science | End of course | % met std | 37.2% | 47.4% | 63% |
| 2009 | Physical Science | End of course | % met std | 32.6% | 52.5% | 67% |
| 2010 | Physical Science | End of course | % met std | 54.9% | 61.5% | 72.2% |
| 2011 | Physical Science | End of course | % met std | 60.9% | 62.5% | 76.2% |
| 2012 | Physical Science | End of course | % met std | 68.5% | 67% | 77.5% |
| 2013 | Physical Science | End of course | % met std | 65.6% | 74.5% | 82.7% |
| 2006 | United States History | End of course | % met std | 57% | 54% | 71% |
| 2007 | United States History | End of course | % met std | 59.5% | 51.4% | 71% |
| 2008 | United States History | End of course | % met std | 45.3% | 36.9% | 59% |
| 2009 | United States History | End of course | % met std | 39.9% | 38.9% | 60% |
| 2010 | United States History | End of course | % met std | 59.9% | 47.1% | 61.8% |
| 2011 | United States History | End of course | % met std | 52.6% | 47.9% | 66.2% |
| 2012 | United States History | End of course | % met std | 50.5% | 52.9% | 68.3% |
| 2013 | United States History | End of course | % met std | 57.7% | 56.5% | 72.6% |
| GHSGT (GPS) | ||||||
| 2008 | English Language Arts | End of course | % met std | 87.3% | 85.8% | 90% |
| 2009 | English Language Arts | End of course | % met std | 86.75% | 85.6% | 89.98% |
| 2010 | English Language Arts | End of course | % met std | 93.9% | 88.9% | 90.1% |
| 2011 | English Language Arts | End of course | % met std | 88% | 89% | 91% |
| 2011 | Math | End of course | % met std | 73% | 74% | 84% |
| 2008 | Science | End of course | % met std | 78.8% | 79.1% | 86.2% |
| 2009 | Science | End of course | % met std | 79.57% | 80.4% | 87.85% |
| 2010 | Science | End of course | % met std | 83.1% | 84.3% | 90% |
| 2011 | Science | End of course | % met std | 89% | 87% | 93% |
| 2010 | Social Studies | End of course | % met std | 70.3% | 70.9% | 77.9% |
| 2011 | Social Studies | End of course | % met std | 79% | 71% | 80% |
| GHSGT (QCC) | ||||||
| 2006 | English | End of course | % met std | 95% | 95% | 96% |
| 2007 | English | End of course | % met std | 98.3% | 96.1% | 96.2% |
| 2006 | Mathematics | End of course | % met std | 91% | 89% | 92% |
| 2007 | Mathematics | End of course | % met std | 91.2% | 87.8% | 91.7% |
| 2008 | Mathematics | End of course | % met std | 89% | 88% | 92% |
| 2009 | Mathematics | End of course | % met std | 89.27% | 90% | 93.51% |
| 2010 | Mathematics | End of course | % met std | 90% | 88% | 91% |
| 2006 | Science | End of course | % met std | 65% | 60% | 73% |
| 2007 | Science | End of course | % met std | 61.5% | 59.3% | 73.6% |
| 2006 | Social Studies | End of course | % met std | 87% | 84% | 86% |
| 2007 | Social Studies | End of course | % met std | 84.5% | 83.4% | 87.1% |
| 2008 | Social Studies | End of course | % met std | 84% | 82% | 86% |
| 2009 | Social Studies | End of course | % met std | 78.21% | 81% | 87.24% |
Some data by SchoolDigger.com.
* Jonesboro High School was rated 4 out of 5 by USA.com. The ranking was calculated based on publically available historical Math and English performance data.