Mary Persons High School
310 Montpelier Ave
Forsyth GA, 31029, Monroe County
Phone: 478-994-2812
Ranking: 
(118 out of 392, top 30%)*
(118 out of 392, top 30%)*Type: Regular High School
Status: Currently Operational
Grade: Grade 9 to Grade 12
School District: Monroe County School District
Title I Eligible School: No
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: | 74 | 72 | 69 | 67 | 66 | 68 | 65 | |||||||
| Total Students: | 1,190 | 1,185 | 1,181 | 1,154 | 1,189 | 1,168 | 1,170 | |||||||
| Grade 9: | 374 | 31.4% | 341 | 28.8% | 327 | 27.7% | 319 | 27.6% | 361 | 30.4% | 341 | 29.2% | 330 | 28.2% |
| Grade 10: | 321 | 27.0% | 335 | 28.3% | 330 | 27.9% | 337 | 29.2% | 350 | 29.4% | 320 | 27.4% | 363 | 31.0% |
| Grade 11: | 277 | 23.3% | 260 | 21.9% | 273 | 23.1% | 281 | 24.4% | 243 | 20.4% | 298 | 25.5% | 263 | 22.5% |
| Grade 12: | 218 | 18.3% | 249 | 21.0% | 251 | 21.3% | 217 | 18.8% | 235 | 19.8% | 209 | 17.9% | 214 | 18.3% |
| Ungraded: | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA |
| Student By Gender: | ||||||||||||||
| Male: | 630 | 52.9% | 615 | 51.9% | 617 | 52.2% | 601 | 52.1% | 619 | 52.1% | 600 | 51.4% | 589 | 50.3% |
| Female: | 560 | 47.1% | 570 | 48.1% | 564 | 47.8% | 553 | 47.9% | 570 | 47.9% | 547 | 46.8% | 566 | 48.4% |
| Student By Races: | ||||||||||||||
| American Indian/Alaska Native: | 5 | 0.4% | 2 | 0.2% | 2 | 0.2% | 2 | 0.2% | 2 | 0.2% | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% |
| Asian: | 7 | 0.6% | 5 | 0.4% | 4 | 0.3% | 4 | 0.3% | 8 | 0.7% | 10 | 0.9% | 8 | 0.7% |
| Hispanic: | 20 | 1.7% | 26 | 2.2% | 29 | 2.5% | 26 | 2.3% | 16 | 1.3% | 17 | 1.5% | 19 | 1.6% |
| Black: | 323 | 27.1% | 355 | 30.0% | 357 | 30.2% | 375 | 32.5% | 415 | 34.9% | 397 | 34.0% | 403 | 34.4% |
| White: | 819 | 68.8% | 779 | 65.7% | 772 | 65.4% | 733 | 63.5% | 735 | 61.8% | 731 | 62.6% | 729 | 62.3% |
| Hawaiian Native/Pacific Islander: | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | NA | NA | NA | NA |
| Two or More Races: | 16 | 1.3% | 18 | 1.5% | 17 | 1.4% | 14 | 1.2% | 13 | 1.1% | NA | NA | NA | NA |
| Lunch Program: | ||||||||||||||
| Free Lunch Program Eligible: | 534 | 44.9% | 474 | 40.0% | 530 | 44.9% | 524 | 45.4% | 495 | 41.6% | 450 | 38.5% | 406 | 34.7% |
| Reduced-Price Lunch Program Eligible: | 111 | 9.3% | 105 | 8.9% | 111 | 9.4% | 80 | 6.9% | 108 | 9.1% | 107 | 9.2% | 114 | 9.7% |
| Student-Teacher Ratio: | 16.17 | 16.41 | 17.07 | 17.12 | 18.15 | 17.20 | 17.90 | |||||||
Test Performance
| Year | Test | Grade | Measurement | Score | School District | State Average |
| EOCT | ||||||
| 2006 | Algebra I | End of course | % met std | 61% | 69% | 64% |
| 2007 | Algebra I | End of course | % met std | 81.3% | 89.4% | 65% |
| 2008 | Algebra I | End of course | % met std | 65.8% | 65.8% | 55% |
| 2009 | Algebra I | End of course | % met std | 18.9% | 18.9% | 40% |
| 2006 | American Literature and Composition | End of course | % met std | 78% | 78% | 81% |
| 2007 | American Literature and Composition | End of course | % met std | 74.4% | 74.4% | 81% |
| 2008 | American Literature and Composition | End of course | % met std | 81.7% | 81.7% | 84% |
| 2009 | American Literature and Composition | End of course | % met std | 83.1% | 83.1% | 86% |
| 2010 | American Literature and Composition | End of course | % met std | 82.7% | 82.7% | 86.1% |
| 2011 | American Literature and Composition | End of course | % met std | 90.3% | 90.3% | 88.1% |
| 2012 | American Literature and Composition | End of course | % met std | 89.5% | 89.5% | 89.2% |
| 2013 | American Literature and Composition | End of course | % met std | 93.3% | 93.3% | N/A |
| 2006 | Biology | End of course | % met std | 59% | 59% | 57% |
| 2007 | Biology | End of course | % met std | 50.3% | 50.3% | 58% |
| 2008 | Biology | End of course | % met std | 56.2% | 56.2% | 62% |
| 2009 | Biology | End of course | % met std | 59.2% | 59.2% | 64% |
| 2010 | Biology | End of course | % met std | 65.8% | 65.8% | 66.1% |
| 2011 | Biology | End of course | % met std | 68.3% | 68.3% | 69.9% |
| 2012 | Biology | End of course | % met std | 76.8% | 76.8% | 72.7% |
| 2013 | Biology | End of course | % met std | 73.5% | 73.5% | N/A |
| 2013 | Coordinate Algebra | End of course | % met std | 34.4% | 34.4% | 36.9% |
| 2006 | Economics/Business/Free Enterprise | End of course | % met std | 48% | 48% | 58% |
| 2007 | Economics/Business/Free Enterprise | End of course | % met std | 34.4% | 34.4% | 66% |
| 2008 | Economics/Business/Free Enterprise | End of course | % met std | 53.8% | 53.8% | 68% |
| 2009 | Economics/Business/Free Enterprise | End of course | % met std | 50.3% | 50.3% | 68% |
| 2010 | Economics/Business/Free Enterprise | End of course | % met std | 57.4% | 57.4% | 70.3% |
| 2011 | Economics/Business/Free Enterprise | End of course | % met std | 33.3% | 33.3% | 72.2% |
| 2013 | Economics/Business/Free Enterprise | End of course | % met std | 88.8% | 88.8% | 78.9% |
| 2006 | Geometry | End of course | % met std | 72% | 72% | 62% |
| 2007 | Geometry | End of course | % met std | 60.6% | 60.6% | 63% |
| 2008 | Geometry | End of course | % met std | 67.5% | 67.5% | 61% |
| 2009 | Geometry | End of course | % met std | 40.5% | 40.5% | 47% |
| 2010 | Mathematics I | End of course | % met std | 59.4% | 59.4% | 64.4% |
| 2011 | Mathematics I | End of course | % met std | 65.8% | 65.8% | 61.3% |
| 2012 | Mathematics I | End of course | % met std | 69.8% | 69.8% | 65.2% |
| 2013 | Mathematics I | End of course | % met std | 46.7% | 46.7% | N/A |
| 2010 | Mathematics II | End of course | % met std | 60.5% | 60.5% | 52.3% |
| 2011 | Mathematics II | End of course | % met std | 75.3% | 75.3% | 54.8% |
| 2012 | Mathematics II | End of course | % met std | 62.2% | 62.2% | 53.9% |
| 2013 | Mathematics II | End of course | % met std | 63.5% | 63.5% | 59.1% |
| 2006 | Ninth Grade Literature and Composition | End of course | % met std | 64% | 64% | 65% |
| 2007 | Ninth Grade Literature and Composition | End of course | % met std | 72.1% | 72.1% | 68% |
| 2008 | Ninth Grade Literature and Composition | End of course | % met std | 73.6% | 73.6% | 73% |
| 2009 | Ninth Grade Literature and Composition | End of course | % met std | 83.8% | 83.8% | 76% |
| 2010 | Ninth Grade Literature and Composition | End of course | % met std | 84.1% | 84.1% | 79.4% |
| 2011 | Ninth Grade Literature and Composition | End of course | % met std | 78.7% | 78.7% | 82.3% |
| 2012 | Ninth Grade Literature and Composition | End of course | % met std | 89.2% | 89.2% | 84.1% |
| 2013 | Ninth Grade Literature and Composition | End of course | % met std | 87.9% | 87.9% | 85.7% |
| 2006 | Physical Science | End of course | % met std | 61% | 61% | 61% |
| 2007 | Physical Science | End of course | % met std | 66.3% | 66.3% | 62% |
| 2008 | Physical Science | End of course | % met std | 60.4% | 60.4% | 63% |
| 2009 | Physical Science | End of course | % met std | 78.8% | 78.8% | 67% |
| 2010 | Physical Science | End of course | % met std | 73.7% | 73.7% | 72.2% |
| 2011 | Physical Science | End of course | % met std | 71% | 71% | 76.2% |
| 2012 | Physical Science | End of course | % met std | 85.1% | 85.1% | 77.5% |
| 2013 | Physical Science | End of course | % met std | 86.4% | 89.4% | 82.7% |
| 2006 | United States History | End of course | % met std | 75% | 75% | 71% |
| 2007 | United States History | End of course | % met std | 63.3% | 63.3% | 71% |
| 2008 | United States History | End of course | % met std | 64.3% | 64.3% | 59% |
| 2009 | United States History | End of course | % met std | 63% | 63% | 60% |
| 2010 | United States History | End of course | % met std | 73.6% | 73.6% | 61.8% |
| 2011 | United States History | End of course | % met std | 75.9% | 75.9% | 66.2% |
| 2012 | United States History | End of course | % met std | 83.7% | 83.7% | 68.3% |
| 2013 | United States History | End of course | % met std | 82.5% | 82.5% | 72.6% |
| GHSGT (GPS) | ||||||
| 2008 | English Language Arts | End of course | % met std | 89% | 89% | 90% |
| 2009 | English Language Arts | End of course | % met std | 91.96% | 92% | 89.98% |
| 2010 | English Language Arts | End of course | % met std | 93.6% | 93.6% | 90.1% |
| 2011 | English Language Arts | End of course | % met std | 94% | 94% | 91% |
| 2011 | Math | End of course | % met std | 90% | 90% | 84% |
| 2008 | Science | End of course | % met std | 85.1% | 85.1% | 86.2% |
| 2009 | Science | End of course | % met std | 91.6% | 91.6% | 87.85% |
| 2010 | Science | End of course | % met std | 91.9% | 91.9% | 90% |
| 2011 | Science | End of course | % met std | 98% | 98% | 93% |
| 2010 | Social Studies | End of course | % met std | 82.2% | 82.2% | 77.9% |
| 2011 | Social Studies | End of course | % met std | 88% | 88% | 80% |
| GHSGT (QCC) | ||||||
| 2006 | English | End of course | % met std | 99% | 99% | 96% |
| 2007 | English | End of course | % met std | 97.8% | 97.8% | 96.2% |
| 2006 | Mathematics | End of course | % met std | 96% | 96% | 92% |
| 2007 | Mathematics | End of course | % met std | 94% | 94% | 91.7% |
| 2008 | Mathematics | End of course | % met std | 89% | 89% | 92% |
| 2009 | Mathematics | End of course | % met std | 94.3% | 94% | 93.51% |
| 2010 | Mathematics | End of course | % met std | 94% | 94% | 91% |
| 2006 | Science | End of course | % met std | 75% | 75% | 73% |
| 2007 | Science | End of course | % met std | 70.1% | 70.1% | 73.6% |
| 2006 | Social Studies | End of course | % met std | 93% | 93% | 86% |
| 2007 | Social Studies | End of course | % met std | 92.6% | 92.6% | 87.1% |
| 2008 | Social Studies | End of course | % met std | 86% | 86% | 86% |
| 2009 | Social Studies | End of course | % met std | 92.69% | 93% | 87.24% |
Some data by SchoolDigger.com.
* Mary Persons High School was rated 4.5 out of 5 by USA.com. The ranking was calculated based on publically available historical Math and English performance data.