Mount Zion High School
2535 Mount Zion Parkway
Jonesboro GA, 30236, Clayton County
Phone: 770-473-2940
Ranking: 
(262 out of 392, bottom 33%)*
(262 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: | 93 | 91 | 97 | 97 | 105 | 113 | 112 | |||||||
| Total Students: | 1,639 | 1,604 | 1,570 | 1,580 | 1,555 | 1,729 | 1,801 | |||||||
| Grade 9: | 597 | 36.4% | 510 | 31.8% | 531 | 33.8% | 509 | 32.2% | 496 | 31.9% | 680 | 39.3% | 749 | 41.6% |
| Grade 10: | 361 | 22.0% | 436 | 27.2% | 428 | 27.3% | 388 | 24.6% | 355 | 22.8% | 438 | 25.3% | 411 | 22.8% |
| Grade 11: | 375 | 22.9% | 369 | 23.0% | 336 | 21.4% | 317 | 20.1% | 418 | 26.9% | 353 | 20.4% | 342 | 19.0% |
| Grade 12: | 306 | 18.7% | 289 | 18.0% | 275 | 17.5% | 366 | 23.2% | 286 | 18.4% | 258 | 14.9% | 299 | 16.6% |
| Ungraded: | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA |
| Student By Gender: | ||||||||||||||
| Male: | 791 | 48.3% | 790 | 49.3% | 778 | 49.6% | 774 | 49.0% | 730 | 46.9% | 772 | 44.7% | 845 | 46.9% |
| Female: | 848 | 51.7% | 814 | 50.7% | 792 | 50.4% | 806 | 51.0% | 825 | 53.1% | 893 | 51.6% | 899 | 49.9% |
| Student By Races: | ||||||||||||||
| American Indian/Alaska Native: | 4 | 0.2% | 3 | 0.2% | 3 | 0.2% | 2 | 0.1% | 6 | 0.4% | 4 | 0.2% | 0 | 0.0% |
| Asian: | 50 | 3.1% | 47 | 2.9% | 49 | 3.1% | 55 | 3.5% | 44 | 2.8% | 39 | 2.3% | 46 | 2.6% |
| Hispanic: | 244 | 14.9% | 221 | 13.8% | 203 | 12.9% | 195 | 12.3% | 211 | 13.6% | 219 | 12.7% | 193 | 10.7% |
| Black: | 1,240 | 75.7% | 1,214 | 75.7% | 1,178 | 75.0% | 1,210 | 76.6% | 1,150 | 74.0% | 1,362 | 78.8% | 1,437 | 79.8% |
| White: | 46 | 2.8% | 57 | 3.6% | 59 | 3.8% | 57 | 3.6% | 58 | 3.7% | 49 | 2.8% | 72 | 4.0% |
| Hawaiian Native/Pacific Islander: | 0 | 0.0% | 1 | 0.1% | 3 | 0.2% | 2 | 0.1% | 1 | 0.1% | NA | NA | NA | NA |
| Two or More Races: | 55 | 3.4% | 61 | 3.8% | 75 | 4.8% | 59 | 3.7% | 85 | 5.5% | NA | NA | NA | NA |
| Lunch Program: | ||||||||||||||
| Free Lunch Program Eligible: | 1,636 | 99.8% | 1,143 | 71.3% | 1,054 | 67.1% | 1,014 | 64.2% | 941 | 60.5% | 1,031 | 59.6% | 961 | 53.4% |
| Reduced-Price Lunch Program Eligible: | 0 | 0.0% | 136 | 8.5% | 142 | 9.0% | 141 | 8.9% | 152 | 9.8% | 187 | 10.8% | 223 | 12.4% |
| Student-Teacher Ratio: | 17.68 | 17.72 | 16.19 | 16.31 | 14.77 | 15.30 | 16.20 | |||||||
Test Performance
| Year | Test | Grade | Measurement | Score | School District | State Average |
| EOCT | ||||||
| 2006 | Algebra I | End of course | % met std | 26% | 43% | 64% |
| 2007 | Algebra I | End of course | % met std | 25.6% | 37.2% | 65% |
| 2008 | Algebra I | End of course | % met std | 27.5% | 25.7% | 55% |
| 2006 | American Literature and Composition | End of course | % met std | 65% | 68% | 81% |
| 2007 | American Literature and Composition | End of course | % met std | 61.9% | 66.9% | 81% |
| 2008 | American Literature and Composition | End of course | % met std | 72% | 72% | 84% |
| 2009 | American Literature and Composition | End of course | % met std | 68.1% | 73.1% | 86% |
| 2010 | American Literature and Composition | End of course | % met std | 80.5% | 76.1% | 86.1% |
| 2011 | American Literature and Composition | End of course | % met std | 82.1% | 81.4% | 88.1% |
| 2012 | American Literature and Composition | End of course | % met std | 88.2% | 82.3% | 89.2% |
| 2013 | American Literature and Composition | End of course | % met std | 89.9% | 86.4% | N/A |
| 2006 | Biology | End of course | % met std | 36% | 38% | 57% |
| 2007 | Biology | End of course | % met std | 23.8% | 27.5% | 58% |
| 2008 | Biology | End of course | % met std | 28.5% | 36.2% | 62% |
| 2009 | Biology | End of course | % met std | 36.3% | 40.1% | 64% |
| 2010 | Biology | End of course | % met std | 41.2% | 41.6% | 66.1% |
| 2011 | Biology | End of course | % met std | 51.4% | 46.9% | 69.9% |
| 2012 | Biology | End of course | % met std | 58% | 52% | 72.7% |
| 2013 | Biology | End of course | % met std | 58.7% | 53.9% | N/A |
| 2013 | Coordinate Algebra | End of course | % met std | 24.4% | 22.2% | 36.9% |
| 2006 | Economics/Business/Free Enterprise | End of course | % met std | 39% | 46% | 58% |
| 2007 | Economics/Business/Free Enterprise | End of course | % met std | 32.5% | 43.9% | 66% |
| 2008 | Economics/Business/Free Enterprise | End of course | % met std | 51.6% | 40.7% | 68% |
| 2009 | Economics/Business/Free Enterprise | End of course | % met std | 50.9% | 49% | 68% |
| 2010 | Economics/Business/Free Enterprise | End of course | % met std | 47.3% | 50.1% | 70.3% |
| 2011 | Economics/Business/Free Enterprise | End of course | % met std | 67% | 57.9% | 72.2% |
| 2012 | Economics/Business/Free Enterprise | End of course | % met std | 81.2% | 66.5% | 77.3% |
| 2013 | Economics/Business/Free Enterprise | End of course | % met std | 79.6% | 69.6% | 78.9% |
| 2006 | Geometry | End of course | % met std | 24% | 28% | 62% |
| 2007 | Geometry | End of course | % met std | 23.6% | 26.5% | 63% |
| 2008 | Geometry | End of course | % met std | 24.9% | 25.5% | 61% |
| 2009 | Geometry | End of course | % met std | 18.5% | 14.4% | 47% |
| 2010 | Mathematics I | End of course | % met std | 44.9% | 43.9% | 64.4% |
| 2011 | Mathematics I | End of course | % met std | 43.4% | 40.9% | 61.3% |
| 2012 | Mathematics I | End of course | % met std | 62.4% | 49.6% | 65.2% |
| 2013 | Mathematics I | End of course | % met std | 26.7% | 25.1% | N/A |
| 2010 | Mathematics II | End of course | % met std | 17.5% | 23.4% | 52.3% |
| 2011 | Mathematics II | End of course | % met std | 35% | 30.1% | 54.8% |
| 2012 | Mathematics II | End of course | % met std | 34.8% | 34.6% | 53.9% |
| 2013 | Mathematics II | End of course | % met std | 39.5% | 39.3% | 59.1% |
| 2006 | Ninth Grade Literature and Composition | End of course | % met std | 51% | 50% | 65% |
| 2007 | Ninth Grade Literature and Composition | End of course | % met std | 47.9% | 50.4% | 68% |
| 2008 | Ninth Grade Literature and Composition | End of course | % met std | 63.3% | 58% | 73% |
| 2009 | Ninth Grade Literature and Composition | End of course | % met std | 66.1% | 63.3% | 76% |
| 2010 | Ninth Grade Literature and Composition | End of course | % met std | 72.9% | 68.6% | 79.4% |
| 2011 | Ninth Grade Literature and Composition | End of course | % met std | 79.2% | 73.4% | 82.3% |
| 2012 | Ninth Grade Literature and Composition | End of course | % met std | 84.7% | 77.8% | 84.1% |
| 2013 | Ninth Grade Literature and Composition | End of course | % met std | 82.7% | 78.2% | 85.7% |
| 2006 | Physical Science | End of course | % met std | 55% | 49% | 61% |
| 2007 | Physical Science | End of course | % met std | 48.3% | 51% | 62% |
| 2008 | Physical Science | End of course | % met std | 40.4% | 47.4% | 63% |
| 2009 | Physical Science | End of course | % met std | 48.1% | 52.5% | 67% |
| 2010 | Physical Science | End of course | % met std | 52.2% | 61.5% | 72.2% |
| 2011 | Physical Science | End of course | % met std | 57.3% | 62.5% | 76.2% |
| 2012 | Physical Science | End of course | % met std | 60.2% | 67% | 77.5% |
| 2013 | Physical Science | End of course | % met std | 73.8% | 74.5% | 82.7% |
| 2006 | United States History | End of course | % met std | 62% | 54% | 71% |
| 2007 | United States History | End of course | % met std | 57.6% | 51.4% | 71% |
| 2008 | United States History | End of course | % met std | 51% | 36.9% | 59% |
| 2009 | United States History | End of course | % met std | 41.4% | 38.9% | 60% |
| 2010 | United States History | End of course | % met std | 51.2% | 47.1% | 61.8% |
| 2011 | United States History | End of course | % met std | 50.4% | 47.9% | 66.2% |
| 2012 | United States History | End of course | % met std | 62.7% | 52.9% | 68.3% |
| 2013 | United States History | End of course | % met std | 65.9% | 56.5% | 72.6% |
| GHSGT (GPS) | ||||||
| 2008 | English Language Arts | End of course | % met std | 84% | 85.8% | 90% |
| 2009 | English Language Arts | End of course | % met std | 83.84% | 85.6% | 89.98% |
| 2010 | English Language Arts | End of course | % met std | 90.2% | 88.9% | 90.1% |
| 2011 | English Language Arts | End of course | % met std | 90% | 89% | 91% |
| 2011 | Math | End of course | % met std | 75% | 74% | 84% |
| 2008 | Science | End of course | % met std | 72.8% | 79.1% | 86.2% |
| 2009 | Science | End of course | % met std | 82.57% | 80.4% | 87.85% |
| 2010 | Science | End of course | % met std | 83.8% | 84.3% | 90% |
| 2011 | Science | End of course | % met std | 87% | 87% | 93% |
| 2010 | Social Studies | End of course | % met std | 76.3% | 70.9% | 77.9% |
| 2011 | Social Studies | End of course | % met std | 72% | 71% | 80% |
| GHSGT (QCC) | ||||||
| 2006 | English | End of course | % met std | 96% | 95% | 96% |
| 2007 | English | End of course | % met std | 96.5% | 96.1% | 96.2% |
| 2006 | Mathematics | End of course | % met std | 91% | 89% | 92% |
| 2007 | Mathematics | End of course | % met std | 88.5% | 87.8% | 91.7% |
| 2008 | Mathematics | End of course | % met std | 90% | 88% | 92% |
| 2009 | Mathematics | End of course | % met std | 92.88% | 90% | 93.51% |
| 2010 | Mathematics | End of course | % met std | 91% | 88% | 91% |
| 2006 | Science | End of course | % met std | 64% | 60% | 73% |
| 2007 | Science | End of course | % met std | 62.8% | 59.3% | 73.6% |
| 2006 | Social Studies | End of course | % met std | 88% | 84% | 86% |
| 2007 | Social Studies | End of course | % met std | 86.6% | 83.4% | 87.1% |
| 2008 | Social Studies | End of course | % met std | 82% | 82% | 86% |
| 2009 | Social Studies | End of course | % met std | 82.2% | 81% | 87.24% |
Some data by SchoolDigger.com.
* Mount Zion 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.