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Mount Zion Elementary School

Public Grades 3-5

1096^th

SchoolDigger Rank ?

of 1,238 Georgia Elementary Schools

Better than 11% of Georgia elementary schools

Summary

Mount Zion Elementary School is a public elementary school serving grades 3-5 in Jonesboro, Georgia, with 502 students. It is part of the Clayton County School District, which is ranked 173 out of 206 districts in the state and has a 1-star rating from SchoolDigger. Mount Zion Elementary has consistently been ranked in the bottom quarter of Georgia elementary schools over the past decade.

The school faces significant challenges, including low academic performance, high poverty rates, and resource allocation issues. Mount Zion Elementary consistently lags behind the Clayton County and Georgia state averages in proficiency rates on the Milestones Assessments, with only 11.8% of 3rd graders proficient in English Language Arts in 2024-2025, compared to 17.2% in Clayton County and 34.9% statewide. Additionally, the school has extremely high rates of students qualifying for free or reduced-price lunch, ranging from 90.46% to 94.02% in recent years, significantly higher than nearby schools like Smith-Barnes Elementary (68.16%) and Morrow Elementary (82.91%).

The lower per-student spending at Mount Zion Elementary, between $8,271 and $8,834, compared to nearby schools like Thurgood Marshall Elementary ($8,567 per student) and Morrow Elementary ($10,003 per student), may be a factor in its poor performance. However, the high student-teacher ratio of 14.7-15.7 at Mount Zion Elementary suggests the school is not effectively allocating its resources. Addressing these challenges will require a comprehensive, data-driven approach to improve educational outcomes for the students at Mount Zion Elementary School.

491

Students ?

14.8

Student/teacher ratio ?

$15,991

Per pupil spending ?

100%

Free/discounted lunch ?

2984 Mount Zion Rd
Jonesboro, GA 30236

(770) 968-2935

District: Clayton County

Students who attend Mount Zion Elementary School usually attend:

Middle:	Rex Mill Middle School
High:	Mount Zion High School

Racial breakdown:

African American:

68.0%

Hispanic:

26.7%

Two or more races:

2.2%

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At a glance

▲ Ranking trend: Rebounding — 3rd percentile in 2022 → 11th in 2025

Strengths

✓Ranking is rebounding — up to 11th (2025) from a 3rd-percentile low (2022)

Worth a look

!Test scores below the Georgia average (20% vs 42% meeting standards)

!In the lower quartile statewide (11th percentile)

!High chronic absenteeism (27% vs 20% Georgia)

Students meeting standards (2024-2025) ?

This school20%

District avg23%

Georgia avg42%

1,096^th of 1,238

Georgia public elementary schools ?

Bottom 11%▼ down 17 pts since 2015

From bottom 28% (2015) to bottom 11% (2025)

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★★★★★

SchoolDigger rating ?

24^th of 37Elementary Schools in the Clayton County

173^rd of 206Clayton County among Georgia districts

Statewide rank percentile over time (100 = the top-ranked school in the state; click a legend item to add a student group)

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All Students

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Georgia percentile	Rating
2025	14.9	1096 of 1238	11.5%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	16.3	1078 of 1248	13.6%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	13.7	1105 of 1242	11.0%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	8.2	1206 of 1244	3.1%	☆☆☆☆☆
2021	17.2	1010 of 1214	16.8%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	18.1	1026 of 1234	16.9%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	18.7	1000 of 1209	17.3%	★☆☆☆☆
2017	25.5	904 of 1205	25.0%	★☆☆☆☆
2016	29.6	866 of 1233	29.8%	★☆☆☆☆
2015	28.5	891 of 1240	28.1%	★☆☆☆☆
2014	31.2	960 of 1231	22.0%	★☆☆☆☆
2013	36.4	908 of 1225	25.9%	★☆☆☆☆
2012	33.3	925 of 1201	23.0%	★☆☆☆☆
2011	34.2	916 of 1212	24.4%	★☆☆☆☆
2010	48.5	724 of 1183	38.8%	★★☆☆☆
2009	29.9	894 of 1133	21.1%	★☆☆☆☆
2008	42.2	735 of 1134	35.2%	★★☆☆☆
2007	33.2	856 of 1125	23.9%	★☆☆☆☆
2006	33.7	817 of 1101	25.8%	★☆☆☆☆

By subject vs Georgia (2024-2025) ?

Science22%-22 vs state

Mathematics21%-24 vs state

English Language Arts18%-21 vs state

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by a parent
Friday, August 2, 2019

This school is TERRIBLE. The teachers, counselor, and And Principal will smile in your face. But they DO NOT care about the education of your child and they most certainly didn't care about mine. After reviewing this year test scores I am not surprised they ranked so poorly. My child was struggling from the beginning of the school year and I bought this to his teachers attention nothing changed. My son was placed in a container IEP program with the same teacher he was with all day. This is something new I'm told they did. I explained it wasn't what worked best for my child. Her teaching technique was not working with my childs learning ability, and if it wasn't working while she taught the regular curriculum it.wouldn't benefit my child to remain I'm the same class all day for the additional help IEP is supposed to offer. As we know all children learn differently. I brought it to the principal attention after reaching out to the school board nothing changed. She pretended to listen and to have my child "scheduled" for additional "testing" ( btw that was just to buy time to cover up that they didnt give a crap. That meeting was in Oct. they followed up after spring break and stated we should wait until next year). I later found out they offered Free additional help after school that was not offered to my child and I'm sure a lot of other students. I instead had to pay a tutor out of pocket to keep my child on track. Do not accept what is given to you. Your child is Not a failure...the School system is the failure. Mt. Zion is a poor school, and Clayton Co is an even worst school district. My child will NOT return back to this school.

Let me also Add this...we had several meetings the last suggesting remediation for my child. Remediation. There was no tutoring offered, no suggestions to change his teacher, No offers for suggested tutors outside of school hours. Nothing. My son has had 2 tutors this year and they state he is Thriving and was in disbelief that remediation was even offered. Again my child doesn't learn like the next one. Here I am telling his teacher how he learns and its ignored. I know my child and I know he is very intelligent so to hear that remediation was the suggestion they came up with to help my child. I knew to get him out of this school. You are your child's biggest cheerleader don't let them tear them down. Close Quote

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School													Students/Teachers											Ranking (2025)				Ranking (2024)				Milestones Assessment English Language Arts (2025)			Milestones Assessment Mathematics (2025)			Milestones Assessment Science (2025)	Per Pupil Expenditures (2025)
Name	Type	Grades	Address	City	Zip	County	District	Is Charter	Is Magnet	Is Virtual	Is Title I	Phone	Enrollment	Full-time Teachers	Student/ Teacher Ratio	Free/Discounted Lunch Recipients	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Average Standard Score (2025)	Statewide Rank (2025)	State Percentile (2025)	SchoolDigger Rating (2025)	Average Standard Score (2024)	Statewide Rank (2024)	State Percentile (2024)	Rank Change from Previous Year	Milestones Assessment English Language Arts 3rd Grade	Milestones Assessment English Language Arts 4th Grade	Milestones Assessment English Language Arts 5th Grade	Milestones Assessment Mathematics 3rd Grade	Milestones Assessment Mathematics 4th Grade	Milestones Assessment Mathematics 5th Grade	Milestones Assessment Science 5th Grade	Per Pupil Expenditures Total	Sub-total from Federal Funds	Sub-total from State/Local Funds
Mount Zion Elementary School	Public	3-5	2984 Mount Zion Rd	Jonesboro	30236	Clayton County	Clayton County	No	No	No	Yes	(770) 968-2935	491	33	14.8	100.0%	3 (0.6%)	334 (68.0%)	131 (26.7%)	10 (2.0%)	2 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	11 (2.2%)	14.9	1096^th of 1238 public elementary schools	11.5%		16.3	1078^th of 1248 public elementary schools	13.6%	18	11.8	19.0	23.2	25.3	20.2	17.5	21.6	$15,991	$1,606	$14,385
Mount Zion Primary	Public	PK, KG-2	2920 Mount Zion Rd	Jonesboro	30236	Clayton County	Clayton County	No	No	No	Yes	(770) 473-2700	620	44	14.0	100.0%	5 (0.8%)	447 (72.1%)	130 (21.0%)	8 (1.3%)	2 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	28 (4.5%)								(n/a)								$16,904	$1,861	$15,043
Roberta T. Smith Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	6340 Highway 42	Rex	30273	Clayton County	Clayton County	No	No	No	Yes	(770) 960-5750	720	55	13.0	100.0%	10 (1.4%)	475 (66.0%)	190 (26.4%)	8 (1.1%)	1 (0.1%)	0 (0.0%)	36 (5.0%)	14.6	1100^th of 1238 public elementary schools	11.1%		12.7	1144^th of 1248 public elementary schools	8.3%	44	11.7	14.2	14.5	23.3	35.4	12.9	21.8	$16,553	$1,746	$14,808
William M. McGarrah Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	2201 Lake Harbin Rd	Morrow	30260	Clayton County	Clayton County	No	No	No	Yes	(770) 968-2910	658	46	14.3	100.0%	15 (2.3%)	401 (60.9%)	146 (22.2%)	68 (10.3%)	4 (0.6%)	0 (0.0%)	24 (3.6%)	26.3	903^rd of 1238 public elementary schools	27.1%		22.5	974^th of 1248 public elementary schools	22.0%	71	22.7	27.6	27.4	22.7	43.8	26.3	21.1	$15,696	$1,490	$14,205
Red Oak Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	175 Monarch Village Way	Stockbridge	30281	Henry County	Henry County	No	No	No	Yes	(770) 389-1464	638	39	16.3	70.5%	7 (1.1%)	479 (75.1%)	69 (10.8%)	52 (8.2%)	2 (0.3%)	1 (0.2%)	28 (4.4%)	29	856^th of 1238 public elementary schools	30.9%		26.7	900^th of 1248 public elementary schools	27.9%	44	30.6	29.1	29.2	34.2	25.2	20.0	32.5	$13,464	$460	$13,004
James Jackson Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	7711 Mount Zion Blvd	Jonesboro	30236	Clayton County	Clayton County	No	No	No	Yes	(678) 610-4401	696	47	14.8	100.0%	10 (1.4%)	527 (75.7%)	108 (15.5%)	25 (3.6%)	2 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	24 (3.4%)	14	1112^th of 1238 public elementary schools	10.2%		18.3	1032^nd of 1248 public elementary schools	17.3%	80	9.9	16.9	25.6	23.8	16.9	18.9	22.2	$16,407	$1,753	$14,655
Thurgood Marshall Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	5885 Maddox Rd	Morrow	30260	Clayton County	Clayton County	No	No	No	Yes	(404) 675-8019	801	55	14.5	100.0%	13 (1.6%)	544 (67.9%)	151 (18.9%)	69 (8.6%)	1 (0.1%)	1 (0.1%)	22 (2.7%)	16.2	1067^th of 1238 public elementary schools	13.8%		23	963^rd of 1248 public elementary schools	22.8%	104	11.2	16.2	23.8	10.4	23.1	21.1	32.7	$15,336	$1,591	$13,745
Kay R Pace Elementary School of the Arts	Public	PK, KG-5	1821 Walt Stephens Rd	Jonesboro	30236	Clayton County	Clayton County	No	No	No	Yes	(678) 479-0101	518	32	16.1	100.0%	9 (1.7%)	433 (83.6%)	39 (7.5%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	36 (6.9%)	56.4	485^th of 1238 public elementary schools	60.8%		43.7	640^th of 1248 public elementary schools	48.7%	155	28.9	43.7	52.3	36.1	48.5	51.2	41.9	$14,661	$1,274	$13,388
Smith-Barnes Elementary School	Public	4-5	147 Tye St	Stockbridge	30281	Henry County	Henry County	No	No	No	Yes	(770) 474-4066	252	20	12.6	85.3%	8 (3.2%)	144 (57.1%)	76 (30.2%)	12 (4.8%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	12 (4.8%)	26	911^th of 1238 public elementary schools	26.4%		19	1018^th of 1248 public elementary schools	18.4%	107		26.8	33.1		22.5	23.1	33.1	$19,788	$1,077	$18,711
Morrow Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	6115 Reynolds Rd	Morrow	30260	Clayton County	Clayton County	No	No	No	Yes	(770) 968-2900	406	34	11.9	100.0%	9 (2.2%)	175 (43.1%)	144 (35.5%)	62 (15.3%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	16 (3.9%)	23.2	959^th of 1238 public elementary schools	22.5%		29	873^rd of 1248 public elementary schools	30.0%	86	17.4	27.7	23.5	31.9	32.3	23.5	25.0	$18,931	$1,638	$17,294

Frequently Asked Questions about Mount Zion Elementary School

Is Mount Zion Elementary School a good school?

Mount Zion Elementary School ranks in the bottom 11.5% of Georgia elementary schools.

How many students attend Mount Zion Elementary School?

In the 2024-25 school year, 491 students attended Mount Zion Elementary School.

What schools do graduates of Mount Zion Elementary School attend?

Students who attend Mount Zion Elementary School usually go on to attend:

Middle : Rex Mill Middle School
High : Mount Zion High School

What is the racial makeup of Mount Zion Elementary School?

Students at Mount Zion Elementary School are 68% African American, 27% Hispanic, 2% Two or more races, 2% Asian.

What district is Mount Zion Elementary School in?

Clayton County

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