Summary:
Zip code 30290 in Tyrone, Georgia, is home to just one high school—Sandy Creek High School—which serves grades 9-12 with an enrollment of 1,189 students and is part of the highly rated Fayette County school district, ranked 12th out of 201 districts statewide.
Sandy Creek High School is a solid mid-tier school that benefits from being in an elite district. The school’s graduation rate is strong at 93.4%, well above the state average of 87.2%, and its dropout rate of 1.1% is less than half the state’s 2.4%. However, the school trails its own district in both metrics, as Fayette County posts a 95.3% graduation rate and a 0.8% dropout rate. The school’s state ranking has been volatile, improving from 142nd to 107th between 2023-2024 and 2024-2025, then slipping to 159th in 2025-2026, placing it in the 65th percentile with a 3-star rating. Chronic absenteeism stands at 16.8%, which is slightly below the state average of 17.7% but notably higher than the district’s 11.0%.
Academically, the most concerning trend is a dramatic 21.1-point drop in Algebra I proficiency, falling from 49.1% to 28.0%—now far below both the district (72.3%) and state (48.1%) averages. Biology remains a relative strength at 53.3% proficiency, above the state average of 47.2%, while US History proficiency sits at 41.5%, just above the state’s 38.5% but well below the district’s 61.3%. With 45.08% of students qualifying for free/reduced lunch, the school serves a substantial economically disadvantaged population. Despite solid resources—$14,852 per-student spending and a favorable 13.5:1 student-teacher ratio—the school consistently underperforms its district peers across all subjects, suggesting targeted interventions in math and attendance could help close the gap and stabilize its ranking.
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