Summary:
Zip code 30815 is home to just one high school, Hephzibah High School, which serves grades 9 through 12 in the Richmond County school district with an enrollment of 1,041 students.
Hephzibah High School serves a student body where nearly 98% qualify for free or reduced lunch, making it a school facing significant socioeconomic challenges. The school has consistently ranked in the bottom 5% of Georgia high schools over the past three years, with percentile rankings between 4th and 5th. Academic proficiency on End-of-Course assessments remains very low, with only 8.0% of students proficient in Algebra I, 6.8% in Biology, and 6.5% in U.S. History—all dramatically below state averages that range from 38.5% to 48.1%. However, there are signs of progress: Algebra I proficiency nearly doubled from 4.3% to 8.0% between 2024-2025 and 2025-2026, and Biology proficiency more than doubled from 3.3% to 6.8% during the same period. The school's chronic absenteeism rate of 48.7% is nearly triple the state average of 17.7%, which likely contributes to the low test scores.
Despite these academic struggles, Hephzibah High School shows notable resilience in graduation outcomes. The school's graduation rate of 84.4% exceeds the district average of 81.7% and comes within three percentage points of the state average of 87.2%, while its dropout rate of 3.0% is below the district's 3.5%. This suggests the school is successfully retaining students through graduation even amid significant challenges. The school spends $12,227 per student with a student-teacher ratio of 16.7:1. Note that English Language Arts (ELA) scores are not included in this data release; those results will be published in December, and their absence should not be interpreted as a decline in performance.
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