Summary:
Zip code 31211 in Macon, Georgia, is home to just one high school, Northeast High School, which serves grades 9 through 12 and enrolls 794 students as part of the Bibb County School District.
Northeast High School faces significant challenges, consistently ranking in the bottom 10% of Georgia high schools over the past three years with a 0-star rating. The most pressing concern is chronic absenteeism, which stands at 42.8%—more than double the state average of 17.7% and well above the district's 27.5%. Academic proficiency rates are also far below state benchmarks; for example, only 15.5% of students are proficient in Algebra I compared to the state's 48.1%, and U.S. History proficiency is just 7.6% versus the state's 38.5%. The school serves a high-poverty population, with 63.6% of students receiving free or reduced lunch, and per-student spending is above average at $15,152.
Despite these hurdles, there are encouraging signs. Between the 2024–2025 and 2025–2026 school years, Northeast showed meaningful improvement in every tested subject: Algebra I proficiency rose by 4.3 percentage points, Biology by 6.6 points, and U.S. History by 4.4 points. Additionally, the school's graduation rate of 84.0% is only slightly below the state average of 87.2%, suggesting that students are completing high school despite academic gaps. The combination of above-average spending, persistent low test scores, and high absenteeism points to the complexity of improving outcomes in a high-need community, but the recent upward momentum in academics offers a reason for cautious optimism for parents considering this school.
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