Habersham Ninth Grade Academy
Public high school, grade 9 · Mount Airy, Georgia
Habersham Ninth Grade Academy in Mount Airy, Georgia enrolled 552 students in 2024-25 with 37.6 full-time teachers, 14.7 students per teacher against the Georgia high-school median of 15.8. It was not a Title I school in 2021-22; every student eats free under the Community Eligibility Provision (2024-25). On the state tests, 63% of its students tested were proficient in math in 2022-23 (Georgia: 38.7%).
NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 · Civil Rights Data Collection 2021-22 · Title I status CCD 2021-22 · method
Enrollment fell 3% from 2022-23 to 2024-25; full-time teachers rose 10%
567 students in 2022-23, 570 students in 2023-24, 552 students in 2024-25. Full-time teachers went from 34.3 to 37.6.
The numbers as a table
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Per teacher |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022-23 | 567 | 34.3 | 16.5 |
| 2023-24 | 570 | 37.5 | 15.2 |
| 2024-25 | 552 | 37.6 | 14.7 |
14.7 students per teacher, a lower ratio than 63 of every 100 Georgia high schools
Among the 476 Georgia high schools that reported teachers for 2024-25 the median is 15.8; the national median for high schools is 14.5. A ratio counts every teacher, so it is not the size of a class.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data membership and staff files, 2022-23, 2023-24, 2024-25; the comparison counts schools with a 2024-25 teacher count and a ratio from 3 to 99 (lower values are reporting errors).
1 AP courses and one counselor per 523 students in 2021-22
In the 2021-22 civil rights collection Habersham Ninth Grade Academy enrolled 523 students and had 1.0 counselor (full-time equivalent); it reported 21 out-of-school suspensions that year.
- Advanced Placement courses1
- Gifted and talented programYes
- Counselors (FTE)1.0, one per 523 of the 523 students enrolled in 2021-22
- Out-of-school suspensions21
- Chronically absent18.7% (2022-23)
Who attends
54.0% of students were White, 35.5% Hispanic, 4.0% Asian in 2024-25.
- White54.0%
- Hispanic35.5%
- Asian4.0%
- Two or more races4.0%
- Black2.4%
- American Indian0.2%
Source: U.S. Department of Education, Civil Rights Data Collection 2021-22; chronic absenteeism from EDFacts 2022-23; every count and the counselor ratio are for that school year. Who attends: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25, membership by race and ethnicity.
State test results, 2022-23
In 2022-23, the students tested at Habersham Ninth Grade Academy scored proficient or above: 63% in math, against 38.7% in math across Georgia. Each state writes its own test and sets its own proficiency bar, so compare these within Georgia, not across states. ED Data Express holds no district results after 2021-22, so the district column gives its 2021-22 figure. No whole-school reading result is shown: ED's files give none for this school for 2021-22 or 2022-23.
| Subject | This school | Its district | Georgia |
|---|---|---|---|
| Math | 63% | 46% (2021-22) | 38.7% |
Source: U.S. Department of Education, EDFacts state assessment results 2022-23, all students, from ED Data Express (2021-22 through the Data Rescue Project archive); for 2022-23 ED published math by school and reading only by state: ED shows school and district results as ranges (for example 20-24%) to protect small groups.
High schools in Mount Airy
2 public high schools in Mount Airy report 2024-25 enrollment; Habersham Ninth Grade Academy is the largest.
| School | Students | Per teacher | Free lunch |
|---|---|---|---|
| Habersham Ninth Grade Academy | 552 | 14.7 | 84.4% |
| Habersham Success Academy | 75 | 28.8 | 100.0% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25.
What to look at next about Habersham Ninth Grade Academy
- Habersham Success AcademyThe nearest public high school, under 0.1 miles away: 75 students, 28.8 per teacher (2024-25).under 0.1 mi
- Habersham Central High SchoolThe next nearest public high school, 0.3 miles away: 1,611 students, 17.4 per teacher (2024-25).0.3 mi
- Compare Habersham Ninth Grade Academy with Habersham Success AcademyStudents, teachers, meals, test results and who attends, side by side.
- How much Habersham County spends per student$14,587 per student on current operations in fiscal year 2022-23 (U.S. $16,260), with its revenue sources and teacher pay.$14,587
- The largest public schools in GeorgiaHabersham Ninth Grade Academy is the number 345 by size of 478 Georgia high schools open in 2024-25.#345 of 478
- Georgia schools by students per teacher14.7 students per teacher here against the Georgia median of 15.8 for high schools.14.7:1
- Find the school district for an addressA home's district, not its city, decides which public schools it can enroll in.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 (locations, enrollment, teachers); NCES F-33 finance survey, fiscal year 2022-23. Distances are straight lines between the schools' NCES coordinates, not travel routes.
Questions about Habersham Ninth Grade Academy
How many students attend Habersham Ninth Grade Academy?
552 in the 2024-25 school year, according to the NCES Common Core of Data; 567 in 2022-23. It is a high school in Mount Airy, GA.What is the student-teacher ratio at Habersham Ninth Grade Academy?
14.7 students per full-time teacher (2024-25); the Georgia median for high schools is 15.8. A ratio counts every teacher, so it is not the size of a class.Is Habersham Ninth Grade Academy a Title I school?
Habersham Ninth Grade Academy was not a Title I school in 2021-22, the last year NCES published school Title I status.How do students at Habersham Ninth Grade Academy do on state tests?
In 2022-23, the students tested at Habersham Ninth Grade Academy scored proficient or above: 63% in math, against 38.7% in math across Georgia. Georgia's own test sets what proficient means, so results compare within the state, not across states. Source: U.S. Department of Education, EDFacts state assessment results, 2022-23; ED publishes school results as ranges to protect small groups.What district is Habersham Ninth Grade Academy in?
Habersham County, NCES district ID 1302580. The first seven digits of the school's NCES ID 130258003402 are the district's.
Reading these figures: how to choose a school district, what Title I means and what an absenteeism rate means. They are for information and are not a substitute for the school's or district's own records.
Sources
Every federal file behind this record
- NCES Common Core of Data, 2024-25: directory, membership, staff and lunch files. nces.ed.gov
- NCES Common Core of Data, 2021-22 school characteristics: Title I status. nces.ed.gov
- Civil Rights Data Collection, 2021-22: AP courses, gifted programs, counselors, discipline. civilrightsdata.ed.gov
- EDFacts, 2022-23: chronic absenteeism. ed.gov
- EDFacts state assessment results, 2022-23: reading and math proficiency for the school, its district and its state (ED Data Express). eddataexpress.ed.gov
- NCES F-33 School District Finance Survey, fiscal year 2022-23: district spending and revenue. nces.ed.gov
- U.S. Census Bureau geocoder and TIGER school districts: the district boundary used by the district finder. census.gov
Source: NCES Common Core of Data Directory, membership, staff and lunch files · 2024-25
Source: Civil Rights Data Collection School-level files (AP, gifted, counselors, discipline) · 2021-22
District spending on the district page is from the NCES F-33 finance survey, fiscal year 2022-23.