Jonesboro High School sees 350 Hispanic students enrolled for 2024-25

A total of 350 Hispanic students attended Jonesboro High School for the 2024-25 school year, reflecting an increase of 9% compared to the prior year, reports from the Georgia Department of Education show.

The total enrollment at Jonesboro High School reached 1,591 in 2024-25. Hispanic students comprised 22% of the student population, ranking as the second-largest demographic group at the school.

Located in the Clayton County School District, the school’s central office is based in Jonesboro.

Of the 65 schools in the Clayton County School District, Forest Park High School reported the largest number of Hispanic students in the 2024-25 school year, enrolling 882 students.

Data from the National Center for Education Statistics noted that Georgia’s public school students were about 36.4% Black, 35.9% white, 18.1% Hispanic, 4% Asian, 4.6% multiracial, 0.2% American Indian or Alaska Native, and 0.1% Pacific Islander.

Chronic absenteeism has become a persistent challenge for Georgia schools following the pandemic, with 20.7% of students absent for 10% or more of school days in 2024, according to the Georgia Department of Education. To address this, the Georgia Department of Education launched statewide initiatives such as a real-time attendance dashboard, a public awareness campaign, and targeted support for the highest-need districts.

In 2025, Georgia legislators passed a law revising school attendance policies to prohibit expulsion solely for absenteeism. This new legislation introduces updated reporting requirements and is in line with programs supporting alternative paths to high school graduation.

As of 2026, Georgia maintained an average student-to-teacher ratio of roughly 14:1, a figure lower than the national average of 15:1.