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Black student results at Benjamin E. Mays High School

Atlanta Public Schools, Georgia

25.3%
of Black students meet proficient or distinguished

At Benjamin E. Mays High School, 25.3% of Black students meet proficient or distinguished — 0.3 points above the 25% recorded for all students at the same school, and 0 points above the 25.3% average for Black students across Atlanta Public Schools.

Among the 86 schools in Atlanta Public Schools with reportable Black student results, this one ranks 33rd. Across Georgia, the average for Black students is 29.6%.

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Every group at this school

25%
All students
25.3%
Black
18.8%
Hispanic

Share of students meeting proficient or distinguished at Benjamin E. Mays High School. A group is omitted when too few students were tested to report safely.

How it compares inside Atlanta Public Schools

The schools ranked immediately above and below this one for Black student results, so the number above has something to sit against.

SchoolAllBlackHispanicWhiteAsian
B.E.S.T Academy 26.2% 26.6%
William J. Scott Elementary School 25.9% 26.4% 23.2%
Benteen Elementary School 37.2% 26.2% 34.4% 72.2%
Tuskegee Airman Global Academy 26.6% 26.1%
Kipp Strive Charter School Charter 25.7% 25.4%
Benjamin E. Mays High School This school 25% 25.3% 18.8%
Wesley International Academy Charter Charter 29.4% 24.2% 57.2% 88.5%
Coretta Scott King Young Women's Leadership Academy 25.3% 24.2%
Centennial Academy (Charter) 26.2% 24.1% 36.4%
KIPP VISION Charter School Charter 24.8% 23.5% 50%
L. O. Kimberly Elementary School 23.1% 23.5%

Flags show magnet, charter, alternative and virtual schools. Some campuses — early college and specialized academies among them — also admit by application, and this page cannot yet identify all of them. Check with the district before assuming a school is open to your address.

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How to read this. Georgia suppresses results for very small groups, shown in the source data as “TFS” (too few students). Those schools appear as no data rather than zero. Because every state sets its own proficiency standard, Georgia figures should not be compared against another state's.