Jonesboro High School

This school is not worth putting your child in.

If you're looking for teachers who can and will teach keep looking because they're few that I've seen this school year. Clayton county schools NEED and SHOULD do better. It is a disservice to the children

I am a senior and I must say, this school is one of the worst. Why:dirty! This school is so filthy rats have been seen sometimes and cockroaches are so common. Students! Beware, most of the student body have horrid personalities towards learning and others. Others are just plain creepy and won't leave you alone. Bullying or harassment is very common. easy classes. you won't feel challenged. All you have to do is do work and turn it in. This school has so few AP classes. administration. The administration isn't the same without Ms. Johnson. The current ones could be okay, but honestly they don't like dealing with bullying or misc. issues with students unless they constantly bring it to the office to be addressed. Which can take over 3 visits. There can be biased ways they handle the situations too, such as: only listening to one student on their side of the story and determine it from there when the other student has proof and witnesses, not allowing the student to call the witnesses, and other ways they can think of closing the case without doing their job. Oh, and if you can create a false sob story in a case, they'll believe that story 100% even if you're lying.

I am currently a Sophomore in college and I can truly say that Jonesboro did not prepare me for college at all. I struggled a lot during my Freshman year in college. CONS: There are very few AP courses, the school is dirty and unclean, some of the books are old, the counselors don't do a good job, but the worst is the attitude teachers have. Most teachers lack motivation, like they are just there for the paycheck, not to instill the value of learning to the students. PROS: the county has updated technology like smarboards, projectors, ipods. The Mock Trial and Basketball teams are amazing. The principal Mrs. Barham is working hard to help Jonesboro thrive, but it's a tough task.