Mays High, 3450 Benjamin E. Mays Drive SW: grades 9-12, 1,476 students in 2025, CCRPI 66.5. Zone, feeders and calendar.
Last checked Oct. 6, 2026. Sources: the Mays High website, Atlanta Public Schools’ feeder pattern list, 2026-27 student calendar (PDF), the Governor’s Office of Student Achievement’s 2025 School Grades data, the federal NCES school directory and the GHSA.
Benjamin E. Mays High School is an Atlanta Public Schools high school in the district’s Mays cluster. It teaches ninth through 12th grade at 3450 Benjamin E. Mays Drive SW.
- Address: 3450 Benjamin E. Mays Drive SW, Atlanta, GA 30331
- Phone: 404-802-5100
- Grades: 9 to 12
- Website: mays.atlantapublicschools.us
Who to call
- Mays High front office: 404-802-5100
- Register a new student: the district’s online New Student Enrollment application, then call the school with your application number
- Bus routes: the APS Transportation Call Center, 404-802-5500
- Atlanta Public Schools main line: 404-802-3500
- Is this your school? Check an address with the APS School Zone Locator
Principal
Ramon Garner is principal, according to the school’s website.
Enrollment and teachers
The state counted 1,476 students at Mays High in its 2025 School Grades data. The most recent federal figure, from the NCES directory for the 2023-24 school year, is 1,363 students and 112 full-time-equivalent teachers, about 12.2 students per teacher.
State report card
Mays High’s 2025 CCRPI single score was 66.5, according to the state’s School Grades data. The Georgia average for high schools was 76.9 and Atlanta Public Schools’ was 73.9. The school’s single score was 58.5 in 2023, 69.4 in 2024 and 66.5 in 2025. The full report card, with subgroups and the parts of the score, is on the state’s Mays High report card.
CCRPI is the Georgia Department of Education’s “comprehensive school improvement, accountability, and communication platform,” according to GaDOE. The single score runs from 0 to 100 and is built from content mastery, progress, closing gaps and readiness, plus graduation rate for high schools. Georgia does not publish an A-to-F letter grade for schools in its 2025 data.
The four-year graduation rate was 88.7% for 2025, against 87.2% statewide and 90.5% for Atlanta Public Schools, according to the same data.
Georgia Milestones, 2025, share of tested students at each of the two top levels:
| Subject | Proficient | Distinguished |
|---|---|---|
| English language arts | 20.9% | 2.5% |
| Math | 15.2% | 5.1% |
| Science | 24.3% | 2.5% |
| Social studies | 25.5% | 23.4% |
Attendance zone
Zones are drawn by Atlanta Public Schools, so a neighborhood name or mailing address does not settle which school a home is zoned for. Check the address with the APS School Zone Locator; the district’s zone map for Mays High shows the school’s boundary.
Mays High’s middle school is Young Middle, which draws from Beecher Hills Elementary, Cascade Elementary, Miles Elementary, Peyton Forest Elementary and West Manor Elementary, according to the district’s feeder pattern list.
APS’s About Our Schools page also lists these charter schools with the Mays cluster: Kindezi West.
In December 2025 the Atlanta Board of Education approved Phase 1 of APS Forward 2040, the district’s long-range facilities plan, which closes six schools in fall 2027, according to the district. In this cluster, Peyton Forest Elementary is among the schools the plan affects. APS has not yet adopted the new zones: draft maps are on the APS Forward 2040 page and a board vote is planned for Monday, Dec. 7. We found no approved rezoning that changes Mays High’s own zone so far.
Calendar
From the district’s 2026-27 student calendar (PDF) (all district dates are on the calendar page):
- Monday, Oct. 12, and Tuesday, Oct. 13: Indigenous Peoples’ Day and teacher professional learning days, no school for students
- Wednesday, Oct. 14, to Friday, Oct. 16: fall break
- Tuesday, Nov. 3: Election Day, a teacher professional learning day; no school for students
- Monday, Nov. 23, to Friday, Nov. 27: Thanksgiving break
- Monday, Dec. 21, to Friday, Jan. 1: December break; the second semester begins Tuesday, Jan. 5, 2027
- Monday, Feb. 15, to Friday, Feb. 19, 2027: Presidents Day, then winter break
- Monday, April 5, to Friday, April 9, 2027: spring break
- Thursday, May 27, 2027: last day of school
Sports and activities
Mays High plays in Region 5 of Class AAAAA (5A) for 2026-27, according to the GHSA region alignments. The region’s other schools are Banneker, Cross Keys, Druid Hills, Jackson, Atlanta, Lithonia, Southwest DeKalb and Tucker.
Game schedules are in our Friday night football guide and results on our scoreboard.
Teams and schedules are on the school’s athletics page.
More
- The school’s website
- The state’s report card for Mays High
- The district’s zone map for Mays High and School Zone Locator
- APS’s schools and feeder patterns and About Our Schools pages
- Every public school in Atlanta, with zones and scores: our Atlanta public schools guide
- District calendar, enrollment and the Board of Education: our Atlanta schools guide
Frequently asked questions
What grades does Mays High serve?
Ninth through 12th grade, according to the state’s 2025 School Grades data.
What is Mays High’s CCRPI score?
66.5 in 2025, according to the state’s School Grades data, against a Georgia high school average of 76.9. It was 69.4 in 2024.
What is Mays High’s graduation rate?
88.7% for 2025, the four-year rate in the state’s School Grades data, against 87.2% statewide.
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