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By clicking on the below link(s) you will be able to gain valuable information on schools in the following cities: Atlanta, Alpharetta, Roswell, ... The information compiled below provides rankings of the top performing schools in each district, according to standardized test scores:
Fulton County Public Schools
Fulton County Elementary Schools
Fulton County Middle Schools
Fulton County High Schools
Cobb County Public Schools
Cobb County Elementary Schools
Cobb County Middle Schools
Cobb County High Schools
Gwinnett County Public Schools
Gwinnett County Elementary Schools
Gwinnett County Middle Schools
Gwinnett County High Schools
Dekalb County Public Schools
Dekalb County Elementary Schools
Dekalb County Middle Schools
Dekalb County High Schools
Additional Resources:
Georgia Department of Education - for further information about any Georgia school, public or private.
GreatSchools.net - provides details and demographic information on any school, nationwide; also allows a comparison between your choice of schools.
GA Public Policy Foundation - rankings and comparisons of Georgia schools statewide by an independent "think tank."
Atlanta School Information - Yet another resource for school information.
Atlanta School Information
There's a lot of information about schools that is readily available. It's sometimes overwhelming. A good start is to buy The Ultimate Atlanta School Guide by The Atlanta Journal-Constitution. It is very comprehensive with a lot of key statistics. They also have a lot of this information at their web site at http://www.accessatlanta.com/ajc/metro/schoolguide/
They have statistics such as enrollment, demographics, student/teacher ratios, free/reduced lunches, teacher experience etc.
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The Georgia Public Policy Foundation comes out with their rankings every year and it's a good place to find school rankings. Read up on exactly how they rate the schools so you know what they are comparing.
The mother lode of school information is available directly from the Georgia Department of Education. They have a great "report card" that gives you detailed information and also a neat search engine that will rank all the schools according to many different criteria and various test scores.
If you want to know the diversity statistics of each individual school even down to each grade level go to http://app.doe.k12.ga.us/ows-bin/owa/fte_pack_ethnicsex.entry_form
If you want to go to an individual school district web site and then dig down to an individual school web site, a good place to start is the following link from the Department of Education. First go to the "System Guides" and select the county you are interested in. From there you should be able to get to any school information for that county. http://www.doe.k12.ga.us/
I don't know if there is any one statistic that I would hang my hat on to determine which is the "best" school. Don't get stuck on a single statistic such as SAT scores. I would do some background research on the Internet first and then go and visit the individual schools that look most promising.
If you have any questions or need some advice, give us a call. It's tough to keep track of everything that's going on in each school district, but we work with a lot of clients who have really researched the schools. We might be able to hook you up with someone we know who has kids going to a particular school that you're interested in. They can really give you the inside scoop on things.
Below are "short cut" links to corresponding schools within the most popular Atlanta counties- elementary, middle, and high schools all listed alphabetically!
GreatSchools.net is "your objective source of school information on elementary, middle and high schools. A nonprofit organization, GreatSchools.net provides information about public, private and charter schools in all 50 states." To reach their homepage, click here. |
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