Atlanta’s public schools score below 64% of Georgia districts on tests and graduation

On Georgia’s tests they score below most of the state: the public schools Atlanta children attend score below 64% of Georgia’s school districts on tests and graduation, a C+ Schools grade, #172 of 260 Georgia towns. Among towns with similar incomes they beat 24%. Tests are from 2021–22, graduation from the class of 2023.

Atlanta City School District, which runs grades PK–12 and enrolls 49,945 students in 87 schools (2024–25).

One of 13 high schools, depending on your address: North Atlanta High School, Midtown High School, Maynard Jackson High School, Benjamin E. Mays High School, Frederick Douglass High School, D. M. Therrell High School, South Atlanta High School, Booker T. Washington High School, Carver High School, Carver High School Early College, Coretta Scott King Young Women's Leadership Academy, B.E.S.T Academy and Hillside Conant School.

87% of the class of 2023 in Atlanta City School District graduated in four years, against 84% across Georgia.

$26,117 in Atlanta City School District (FY2024), against $15,800 across Georgia. Spending doesn’t count toward the grade.

Yes: The Westminster Schools (religious, grades K–12, 1,879 students), The Lovett School (religious, grades K–12, 1,627 students), Atlanta International School (nonsectarian, grades PK–12, 1,354 students), The Galloway School (nonsectarian, grades PK–12, 791 students), Trinity School (religious, grades PK–6, 594 students), Christ the King School (Catholic, grades K–8, 571 students), Cristo Rey Atlanta Jesuit High School (Catholic, grades 9–12, 480 students), The Childrens School (nonsectarian, grades PK–8, 343 students), Sora Schools (nonsectarian, grades 6–12, 328 students), Sora Schools (nonsectarian, grades 6–12, 318 students), The Howard School (special education, grades K–12, 303 students), Holy Spirit Preparatory School (Catholic, grades K–12, 297 students), Imhotep Academy (nonsectarian, grades PK–8, 287 students), Heritage Preparatory School of Ga (religious, grades PK–11, 275 students), The Cathedral Preschool (religious, grades PK–K, 238 students), Dar-Un-Noor Atlanta Science Academy (religious, grades PK–12, 192 students), Atlanta Girls School (nonsectarian · all-girls, grades 6–12, 184 students), Southwest Atlanta Christian Academy (religious, grades PK–12, 153 students), St. Anne's Day School (religious, grades PK–K, 138 students), Ron Clark Academy (nonsectarian, grades 4–8, 137 students), Montessori in Town (nonsectarian, grades PK–6, 135 students), Glenn School (religious, grades PK–K, 125 students), Peace Preparatory Academy (religious, grades PK–8, 108 students), Da Vinci International School (nonsectarian, grades PK–5, 100 students), Bright Futures Academy (religious, grades 4–12, 98 students), The New School Atlanta (nonsectarian, grades 9–12, 79 students), The New School (nonsectarian, grades 9–12, 79 students), Greater Atlanta Adventist Academy (religious, grades 9–12, 70 students), Carlisle Montessori School of Buckhead (nonsectarian, grades PK–K, 63 students), The Boyce L Ansley School (nonsectarian, grades K–4, 62 students), Berean Christian Jr. Academy (religious, grades K–7, 60 students), Zohor Academy USA (nonsectarian, grades K–10, 44 students), Save Institute (nonsectarian · all-boys, grades 7–12, 40 students), The Morgan Oliver School (nonsectarian, grades K–5, 28 students), The Bradley Academy (religious, grades PK–2, 25 students), St. Nicholas Orthodox Academy (religious, grades PK–12, 19 students), Chi Montessori Academy, Inc (nonsectarian, grades 1–5, 19 students), The Ellis School of Atlanta (special education, grades , 8 students) and The Marlowe School- LLC (nonsectarian, grades K–1, 7 students). Atlanta also has 26 charter schools, free and open by application.