Good Public Schools in Atlanta? Yes!

Now that we have a kid on the way, we sometimes hear some of our our suburban friends say, “Well, now you have to move OTP!” We actually had one friend-of-a-friend stridently exclaim, “You can’t raise kids in the city!” (Gasp!) Oh really? Why’s that? Of course everyone has their biases, but putting those aside, the subject that often seems to come up is schools. Some of the more “open minded” suburbanites would concede that it might be OK to raise kids in the city, but one would have to send their kids to private school. But is this true? Are there really no good public schools in the city of Atlanta?

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The recent, well-publicized APS cheating scandal did much damage to the image of Atlanta Public Schools. But let’s not throw out the proverbial baby with the bathwater. There are still several excellent public schools in Atlanta. For the most part, the schools which were implicated in cheating to improve their test scores, still had poor test scores overall! By contrast, the highly-rated schools that were not involved in the cheating scandal continue to post high test scores.

Below is a list if highly-rated public schools inside Atlanta’s perimeter.  Click on the school name for info & test scores.  To search for homes for sale in these or any school district, click here.

In the Atlanta Public School district:

Elementary:

• Morris Brandon
• Warren T. Jackson
• Mary Lin
• Morningside
• Neighborhood Charter
• E. Rivers
• Sara Smith
• Springdale Park (SPARK)

Middle:

• Charles Drew Charter
• Inman
• KIPP West Atlanta Young Scholars Academy

High:

• Early College High School at Carver
• Grady High
• School of the Arts at Carver

In the City Schools of Decatur district:

Elementary:

• Glennwood
• Oakhurst
• Winnona Park

Middle:

• Renfroe

High:

• Decatur High

In Dekalb County Public School district:

Elementary:

• Briarlake
• Fernbank
• Montgomery
• Oak Grove
• Robert Shaw
• Wynbrooke

Middle:

• Chamblee
• Dekalb Path Academy
• Kittredge Magnet
• Wadsworth Magnet

High:

• Chamblee Charter
• Lakeside

To see a map of school district boundaries, click here.

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Tina McGee

Tina McGee is Associate Broker and co-owner of Intown Elite. Tina blogs about residential real estate and local happenings in Buckhead, Midtown and surrounding Intown Atlanta Neighborhoods. Feel free to contact Tina about your real estate questions by clicking here.

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