Alpharetta-area (North Fulton County) Public Schools
High Schools: Alpharetta has some of the best schools in the state; indeed, many people choose to live in Alpharetta solely for the quality of the schools. North Fulton has six high schools: Alpharetta High School, Centennial High School, Chattahoochee High School, Milton High Schools, Northview High School and Roswell High.
In the Fall of 2008, a seventh high school will open called North Fulton High School, original, huh? Five of the schools are east of GA-400 and two (Milton and Roswell) are west of GA-400. There is an eighth high school planned for North Fulton scheduled to open in the Fall of 2012 on the west side of GA-400 at the intersection of Bethany and Cogburn roads.
Five of the six high schools are perennial top ten in the state as ranked by SAT score. The sixth high school, Centennial, isn’t chopped liver either, coming in this year fifteenth in the state.
Middle and Elementary Schools: Alpharetta’s middle and elementary schools also rank very highly against metro area and state schools. Of the four Platinum Awards for high achievement given by the Single Statewide Accountability System to Fulton County schools, two were awarded to Alpharetta area elementary schools: Crabapple Crossing and Summit Hill. Seven other schools were Gold Award recipients and two received Silver Awards. Use the link in the sidebar to analyze elementary schools CRCT test scores since 2005.
In the ranks of the Middle Schools, Haynes Bridge, Webb Bridge and Taylor Road Middle Schools are all Georgia Schools of Excellence.
Bottom line: If public education is important to you and your family, North Fulton offers the highest concentration of acclaimed schools in the state. If you had to pick a place to lived based on the schools alone, North Fulton is where you would pick. Parent involvement and test scores prove it.
Below is a chart showing the top high schools in recent history in Georgia. For the complete list and ranking of all high schools in Georgia, check out my Georgia SAT Scores 2005-2008 page . If you’d like to search for homes in any of these high school districts, use the Search for Homes by School District page .
Top 15 High Schools by SAT Score, 2005-2008
| School Name | 2005 Score | School Name | 2006 Score | School Name | 2007 Score | School Name | 2008 Score | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fulton County Charter High School | 1205 | Davidson Magnet School | 1752 | Davidson Magnet School | 1710 | Davidson Magnet School | 1733 | 1 |
| Davidson Magnet School | 1184 | Walton High School | 1705 | Northview High School | 1702 | Walton High School | 1712 | 2 |
| Walton High School | 1157 | Dekalb School Of The Arts | 1679 | Walton High School | 1697 | Northview High School | 1691 | 3 |
| Columbus High School | 1149 | Northview High School | 1670 | Chamblee High School | 1690 | Roswell High School | 1677 | 4 |
| Northview High School | 1145 | Trion High School | 1669 | Roswell High School | 1689 | Chamblee High School | 1667 | 5 |
| Westside High School | 1139 | Chamblee High School | 1666 | Columbus High School | 1659 | Milton High School | 1667 | 6 |
| Chamblee High School | 1128 | Chattahoochee High School | 1666 | Chattahoochee High School | 1654 | Chattahoochee High School | 1667 | 7 |
| Lassiter High School | 1121 | Roswell High School | 1663 | North Springs High School | 1649 | Alpharetta High School | 1658 | 8 |
| Chattahoochee High School | 1120 | Lakeside High School | 1660 | Alpharetta High School | 1647 | Columbus High School | 1656 | 9 |
| Milton High School | 1115 | North Springs High School | 1647 | Milton High School | 1641 | Pope High School | 1646 | 10 |
| Mcintosh High School | 1115 | Milton High School | 1641 | Centennial High School | 1639 | Mcintosh High School | 1639 | 11 |
| Starrs Mill High School | 1107 | Columbus High School | 1639 | Lassiter High School | 1636 | Brookwood High School | 1638 | 12 |
| Lakeside High School | 1105 | Centennial High School | 1638 | Pope High School | 1634 | Lakeside High School | 1637 | 13 |
| Pope High School | 1104 | Lassiter High School | 1637 | Brookwood High School | 1629 | Lassiter High School | 1635 | 14 |
| Centennial High School | 1104 | Pope High School | 1634 | McIntosh High School | 1625 | Centennial High School | 1633 | 15 |
Also, just below, you’ll find my North Fulton School Digest, a digest of the blog posts I’ve written pertaining to schools in the area. Feel free to browse, read, enjoy and leave comments if you feel compelled. If you have any questions, please contact me .
North Fulton School Digest
Redistricting Affects Cogburn Woods, Summit Hill, Manning Oaks and Crabapple Crossing the Most
ALPHARETTA - Not having attended the Round One redistricting meeting, I was floored by how many people attended last week’s Round Two meeting where three alternative redistricting maps were revealed. The gym at the Milton Center was packed with hundreds of people.
I was under the impression that redistricting for the new Birmingham [...]
Posted by: Kevin Warmath, November 18th, 2008 | LiveInAlpharetta.com
Posted in Schools | 3 Comments »
Second Redistricting Meeting for Birmingham Elementary Schedule for This Week, Thursday November 13.
MILTON - The second round of redistricting meetings to see which little feet walk through this door in the Fall will be Thursday night at 7PM at Milton Center, which is the OLD Milton High School.
I missed the first meeting, but plan on being at this one and will report back on this blog what [...]
Posted by: Kevin Warmath, November 10th, 2008 | LiveInAlpharetta.com
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New High School in Milton Makes NIMBY Appear
MILTON - I received a voice mail message a couple of weeks ago that I unfortunately erased. I had saved it and hadn’t immediately responded or blogged about it because I didn’t want to say something off the cuff or reactionary without considering my response thoroughly.
Time has passed now and the voice mail [...]
Posted by: Kevin Warmath, October 16th, 2008 | LiveInAlpharetta.com
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Redistricting Meetings Scheduled | Contruction Continues on New Birmingham Elementary School
I recently updated my chronicle of the new Birmingham Elementary School’s construction . (See the entire Gallery HERE .) The steel is being set in place and the school is beginning to take real shape, so much so that it is time to start discussing redistricting .
The three-meeting redistricting process is scheduled to [...]
Posted by: Kevin Warmath, October 9th, 2008 | LiveInAlpharetta.com
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Red School Grabs the Blue | Milton High School Honored as National Blue Ribbon School for 2008
MILTON - While the Milton Eagles football team was running left, right and up the middle on the Wheeler Wildcats last Friday night, the PA Announcer came on and made a barely audible announcement that Milton High School had been awarded a 2008 National Blue Ribbon for excellence last week.
Being named a national Blue [...]
Posted by: Kevin Warmath, September 17th, 2008 | LiveInAlpharetta.com
Posted in Milton Real Estate, Schools | 1 Comment »
Alpharetta High Schools Still Among the Best in Georgia | Five North Fulton Schools in Georgia Top Ten
The SAT test scores for 2008 have been released by the College Board. As a group, the six North Fulton High Schools are still collectively the best in the Georgia.
Not much has changed on the state level either. Of the top fifteen high schools, only one was not in the top fifteen a year [...]
Posted by: Kevin Warmath, September 14th, 2008 | LiveInAlpharetta.com
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Site for New Milton-area High School Moved | Planned to Open 2012
MILTON - Have you ever wanted a do over, a mulligan, a take back? Well, the Fulton County Board of Education just got a do over and this time they got it right.
These days, all the news about the real estate industry is bad, but in the bad news the BOE found some good. [...]
Posted by: Kevin Warmath, September 7th, 2008 | LiveInAlpharetta.com
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Birmingham Elementary Walls Start to Go Up and Septic Closed
MILTON - The work at Birmingham Elementary is continuing and I’m continuing to chronicle it with my camera.
I took some more pictures, so for the latest GOTO THIS POST .
To see the entire photo gallery so far, GO HERE .
Posted by: Kevin Warmath, August 18th, 2008 | LiveInAlpharetta.com
Posted in Photography, Schools | No Comments »
