Alpharetta-area (Fulton County) Public Schools
Alpharetta has some of the best schools in the state - and many people choose to live in Alpharetta solely for the quality of the schools. SAT scores at all four Alpharetta High Schools are in the Top Ten in Georgia.
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.
In the ranks of the Middle Schools, Haynes Bridge, Webb Bridge and Taylor Road Middle Schools are all Georgia Schools of Excellence.
Georgia's Top 10 High Schools by SAT Score
2005 |
2006 |
2007 |
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| Davidson Magnet (Richmond) | 1184 | Davidson Magnet (Richmond) | 1752 | Davidson Magnet
(Richmond) |
1710 |
| Columbus (Muscogee) | 1149 | Walton (Cobb) | 1705 | Northview (Fulton) |
1702 |
| Northview (Fulton) | 1145 | Northview (Fulton) | 1670 | Walton (Cobb) |
1697 |
| Westside (Richmond) | 1138 | Chamblee (DeKalb) | 1666 | Chamblee (DeKalb) |
1690 |
| Chamblee (DeKalb) | 1128 | Chattahoochee (Fulton) | 1666 | Roswell (Fulton) |
1689 |
| Chattahoochee (Fulton) | 1120 | Roswell (Fulton) | 1663 | Columbus (Muscogee) |
1659 |
| McIntosh (Fayette) | 1115 | Lakeside (DeKalb) | 1660 | Chattahoochee
(Fulton) |
1654 |
| Milton (Fulton) | 1114 | North Springs (Fulton) | 1647 | North Springs (Fulton) |
1649 |
| Starrs Mill (Fayette) | 1107 | Milton (Fulton) | 1641 | Alpharetta
(Fulton) |
1647 |
| Centennial (Fulton) | 1104 | Columbus (Muscogee) | 1639 | Milton (Fulton) |
1641 |
Source: Georgia Dept of Education. 2006 scores are the first released since the SAT was restructured in 2005. Instead of just a verbal and math section, the SAT now has three sections ñ math, critical reading, and writing. Each are scored within a range of 200-800 points, combining for a total of 2400 rather than 1600.
North Fulton School Digest
Ground Broken on New Birmingham Elementary School in Milton
Birmingham Elementary School Progress - June 24: Materials ArrivingNo doubt construction has commenced now. The big galvanized drain pipes have arrived and earth moving is happening every day. I walked the entire site the other day and it is much more elevated than it appears from the street, a nice gentle rise that many motocross [...]
Posted by: Kevin Warmath, June 1st, 2008 | LiveInAlpharetta.com
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Freemanville High School Environmental Impact Meeting Scheduled
For people interested in learning more about the proposed Freemanville High School in Milton from the citizens’ perspective, there will be a presentation by local residents tonight at the City Council working session. The presentation is scheduled for 6 PM and will highlight some of the environmental impacts of building a new high school on [...]
Posted by: Kevin Warmath, April 21st, 2008 | LiveInAlpharetta.com
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New School Update for North Fulton | Johns Creek High School Gets Principal
With Spring Break over, all attention is back to the classroom and CRCT testing which began this week. I’m sure our students will keep our scores in North Fulton the highest in the county and among the top in the state.As students sharpen their No. 2 pencils, new classrooms are under construction to house the [...]
Posted by: Kevin Warmath, April 18th, 2008 | LiveInAlpharetta.com
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New Tool from SoftRealty for Searching Alpharetta, Roswell, Milton & Johns Creek Real Estate
The world of Real Estate Search is changing. Two years ago, I was one of the very first Realtors in Georgia to offer my website users a map-based search engine.
People flocked to it. It was cutting edge at the time - and still remains the best way to search for [...]
Posted by: Kevin Warmath, April 5th, 2008 | LiveInAlpharetta.com
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Clayton County Board of Education is What Gives Georgia Education a Bad Name
If you thought the "sub-prime meltdown" was bad for property values and the real estate market, try losing your school accreditation. Whoops, there goes 30% of your home’s value faster than a high school student can skip class.
Unfortunately for the homeowners in Clayton County, which is SOUTH of Atlanta, their homes [...]
Posted by: Kevin Warmath, March 26th, 2008 | LiveInAlpharetta.com
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Are These Real Estate and School Statistics Meaningless?
A few weeks ago, the AJC Homefinder published an article implying that the SAT scores of an area high school drove the average sales price.
The argument went that Higher SAT Scores => Higher Average Sales Price. The first rule of statistics, other than there is a statistic to prove every point, [...]
Posted by: Kevin Warmath, February 24th, 2008 | LiveInAlpharetta.com
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New Birmingham Elementary School Plan Unveiled and New High School Questioning Begins
School was in session Tuesday night in the Summit Hill Elementary cafeteria as parents and local residents where instructed on the details of the new elementary school to be built on Birmingham Highway and Wood Road.
About a hundred or so people gathered to learn and ask questions about the new school and while a good [...]
Posted by: Kevin Warmath, September 27th, 2007 | LiveInAlpharetta.com
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Birmingham Highway - Wood Road Elementary School Informational Meeting
This post is mostly informational only. There is a meeting on September 25th at 7PM for the community to learn more about the new school and to ask questions about the school’s features, design, bus transportation and redistricting. The meeting will be held at Summit Hill Elementary School on Providence Road.
This is not [...]
Posted by: Kevin Warmath, September 12th, 2007 | LiveInAlpharetta.com
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