Georgia schools ranked by test score
| Rank | School | Level | English Language Arts | vs state |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Elite Scholars Academy School Jonesboro · Clayton County | High | 97.7% | +57.6pp |
| 2 | Davidson Fine Arts Magnet Augusta · Richmond County | High | 91.6% | +51.5pp |
| 3 | Johnson Health Science and Engineering Magnet School Augusta · Richmond County | High | 76.0% | +35.9pp |
| 4 | Rainey McCullers School of the Arts Columbus · Muscogee County | High | 72.8% | +32.7pp |
| 5 | Charles Drew Charter JA/SR Academy Atlanta · Atlanta Public Schools | High | 63.0% | +23.0pp |
| 6 | Richmond County Technical Career Magnet School Augusta · Richmond County | High | 55.5% | +15.5pp |
| 7 | Model High Rome · Floyd County | High | 50.9% | +10.8pp |
| 8 | Schley Middle High School Ellaville · Schley County | High | 50.8% | +10.7pp |
| 9 | Armuchee High School Rome · Floyd County | High | 48.6% | +8.5pp |
| 10 | Cobb Horizon High School Atlanta · Cobb County | High | 42.3% | +2.2pp |
| 11 | Dawson County Junior High Dawsonville · Dawson County | High | 40.6% | +0.5pp |
| 12 | Portal Middle/High School Portal · Bulloch County | High | 39.0% | -1.1pp |
| 13 | Glascock County Middle/High School Gibson · Glascock County | High | 38.3% | -1.7pp |
| 14 | East Jackson Comprehensive High School Commerce · Jackson County | High | 37.6% | -2.5pp |
| 15 | Coosa High School Rome · Floyd County | High | 37.4% | -2.7pp |
| 16 | Emanuel County Institute Twin City · Emanuel County | High | 37.0% | -3.0pp |
| 17 | Coretta Scott King Young Women's Leadership Academy Atlanta · Atlanta Public Schools | High | 36.3% | -3.7pp |
| 18 | Tapestry Public Charter School Doraville · DeKalb County | High | 35.7% | -4.4pp |
| 19 | Seminole County Middle/High School Donalsonville · Seminole County | High | 31.7% | -8.4pp |
| 20 | Pepperell High School Lindale · Floyd County | High | 31.0% | -9.1pp |
| 21 | Marion County Middle/High School Buena Vista · Marion County | High | 30.0% | -10.1pp |
| 22 | Treutlen Middle/High School Soperton · Treutlen County | High | 29.3% | -10.8pp |
| 23 | CA Gray Junior High School Moultrie · Colquitt County | High | 26.1% | -14.0pp |
| 24 | B.E.S.T Academy Atlanta · Atlanta Public Schools | High | 24.6% | -15.5pp |
| 25 | Habersham Success Academy Mount Airy · Habersham County | High | 16.2% | -23.9pp |
| 26 | Pleasant Valley Innovative School Eton · Murray County | High | 11.1% | -29.0pp |
| 27 | New Beginning Learning Center Bainbridge · Decatur County | High | 7.3% | -32.7pp |
| 28 | Gwinnett Intervention Education Center (GIVE) West Norcross · Gwinnett County | High | 7.1% | -33.0pp |
| 29 | Second Chance Claxton · Evans County | High | 6.7% | -33.4pp |
| 30 | The Hope Academy School LaGrange · Troup County | High | 6.1% | -33.9pp |
| 31 | EXCEL Academy McDonough · Henry County | High | 5.1% | -35.0pp |
About this ranking
Schools are ranked by the percentage of students who scored at or above the Georgia Milestones % Proficient or Distinguished threshold on the latest available Georgia Milestones English Language Arts test (school year 2024-25). A higher percentage is better.
Only public schools with a reasonable cohort size are included (at least 50 total students enrolled, since the source file does not include per-subject student counts), so very small programs and special-purpose centers are filtered out.
The state average shown above is enrollment-weighted: we multiply each school's score by how many of its students tested, sum those across every public school in Georgia, and divide by the total students tested. This way a big school counts more than a tiny one in the typical-student average.