In Muscogee County, the gap between the best and worst schools for Black children is 91 points. This tool helps you find the right one.
Search Georgia schools ›Share of students meeting proficient or distinguished at the typical Georgia school. Groups are shown wherever Georgia reports them; a group is omitted from a school when too few students were tested to report safely.
These figures come from GOSA Milestones 2024–25, measuring proficient or distinguished in All Subjects · Grades 3–12. Across 214 districts, 2,021 Georgia schools report enough results to be included.
At the typical Georgia school the picture is black students at 29.6%, hispanic students at 35.5%, white students at 51.9% and asian students at 67.2%. That is a 37.6-point spread between the highest and lowest group, inside the same schools, the same districts and the same state — which is what this tool exists to make visible.
An A means 80% or more of Black students at that school are proficient or better. Georgia's bar is independently verified as one of the nation's strictest — this number reflects that rigor, not a direct comparison to other states' tests.
Britt David Magnet Academy has 94.4% of its Black students proficient. Johnson Elementary, in the same district, has 3.7%. The district you live in doesn't determine your child's outcome — the specific school does.
Each of these 9 schools has at least 50 Black student results. A high rate with only a handful of students is easy to achieve. These schools have earned it at scale.
These are the schools where Black students most often meet proficient or distinguished, among those with at least 25 Black student results reported. Every group's result is shown alongside, because a school that serves one group well and another poorly is telling you something too.
| School | All | Black | Hispanic | White | Asian |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gwinnett School of Mathematics, Science and TechnologyGwinnett County | 98.9% | 100% | 100% | 97.3% | 98.8% |
| Kittredge Magnet SchoolDeKalb County Magnet | 99.1% | 97.1% | 100% | 99% | 100% |
| Wadsworth Magnet School for High AchieversDeKalb County Magnet | 95.6% | 94.9% | 100% | 96.8% | 100% |
| Britt David Magnet AcademyMuscogee County | 94.3% | 94.4% | 90.5% | 95.2% | 95.2% |
| Elite Scholars Academy SchoolClayton County | 95.4% | 94.2% | 96.2% | — | 99.2% |
| Marietta Center for Advanced AcademicsMarietta City | 93.6% | 92.4% | 90.2% | 95.8% | 95.4% |
| Dekalb Early College AcademyDeKalb County | 81.6% | 84.2% | 68.8% | — | 70% |
| Columbus High SchoolMuscogee County Magnet | 89.3% | 81.8% | 86.4% | 90.8% | 98.8% |
| Timber Ridge Elementary SchoolCobb County | 81.7% | 81.2% | 83.4% | 82.8% | 80.8% |
| Davidson Fine Arts MagnetRichmond County Magnet | 86.7% | 81% | 87.5% | 92.8% | 100% |
Flags show magnet, charter, alternative and virtual schools. Some campuses — early college and specialized academies among them — also admit by application, and this page cannot yet identify all of them. Check with the district before assuming a school is open to your address.
The same measure at the other end of the range. In many of these schools every group is falling short, which points at the school rather than at the students in it.
| School | All | Black | Hispanic | White | Asian |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Atlanta Area School for the DeafState Schools Sped | 0% | 0% | 0% | — | — |
| Moore Street FacilityDublin City | 2.7% | 0% | — | — | — |
| Second ChanceEvans County | 3.3% | 0% | — | 3.4% | — |
| Youth Villages at Inner HarbourDouglas County | 0% | 0% | — | 0% | — |
| South Georgia Regional Achievement Center, The PhoenixDougherty County | 0% | 0% | — | — | — |
| KidsPeaceCarroll County | 0% | 0% | — | 0% | — |
| Delta Innovative SchoolBrooks County | 0% | 0% | — | — | — |
| Hank Aaron New Beginnings AcademyAtlanta Public Schools Alt | 0.9% | 0.6% | — | — | — |
| The Hope Academy SchoolTroup County | 5.1% | 1.1% | — | 22.7% | — |
| Classic City High SchoolClarke County | 1.2% | 1.3% | — | — | — |
In Gwinnett County, Gwinnett School of Mathematics, Science and Technology reports 100% of Black students meeting the standard. Gwinnett Intervention Education Center (GIVE) West, in the same district, reports 4.9%. That is a 95.1-point spread across 138 schools under one administration, serving one community, funded by one tax base — the clearest illustration of why address matters more than it should.
Districts with at least ten schools reporting Black student results, by school count. The percentage shown is the average across that district's schools for Black students.