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South Forsyth High School Ranks Among the Nations Best

As reported in Newsweeks annual ranking of the top 1500 High SChools in the nation, South Forsyth High School ranked number 332, an improvement over last years ranking of 371. That puts South Forsyth High School in the top 500 and ranked number 5 in North Atlanta. There are 54 Georgia high schools that made the list, with 28 of them being located in North Atlanta. I’ve highlighted those schools below amongh the complete list of the top Georgia High Schools.

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Rank	High School	Location	State	Index	Sub. Lunch	E & E
91	Walton	Marietta	Ga.	3.943	3	52
214	North Gwinnett **	Suwanee	Ga.	2.937	21	35
215	Campbell **	Smyrna	Ga.	2.935	50	40
217	Chamblee Charter	Chamblee	Ga.	2.926	n/a	n/a
225	Riverwood **	Atlanta	Ga.	2.891	23	38
280	Davidson Fine Arts Magnet	Augusta	Ga.	2.663	17	55
311	Milton	Alpharetta	Ga.	2.579	4	68
313	Lakeside	Evans	Ga.	2.578	16	44
315	Northview	Duluth	Ga.	2.569	4	53
316	Lakeside	Atlanta	Ga.	2.582	26	44.1
321	Norcross **	Norcross	Ga.	2.537	52	39
332	South Forsyth **	Cumming	Ga.	2.497	8	43
360	Lassiter	Marietta	Ga.	2.424	5	43
376	DeKalb School of the Arts	DeKalb	Ga.	2.39	n/a	n/a
381	Centennial	Roswell	Ga.	2.371	18	49
393	Berkmar	Lilburn	Ga.	2.348	61	24
398	Alpharetta	Alpharetta	Ga.	2.339	11	42.6
462	Roswell	Roswell	Ga.	2.216	21	50
489	Brookwood	Snellville	Ga.	2.177	17	n/a
539	Chattahoochee	Alpharetta	Ga.	2.083	7	46
552	Morgan County **	Madison	Ga.	2.063	38	6
569	North Springs	Atlanta	Ga.	2.039	39	42
577	Decatur	Decatur	Ga.	2.046	30	34.4
612	Duluth	Duluth	Ga.	1.984	33	n/a
643	Central Gwinnett	Lawrenceville	Ga.	1.941	60	26
657	Peachtree Ridge	Suwanee	Ga.	1.921	20	34
696	Columbus	Columbus	Ga.	1.87	19	43.5
698	Parkview	Lilburn	Ga.	1.869	20	28
730	North Oconee County	Bogart	Ga.	1.828	13	40
761	Wheeler	Marietta	Ga.	1.782	35	31
765	LaGrange	LaGrange	Ga.	1.779	48	21
821	Union Grove	McDonough	Ga.	1.709	18	29
831	Johnson	Savannah	Ga.	1.695	48	21
878	North Atlanta	Atlanta	Ga.	1.657	52	n/a
881	Marietta	Marietta	Ga.	1.655	60	n/a
917	Eagle’s Landing	McDonough	Ga.	1.619	28	25
961	Harrison	Kennesaw	Ga.	1.563	4	32
994	Starr’s Mill	Fayetteville	Ga.	1.53	5	37
1035	Dunwoody	Dunwoody	Ga.	1.483	32	31
1047	Pope	Marietta	Ga.	1.463	6	39
1093	Sprayberry	Marietta	Ga.	1.423	20	25
1150	Collins Hill	Suwanee	Ga.	1.371	27	29
1177	Carlton J. Kell	Marietta	Ga.	1.346	15	13
1180	Hillgrove	Powder Springs	Ga.	1.343	18	16
1226	Dacula	Dacula	Ga.	1.296	29	20
1238	Mill Creek	Hoschton	Ga.	1.28	18	27
1301	Kennesaw Mountain	Kennesaw	Ga.	1.221	18	26
1353	McIntosh	Peachtree City	Ga.	1.17	8	36
1391	Tucker **	Tucker	Ga.	1.118	52	16
1401	Grayson	Loganville	Ga.	1.111	22	n/a
1412	Morrow	Morrow	Ga.	1.097	59	8
1428	Sequoyah	Canton	Ga.	1.145	9	29
1446	North Cobb	Kennesaw	Ga.	1.066	30	19
1468	Pebblebrook	Mableton	Ga.	1.042	55	8

Public schools are ranked according to a ratio devised by Jay Mathews: the number of Advanced Placement, Intl. Baccalaureate and/or Cambridge tests taken by all students at a school in 2008 divided by the number of graduating seniors. All of the schools on the list have an index of at least 1.000; they are in the top 6 percent of public schools measured this way.

Note: Subs. Lunch % is the percentage of students receiving federally subsidized meals. E and E % stands for equity and excellence percentage; the portion of all graduating seniors at a school that had at least one passing grade on one AP or IB test.

** Includes IB. Nearly all other schools use just AP tests.