Gov. Nathan Deal names best public schools in Gwinnett
Gwinnett County has more students than any other school district in Georgia, but it didn't have the most schools on Gov. Nathan Deal's new list of the 187 best.
Thirteen Gwinnett schools made the list of highest performing schools or schools with the greatest gains. The city of Buford, inside the county, had two more. That compares with 21 in Cobb and 23 in Fulton, both smaller districts.
The results are based on the state’s College and Career Ready Performance Index. The highest performers were those that ranked at or above the 93rd percentile for their “achievement” score, while the greatest gainers ranked that way on their “progress” score, in each case based on an average over three years.
Here are the schools and the categories in which they excelled:
Buford High School — gains
Buford Middle School — gains
Arcado Elementary School —gains
Brookwood Elementary School — performance
Brookwood High School Bronze —performance
Frank N. Osborne Middle School — both
Gwinnett School of Mathematics, Science and Technology — both
Mulberry Elementary School — performance
North Gwinnett High School — performance
North Gwinnett Middle School— both
Puckett’s Mill Elementary School — performance
Riverside Elementary School — performance
Roberts Elementary School — performance
Simpson Elementary School — both
Twin Rivers Middle School — both
Nearly half the state's top-ranked schools are in core metro Atlanta school districts. Read about more them here.
About the Author
Ty Tagami is a staff writer for The Atlanta Journal-Constitution. Since joining the newspaper in 2002, he has written about everything from hurricanes to homelessness. He has deep experience covering local government and education, and can often be found under the Gold Dome when lawmakers meet or in a school somewhere in the state.
