Gwinnett schools get high academic scores for the money
Gwinnett County Public Schools earned one of the best scores in Georgia under a new “financial efficiency” measure unveiled Thursday by state education officials.
The school district earned a score of 4.5 in the rating system, with 1 being the worst and 5 the best. It was the highest score among core metro Atlanta districts and one of the highest in the state, bested only by Forsyth County, the only district to earn a 5.
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Buford City Schools, an independent system in Gwinnett, earned a score of 2.5. The district attributed its low rating to several causes, including a high percentage of teachers who have risen on the pay scale and below market charges for employee daycare.
Read more about the rating system here.
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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.
