One public school in Atlanta, which opened in 2013 and carries a $147 million price tag, is the most expensive school in Georgia.
North Atlanta High School in Buckhead is 11 stories tall and was created out of a refurbished IBM office building. From the classrooms and cafeteria, students can see parts of the Atlanta skyline.
Atlanta bought the land in 2011 for about $56 million, and school officials originally planned to spend another $70.9 million turning the sprawling 56-acre property into a school.
"It's safe to say there isn't another school like this in the nation," Bob Just, head of K-12 education for Cooper Carry, the lead architect group on the ambitious project, told The Atlanta Journal-Constitution.
The student body population consists of 1,710 students and the 2015 average SAT score was 1414, about 22 points higher than the state average.
Students have access to a reading lounge, a media center, a science laboratory and an expansive cafeteria with a grill and a smoothie station.
Impressive floor-to-ceiling windows line every wall, giving visitors sweeping vistas stretching from Vinings to Buckhead.
Oh, and it's built on a lake.
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- Explore The Atlanta Journal-Constitution's interactive guide to Georgia schools here
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