2023 Best Magnet High Schools in the Atlanta Area

• Dekalb County Schools, GA•

• 8-12

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  Rating 3.98 out of 5  206 reviews

Parent: Dekalb School of the Arts is an excellent school. The faculty are wonderful and the students are talented and nice. The review below that claims there are "rodents scurrying across the floors" is a tremendous exaggeration from 3 and a half years ago, when they found one deceased squirrel in a storeroom. All of the maintenance issues have been resolved since the county got in trouble for maintaining all of its schools! This school will help your child grow up in a healthy, accepting environment, and achieve greater confidence and self-understanding.... Read 206 reviews

• grade A+

• Students 411

• Student-teacher ratio 14:1

• Clayton County Schools, GA•

• 6-12

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  Rating 3.99 out of 5  160 reviews

Senior: Elite Scholars Academy is a charter school located in Jonesboro, Georgia. I have been at Elite Scholars Academy since sixth grade, and I am now a senior. I felt like the school really pushed its other students and I academically in order to prepare us for college. There is just an atmosphere to excel and do better. The school focuses a lot of academics that sports and clubs kind of get side-lined, which I think is not the best. COVID-19 has also made school a little more tiresome because nobody really wants to do virtual school, both teachers and students. However, I do enjoy the face-to-face portions. I also feel like the seniors get the short-end of the stick because of the pandemic and we aren't really able to celebrate our last year of highschool to the fullest, which sucks. Overall, I really enjoyed attending the school and I would recommend it to students in the Clayton County area!... Read 160 reviews

• grade A

• Students 699

• Student-teacher ratio 19:1

• Clayton County Schools, GA•

• 9-12

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  Rating 4.18 out of 5  134 reviews

Senior: I was the new kid when I first came to Martha Ellen Stilwell. I came in as a Junior which normally is not allowed however, they let me in and I enjoyed my time there. I loved the students and teachers. They made me feel very welcomed, and they always had faith in me. They taught me so many things I can take with me in life. They really paid attention to their students. Something I wish I could change about the school is the diversity, I think diversity is very important but we did not really have it at the school. I also wish we could change the way some of the teachers taught, sometimes the other kids don't understand as fast and there should be a way for the students to learn something with a different technique. It doesn't have to be one strict way! But, other than that the experience I had there is not one I shall forget.... Read 134 reviews

• grade B+

• Students 591

• Student-teacher ratio 17:1