Atlanta

Best Atlanta suburbs for schools

Ranked almost entirely on the Schools category — within-state proficiency, student–teacher ratio, graduation rate and schools nearby — with the two poll questions about children and teenagers at 20% once a place has enough responses.

Updated Sep 2026·60 suburbs considered, 10 listed
1
Downtown Decatur, Georgia, USA
Decatur$701k median · 25.9 min commute
Schools A+Cost of living C−Residents inactive
93
Schools score
overall 74 B
2
A photo of Main Street in Buford, Georgia including a "Welcome to Historic Buford, Georgia" sign.
Buford$369k median · 27.5 min commute
Schools A−Cost of living BResidents inactive
83
Schools score
overall 59 C
3
Fayette County Courthouse
Fayetteville$368k median · 32.8 min commute
Schools B+Cost of living B−Residents inactive
82
Schools score
overall 55 C−
4
City Hall Fountain, Peachtree City, Georgia.
Peachtree City$483k median · 28.6 min commute
Schools B+Cost of living CResidents inactive
80
Schools score
overall 66 C+
5
East Point City Hall
East Point$282k median · 30.2 min commute
Schools B+Cost of living B+Residents inactive
79
Schools score
overall 55 C−
6
roswell, GA city hall
Roswell$567k median · 26.9 min commute
Schools B+Cost of living B−Residents inactive
78
Schools score
overall 70 B−
7
Kennesaw City Hall, front (north face) view
Kennesaw$335k median · 28.6 min commute
Schools B+Cost of living BResidents inactive
78
Schools score
overall 62 C
8
Concourse Corporate Center V and VI, but are known locally as "the King and Queen towers" at night. Atlanta, GA, USA.
Sandy Springs$620k median · 25.8 min commute
Schools BCost of living C+Residents inactive
77
Schools score
overall 70 B−
9
A typical residential street in Mableton
Mableton$313k median · 30.7 min commute
Schools BCost of living BResidents inactive
77
Schools score
overall 57 C−
10
Alpharetta, Georgia city hall
Alpharetta$649k median · 26.3 min commute
Schools BCost of living C+Residents inactive
76
Schools score
overall 70 B−
This list's weighting
Schools 80%Resident poll (Q5, Q6) 20%

Poll components only count for places with eight or more resident responses; for the others the remaining weights re-normalise to 100%.

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Photos from Wikimedia Commons: Decatur (Lincolnh · CC BY-SA 3.0); Buford (SudoGhost · CC BY-SA 3.0); Fayetteville (Tonyvenson · CC BY-SA 3.0); Peachtree City (Tony Bernard · CC BY-SA 2.0); East Point (Xavierhouston1 · CC BY 4.0); Roswell (Carrie Qualters · CC BY-SA 2.0); Kennesaw (Davepies · Public domain); Sandy Springs (Maksim Sundukov · CC BY-SA 3.0); Mableton (Kmvl11 · CC BY-SA 4.0); Alpharetta (Thomson200 · CC0).