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Best Schools: How Buckhead Ranked In 2022 Niche List

The data analysis company Niche looked at academics, teachers and diversity in private schools serving Buckhead.

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The Westminster School was named the No. 1 Best Private High School in Georgia, according to Niche. The data analysis company looked at academics, teachers and diversity in private schools serving Buckhead.
The Westminster School was named the No. 1 Best Private High School in Georgia, according to Niche. The data analysis company looked at academics, teachers and diversity in private schools serving Buckhead. (Google Maps)

ATLANTA — The latest school rankings released by the data analysis company Niche offer a look at how K-12 schools in Buckhead compare with each other.

Niche, which released its eighth annual version of the rankings Monday, looks at a variety of criteria in determining a grade for both public and private K-12 schools in Buckhead, including academics, teachers and diversity.

Here are how the private schools in Buckhead fared in the rankings:

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  • The Westminster Schools
    • No. 1 Best Private High School in Georgia
    • Niche ranking: A+
  • Pace Academy
    • No. 2 Best Private High School in Georgia
    • Niche ranking: A+
  • Atlanta International School
    • No. 4 Best Private High School in Georgia
    • Niche ranking: A+
  • The Paideia School
    • No. 5 Best Private High School in Georgia\
    • Niche ranking: A+
  • The Lovett School
    • No. 7 Best Private High School in Georgia
    • Niche ranking: A+
  • The Galloway School
    • No. 13 Best Private High School in Georgia
    • Niche ranking: A+
  • Atlanta Girls’ School
    • No. 13 Best Private High School in Georgia
    • Niche ranking: A+
  • Marist School
    • No. 17 Best Private High School in Georgia
    • Niche ranking: A+

Niche said its 2022 best schools rankings offer a more “personal” view of schools than its rankings in recent years. Significantly less importance was placed on SAT and ACT scores this year, Niche said. Any factor in its methodology that is related to test scores was reduced by one third.

The company combined ratings from students, alumni and parents with quantitative data from the U.S. Department of Education and other sources to evaluate teachers, resources, facility, extracurricular activity opportunities and other factors. Read more about the methodology here.

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Across the country, Niche ranked 94,491 public schools, 2,489 private schools and 11,846 school districts to come up with its lists and rankings.

Top 5 Public High Schools:

  1. The Davidson Academy in Reno, Nevada
  2. The North Carolina School of Science and Mathematics
  3. Massachusetts Academy for Math & Science School
  4. Maggie Walker Governor’s School in Virginia
  5. Thomas Jefferson High School for Science & Technology in Virginia

Top 5 Private High Schools:

  1. Phillips Academy in Massachusetts
  2. The Hotchkiss School in Connecticut
  3. Choate Rosemary Hall in Connecticut
  4. The College Preparatory School in California
  5. Groton School in Massachusetts

Top 5 School Districts:

  1. Adlai E. Stevenson High School District in Illinois
  2. Glenbrook High School District in Illinois
  3. Great Neck Public Schools in New York
  4. Community High School District 128 in Illinois
  5. Jericho Union Free School District in New York

See the full Niche rankings here.

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