School Districts in the ATL Metro Area
02-27-2026 | 02:28 AM
#21
Gets Weekends Off
Joined: Dec 2007
Posts: 6,200
Likes: 259
Buford schools are great. High School looks like a quality small college campus with an equally impressive football program. Hell of a drive to work though, particularly during rush hour. Easily could be 2+ hours.
Kennesaw/Marrietta area is the "value" play. Great schools, good amount of quality new build homes coming on the market for $700-$900k at reduced rate financing from builders. Ton of Delta pilots with young families moving into the area.
Kennesaw/Marrietta area is the "value" play. Great schools, good amount of quality new build homes coming on the market for $700-$900k at reduced rate financing from builders. Ton of Delta pilots with young families moving into the area.
02-27-2026 | 03:11 AM
#22
Line Holder
Joined: Feb 2016
Posts: 525
Likes: 25
From: 320
Basically, people live North of the ATL beltway. Or they live in PTC/Newnan.
almost no one with kids lives inside the period the beltway.
like someone else said, Northside is closer to mountains and ATL/restaurants & amenities. PTC/Newnan is close to airport, but further from ATL restaurants/amenities
almost no one with kids lives inside the period the beltway.
like someone else said, Northside is closer to mountains and ATL/restaurants & amenities. PTC/Newnan is close to airport, but further from ATL restaurants/amenities
02-27-2026 | 03:37 AM
#23
Moderator
Joined: Jul 2006
Posts: 7,488
Likes: 479
One of the top #10 schools in the state, is just off VA Ave, behind the Louisiana Bistreaux. Tuition looks like it's well within the range of a Delta pilot. I'm not sure if they catch any stray bullets from VA Ave or not...
Last edited by crewdawg; 02-27-2026 at 05:51 AM.
02-27-2026 | 04:39 AM
#24
Line Holder
Joined: Feb 2016
Posts: 525
Likes: 25
From: 320
The private school tuition's around here are out of this world, you're paying sometimes over $30K a year per kid at some of these places for K-12.
02-27-2026 | 05:46 AM
#25
Line Holder
Joined: Jan 2019
Posts: 1,205
Likes: 31
For 30,000 per year a child should be Albert Einstein by the 7th grade and get a job for a million a year after graduating high school 😂.
02-27-2026 | 05:51 AM
#26
Gets Weekends Off
Joined: Jul 2013
Posts: 12,524
Likes: 1,114
That's just the cost of private school tuition these days, specifically high school. I don't know about the Atlanta area, but where I live, people live in areas with not good schools to save on house values and send their kids to private school. It can be a wash in a pure dollars and cents metric.
02-27-2026 | 05:53 AM
#27
Line Holder
Joined: Jan 2019
Posts: 1,205
Likes: 31
02-27-2026 | 06:00 AM
#28
Has a furrowed brow
Joined: Dec 2019
Posts: 1,438
Likes: 250
There are solid schools everywhere around ATL. But you really need to visit schools and talk to people with kids at those schools to really get an idea of the quality.
If your definition of a “good school” is the subjective rankings of the greatschools website, then you’ve lost all credibility in the conversation.
If your definition of a “good school” is the subjective rankings of the greatschools website, then you’ve lost all credibility in the conversation.
02-27-2026 | 07:12 AM
#29
Line Holder
Joined: May 2022
Posts: 476
Likes: 107
02-27-2026 | 07:16 AM
#30
Gets Weekends Off
Joined: Jul 2013
Posts: 12,524
Likes: 1,114
There are solid schools everywhere around ATL. But you really need to visit schools and talk to people with kids at those schools to really get an idea of the quality.
If your definition of a “good school” is the subjective rankings of the greatschools website, then you’ve lost all credibility in the conversation.
If your definition of a “good school” is the subjective rankings of the greatschools website, then you’ve lost all credibility in the conversation.
Thread
Thread Starter
Forum
Replies
Last Post
