Forsyth County Schools

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The ten highest SchoolGrades in the district. Grades reward actual test performance against the projection for each school's student context, so a B in a high-poverty school can outrank an A- elsewhere on impact.

1. A+ Alliance Academy For Innovation (High school, greatly exceeds expectations)
2. A+ Daves Creek Elementary School (Elementary school, exceeds expectations)
3. A+ Riverwatch Middle School (Middle school, greatly exceeds expectations)
4. A+ South Forsyth Middle School (Middle school, greatly exceeds expectations)
5. A+ Lambert High School (High school, exceeds expectations)
6. A+ Piney Grove Middle School (Middle school, greatly exceeds expectations)
7. A+ Settles Bridge Elementary School (Elementary school, exceeds expectations)
8. A+ Sharon Elementary School (Elementary school, meets expectations)
9. A+ South Forsyth High School (High school, greatly exceeds expectations)
10. A+ Johns Creek Elementary (Elementary school, meets expectations)

High schools (7)

• A+ Denmark High School, Alpharetta
• B+ East Forsyth High School, Gainesville
• B+ Forsyth Central High School, Cumming
• A+ Lambert High School, Suwanee
• A North Forsyth High School, Cumming
• A+ South Forsyth High School, Cumming
• A West Forsyth High School, Cumming

Middle and junior high schools (11)

• A+ Desana Middle School, Alpharetta
• A+ Hendricks Middle School, Cumming
• A+ Lakeside Middle School, Cumming
• A- Liberty Middle School, Cumming
• C Little Mill Middle School, Cumming
• A- North Forsyth Middle School, Cumming
• B+ Otwell Middle School, Cumming
• A+ Piney Grove Middle School, Cumming
• A+ Riverwatch Middle School, Suwanee
• A+ South Forsyth Middle School, Cumming
• A+ Vickery Creek Middle School, Cumming

Elementary and primary schools (22)

• A+ Big Creek Elementary School, Cumming
• A- Brandywine Elementary School, Alpharetta
• A+ Brookwood Elementary, Cumming
• B Chattahoochee Elementary School, Cumming
• B Chestatee Elementary, Gainesville
• B+ Coal Mountain Elementary School, Cumming
• B- Cumming Elementary School, Cumming
• A+ Daves Creek Elementary School, Cumming
• A George W Whitlow Elementary, Cumming
• A+ Haw Creek Elementary, Cumming
• A+ Johns Creek Elementary, Suwanee
• A Kelly Mill Elementary, Cumming
• A Mashburn Elementary School, Cumming
• A Matt Elementary School, Cumming
• A+ Midway Elementary School, Alpharetta
• A- Pooles Mill Elementary, Cumming
• A- Sawnee Elementary School, Cumming
• A+ Settles Bridge Elementary School, Suwanee
• A+ Sharon Elementary School, Suwanee
• A Shiloh Point Elementary, Cumming
• A- Silver City Elementary School, Cumming
• A Vickery Creek Elementary School, Cumming

Other schools and academies (1)

• A+ Alliance Academy For Innovation, Cumming

Cities and towns served (4)

• Cumming (30)
• Suwanee (5)
• Alpharetta (4)
• Gainesville (2)

• State: Best schools in Georgia
• County: Forsyth County
• Type: regular local school district
• Setting: large suburb (NCES locale of the district office)
• Enrollment: 54,984 students with 3,432 full-time-equivalent teachers and 6,263 total staff FTE (NCES CCD, 2023-24)
• NCES district ID: 1302220
• Grades are the 2025-26 SchoolGrade model: each school's actual proficiency against the level projected for its student context. How SchoolGrade works

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