As reported in Newsweek’s annual ranking of the top High Schools in the nation, South Forsyth High School ranked 199, just behind two other north Atlanta High Schools Walton and North Gwinnett . There are 19 Georgia high schools in the top 500, with 13 of them being located in North Atlanta. I’ve highlighted those schools below among the list of Georgia High Schools in the top 500 nationally.
| Rank | Scool | City | State | Index | Subsidised Lunches | E&E |
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Walton | Marietta | GA | 4.36 | 5 | 57 |
| 148 | Riverwood ** | Atlanta | GA | 3.54 | 24 | 49.8 |
| 186 | North Gwinnett | Suwanee | GA | 3.32 | 21 | 46 |
| 199 | South Forsyth ** | Cumming | GA | 3.24 | 14 | 43.3 |
| 240 | Berkmar | Lilburn | GA | 3.04 | 71 | 18 |
| 242 | Davidson Fine Arts Magnet | Augusta | GA | 3.03 | 15 | 71.9 |
| 248 | DeKalb School of the Arts | DeKalb | GA | 3.00 | 29 | 74 |
| 295 | Chamblee Charter | Chamblee | GA | 2.81 | 40 | 48.6 |
| 313 | Milton | Alpharetta | GA | 2.75 | 6 | 29.2 |
| 345 | Alpharetta | Alpharetta | GA | 2.66 | 11 | 53.9 |
| 347 | Wheeler | Marietta | GA | 2.66 | 40 | 37.2 |
| 391 | Osborne | Marietta | GA | 2.51 | 81 | 13.6 |
| 399 | Roswell | Roswell | GA | 2.48 | 18 | 55.4 |
| 410 | Northview | Johns Creek | GA | 2.46 | 5.3 | 56.3 |
| 413 | Norcross ** | Norcross | GA | 2.45 | 60 | 34.3 |
| 429 | Morgan County ** | Madison | GA | 2.43 | 40 | 18 |
| 438 | Brookwood | Snellville | GA | 2.41 | 16 | 43.9 |
| 452 | Duluth | Duluth | GA | 2.39 | 40 | 36.7 |
| 467 | Lassiter | Marietta | GA | 2.36 | 10 | 49.5 |
Public schools are ranked according to the number of Advanced Placement, Intl. Baccalaureate and/or Cambridge tests taken by all students at a school and divided by the number of graduating seniors. All of the schools on the list have an index of at least 1.000; they are in the top 6 percent of public schools measured this way.
Note: Subs. Lunch % is the percentage of students receiving federally subsidized meals. E and E % stands for equity and excellence percentage: the portion of all graduating seniors at a school that had at least one passing grade on one AP or IB test.
** Includes IB. Nearly all other schools use just AP tests.