Best private high schools in the Atlanta area, ranked by published college outcomes

Which private high schools in the Atlanta area have the strongest published college outcomes?

Among the 7 private high schools in the Atlanta area with a counted college list, The Westminster Schools sends the most graduates to the Ivy+ twelve, 24.6 per class year (123 over 5 class years), followed by Pace Academy (18) and Paideia School (7).

1 more publishes a counted list without a class-year window we can divide by, so it is listed with the published total rather than ranked.

Private high schools in the Atlanta area that publish a counted acceptances list

An acceptances list counts every college that admitted a graduate, so one student admitted to three of the twelve counts three times. It is a different document from a matriculation list and is never added to the table above.

How many private high schools in the Atlanta area publish a college list?

7 of the 117 private high schools in the Atlanta area publish a college list with counts, 16 publish a list without counts, and 94 publish no list we have read.

Which private high schools in the Atlanta area are boarding schools?

None of the 117 private high schools in the Atlanta area is listed as a boarding school by the TABS member directory.

Which private high schools in the Atlanta area are religiously affiliated?

On the federal Private School Survey, 8 of the 117 private high schools in the Atlanta area are Catholic, 63 have another religious affiliation and 46 are nonsectarian.

What families are also choosing at a private school

Parents are not only shopping for college outcomes. The tables above count where graduates enrolled, and a high school is also four years of a teenager's days: who they spend them with, what the school asks them to value, and whether the adults know them.

• Community and values fit. A private school sets its own mission and expectations, and the application, the entrance exam and the interview work as a fit signal in both directions. On the federal Private School Survey, 8 of these schools are Catholic, 63 have another religious affiliation and 46 are nonsectarian.
• Class size. Class size is a fair question for each school's admissions office; we hold no student–teacher ratio for the schools listed here.
• Advising. Each private school builds its own college-advising model, so the useful question is how many students each counselor carries and how early the work starts.
• Arts and athletics access. A smaller school can mean more students on each team and in each production; ask each school what participation looks like.

Public schools are a great choice when a family cannot afford a private school, and a published college list is one of the few outcome measures a private school and a public school can be read on side by side.

Every other private high school in the Atlanta area with a page on Reach (94)

Listed alphabetically. These schools publish no college list we have read; that is all their absence from the tables above means.

School	City	Grades	Affiliation
Able Christian School	Mcdonough	6–12	Other religious
Al Falah Academy	Norcross	—	Other religious
Al Furquan Academy	Norcross	—	Other religious
Alexsander Academy	Alpharetta	4–12	Nonsectarian
Atlanta Adventist Academy	Duluth	9–12	Other religious
Atlanta Girls School	Atlanta	6–12	Nonsectarian
Ben Franklin Academy	Atlanta	9–12	Nonsectarian
Bible Baptist Christian School	Hampton	—	Other religious
Brandon Hall School	Atlanta	6–12	Nonsectarian
Bridgeway Christian Academy	Alpharetta	—	Other religious
Bright Futures Academy	Atlanta	5–12	Other religious
Brookwood Christian Language School	Acworth	2–12	Other religious
Capstone Academy Atlanta	Atlanta	5–12	Nonsectarian
Cherokee Christian Schools	Woodstock	—	Other religious
Choice Educational Academy	Lawrenceville	7–12	Nonsectarian
Clearwater Academy	Peachtree City	1–12	Nonsectarian
Community Christian School	Stockbridge	—	Other religious
Cornerstone Preparatory Academy	Acworth	—	Other religious
Counterpane School	Fayetteville	—	Nonsectarian
Creekside Christian Academy	Mcdonough	—	Other religious
Cristo Rey Atlanta Jesuit High School	Atlanta	9–12	Catholic
Cumberland Academy Of Georgia	Atlanta	4–12	Nonsectarian
Cumberland Christian Academy	Austell	—	Other religious
Dar-Un-Noor Atlanta Science Academy	Atlanta	—	Other religious
Devereux Georgia - Ackerman Academy	Kennesaw	5–12	Nonsectarian
Eaton Academy Inc	Roswell	4–12	Nonsectarian
Evangel Temple Christian Academy	Morrow	—	Other religious
Faith Academy	Conyers	9–12	Other religious
Faith Academy - Stockbridge	Stockbridge	9–12	Other religious
Fellowship Christian School	Roswell	—	Other religious
Fleming Day School	Lithonia	6–12	Other religious
Friendship Christian School	Suwanee	—	Other religious
Fulton Science Academy Private School	Alpharetta	—	Nonsectarian
Furtah Preparatory School	Acworth	—	Nonsectarian
Gerard Prepatory School	Lawrenceville	—	Other religious
Grace Christian Academy	Powder Springs	—	Other religious
Grace Christian Academy	Covington	—	Other religious
Grace Christian Academy	Fayetteville	—	Other religious
Greater Atlanta Adventist Academy	Atlanta	9–12	Other religious
Greenforest Mccalep Christian Academy	Decatur	—	Other religious
Harvester Christian Academy	Douglasville	—	Other religious
Heirway Christian Academy	Douglasville	—	Other religious
Hills Academy	Conyers	4–12	Other religious
Holy Spirit Preparatory School	Atlanta	—	Catholic
Howard Scholars Academy	Douglasville	—	Nonsectarian
Johnson Ferry Christian Academy	Marietta	—	Other religious
Killian Hill Christian School	Lilburn	—	Other religious
King'S Ridge Christian School	Alpharetta	—	Other religious
King'S Way Christian School	Douglasville	—	Other religious
Laurel Heights Academy (Hospital)	Atlanta	1–12	Nonsectarian
Lyndon Academy	Woodstock	—	Nonsectarian
Mableton Christian Academy	Mableton	1–12	Other religious
Metropolitan Christian School	Atlanta	7–12	Other religious
Midtown International School	Atlanta	—	Nonsectarian
Miller'S Military Academy	Lithonia	5–12	Other religious
Mohammed Schools Of Atlanta	Atlanta	—	Other religious
Mt Bethel Christian Academy	Marietta	—	Other religious
North Henry Academy	Stockbridge	—	Other religious
Notre Dame Academy	Duluth	—	Catholic
Omega Learning Center - South Forsyth	Cumming	9–12	Other religious
Omega Learning Center Acworth	Acworth	4–12	Nonsectarian
Our Lady Of Mercy Catholic High School	Fayetteville	9–12	Catholic
Peachtree Academy Private School	Conyers	—	Other religious
Pinecrest Academy	Cumming	—	Catholic
Rivers Academy	Alpharetta	5–12	Nonsectarian
Shiloh Hills Christian School	Kennesaw	—	Other religious
Ska Academy Of Art And Design/ Sabah Kinder Art	Duluth	—	Nonsectarian
Southwest Atlanta Christian Academy	Atlanta	—	Other religious
Special Needs School Of Gwinnett	Lawrenceville	—	Nonsectarian
St Francis Day School	Roswell	—	Nonsectarian
St Francis High School	Milton	—	Nonsectarian
Temima, The Richard And Jean Katz High School For	Atlanta	9–12	Other religious
The Campus	Peachtree City	6–12	Nonsectarian
The Christian Schools Of Anointed Word	Ellenwood	1–12	Other religious
The Cottage School	Roswell	4–12	Nonsectarian
The Forest School: An Acton Academy	Fayetteville	—	Nonsectarian
The Foundry	Peachtree City	9–12	Nonsectarian
The Life School Of Atlanta	Atlanta	—	Nonsectarian
The Link School	Acworth	2–12	Nonsectarian
The New School Atlanta	Atlanta	9–12	Nonsectarian
The Piedmont School Of Atlanta	Brookhaven	—	Nonsectarian
The Shepherd'S Academy	Snellville	—	Other religious
The Shepherds Academy	Snellville	—	Other religious
The Walker School	Marietta	—	Nonsectarian
Threshold Community Program	Decatur	7–12	Nonsectarian
Thrive Christian Academy	Stone Mountain	—	Other religious
Tlchs Academy	Snellville	7–12	Nonsectarian
Triumph Transitions Institute	College Park	9–12	Nonsectarian
True Partnership Christian Academy	Loganville	1–12	Other religious
Twins Academy Inc.	Lithonia	8–12	Nonsectarian
Victory Baptist School	Loganville	—	Other religious
William & Reed Academy	Johns Creek	6–12	Nonsectarian
Yeshiva Ohr Yisrael Of Atlanta	Atlanta	9–12	Other religious
Young Americans Christian School	Conyers	—	Other religious

Other metros are on the private high schools by metro index. The same arithmetic across every state is the Ivy+ enrollment board; for one college at a time, see which private schools send the most students to each college.

Ivy+ means these twelve: Harvard University, Yale University, Princeton University, Columbia University in the City of New York, University of Pennsylvania, Brown University, Dartmouth College, Cornell University, Stanford University, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, University of Chicago, Duke University. A graduate is counted once, at the college the school says they enrolled at; the per-class-year figure is the published total divided by the class years the school's own document covers, and both are shown. A school that is not on this page did not publish a numbered matriculation list we could read — that is all absence means here. It is never a statement about a school's graduates. Lists of acceptances (where students were admitted, not where they enrolled) are never counted in this ranking: an acceptances list runs about three times an enrollment list, so counting the two together would compare different things. Those lists are ranked on their own, separately. Grades and religious affiliation are from the National Center for Education Statistics' Private School Survey. Boarding is read from the TABS member directory — The Association of Boarding Schools' 2026 list of its US member schools — matched onto our school pages by exact or town-confirmed name (173 of them). A school that directory does not list is not called a boarding school on a guess, so it waits for the next directory pass rather than appearing here. A school is listed here when its NCES coordinates fall within 30 miles of the metro's center and it is in GA.