Pace Academy

Atlanta · GA · Private independent · K-12 combined

Private

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Most similar nearby schools

Atlanta Girls School → Cumberland Academy Of Georgia → The Galloway School → Atlanta International School → Sora Schools → The Howard School → Midtown International School → The Piedmont School Of Atlanta →

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How Pace Academy compares for families

What families should know about Pace Academy.

▸ LocallyGA sits right at the US average on NAEP 8th-grade math — local school quality will set your kid apart.
▸ vs Similar SchoolsThe closest comparables nearby: Atlanta Girls School, Cumberland Academy Of Georgia, The Galloway School and 5 more. See the sidebar to compare side-by-side.

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Your state's public flagship

University of Georgia

37%

admit rate

$11,450

in-state tuition/yr · $31,688 out-of-state

1160–1390

SAT 25–75 · ACT 25–32

The in-state tuition gap is the flagship's biggest draw — most in-state families pay far less than the out-of-state sticker. Average net price after aid runs about $13,936/yr. Admission odds depend on your student's GPA and test scores, not which high school they attend.

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Source: IPEDS admissions, tuition & enrollment + College Scorecard net price. Flagship = the state's primary public research university.

Pay for college in Georgia

Georgia's public scholarships

Georgia's lottery-funded HOPE and Zell Miller scholarships are pure merit — no income limit. GPAs are recalculated by the state (GSFC) on core academic courses only.

Merit HOPE Scholarship

A set percentage of in-state public-college tuition

GPA: 3.0 (GSFC core-course GPA) Income: No income limit

Covers a set share of public-college tuition for Georgia grads with a 3.0+ core GPA — no test score or income limit. (Requires 4 rigor credits; maintain a 3.0 in college.)

Official program details ↗

Merit Zell Miller Scholarship

100% of in-state public-college tuition

GPA: 3.7 (GSFC core GPA) — or 3.0 for a named valedictorian/salutatorian Test: SAT 1200 / ACT 25 in a single sitting (waived on the val/sal path) Income: No income limit

Top tier: full public-college tuition for a 3.7 GPA plus a single-sitting SAT 1200 / ACT 25. Named valedictorians and salutatorians qualify at a 3.0 with no test. (The 3.0 val/sal path needs no test score; 3.3 is the separate in-college maintenance GPA.)

Official program details ↗

Eligibility rules change yearly — confirm with the official program before relying on it. Amounts are recent published figures; awards cover tuition/fees, not housing or books unless noted. Verified 2026-06-14.

Their published matriculation list

Where the Class of 2026 enrolled

Pace Academy publishes where its graduates enrolled. What follows is copied from that document — 67 colleges, ordered by the number of students enrolled.

College · Students

University of Georgia 11

Georgia Institute of Technology 5

University of Pennsylvania 5

Wake Forest University 5

Auburn University 4

Duke University 4

Tulane University 4

Vanderbilt University 4

Cornell University 3

Georgetown University 3

University of Colorado Boulder 3

University of Florida 3

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill 3

Arizona State University 2

Colgate University 2

Dartmouth College 2

Georgia Southern University 2

Sewanee: The University of the South 2

Southern Methodist University 2

The University of Texas at Austin 2

University of Alabama 2

University of Michigan 2

University of South Carolina 2

University of Virginia 2

Agnes Scott College 1

Alabama A&M University 1

Belmont University 1

Boston University 1

Brown University 1

Carnegie Mellon University 1

and 37 more

College of the Holy Cross 1

Columbia University 1

Deerfield Academy 1

Denison University 1

Emory University 1

Hamilton College 1

Howard University 1

Imperial College London 1

Johns Hopkins University 1

Mercer University 1

Morehouse College 1

New York University 1

Northeastern University 1

Oxford College of Emory University 1

Palantir Meritocracy Fellowship 1

Pepperdine University 1

Purdue University 1

Rhodes College 1

Smith College 1

Spelman College 1

Stanford University 1

Syracuse University 1

Texas Christian University 1

The University of Tennessee, Knoxville 1

Tufts University 1

University of Arizona 1

University of California, Los Angeles 1

University of Chicago 1

University of New Haven 1

University of Rochester 1

University of Vermont 1

Vassar College 1

Villanova University 1

Washington University in St. Louis 1

Wellesley College 1

Wesleyan University 1

William & Mary 1

These graduates went on to the colleges above.

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Independently verified As published by Pace Academy — Current Matriculations page ↗. Found at: 'Class of 2026 Matriculations' list.

About this listing

Pace Academy is listed by PSS 2020 · NAIS + founder list. It has not reported to the federal Private School Survey, which is voluntary, so enrollment figures are not available here — many of the country's oldest independent schools are in the same position. The school's own site: www.paceacademy.org ↗

Not enough enrollment history on file to chart a trend for this school yet.

Most similar nearby high schools

The schools most like this one — same type, blended on distance and size — and where their enrollment is heading. These are the schools families here weigh against each other.

School	Type	Miles	HS enrollment	Trend
Atlanta Girls School Atlanta	Private	0.6	187	-24.6%
Cumberland Academy Of Georgia Atlanta	Private	2.3	100	+2.0%
The Galloway School Atlanta	Private	2.3	729	+1.5%
Atlanta International School Atlanta	Private	2.4	1,198	+13.6%
Sora Schools Atlanta	Private	2.9	148	—
The Howard School Atlanta	Private	4.2	345	+33.2%
Midtown International School Atlanta	Private	4.9	158	-28.8%
The Piedmont School Of Atlanta Brookhaven	Private	5.1	21	—

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