{"id":222085,"date":"2026-08-26T21:06:50","date_gmt":"2026-08-26T21:06:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/us-news-ranks-top-high-schools-in-georgia-see-the-2026-list-the-augusta-chronicle\/"},"modified":"2026-08-26T21:06:50","modified_gmt":"2026-08-26T21:06:50","slug":"us-news-ranks-top-high-schools-in-georgia-see-the-2026-list-the-augusta-chronicle","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/us-news-ranks-top-high-schools-in-georgia-see-the-2026-list-the-augusta-chronicle\/","title":{"rendered":"US News ranks top high schools in Georgia. See the 2026 list &#8211; The Augusta Chronicle"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Last week, <a href=https:\/\/www.usnews.com\/education\/best-high-schools\/georgia\/rankings data-t-l=:b|z|k|\u2691u class=gnt_ar_b_a>U.S. News &#038; World Report<\/a> ranked the <a href=\/story\/news\/education\/2026\/08\/21\/these-augusta-area-schools-landed-on-u-s-news-2026-2027-rankings\/91372057007\/ data-t-l=:b|e|k|\u2691u class=gnt_ar_b_a>best high schools<\/a> in <a href=\/story\/lifestyle\/travel\/2026\/08\/25\/worldatlas-names-8-cheapest-beautiful-towns-in-georgia-to-live-in-2026\/91445709007\/ data-t-l=:b|e|k|\u2691u class=gnt_ar_b_a>Georgia<\/a>, with each getting a score out of 100 with 30% based on <a href=\/story\/news\/education\/2026\/08\/17\/these-2-georgia-universities-rank-in-the-top-100-in-the-world\/91334206007\/ data-t-l=:b|e|k|\u2691u class=gnt_ar_b_a>college<\/a> readiness, 20% for state assessment proficiency and state assessment performance, and 10% for college curriculum breadth, undeserved student performance, and <a href=\/story\/news\/2026\/08\/21\/is-91-too-old-to-graduate-this-georgia-woman-just-did-it\/91400890007\/ data-t-l=:b|e|k|\u2691u class=gnt_ar_b_a>graduation<\/a> rate.<br \/>There were 522 <a href=\/story\/business\/2026\/08\/20\/cirkla-building-food-packaging-facility-in-georgia-what-we-know\/91384956007\/ data-t-l=:b|e|k|\u2691u class=gnt_ar_b_a>Peach State<\/a> schools included in the list. Here are the top 10:<br \/><strong>1st in Georgia:\u00a0<\/strong>Located in Lawrenceville, it ranks 7th in the nation and 12th best in STEM high schools in the U.S. Scores include 100% graduation rate, 99% science proficiency, 98% reading proficiency, 30% math proficiency, 100% took at least one AP exam and 99% passed at least one.<br \/><strong>2nd in Georgia:\u00a0<\/strong>Columbus ranked 70th overall in the nation. Scores include 100% graduation rate, 97% math proficiency, 94% reading proficiency, 88% science proficiency, 97% took at least one AP exam and 85% passed at least one.<br \/><strong>3rd in Georgia:\u00a0<\/strong>Located in Alpharetta and ranked 112th in the nation. Scores include 98% graduation rate, 91% science proficiency, 88% reading proficiency, 82% math proficiency, 98% took at least one AP exam and 89% passed at least one.<br \/><strong>4th in Georgia:\u00a0<\/strong>Located in Augusta and ranked 124th in the nation. Scores include 100% graduation rate, 90% math proficiency, 88% reading proficiency, 83% science proficiency, 97% took at least one AP exam and 71% passed at least one.<br \/><strong>5th in Georgia:\u00a0<\/strong>Located in Cumming and ranked 154th in the nation. Scores include 100% graduation rate, 92% reading proficiency, 90% science proficiency, 89% math proficiency, 87% took at least one AP exam and 71% passed at least one.<br \/><strong>6th in Georgia:\u00a0<\/strong>Located in Jonesboro and ranked 227th in the nation. Scores include 100% graduation rate, 94% math proficiency, 92% science proficiency, 89% reading proficiency, 76% took at least one AP exam and 54% passed at least one.<br \/><strong>7th in Georgia:\u00a0<\/strong>Located in Avondale Estates and ranked 257th in the nation. Scores include 97% graduation rate, 86% reading proficiency, 66% science proficiency, 49% math proficiency, 100% took at least one AP exam and 76% passed at least one.<br \/><strong>8th in Georgia:\u00a0<\/strong>Located in Johns Creek and ranked 318th in the nation. Scores include 98% graduation rate, 80% reading proficiency, 76% science proficiency, 72% math proficiency, 80% took at least one AP exam and 70% passed at least one.<br \/><strong>9th in Georgia:\u00a0<\/strong>Located in Suwanee and ranked 349th in the nation. Scores include 98% graduation rate, 83% reading and science proficiencies, 69% math proficiency, 79% took at least one AP exam and 69% passed at least one.<br \/><strong>10th in Georgia:\u00a0<\/strong>Located in Savannah and ranked 361st in the nation. Scores include 99% graduation rate, 80% reading proficiency, 75% science proficiency, 31% math proficiency, 98% took at least one AP exam and 77% passed at least one.<br \/><em>Miguel Legoas is a Deep South Connect Team Reporter for USA Today. Find him on Instagram @miguelegoas and email at\u00a0<a href=mailto:mlegoas@gannett.com rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=_blank data-t-l=:b|z|k|\u2691u class=gnt_ar_b_a>mlegoas@gannett.com<\/a>.<\/em><br \/><em>Our editors independently choose our recommendations. Some content is produced with paid support from a third party, however our editorial decisions remain independent. If you buy through our links, the USA TODAY Network may earn a commission. Prices and availability may change.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMi1AFBVV95cUxOUnJjeEJ2bVRobVFqUVNLS0RnQkJNRVVwZzhBMGFITU10NEhPd0RmM1MzYVBSNjJpY0pHSmNIcE93RzltcGlkMUhfbVpoZGhWOVJhWmhEanBVN0I5YXFGVkMxS2VlVEFwU1E3ZEM4MmQ2NVRObTJvcC1qaUdlajcwU1BhS2FLLVpSR1FIWXRndDNjZk91RGVUQzBrT19FNjh0eGxlQnVscjlhOVZoaGk3S3pzdWZoTG5hemJacXZkcm1uUThNNHZzSEZDdjBtWTJSdkc0NA?oc=5\">source<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Last week, U.S. News &#038; World Report ranked the best high schools in Georgia, with each getting a score out of 100 with 30% based on college readiness, 20% for state assessment proficiency and state assessment performance, and 10% for college curriculum breadth, undeserved student performance, and graduation rate.There were 522 Peach State schools included [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":222086,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-222085","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-us","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/222085","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=222085"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/222085\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/222086"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=222085"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=222085"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=222085"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}