Sandy Springs Schools
PUBLIC SCHOOLS:
Public Elementary Schools in Sandy Springs
Dunwoody Springs Charter School
8100 Roberts Dr
Dunwoody Springs is unique because its Georgia's first designated professional development focus School. As a laboratory school for developing and implementing best teaching practices, Dunwoody Springs Elementary Schools serves as a model school for teacher training and development throughout the state. Dunwoody Springs Charter School takes music and art instruction seriously allowing the students to excel at high levels.
Heards Ferry Elementary School
1050 Heards Ferry Rd NW
Heards Ferry Elementary School encourages their staff and students to be life-long learners. According to their vision statement, they state: “a cooperative learning environment will be maintained through a home, school, and community partnership. Each student will become a contributing, self-motivated member of a culturally diverse and technologically advanced society.”
High Point Elementary School
520 Greenland Rd NE
High Point Elementary School has approximately 800 students. They boast a higher-than-average GPA than the average for the state of Georgia. With a very diverse population, the children at High Point Elementary School in Sandy Springs learn from a very early age about diversity and different cultures. Word has it that many parents take their kids out of expensive private schools to come here. In addition to the advanced academic curriculum and individual attention, you will be thrilled with the teachers, administration and parental involvement of all ethnicities.
Spalding Drive Elementary
130 W Spalding Dr NE
Spalding Drive Elementary school maintains a small student base so their kids can get individual attention. Their charter status allows them to offer a unique curriculum focusing on technology that is beyond the county standards. First graders learn Power Point and other high-level software applications include; webpage design, video production, claymation and blogging.
Woodland Elementary School
1130 Spalding Dr
Woodland Elementary Charter School welcomes all students and is particularly known for its success with special needs students and those with learning disabilities. As a charter school, Woodland applies many innovative teaching strategies and programs. Gifted teaching strategies in all classrooms focus on problem solving skills. All students benefit from higher-level thinking skills.
Middle Schools in Sandy Springs
Ridgeview Middle School
5340 Trimble Rd NE
Ridgeview Middle School is an International Baccalaureate Middle Years Programme Authorized School. This school strives to mold students into global citizens by instilling confidence, creativity and compassion. This school sets high expectations for learning, teaching, community service and parental participation.
Sandy Springs Middle School
8750 Colonel Dr
Sandy Springs Middle School provides a broad assortment of academic programs and extra-curricular activities. This charter school also accommodates the highest levels of academic achievement among its students with a rigorous academic curriculum, including TAG and Advanced Placement classes.
High Schools in Sandy Springs
North Springs High School
7447 Roswell Rd NE
North Springs High School boasts more than 70 clubs and activities and 15 varsity sports for extracurricular student engagement. As a charter school, North Springs High School in Sandy Springs focuses on real-world interdisciplinary classroom instruction and problem and project-based learning. Students are attracted to the school by a sense of acceptance and exciting academic curriculum and extra curricular opportunities.
Riverwood High School
5900 Heards Dr NW
Riverwood International Charter School offers both the International Studies Magnet and International Baccalaureate Programs. Supporting nearly 100 clubs, arts and sports programs, Riverwood’s school sprit is contagious. The school has cheered the volleyball and soccer teams to state championships in recent years.
PRIVATE SCHOOLS:
Davis Academy
8105 Roberts Dr
The Davis Academy provides students with a blend of exceptional academics with Jewish values and traditions. Children are encouraged to reach their highest potential as they are taught a life-long love for learning and a commitment to Jewish life founded on morals, values and ethics grounded in Torah.
Katherine Jacob Greenfield Hebrew
Academy
5200 Northland Dr NE
Founded in 1953, GHA was the first Jewish day school in the country to be accredited by the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools. The Greenfield Hebrew Academy has been honored twice as a National School of Excellence by the Council for American Private Education. They have also won the highly respected Jerusalem Prize for exemplary achievement in Zionist and Torah Education, administered by the World Zionist Organization.
Rivercliff Lutheran School
8750 Roswell Rd
Open Arms Early Learning Center is a Christian ministry of Rivercliff Lutheran Church that offers exceptional childcare development programs for children ages six weeks through 11 years. Programs include full-time and part-time and after school and Parents Morning Out. Providing Christ-centered academically excellent education and childcare programs in safe, Open Arms is a secure and nurturing environment.
Sophia Academy
650 Mount Vernon Hwy NE
Sophia Academy offers tailored instruction with a highly motivated staff and a commitment to each child's learning style. They provide college prep K-8th grade environment. With small class sizes, customized goals and innovative multisensory instruction, their comprehensive curriculum is designed to broaden the students’ interests.
St Jude The Apostle Catholic
School
7171 Glenridge Dr NE
The school’s population is about 500 students who are encouraged to embrace extracurricular activities and leadership opportunities. These include; Student Council, Drama Club, Safety Patrol, Life Teen Band, Altar Servers, Oratorical Competition, Math Super Stars, and the Middle School Advisor-Advisee Program.
The Schenck School, Inc
282 Mount Paran Rd NW
Established in 1958, The Schenck School offers a unique learning environment for children with dyslexia, as well as several auxiliary programs using the Orton-Gillingham Approach. Students at the Schenck School come from all over the nation as well as the Greater Atlanta area. This school believes that students are best served by an active community of parents, faculty, administrators, specialists and trustees.
Brandon Hall School
1701 Brandon Hall Dr
Brandon Hall is an attractive co-ed day and boarding school located in the quiet suburbs of Atlanta. Brandon Hall enrolls approximately 100 students with a very low pupil-teacher ratio. Featuring a traditional prep school setting that is both challenging and nurturing, students are encouraged to be involved in numerous sports activities as well as fine arts programs in arts, music and theatre.
First Montessori School Of Atlanta
5750 Long Island Dr NW
At the First Montessori School of Atlanta, students are guided to develop an awareness of the natural world and each person’s responsibility for it. Through hands-on learning experiences, innovative thought, imagination and creative expression are encouraged. First Montessori School of Atlanta prides itself on fostering a diverse culture where thought is embraced and woven into the fabric of the school’s community.
Holy Innocents Episcopal School
805 Mount Vernon Hwy NW
As one of the largest independent schools in Metro Atlanta, Holy Innocents Episcopal School is a fully accredited, college-preparatory day school for 3-year-old through 12th-grade boys and girls. HIES is situated on 47 acres, including a really nice fine arts building, two modern gymnasiums and sprawling athletic fields and facilities.
Mt Vernon Presbyterian School
471 Mount Vernon Hwy NE
Mount Vernon Presbyterian School serves students in Preschool through the 12th grade. Located on a 37 acre campus, MVPS is in the heart of Sandy Springs. Since 1972, MVPS is committed to offering an innovative educational experience for students as they confront a fast-paced digitally-based global marketplace. Grounded in Christian values, Mount Vernon Presbyterian School is a community dedicated to academic excellence, physical development and spiritual enrichment.