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"What are the schools like?" That is the first question most folks ask when they are even slightly interested in a home I have for sale. And why not. Your property taxes are almost exclusively used for the putlic school system and even if you don't have kids in school, you are concerned that the area is supported by good quality schools. If you get a great price on a home that you love, but the schools are less than superior, many concerned parents are going to find themselves spending more for private schools than they paid for the home. It is a very important consideration, especially when Atlanta's finest public schools may serve one side of the street, but the kids across the street might be going to a "war zone" school.
Suburban schools like in Snellville and Lilburn, are generally expected to offer a safer environment and many, especially Gwinett County can be expected to offer above average education. This is born out by the fact that Gwinnett County was recently awarded $250,000 in a National competetion as one of five finalists for the Nation's most improved Urban School District. (September 2009) Gwinnett County is the largest school district in the state of Georgia and is frequently presented similar awards for excellence.
Brookwood High School, located in Snellville, serves much of the more recently developed, fabulous subdivisions of Gwinnett County and is considered by many to be the finest public high school in the Atlanta Metro area. Besides having a Championship football program, Brookwood is ranked as superior in their overall extra cirricular activities programs. But more important, in today's competetive education environment is Brookwood's Scholastic Accomplishment. In 2007, the last year available Brookwood's CRCT scores place them at 97.9% proficiency in Reading and English Language Arts skills. And in the ever important area of Mathematics, Brookwood students show a Proficiency level of 94.9%. These are astouding levels of accomplishment and could be attributed in part, to the desireable student to teacher ratio of only 18.5. Truely, this is one of the finest public schools in the Atlanta metro area.
One of the finest elementary schools in the Metro area is R.D.Head Elementary on Hewatt Road in Lilburn. Serving PreK-5, Head has a student to teacher ratio of only 16.8 so you are assured of personal attention to your child's needs. That is obvious from the CRCT scores for Head Elementary. Math Proficiency tested at 97% and for Reading and English Language Arts tested at 96.7%. Unheard ofin most areas.
Five Forks Middle School, serving that particularly troublesome age group in the 6-8 grades boasts Proficiency scores of 94.6% in Reading and ELA and 87.8% for Math. Here the student to teacher ratio is also low at 17.3.
Tucked right behind the R.D.Head Elementry school is a truely unique community named Rivermist Sub Division . This highly desireable community was first developed in the mid 1980's and continues to grow even today. Homes range from the $200,000 range up to about $400,000. The rolling development of winding steets and unique and varied architecture includes a small fishing lake, club house, lovely community swimming pool and several lighted tennis courts. Also, the Yellow River meanders through the neighborhood and is complete with several hiking trails along the river. Another unique feature about the sub division that appeals to me is that there is only one street that allows ingress and egress which makes it very in hospitable to criminals and vandals. Indeed a very desireable community seved by the best collection of Public Schools you will find anywhere. Did I forget to mention that all three schools highlighted in this article serve this community??
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