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Best ZIP codes for schools in Georgia
Ranked by the School Quality Index: district math and reading proficiency and graduation rates, weighted by how much of each district falls in the ZIP.
How we rank school quality
The School Quality Index summarizes district math and reading proficiency and four-year graduation outcomes. Results based on very small student samples are excluded, and missing measures do not count as zero.
A ZIP's score reflects the districts serving the area, with greater influence from districts covering more of the ZIP. It measures outcomes, not school ratings, spending, or individual schools.
Each state sets its own tests and proficiency cut scores, so the index compares ZIPs well within a state but not across states. That is why we rank ZIPs only within each state.
Only ZIPs with at least 1,000 residents are ranked, so a handful of households cannot top the list. 623 Georgia ZIPs qualify.
Georgia ZIP codes ranked by school quality
1ZIP 30677Athens
Georgia
- School quality index
- 70.6
- ZIP population
- ~23k
- Avg. temperature
- 63°F
- Avg. commute
- 23 min
2ZIP 30041Cumming
Georgia
- School quality index
- 68.8
- ZIP population
- ~78k
- Avg. temperature
- 61°F
- Avg. commute
- 30 min
3ZIP 30040Cumming
Georgia
- School quality index
- 68.5
- ZIP population
- ~83k
- Avg. temperature
- 61°F
- Avg. commute
- 30 min
4ZIP 30621Athens
Georgia
- School quality index
- 68.3
- ZIP population
- ~6k
- Avg. temperature
- 63°F
- Avg. commute
- 26 min
5ZIP 30028Cumming
Georgia
- School quality index
- 67.8
- ZIP population
- ~38k
- Avg. temperature
- 61°F
- Avg. commute
- 32 min
6ZIP 30214Fayetteville
Georgia
- School quality index
- 62.8
- ZIP population
- ~32k
- Avg. temperature
- 63°F
- Avg. commute
- 33 min
| Rank | ZIP | City | County | School quality index |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #7 | 30269 | Peachtree City | Fayette County | 62.8 |
| #8 | 30290 | Tyrone | Fayette County | 62.8 |
| #9 | 30622 | Bogart | Oconee County | 62.4 |
| #10 | 31547 | Kings Bay | Camden County | 62.4 |
| #11 | 31548 | Kingsland | Camden County | 62.4 |
| #12 | 31558 | St. Marys | Camden County | 62.4 |
| #13 | 31565 | Waverly | Camden County | 62.4 |
| #14 | 31569 | Woodbine | Camden County | 62.4 |
| #15 | 30215 | Fayetteville | Fayette County | 62.0 |
| #16 | 30005 | Alpharetta | Fulton County | 61.5 |
| #17 | 31606 | Valdosta | Lowndes County | 61.3 |
| #18 | 30030 | Decatur | Dekalb County | 60.4 |
| #19 | 31516 | Blackshear | Pierce County | 60.0 |
| #20 | 30004 | Milton | Fulton County | 59.6 |
| #21 | 31601 | Valdosta | Lowndes County | 59.6 |
| #22 | 31324 | Richmond Hill | Bryan County | 59.4 |
| #23 | 31557 | Patterson | Pierce County | 59.4 |
| #24 | 30809 | Evans | Columbia County | 58.8 |
| #25 | 31605 | Valdosta | Lowndes County | 58.6 |
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