Best Public Schools in Fayetteville, GA

Summary:

The city of Fayetteville, Georgia is home to a diverse set of 15 schools, including 8 elementary schools, 4 middle schools, and 3 high schools. The schools in this area demonstrate a range of academic performance, with several standout institutions ranking among the top in the state.

At the high school level, Starrs Mill High School and Whitewater High School are the top performers, consistently ranking in the top 25 and 40 high schools in Georgia, respectively. These schools boast impressive test scores, with over 75% proficiency in several subject areas, and high 4-year graduation rates exceeding 85%. In contrast, Fayette County High School lags behind, with proficiency rates 20-30 percentage points lower than the top schools.

At the middle school level, Rising Starr Middle School stands out as a top performer, ranking in the top 12 middle schools in the state with exceptional performance on the Milestones Assessments. Among the elementary schools, Peeples Elementary School is a standout, ranking in the top 31 elementary schools in Fayette County and boasting very high proficiency rates. Overall, the Fayette County school district as a whole is rated 5 stars by SchoolDigger and consistently outperforms the state average, suggesting strong district-level leadership and policies.

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School													Students/Teachers											Ranking (2025)				Ranking (2024)				Milestones Assessment American Literature and Composition (2025)	Milestones Assessment Algebra I (2025)	Milestones Assessment Biology (2025)	Milestones Assessment United States History (2025)	Milestones Assessment English Language Arts (2025)						Milestones Assessment Mathematics (2025)						Milestones Assessment Science (2025)	Milestones Assessment Social Studies (2025)	Per Pupil Expenditures (2025)
Name	Type	Grades	Address	City	Zip	County	District	Is Charter	Is Magnet	Is Virtual	Is Title I	Phone	Enrollment	Full-time Teachers	Student/ Teacher Ratio	Free/Discounted Lunch Recipients	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Average Standard Score (2025)	Statewide Rank (2025)	State Percentile (2025)	SchoolDigger Rating (2025)	Average Standard Score (2024)	Statewide Rank (2024)	State Percentile (2024)	Rank Change from Previous Year	Milestones Assessment American Literature and Composition End of Course	Milestones Assessment Algebra I End of Course	Milestones Assessment Biology End of Course	Milestones Assessment United States History End of Course	Milestones Assessment English Language Arts 3rd Grade	Milestones Assessment English Language Arts 4th Grade	Milestones Assessment English Language Arts 5th Grade	Milestones Assessment English Language Arts 6th Grade	Milestones Assessment English Language Arts 7th Grade	Milestones Assessment English Language Arts 8th Grade	Milestones Assessment Mathematics 3rd Grade	Milestones Assessment Mathematics 4th Grade	Milestones Assessment Mathematics 5th Grade	Milestones Assessment Mathematics 6th Grade	Milestones Assessment Mathematics 7th Grade	Milestones Assessment Mathematics 8th Grade	Milestones Assessment Science 5th Grade	Milestones Assessment Social Studies 8th Grade	Per Pupil Expenditures Total	Sub-total from Federal Funds	Sub-total from State/Local Funds
River's Edge Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	205 Northbridge Rd	Fayetteville	30215	Clayton County	Clayton County	No	No	No	Yes	(770) 460-2340	652	46	14.1	100.0%	1 (0.2%)	542 (83.1%)	66 (10.1%)	13 (2.0%)	3 (0.5%)	3 (0.5%)	24 (3.7%)	37.3	725^th of 1238 public elementary schools	41.4%		31.8	812^th of 1248 public elementary schools	34.9%	87					27.4	32.0	31.9				44.0	49.5	16.8				34.5		$16,016	$1,374	$14,642
Spring Hill Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	100 Bradford Sq	Fayetteville	30215	Fayette County	Fayette County	No	No	No	Yes	(770) 460-3432	661	50	13.2	72.3%	75 (11.3%)	393 (59.5%)	89 (13.5%)	44 (6.7%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.2%)	59 (8.9%)	70.9	320^th of 1238 public elementary schools	74.2%		69.2	352^nd of 1248 public elementary schools	71.8%	32					38.9	50.9	50.0				49.1	57.5	52.8				57.0		$15,752	$906	$14,846
North Fayette Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	609 Kenwood Rd	Fayetteville	30214	Fayette County	Fayette County	No	No	No	Yes	(770) 460-3570	616	44	14.0	67.9%	39 (6.3%)	391 (63.5%)	128 (20.8%)	13 (2.1%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	45 (7.3%)	67.9	350^th of 1238 public elementary schools	71.7%		70.9	334^th of 1248 public elementary schools	73.2%	16					46.2	56.8	50.8				60.4	60.2	35.2				44.3		$14,714	$814	$13,900
Whitewater Middle School	Public	6-8	1533 Highway 85 S	Fayetteville	30215	Fayette County	Fayette County	No	No	No	No	(770) 460-3450	874	65	13.5	23.9%	465 (53.2%)	204 (23.3%)	99 (11.3%)	30 (3.4%)	4 (0.5%)	1 (0.1%)	71 (8.1%)	95.2	30^th of 584 public middle schools	94.9%		95.1	32^nd of 588 public middle schools	94.6%	2		99.2						59.2	71.9	69.1				66.4	75.8	83.1		74.8	$14,608	$288	$14,320
Starrs Mill High School	Public	9-12	193 Panther Path	Fayetteville	30215	Fayette County	Fayette County	No	No	No	No	(770) 486-2710	1,357	85	16.0	12.7%	935 (68.9%)	134 (9.9%)	133 (9.8%)	71 (5.2%)	5 (0.4%)	2 (0.1%)	77 (5.7%)	90.5	20^th of 452 public high schools	95.6%		92.8	13^th of 458 public high schools	97.2%	7	77.2	62.9	81.8	81.9															$13,648	$220	$13,428
Rising Starr Middle School	Public	6-8	183 Panther Path	Fayetteville	30215	Fayette County	Fayette County	No	No	No	No	(770) 486-2721	931	63	14.7	14.9%	634 (68.1%)	84 (9.0%)	100 (10.7%)	63 (6.8%)	1 (0.1%)	0 (0.0%)	49 (5.3%)	97.9	12^th of 584 public middle schools	97.9%		98.1	12^th of 588 public middle schools	98.0%			97.7						71.1	75.3	79.4				70.1	77.2	87.8		86.2	$13,667	$347	$13,321
Fayette County High School	Public	9-12	1 Tiger Trl	Fayetteville	30214	Fayette County	Fayette County	No	No	No	No	(770) 460-3540	1,360	93	14.5	52.6%	136 (10.0%)	831 (61.1%)	235 (17.3%)	68 (5.0%)	1 (0.1%)	0 (0.0%)	89 (6.5%)	59.1	126^th of 452 public high schools	72.1%		60.2	130^th of 458 public high schools	71.6%	4	45.3	56.5	40.6	45.2															$14,095	$385	$13,710
Peeples Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	153 Panther Path	Fayetteville	30215	Fayette County	Fayette County	No	No	No	No	(770) 486-2734	658	49	13.5	16.9%	487 (74.0%)	34 (5.2%)	57 (8.7%)	38 (5.8%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	41 (6.2%)	97.4	31^st of 1238 public elementary schools	97.5%		96.6	40^th of 1248 public elementary schools	96.8%	9					78.0	68.0	74.5				84.4	81.1	84.7				82.5		$15,476	$690	$14,785
Fayetteville Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	490 Hood Ave	Fayetteville	30214	Fayette County	Fayette County	No	No	No	Yes	(770) 460-3560	507	35	14.6	64.7%	66 (13.0%)	306 (60.4%)	81 (16.0%)	16 (3.2%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	38 (7.5%)	70.5	323^rd of 1238 public elementary schools	73.9%		64.4	407^th of 1248 public elementary schools	67.4%	84					42.0	45.5	45.8				55.7	55.8	55.6				54.2		$14,368	$651	$13,717
Cleveland Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	190 Lester Rd	Fayetteville	30215	Fayette County	Fayette County	No	No	No	Yes	(770) 716-3905	414	37	11.3	47.3%	98 (23.7%)	197 (47.6%)	63 (15.2%)	14 (3.4%)	2 (0.5%)	0 (0.0%)	40 (9.7%)	76.7	261^st of 1238 public elementary schools	78.9%		72.9	307^th of 1248 public elementary schools	75.4%	46					44.6	46.9	53.0				46.4	60.9	62.7				64.6		$19,408	$1,584	$17,824
Sara Harp Minter Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	1650 Highway 85 S	Fayetteville	30215	Fayette County	Fayette County	No	No	No	No	(770) 716-3910	689	46	15.1	27.7%	322 (46.7%)	193 (28.0%)	92 (13.4%)	30 (4.4%)	6 (0.9%)	1 (0.1%)	45 (6.5%)	92.2	107^th of 1238 public elementary schools	91.4%		86.7	167^th of 1248 public elementary schools	86.6%	60					55.6	68.9	68.0				65.1	85.7	66.4				68.8		$14,776	$303	$14,473
Whitewater High School	Public	9-12	100 Wildcat Way	Fayetteville	30215	Fayette County	Fayette County	No	No	No	No	(770) 460-3935	1,303	84	15.5	24.2%	708 (54.3%)	325 (24.9%)	149 (11.4%)	41 (3.1%)	5 (0.4%)	1 (0.1%)	74 (5.7%)	83	39^th of 452 public high schools	91.4%		87.5	29^th of 458 public high schools	93.7%	10	63.9	64.5	65.6	56.9															$13,726	$222	$13,504
Bennett's Mill Middle School	Public	6-8	210 Lester Rd	Fayetteville	30215	Fayette County	Fayette County	No	No	No	Yes	(770) 716-3982	876	64	13.6	63.5%	121 (13.8%)	499 (57.0%)	140 (16.0%)	48 (5.5%)	2 (0.2%)	1 (0.1%)	65 (7.4%)	69.4	152^nd of 584 public middle schools	74.0%		76.4	120^th of 588 public middle schools	79.6%	32		90.5						45.4	50.3	50.0				30.3	51.0	56.6		49.3	$13,986	$605	$13,381
Inman Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	677 Inman Rd	Fayetteville	30215	Fayette County	Fayette County	No	No	No	No	(770) 460-3565	659	44	15.0	38.7%	277 (42.0%)	198 (30.0%)	110 (16.7%)	19 (2.9%)	2 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	53 (8.0%)	81.9	216^th of 1238 public elementary schools	82.6%		79.7	238^th of 1248 public elementary schools	80.9%	22					50.0	61.1	58.1				52.0	64.8	57.3				61.5		$14,232	$218	$14,014
Utopian Academy for the Arts Trilith	Public, Charter	6-8	255 Veterans Parkway	Fayetteville	30214	Fayette County	State Specialty Schools I- Utopian Academy for the Arts Tril	Yes	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(470) 500-1937	147	10	14.7	53.7%	1 (0.7%)	122 (83.0%)	15 (10.2%)	1 (0.7%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	8 (5.4%)	40.8	332^nd of 584 public middle schools	43.2%					(n/a)								25.0	44.6					30.0	25.3				$17,457	$147	$17,309

Cities Near Fayetteville

City	Distance	# of Schools	Statewide Rank
Peachtree City	5.4 mi	8	6^th
Jonesboro	5.75 mi	23	288^th
Hampton	5.76 mi	15	276^th
Riverdale	6.47 mi	11	338^th
Tyrone	7.23 mi	3	45^th

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SchoolDigger data sources: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education, the U.S. Census Bureau and the Georgia Department of Education.

IMPORTANT DISCLAIMERS: Not all boundaries are included. We make every effort to ensure that boundaries are up-to-date. But it's important to note that these are approximations and are for general informational purposes only. To verify legal descriptions of boundaries or school locations, contact your local tax assessor's office and/or school district.