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Best Public Schools in Sandy Springs, GA

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Test scores delayed: 2026 rankings for Georgia do not yet include English Language Arts scores, which will not be released by the Georgia Department of Education until winter 2026.

At a glance

School

433

Students

Top rankedIson Springs Elementary School684^th of 1,219 Georgia elementary schools

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Summary:

Sandy Springs, Georgia, is home to one elementary school in this data set, Ison Springs Elementary School, which serves grades PK through 5 and is part of the highly ranked Fulton County district.

Ison Springs Elementary School serves a student body where 100% of students qualify for free or reduced lunch, and the school receives substantial resources, including $21,587 per student and a favorable 10.8:1 student-teacher ratio. Despite this investment, academic performance generally trails both district and state averages. In the most recent 2025-2026 testing, 3rd-grade math proficiency was 43.3% (state: 48.3%), 4th-grade was 49.5% (state: 50.1%), and 5th-grade dropped to 29.3% (state: 44.1%). Science proficiency in 5th grade was 31.6%, well below the state's 44.2%. The school's strongest area is 4th grade, where math scores nearly match the state average, and in the prior year's English Language Arts (ELA) results, 3rd graders exceeded the state average (38.7% vs. 34.9%). Note that current ELA scores are not yet available for 2025-2026 and will be released in December.

The school has shown a positive trajectory, improving its state ranking from the 39th percentile in 2023-2024 to the 44th percentile in 2025-2026, though it remains in the lower half of Georgia elementary schools. A key concern is chronic absenteeism, which sits at 18.3%, above both the district (16.6%) and state (17.7%) averages. The most significant academic challenges appear in upper-elementary math and science, with a notable 20-point gap between 4th and 5th-grade math proficiency. Given the high per-student spending and low class sizes, the school's below-average outcomes suggest that factors beyond resources—likely tied to the high-poverty population—are impacting achievement. For parents, this school offers strong individualized attention and relative strengths in 4th grade and ELA, but targeted support in 5th-grade math and science, along with efforts to improve attendance, could help the school better leverage its considerable resources.

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School													Students/Teachers											Ranking (2026)				Ranking (2025)				Milestones Assessment Mathematics (2026)			Milestones Assessment Science (2026)	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 (2026)	Statewide Rank (2026)	State Percentile (2026)	SchoolDigger Rating (2026)	Average Standard Score (2025)	Statewide Rank (2025)	State Percentile (2025)	Rank Change from Previous Year	Milestones Assessment Mathematics 3rd Grade	Milestones Assessment Mathematics 4th Grade	Milestones Assessment Mathematics 5th Grade	Milestones Assessment Science 5th Grade	Per Pupil Expenditures Total	Sub-total from Federal Funds	Sub-total from State/Local Funds
Ison Springs Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	8261 Ison Rd	Sandy Springs	30350	Fulton County	Fulton County	No	No	No	Yes	(470) 254-4020	433	40	10.8	100.0%	25 (5.8%)	206 (47.6%)	153 (35.3%)	14 (3.2%)	3 (0.7%)	0 (0.0%)	32 (7.4%)	39	684^th of 1219 public elementary schools	43.9%		44.2	634^th of 1238 public elementary schools	48.8%	50	43.3	49.5	29.3	31.6	$21,587	$1,134	$20,453

Cities Near Sandy Springs

City	Distance	# of Schools	Statewide Rank
Brookhaven	0.26 mi	6	285^th
Atlanta	0.66 mi	149	243^rd
Chamblee	1.96 mi	6	184^th
Doraville	3.41 mi	5	278^th
Decatur	4.21 mi	45	264^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.

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