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Skyview High School

Public, Charter Grades 9-12
447th
SchoolDigger Rank ?
of 455 Georgia High Schools
Better than 2% of Georgia high schools
Summary

Skyview High School in College Park, GA, serves approximately 346 students in grades 9-12 as part of Fulton County Schools. The school has ranked in the bottom 1-2% of Georgia high schools for the past five years, and its most recent data shows a graduation rate of just 32.2%—compared to the district average of 91.9% and state average of 87.2%. The dropout rate of 30.7% is more than ten times the district rate of 2.8%, and chronic absenteeism affects 87.7% of students, meaning nearly 9 out of 10 students are missing significant amounts of school. This is more than five times the district rate of 16.6% and far higher than nearby Tri-Cities High School, which reports a 54.3% rate.

Academic proficiency is extremely low across all subjects. In the most recent testing cycle, Algebra I and Biology proficiency rates were 0%, while U.S. History proficiency was just 3.6%. This stands in stark contrast to Promise Career Institute School, located just 3 miles away in the same district, which achieved 71.8% proficiency in Algebra I and 60.2% in Biology. Both schools serve similar percentages of students from economically disadvantaged backgrounds (88.4% at Skyview vs. 76.9% at Promise), yet Promise Career Institute ranks in the 87th percentile statewide with 4-star ratings, while Skyview ranks in the 2nd percentile with 0 stars. This comparison suggests that poverty alone does not determine outcomes and that school-level factors are driving the disparity.

Skyview also faces severe staffing challenges, with a student-teacher ratio of 32.9:1—more than double the ratio at most nearby schools. Banneker High School maintains a ratio of 13.5:1, and Riverdale High School has a ratio of 19.4:1. The school spends $11,982 per student, which is lower than most peers, yet higher-spending schools achieve dramatically better outcomes. There are small signs of improvement—the graduation rate has climbed from 2.9% in 2020-2021 to 32.2%—but the scale of the challenges, particularly the extreme absenteeism and staffing shortages, indicates that comprehensive intervention is needed. The fact that a school in the same district, serving a similar demographic just miles away, achieves far better results suggests improvement is possible with the right strategies.

346
Students ?
32.9
Student/teacher ratio ?
$11,982
Per pupil spending ?
88.4%
Free/discounted lunch ?
 5134 Old National Hwy
       College Park, GA  30349

(404) 418-8812

District: Fulton County

Racial breakdown:

African American:
90.8%
Hispanic:
7.2%
Two or more races:
1.7%
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At a glance
Ranking trend: Holding steady — 6th percentile in 2019 → 2nd in 2026
Worth a look
!Test scores below the Georgia average (2% vs 45% meeting standards)
!In the lower quartile statewide (2nd percentile)
!Graduation rate below the Georgia average (32% vs 87%)
Students meeting standards (2025-2026) ?
This school2%
District avg57%
Georgia avg45%
447th of 455
Georgia public high schools ?
Bottom 2%▼ down 4 pts since 2019
From bottom 6% (2019) to bottom 2% (2026)
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SchoolDigger rating ?
21st of 21High Schools in the Fulton County
47th of 201Fulton County among Georgia districts
Statewide rank percentile over time (100 = the top-ranked school in the state; click a legend item to add a student group)
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All Students

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankGeorgia percentileRating
20263.6447 of 4551.8%☆☆☆☆☆
20253.7449 of 4510.4%☆☆☆☆☆
20244.3449 of 4541.1%☆☆☆☆☆
20235.0444 of 4480.9%☆☆☆☆☆
20225.5428 of 4310.7%☆☆☆☆☆
20197.0412 of 4385.9%☆☆☆☆☆

African American

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankGeorgia percentileRating
20266.5373 of 3760.8%☆☆☆☆☆
20257.5389 of 3910.5%☆☆☆☆☆
20248.0379 of 3820.8%☆☆☆☆☆
20239.2381 of 3840.8%☆☆☆☆☆
202210.3366 of 3721.6%☆☆☆☆☆

Female

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankGeorgia percentileRating
20264.3429 of 4310.5%☆☆☆☆☆
20253.7436 of 4380.5%☆☆☆☆☆
20243.5435 of 4350.0%☆☆☆☆☆
20236.0429 of 4330.9%☆☆☆☆☆

Male

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankGeorgia percentileRating
20263.0433 of 4360.7%☆☆☆☆☆
20253.7439 of 4420.7%☆☆☆☆☆
20244.8432 of 4360.9%☆☆☆☆☆
20233.9436 of 4360.0%☆☆☆☆☆
20225.8423 of 4270.9%☆☆☆☆☆
How student groups rank statewide ? (each group's percentile vs the same group at other schools — higher is better; the +/- beside each compares the group with this school's overall percentile)
African American (2026)1st percentile~ school
Male (2026)1st percentile~ school
Female (2026)<1st percentile~ school
By subject vs Georgia (2025-2026) ?
United States History4%-35 vs state
Algebra I0%-48 vs state
Biology0%-47 vs state

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Frequently Asked Questions about Skyview High School

In the 2024-25 school year, 346 students attended Skyview High School.

Students at Skyview High School are 91% African American, 7% Hispanic, 2% Two or more races.

Skyview High School ranks in the bottom 1.8% of Georgia high schools.

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Latest Georgia data All new data »
2025–26 attendance dataAug 6, 2026
2025–26 Milestones Assessment scoresAug 6, 2026
2021–22 through 2024–25 Milestones Assessment scores (updated)Aug 6, 2026
2024–25 dropout ratesFeb 19, 2026


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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