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Best High Schools in Zip Code 30506

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Top rankedNorth Hall High School177^th of 455 Georgia high schools

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Summary:

Zip code 30506 in the Gainesville, Georgia area is served by three public high schools—East Forsyth High School, Chestatee High School, and North Hall High School—which together educate roughly 4,000 students in grades 9-12 across two different districts.

Families in this area will find dramatically different outcomes depending on which school their child attends. East Forsyth High School, part of the highly ranked Forsyth County district, is the clear academic leader with a 95.1% graduation rate, the lowest chronic absenteeism (15.2%), and the strongest state ranking (#209 of 455). North Hall High School offers consistent, solid performance—a 92.8% graduation rate, a remarkably low 0.8% dropout rate, and proficiency scores that beat its district averages in every subject. Chestatee High School faces the steepest challenges: it ranks #325 of 455, has a 31.5% chronic absenteeism rate (nearly double the state average), and falls below state averages on every test. The most striking gap is in Algebra I proficiency, where North Hall posts 45.1% versus Chestatee’s 11.7%—a 33-point difference despite nearly identical per-student spending.

All three schools exceed the state graduation rate of 87.2%, but that headline masks deeper issues. Chronic absenteeism at North Hall (25.5%) and Chestatee (31.5%) far exceeds the state average of 17.7%, suggesting students may be advancing despite significant missed class time. Poverty levels track closely with performance: Chestatee has a 62.57% free/reduced lunch rate—roughly double its neighbors—and correspondingly lower scores. Notably, spending per student is nearly identical across all three schools ($12,438-$12,762), proving that raw funding doesn’t predict success. Instead, district support and school culture appear to drive outcomes, as evidenced by North Hall outperforming its Hall County district while Chestatee lags behind it. For parents, this zip code offers real choice—but the data makes clear that school selection matters enormously.

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School													Students/Teachers											Ranking (2026)				Ranking (2025)				Milestones Assessment Algebra I (2026)	Milestones Assessment Biology (2026)	Milestones Assessment United States History (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 Algebra I End of Course	Milestones Assessment Biology End of Course	Milestones Assessment United States History End of Course	Per Pupil Expenditures Total	Sub-total from Federal Funds	Sub-total from State/Local Funds
East Forsyth High School	Public	9-12	8910 Jot Em Down Rd	Gainesville	30506	Forsyth County	Forsyth County	No	No	No	No	(770) 888-1235	1,588	98	16.1	34.8%	1,099 (69.2%)	40 (2.5%)	370 (23.3%)	24 (1.5%)	3 (0.2%)	2 (0.1%)	50 (3.1%)	42.3	209^th of 455 public high schools	54.1%		59.8	120^th of 451 public high schools	73.4%	89	33.7	53.3	28.0	$12,762	$202	$12,560
North Hall High School	Public	9-12	4885 Mount Vernon Rd	Gainesville	30506	Hall County	Hall County	No	No	No	No	(770) 983-7331	1,164	72	16.2	31.6%	903 (77.6%)	17 (1.5%)	202 (17.4%)	9 (0.8%)	4 (0.3%)	1 (0.1%)	28 (2.4%)	47.6	177^th of 455 public high schools	61.1%		58.9	126^th of 451 public high schools	72.1%	51	45.1	53.4	32.6	$12,438	$338	$12,099
Chestatee High School	Public	9-12	3005 Sardis Rd	Gainesville	30506	Hall County	Hall County	No	No	No	No	(770) 532-1162	1,245	82	15.1	62.6%	487 (39.1%)	27 (2.2%)	703 (56.5%)	8 (0.6%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.2%)	18 (1.4%)	24.6	325^th of 455 public high schools	28.6%		30.1	296^th of 451 public high schools	34.4%	29	11.7	39.7	21.0	$12,480	$350	$12,130

Cities Near Zip Code 30506

City	Distance	# of Schools	Statewide Rank
Gainesville	2.24 mi	36	248^th
Dawsonville	8.59 mi	8	108^th
Oakwood	10.06 mi	3	336^th
Dahlonega	10.93 mi	4	115^th
Lula	11.69 mi	1	274^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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