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Marist, Westminster, Benedictine could join Class 4A-2A Private division; Creekside, Jefferson among 56 slated to move up The Georgia High School Association placed its 454 member schools into seven classifications on Monday in preparation for the 2026-27 school year. Fifty-six schools are slated to go up in class, while 46 can go down. 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3207 / 258 / 3723 Parkview 3176 / 91 / 3358 South Forsyth 2735 / 299 / 3333 Wheeler 2309 / 487 / 3283 Osborne 2707 / 281 / 3269 Lowndes 3059 / 47 / 3153 North Gwinnett 3053 / 42 / 3137 Alliance Academy 1201 / 963 / 3127 North Paulding 3022 / 46 / 3114 Peachtree Ridge 3034 / 39 / 3112 Forsyth Central 2447 / 324 / 3095 Archer 2963 / 57 / 3077 North Cobb 2415 / 330 / 3075 Denmark 2609 / 218 / 3045 East Coweta 2932 / 44 / 3020 West Forsyth 2600 / 198 / 2996 Arabia Mountain 1161 / 876 / 2913 (+1) Cherokee 2808 / 48 / 2904 Mill Creek 2741 / 66 / 2873 Camden County 2828 / 11 / 2850 Newton 2572 / 131 / 2834 Richmond Hill 2762 / 22 / 2806 Berkmar 2776 / 12 / 2800 Seckinger 2500 / 148 / 2796 (+1) Central Gwinnett 2279 / 237 / 2753 South Gwinnett 2671 / 39 / 2749 Pebblebrook 2368 / 190 / 2748 Duluth 2497 / 105 / 2707 Rockdale County 2223 / 242 / 2707 Walton 2656 / 7 / 2670 Discovery 2597 / 34 / 2665 Marietta 2449 / 95 / 2639 Hillgrove 2235 / 181 / 2597 North Atlanta 2392 / 91 / 2574 Colquitt County 2552 / 10 / 2572 Collins Hill 2485 / 35 / 2555 Westlake 1903 / 314 / 2531 Meadowcreek 2455 / 24 / 2503 Kennesaw Mountain 1623 / 429 / 2481 (+1) Harrison 2184 / 140 / 2464 Dacula 2413 / 21 / 2455 Douglas County 1950 / 252 / 2454 North Forsyth 2284 / 72 / 2428 Valdosta 2322 / 50 / 2422 Buford 2040 / 176 / 2392 Paulding County 2048 / 166 / 2380 Lakeside-Evans 1822 / 275 / 2372 (+1) Lakeside-DeKalb 2181 / 73 / 2327 (+1) Northgate 2204 / 58 / 2320 (+1) Etowah 2283 / 15 / 2313 McEachern 2122 / 94 / 2310 Carrollton 1875 / 216 / 2307 Norcross 2151 / 54 / 2259 Class 6A Grovetown 2229 / 13 / 2255 (-1) Newnan 2191 / 29 / 2249 New Manchester 1957 / 138 / 2233 Lassiter 2007 / 107 / 2221 Effingham County 2166 / 22 / 2210 South Cobb 1968 / 110 / 2188 (-1) Sequoyah 2063 / 59 / 2181 Chamblee 1862 / 158 / 2178 Houston County 2101 / 38 / 2177 Morrow 2154 / 10 / 2174 South Paulding 1861 / 150 / 2161 Mountain View 2100 / 20 / 2140 (-1) Gainesville 2079 / 29 / 2137 Shiloh 2070 / 26 / 2122 Tift County 2055 / 21 / 2097 (-1) Woodward Academy 1072 / 507 / 2086 Rome 1925 / 79 / 2083 Creekview 2034 / 20 / 2074 Habersham Central 2058 / 5 / 2068 Hughes 2048 / 8 / 2064 Veterans 1998 / 30 / 2058 Greenbrier 1997 / 30 / 2057 Lovejoy 1973 / 37 / 2047 Chapel Hill 1549 / 239 / 2027 (-1) Woodstock 1901 / 55 / 2011 Alpharetta 1948 / 28 / 2004 (-1) Northside-Warner Robins 1997 / 1 / 1999 Tri-Cities 1765 / 117 / 1999 Loganville 1886 / 53 / 1992 Brunswick 1919 / 35 / 1989 Decatur 1887 / 51 / 1989 Milton 1949 / 19 / 1987 Roswell 1949 / 17 / 1983 South Effingham 1884 / 49 / 1982 Alexander 1770 / 105 / 1980 Glynn Academy 1863 / 54 / 1971 East Paulding 1879 / 45 / 1969 Clarke Central 1909 / 26 / 1961 Alcovy 1921 / 9 / 1939 Dunwoody 1914 / 9 / 1932 River Ridge 1842 / 43 / 1928 Lanier 1887 / 14 / 1915 Pope 1793 / 61 / 1915 Jackson County (projected) 1875 / 14 / 1903 Heritage-Conyers 1666 / 114 / 1894 (-1) Bradwell Institute 1828 / 28 / 1884 Riverwood 1734 / 69 / 1872 Drew 1780 / 43 / 1866 (+1) Northside-Columbus 1354 / 251 / 1856 (+1) Creekside 1753 / 51 / 1855 (+1) Coffee 1842 / 6 / 1854 Thomas County Central 1572 / 139 / 1850 Apalachee 1821 / 14 / 1849 McIntosh 1737 / 51 / 1839 Kell 1565 / 133 / 1831 (+1) Midtown 1746 / 41 / 1828 (+1) Lee County 1812 / 6 / 1824 Johns Creek 1791 / 15 / 1821 Evans 1744 / 34 / 1812 Dutchtown 1759 / 22 / 1803 Sprayberry 1632 / 84 / 1800 Class 5A Winder-Barrow 1761 / 17 / 1795 (-1) Warner Robins 1771 / 7 / 1785 Chattahoochee 1715 / 28 / 1771 (-1) Southwest DeKalb 1244 / 263 / 1770 Jonesboro 1672 / 48 / 1768 Villa Rica 1654 / 52 / 1758 (-1) Tucker 1683 / 35 / 1753 Dalton 1688 / 32 / 1752 Jackson-Atlanta 1620 / 59 / 1738 Statesboro 1717 / 7 / 1731 (-1) St. Pius X 997 / 367 / 1731 Mundy’s Mill 1619 / 53 / 1725 Harris County 1695 / 13 / 1721 Banneker 1545 / 83 / 1711 (-1) East Forsyth 1558 / 74 / 1706 Cambridge 1612 / 46 / 1704 Locust Grove 1570 / 63 / 1696 Forest Park 1645 / 21 / 1687 Cartersville 1454 / 116 / 1686 Union Grove 1552 / 65 / 1682 Perry 1629 / 15 / 1659 Allatoona 1477 / 88 / 1653 Hiram 1392 / 125 / 1642 Walnut Grove 1531 / 52 / 1635 Lithia Springs 1418 / 102 / 1622 (-1) Ola 1527 / 46 / 1619 Northview 1555 / 27 / 1609 Eastside 1555 / 21 / 1597 Centennial 1579 / 6 / 1591 Cross Keys 1587 / 0 / 1587 Jones County 1579 / 0 / 1579 Druid Hills 1448 / 61 / 1570 Lithonia 1466 / 45 / 1556 Ware County 1542 / 2 / 1546 Groves 1383 / 76 / 1535 (+1) Eagle’s Landing 1508 / 11 / 1530 Wayne County 1526 / 0 / 1526 Flowery Branch 1243 / 139 / 1521 North Oconee 1470 / 23 / 1516 Cedar Shoals 1508 / 3 / 1514 Woodland-Cartersville 1445 / 34 / 1513 Blessed Trinity 844 / 332 / 1508 Mays 1226 / 137 / 1500 Madison County 1474 / 12 / 1498 Cass 1474 / 7 / 1488 LaGrange 1405 / 39 / 1483 (+1) Jenkins 1254 / 111 / 1476 (+1) Starrs Mill 1334 / 70 / 1474 Richmond Academy 1213 / 127 / 1467 (+1) Central-Carroll 1324 / 71 / 1466 Griffin 1435 / 11 / 1457 M. L. King 1381 / 34 / 1449 Jefferson 1352 / 35 / 1422 (+1) Johnson-Gainesville 1235 / 90 / 1415 (+1) Cedartown 1379 / 9 / 1397 Whitewater 1325 / 36 / 1397 (+1) Central-Macon 962 / 216 / 1394 (+3) Douglass 1273 / 59 / 1391 (+1) Stockbridge 1387 / 2 / 1391 Stilwell Arts 520 / 435 / 1390 (+4) Harlem 1366 / 10 / 1386 (+1) Mary Persons 1373 / 6 / 1385 (+1) Class 4A Clarkston 1384 / 0 / 1384 (-1) Cherokee Bluff 1204 / 85 / 1374 Southeast Whitfield 1346 / 14 / 1374 (-1) Greater Atlanta Christian 632 / 358 / 1348 McDonough 1268 / 35 / 1338 (-1) Calhoun 1247 / 44 / 1335 Troup County 1273 / 30 / 1333 Stephenson 1235 / 48 / 1331 Howard 1189 / 63 / 1315 Liberty County 1186 / 61 / 1308 Westside-Macon 1006 / 148 / 1302 (+1) Stone Mountain 1217 / 42 / 1301 Luella 1255 / 18 / 1291 Ridgeland 1265 / 11 / 1287 Westover 1277 / 4 / 1285 Woodland-Stockbridge 1223 / 30 / 1283 (-1) Benedictine 832 / 225 / 1282 (-1) Fayette County 1250 / 14 / 1278 Oconee County 1232 / 22 / 1276 Sandy Creek 1173 / 50 / 1273 Long County 1265 / 0 / 1265 Mount Zion-Jonesboro 1227 / 18 / 1263 East Hall 1220 / 21 / 1262 West Hall 1222 / 20 / 1262 Westminster 819 / 220 / 1259 (-1) North Springs 1120 / 69 / 1258 (-1) West Laurens 1224 / 17 / 1258 Riverdale 1232 / 12 / 1256 Heritage-Catoosa 1208 / 19 / 1246 Spalding 1171 / 33 / 1237 Dougherty 1150 / 42 / 1234 Monroe 1159 / 34 / 1227 Chestatee 1180 / 23 / 1226 Monroe Area 1177 / 22 / 1221 Dawson County 1216 / 2 / 1220 KIPP Atlanta Collegiate 923 / 145 / 1213 (+1) Adairsville 1164 / 23 / 1210 North Hall 1094 / 55 / 1204 Salem 1143 / 30 / 1203 (+1) Windsor Forest 1120 / 40 / 1200 Peach County 1112 / 43 / 1198 Shaw 1071 / 60 / 1191 (+1) Baldwin 1189 / 0 / 1189 Cairo 1179 / 0 / 1179 Bainbridge 1151 / 11 / 1173 Northwest Whitfield 1101 / 35 / 1171 Upson-Lee 1149 / 0 / 1149 Hampton 1110 / 17 / 1144 (-1) Columbus 1132 / 5 / 1142 (+1) Gilmer 1140 / 0 / 1140 Southeast Bulloch 1121 / 9 / 1139 Cross Creek 1048 / 44 / 1136 Hardaway 1017 / 59 / 1135 (+1) Spencer 1050 / 42 / 1134 (+1) East Jackson 1081 / 26 / 1133 (+1) Pickens 1127 / 2 / 1131 White County 1110 / 10 / 1130 North Clayton 1116 / 6 / 1128 Carver-Atlanta 1068 / 28 / 1124 (+1) LaFayette 1094 / 14 / 1122 New Hampstead 1037 / 42 / 1121 (-1) Class 3A Burke County 1102 / 4 / 1110 Coahulla Creek 1026 / 41 / 1108 Stephens County 1102 / 3 / 1108 Westside-Augusta 1021 / 39 / 1099 (-1) Barrow Arts and Science Academy 1092 / 0 / 1092 Jordan 1017 / 36 / 1089 Hephzibah 952 / 63 / 1078 (-1) Sonoraville 1037 / 15 / 1067 Ringgold 992 / 36 / 1064 Pike County 1063 / 0 / 1063 Lumpkin County 1048 / 5 / 1058 (-1) Miller Grove 1057 / 0 / 1057 Hart County 1041 / 7 / 1055 Hapeville Charter 571 / 238 / 1047 Cedar Grove 1022 / 10 / 1042 (-1) Morgan County 1033 / 4 / 1041 Therrell 995 / 23 / 1041 Sumter County 1025 / 2 / 1029 Hebron Christian 499 / 258 / 1015 Carver-Columbus 859 / 77 / 1013 Redan 1013 / 0 / 1013 Marist 596 / 208 / 1012 (-2) Pierce County 983 / 10 / 1003 Crisp County 966 / 13 / 992 Hoschton 2027 (projected) 992 / 0 / 992 Beach 962 / 12 / 986 (-1) Holy Innocents 548 / 218 / 984 Franklin County 981 / 1 / 983 Jackson 982 / 0 / 982 South Atlanta 926 / 28 / 982 Tattnall County 971 / 1 / 973 Appling County 964 / 2 / 968 Islands 711 / 127 / 965 (-1) Butler 876 / 44 / 964 Lovett 634 / 162 / 958 Rutland 924 / 15 / 954 Callaway 901 / 26 / 953 North Cobb Christian 444 / 254 / 952 Brantley County 926 / 12 / 950 (+1) Toombs County 893 / 26 / 945 (+1) Temple 875 / 30 / 935 (+1) Savannah Christian 399 / 266 / 931 (+1) Rockmart 904 / 12 / 928 Murray County 924 / 1 / 926 Cook 908 / 8 / 924 Lamar County 875 / 16 / 907 (+1) Thomson 907 / 0 / 907 Haralson County 900 / 1 / 902 (+1) Union County 871 / 12 / 895 Mount Vernon 513 / 190 / 893 (+1) Southwest 858 / 17 / 892 (+1) Johnson-Savannah 683 / 104 / 891 (-1) North Murray 878 / 6 / 890 Elbert County 881 / 1 / 883 (+1) Northeast 798 / 40 / 878 (+1) Gordon Central 836 / 15 / 866 (+1) Wesleyan 493 / 185 / 863 (+1) Lakeview-Ft. Oglethorpe 820 / 21 / 862 Washington County 850 / 5 / 860 (+1) Worth County 829 / 13 / 855 (+1) Kendrick 788 / 33 / 854 Putnam County 839 / 2 / 843 (+1) Columbia 842 / 0 / 842 Washington 782 / 30 / 842 Jasper County 841 / 0 / 841 (+1) Class 2A Fannin County 835 / 1 / 837 McNair 833 / 2 / 837 Model 701 / 67 / 835 Laney 673 / 81 / 835 (-1) St. Vincent’s Academy 592 / 120 / 832 Utopian Academy 323 / 253 / 829 Calvary Day 383 / 220 / 823 (-2) Glenn Hills 802 / 10 / 822 (-1) Fitzgerald 809 / 0 / 809 Social Circle 627 / 91 / 809 Berrien 795 / 6 / 807 Walker 398 / 204 / 806 Savannah Arts Academy 789 / 5 / 799 (-1) Towers 792 / 0 / 792 Bremen 725 / 33 / 791 Banks County 787 / 0 / 787 Pace Academy 481 / 153 / 787 (-3) Mount Paran Christian 440 / 173 / 786 Dodge County 781 / 0 / 781 Jeff Davis 773 / 2 / 777 DeKalb School of the Arts 302 / 236 / 774 Vidalia 671 / 51 / 773 Paideia 466 / 153 / 772 Swainsboro 763 / 0 / 763 Fellowship Christian 423 / 169 / 761 Bleckley County 673 / 39 / 751 Thomasville 700 / 17 / 734 Chattooga 724 / 1 / 726 East Laurens 671 / 18 / 707 Weber School 299 / 200 / 699 ACE Charter 550 / 73 / 696 Oglethorpe County 665 / 14 / 693 Trinity Christian 471 / 111 / 693 (-2) Woodville-Tompkins 692 / 0 / 692 Coosa 638 / 25 / 688 Heard County 654 / 14 / 682 Twiggs County 222 / 228 / 678 (+1) Providence Christian 298 / 184 / 666 Galloway 269 / 197 / 663 Josey 591 / 30 / 651 (-1) Atlanta International 445 / 102 / 649 Commerce 567 / 40 / 647 Mount Pisgah Christian 299 / 170 / 639 Dublin 579 / 27 / 633 Pepperell 618 / 7 / 632 Rabun County 614 / 7 / 628 Mount Bethel Christian 215 / 206 / 627 Bacon County 596 / 12 / 620 Jefferson County 605 / 3 / 611 Darlington 442 / 81 / 604 Savannah 547 / 26 / 599 (+1) Whitefield Academy 379 / 108 / 595 Dalton Academy 582 / 6 / 594 St. Francis 200 / 189 / 578 Gordon Lee 382 / 95 / 572 Drew 490 / 36 / 562 (-3) Armuchee 508 / 24 / 556 Screven County 543 / 1 / 545 (+1) Mount Zion-Carroll 502 / 21 / 544 (+1) Athens Academy 325 / 107 / 539 Dade County 528 / 0 / 528 Prince Avenue Christian 318 / 103 / 524 (-1) King’s Ridge Christian 284 / 119 / 522 Bryan County 490 / 5 / 500 (+1) Metter 472 / 14 / 500 (+1) Lanier County 456 / 16 / 488 (+1) Brooks County 471 / 7 / 485 (+1) THRIVE Academy (Projected) 155 / 140 / 435 Landmark Christian 308 / 54 / 416 Eagle’s Landing Christian 255 / 76 / 407 (-3) Aquinas 242 / 60 / 362 (-2) Christian Heritage 208 / 68 / 344 W.D. Mohammed 63 / 50 / 163 Southwest Atlanta Christian 85 / 30 / 145 Ben Franklin Academy 100 / 1 / 102 Greenforest Christian 43 / 0 / 43 Class A Chattahoochee County 469 / 6 / 481 Early County 465 / 6 / 477 Irwin County 471 / 3 / 477 Bowdon 442 / 11 / 464 Crawford County 447 / 5 / 457 Pelham 368 / 44 / 456 Northwest Classical Academy 159 / 148 / 455 Charlton County 448 / 3 / 454 Atkinson County 416 / 13 / 442 Claxton 430 / 6 / 442 Seminole County 374 / 30 / 434 Schley County 366 / 29 / 424 Trion 349 / 37 / 423 Elite Scholars Academy 413 / 3 / 419 Greene County 413 / 3 / 419 Manchester 400 / 5 / 410 GMC Prep 297 / 54 / 405 Marion County 383 / 8 / 399 Clinch County 357 / 19 / 395 Lincoln County 362 / 16 / 394 Telfair County 390 / 1 / 392 Coretta Scott King Academy 388 / 0 / 388 (-2) Davidson Fine Arts 387 / 0 / 387 (-2) Hawkinsville 367 / 9 / 385 Taylor County 340 / 14 / 368 Wilcox County 348 / 10 / 368 Washington-Wilkes 362 / 1 / 364 McIntosh County Academy 358 / 0 / 358 Mitchell County 318 / 15 / 348 Lake Oconee Academy 346 / 0 / 346 Portal 300 / 23 / 346 Savannah Early College 117 / 114 / 345 B.E.S.T. Academy 332 / 3 / 338 (-1) Georgia School for Innovation 225 / 56 / 337 Treutlen 307 / 11 / 329 Emanuel County Institute 290 / 16 / 322 Jenkins County 308 / 6 / 320 Johnson-Augusta 307 / 0 / 307 (-2) Dooly County 300 / 3 / 306 Macon County 302 / 1 / 304 Johnson County 273 / 13 / 299 Wilkinson County 299 / 0 / 299 Baconton Charter 284 / 3 / 290 Turner County 288 / 0 / 288 Rainey-McCullers 271 / 8 / 287 Wheeler County 241 / 16 / 273 Terrell County 272 / 0 / 272 Towns County 269 / 0 / 269 Montgomery County 251 / 6 / 263 Miller County 227 / 15 / 257 Pataula Charter 163 / 47 / 257 Echols County 235 / 10 / 255 Technical Career Magnet 254 / 0 / 254 (-2) Southwest Georgia STEM 144 / 48 / 240 Greenville 203 / 3 / 209 Randolph-Clay 189 / 0 / 189 Atlanta Classical 185 / 0 / 185 Hancock Central 183 / 0 / 183 Glascock County 170 / 2 / 174 Furlow Charter 172 / 0 / 172 Warren County 169 / 0 / 169 Central-Talbotton 118 / 0 / 118 Baker County 78 / 19 / 116 Calhoun County 112 / 0 / 112 Stewart County 112 / 0 / 112 Spring Creek 80 / 8 / 96 Quitman County 93 / 0 / 93 STEAM Academy 89 / 0 / 89 Savannah Classical Academy 81 / 0 / 81 Taliaferro County 55 / 9 / 73 Webster County 61 / 6 / 73 Woody Gap 10 / 0 / 10
