Middle · Georgia

Destinations Career Academy of Georgia (Virtual)

CharterFully virtual

Destinations Career Academy of Georgia (Virtual), a public middle school in Atlanta, Georgia: grades 6–10, 587 students, 24.2 students per teacher (2024–25 school year). Part of State Specialty Schools II- Destination Career Academy of GA.

Size and class size

Compared with middle schools of the same state and the whole country. Students per teacher counts every full-time-equivalent teacher, not the size of each class.

Students: 587
Teachers (FTE): 24.3
Students per teacher: 24.2
Grades: 6–10; Middle

More students per teacher than 100% of middle schools in Georgia

Median 13.9 · 484 schools compared

More students per teacher than 97% of middle schools in the US

Median 14.6 · 15,584 schools compared

Smaller than 68% of middle schools in Georgia

Median 733 · 484 schools compared

Larger than 57% of middle schools in the US

Median 524 · 16,046 schools compared

State test results

Share of students scoring proficient or above on Georgia's tests, grades 3–8, 2024–25 school year.

Reading and writing

Georgia: 40%

29%proficient

+2.3 points from 2023–24 school year

A lower share proficient than 68% of middle schools in Georgia

Median 35% · 484 middle schools compared

346 students tested, grades 3–8 · Georgia Milestones EOG; proficient means Levels 3-4

Math

Georgia: 43%

11%proficient

A lower share proficient than 94% of middle schools in Georgia

Median 37% · 484 middle schools compared

343 students tested, grades 3–8 · Georgia Milestones EOG; proficient means Levels 3-4

Each state sets its own test and its own bar for “proficient”, so results compare only within a state. Results also follow family income closely: a school's share reflects its students' circumstances as much as its teaching.

Data sourced from the Education Data Center (www.eddatacenter.org), a partner project of the National Center for Civic Innovation, Inc. State Assessment Data Repository version 3.1. More information about these assessments over time, including participation and test changes, is available from the Education Data Center.

What it offers

Grades: Middle · Grades 6–10
Type: Charter school · Regular
Instruction: Fully virtual
Area: Large suburb
Run by: State Specialty Schools II- Destination Career Academy of GA

Which school a home is assigned to is decided by the district's attendance zones; check with State Specialty Schools II- Destination Career Academy of GA.

Location

Address: 1700 Water PL SE, Atlanta, GA 30339
Phone: (470)890-6001
County: Cobb County

Quality of life in Cobb County Schools in Cobb County

Nearby middle schools

The closest public middle schools by straight-line distance. Attendance zones are set by each district.

School	Grades	Students	Students / teacher	Reading	Math
East Cobb Middle School	6–8	1,352	15.8	34%	34%	2.1 mi
Campbell Middle School	6–8	1,368	16.8	40%	37%	2.6 mi
Marietta Sixth Grade Academy	6	678	12.2	49%	40%	3.4 mi
Pearson Middle SchoolFree meals for all	6–8	806	13.3	24%	15%	3.5 mi
Griffin Middle School	6–8	991	16.2	48%	43%	4.2 mi
Marietta Middle School	7–8	1,352	12.9	44%	45%	5.2 mi

Reading and Math: share of tested students proficient or above on the state's own tests (grades 3–8, 2024–25 school year). Compare only within a state.

Sources

Public schools and school districts (National Center for Education Statistics · U.S. Census Bureau), 2024–25 school year. NCES Common Core of Data and EDGE public school geocodes; U.S. Census Bureau, Annual Survey of School System Finances and cartographic boundary files (places).
State Assessment Data Repository (Education Data Center), 2024–25 school year. Data sourced from the Education Data Center (www.eddatacenter.org), a partner project of the National Center for Civic Innovation, Inc. State Assessment Data Repository v3.1.

Analisa does not rate schools. Figures are what a school has (students, teachers, programs), placed among schools of the same level; state test results are compared only within a state.

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