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Education

engineering, and mathematics
– accreditation from Cognia,
the globe’s largest community
of education professionals.
Dunwoody proudly boasts four:
Austin Elementary, Chestnut
Elementary Charter School,
Vanderlyn Elementary, and
Peachtree Charter Middle
School. The DeKalb district
also leads Georgia in state-
certified STEM schools, with
seven in Dunwoody: Kingsley
Elementary, Hightower
Elementary, Austin, Chestnut,
Vanderlyn, and Dunwoody
Elementary, as well as
Peachtree Middle.
The good news doesn’t DeKalb County Schools
stop there. Austin Elementary
is a National Blue Ribbon
School and ranks in the top 2021 SAT/ACT SCORES
one percent of elementary
schools in the state. Vanderlyn DUNWOODY
is recognized by Gov. Brian
Kemp as a Greatest Gain Dunwoody
school, the silver level, and a SAT High School District State
Highest Performing school,
the gold level. Additionally, Math 576 510 531
Austin Elementary was named
a platinum level Highest Reading & Writing 606 528 546
Performing school, Dunwoody Total 1182 1058 1077
Elementary was named a
gold level Highest Performing
winner, and Chesnut
Elementary earned distinction Dunwoody
as a gold level Greatest ACT High School District State
Gain winner. English 26.8 22.6 22.1
At the secondary level, Math 24.5 21.5 21.9
Dunwoody High School has
earned the distinction of Reading 26.5 23.6 23.4
Advanced Placement (AP) Science 25.1 22.5 22.4
Honor School by the Georgia Composite 25.9 22.7 22.6
Department of Education.
Despite the accolades,
the DeKalb County School Source: The Georgia Department of Education

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