NCES CCD 2024-25 13 schools GA

Best-Resourced Schools in Smyrna, GA

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13 public K-12 schools in Smyrna from NCES Common Core of Data: enrollment, grade span, demographics, and Civil Rights Data Collection statistics for every active campus.

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13
Schools
12,372
Students
43.8/100
Avg Resource Index
13.3:1
Avg Student-Teacher Ratio

National city placement

Middle-of-corpus city profile

According to NCES CCD 2024-25, Smyrna has more public-school enrollment than 85% of the 4,487 US cities in this directory. Smyrna sits in the broad middle of the national city distribution rather than at a single obvious extreme. Its scale, average Resource Investment Index, and staffing position need to be read together: a middle placement on one measure does not cancel a stronger or weaker result on another. The percentile panel makes those dimensions explicit, and the school table shows where the city aggregate breaks into materially different campus profiles.

Combined-grade campuses shape the local portfolio

9 of Smyrna's 13 listed schools use NCES's combined or “other” grade-level classification. Citywide averages therefore blend campuses serving unusually broad or nonstandard grade spans with conventional elementary, middle, and high schools. Grade configuration is a first-order comparison here, not a minor label.

Campus spread matters more than the city mean

The 17-point gap between Griffin Middle School and Campbell Middle School shows the range hidden by Smyrna's average Resource Investment Index. The city figure is useful for national placement, but families ultimately choose among campuses with different grade spans, enrollment, district affiliations, and reported support fields. Start with schools serving the relevant grade level, then compare the index components rather than assuming the city average describes any one classroom.

City enrollment
Top 15%
School count
Top 28%
Resource Index average
64th percentile
Teacher staffing
76th percentile

Campbell High School accounts for 24.9% of all Smyrna public-school enrollment

That concentration means Smyrna-wide averages can mask substantial variation outside the largest entity. Grade level: High. The share measures enrollment concentration only; it does not establish how districts allocate programs, capital, or staff. Enrollment-weighted aggregates give this entity more weight than any smaller peer, while an unweighted entity average treats every record equally.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data

Smyrna school enrollment varies 12× across entities

Smyrna school enrollment ranges from 267 students (lowest) to 3,085 students (highest), a spread of 2,818 students. That spread reflects typical urban portfolio variation between specialty programs and large neighbourhood schools. Per-school staffing and program breadth can differ sharply at opposite ends of that enrollment range, so the city average should not be treated as a typical campus.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data

Smyrna student-teacher ratio is 13.3:1 — low (typically associated with smaller schools or per-school staffing investment that often correlates with stronger per-student supports)

student-teacher ratio is the simplest comparative metric but it does not capture the full picture: the ratio counts FTE classroom teachers against total enrollment, push-in specialists, English-language aides, special-education co-teachers, and counselors are not included in most reporting Lower values often correlate with smaller scale and population characteristics rather than higher resource budgets per se.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data, Public School Universe

# School Score
1. Griffin Middle School 52
2. International Academy of Smyrna 51
3. Belmont Hills Elementary School 51
4. King Springs Elementary School 49
5. Russell Elementary School 44
6. Argyle Elementary School 44
7. Smyrna Elementary School 43
8. Norton Park Elementary School 43
9. Green Acres Elementary School 43
10. Nickajack Elementary School 39
11. Teasley Elementary School 39
12. Campbell High School 37
13. Campbell Middle School 35

Most racially and ethnically mixed schools in Smyrna

Ranked by the Simpson student-body diversity index (0-100) from NCES race and ethnicity data, where higher means a more evenly mixed student body. It measures mix, not quality.

  1. 1 Teasley Elementary School 72.4/100
  2. 2 Smyrna Elementary School 72.2/100
  3. 3 Griffin Middle School 71.1/100
  4. 4 Campbell High School 69.6/100
  5. 5 King Springs Elementary School 68.9/100

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Which Smyrna school has the highest Resource Investment Index? ▼

Griffin Middle School has the highest Resource Investment Index among the Smyrna schools in this federal-data comparison at 52/100. The index summarizes reported staffing, counseling, gifted-program, and attendance inputs; it is not an academic rating.

How many schools are in Smyrna, GA? ▼

Smyrna has 13 public schools with a total enrollment of 12,372 students. 1 are charter schools. Average student-teacher ratio: 13.3:1.

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Data from NCES Common Core of Data (CCD) 2024-25 and Civil Rights Data Collection (CRDC) 2021-22. The Resource Investment Index uses reported student-teacher ratio, counselor access, gifted programs, and attendance; it is not an academic rating. Cities must include at least five schools to be listed. This public-data comparison is for informational purposes: verify current enrollment, attendance boundaries, and programs with the school district before acting. See the guide to understanding NCES data.