Amana Academy School, Alpharetta GA

Original Research by School Decision on Amana Academy School

Amana Academy School is a charter school in Alpharetta serving kindergarten through eighth grade, with an enrollment of about seven hundred students. The school sits in a community that has become a major tech hub in Metro Atlanta, where mixed-use development and sprawling office parks coexist with suburban neighborhoods and an emerging walkable downtown. Amana occupies a niche within a larger Fulton County district that has made major recent commitments to reading instruction and that continues to manage elementary enrollment pressures.

In terms of academic standing, the school's performance is mixed by grade. Math proficiency ranges widely: fourth and seventh graders show strong outcomes, while third graders and sixth graders post considerably lower proficiency. English language arts is broadly stronger than math, with fifth and seventh graders at solid proficiency and third graders notably below, at around four in ten students proficient. Science proficiency at the fifth-grade level is solid, but eighth-grade science is weak. Eighth-grade social studies stands as a clear strength. Overall proficiency across tested subjects places the school in the top quartile among Fulton County district schools, a meaningful position that reflects pockets of strength rather than consistent mastery across the board. The school serves a diverse population: about four in ten students are Black, roughly one in four are Asian, and the remainder are distributed across Hispanic, white, and multiracial enrollment. Roughly half the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price lunch.

The testing picture suggests that grade transitions may matter. Fourth graders perform well in both math and English while third graders struggle notably, and seventh graders excel in both subjects while sixth and eighth graders fall back. This pattern invites parent questions about whether Amana shifts pedagogy, curriculum rigor, or support systems across these transitions. State assessment data do not reveal what the school's reading initiative looks like or whether it connects to the district-wide "Every Child Reads" program that Fulton County has invested heavily in across the district, so a parent may want to ask the school directly how reading is taught, what training its teachers have, and how it measures reading gains outside of state testing.

The school is located downtown on South Main Street, which aligns with Alpharetta's mixed-use core. The surrounding community is affluent and growing, with a housing market where median home values run well above the state average and monthly rents are also above regional norms. Jobs in technology, fintech, and professional services dominate the regional economy, and housing demand is strong. Property tax rates in the district are stable in nominal terms but have risen in effective terms as home values climb.

Amana Academy is part of Fulton County, which has recently closed and consolidated a pair of elementary schools and opted to keep a local property tax homestead exemption in place rather than adopt the new state floating exemption. These district-level decisions do not directly affect Amana but reflect a district managing enrollment decline in elementary grades while working to stabilize revenues.

No information was available about special education enrollment, English learner enrollment, discipline data, chronic absenteeism, or teacher turnover at Amana. The school does not serve high school grades, so graduation rates do not apply. AP offerings and career pathways are not reported for this grade band. A parent evaluating this school may want to reach out directly about how it supports students with IEPs and English learners, what its approach to classroom behavior is, and whether it has partnerships with local employers or secondary schools that prepare students for high school pathways.

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Academic performance

How students perform on state tests, by grade, set against the district.

Math

Grade 346%

School 46% · District 58% · ▼ 12 pts below district

▲ 6 pts above state median · ▲ 7 pts above county median

Grade 474%

School 74% · District 62% · ▲ 12 pts above district

▲ 29 pts above state median · ▲ 30 pts above county median

Grade 569%

School 69% · District 54% · ▲ 15 pts above district

▲ 31 pts above state median · ▲ 37 pts above county median

Grade 647%

School 47% · District 47%

▲ 15 pts above state median · ▲ 27 pts above county median

Grade 774%

School 74% · District 52% · ▲ 22 pts above district

▲ 40 pts above state median · ▲ 47 pts above county median

Grade 861%

School 61% · District 55% · ▲ 6 pts above district

▲ 19 pts above state median · ▲ 30 pts above county median

English language arts

Grade 339%

School 39% · District 50% · ▼ 11 pts below district

▲ 8 pts above state median · ▲ 7 pts above county median

Grade 459%

School 59% · District 54% · ▲ 5 pts above district

▲ 25 pts above state median · ▲ 26 pts above county median

Grade 574%

School 74% · District 59% · ▲ 15 pts above district

▲ 36 pts above state median · ▲ 34 pts above county median

Grade 659%

School 59% · District 54% · ▲ 5 pts above district

▲ 24 pts above state median · ▲ 26 pts above county median

Grade 774%

School 74% · District 56% · ▲ 18 pts above district

▲ 39 pts above state median · ▲ 38 pts above county median

Grade 868%

School 68% · District 53% · ▲ 15 pts above district

▲ 33 pts above state median · ▲ 35 pts above county median

Science

Grade 567%

School 67% · District 56% · ▲ 11 pts above district

▲ 28 pts above state median · ▲ 31 pts above county median

Grade 845%

School 45% · District 39% · ▲ 6 pts above district

▲ 19 pts above state median · ▲ 21 pts above county median

Social studies

Grade 873%

School 73% · District 49% · ▲ 24 pts above district

▲ 42 pts above state median · ▲ 52 pts above county median

This schoolFulton County, same grade

Graduation rate (ACGR) reflects the federally published Adjusted Cohort Graduation Rate for the most recent year available. We refresh this data annually at the close of each academic year in June. The federal source publishes a banded rate (for example, "90-94%") instead of an exact number for cohorts small enough to risk identifying individual students. The state distribution chart, where shown, plots every school in the state with a published rate or band; schools whose rate is federally suppressed are excluded. Where the federal source publishes a band rather than an exact rate, the school is placed within its band using a stable, ID-derived offset, so its position is consistent across visits.

Proficiency by household income

English language arts

Grade 3Lower-income30%Higher-income58%28 pp gap

Grade 4Lower-income52%Higher-income68%17 pp gap

Grade 5Lower-income63%Higher-income66%3 pp gap

Grade 6Lower-income76%Higher-income71%4 pp gap

Grade 7Lower-income48%Higher-income77%28 pp gap

Grade 8Lower-income68%Higher-income78%10 pp gap

Grades 3-8Lower-income59%Higher-income69%10 pp gap

Mathematics

Grade 3Lower-income44%Higher-income84%40 pp gap

Grade 4Lower-income77%Higher-income89%12 pp gap

Grade 5Lower-income37%Higher-income55%18 pp gap

Grade 6Lower-income48%Higher-income68%21 pp gap

Grade 7Lower-income42%Higher-income72%30 pp gap

Grade 8Lower-income36%Higher-income50%14 pp gap

Grades 3-8Lower-income46%Higher-income71%25 pp gap