North Metro Academy of Performing Arts, Peachtree Corners GA

Original Research by School Decision on North Metro Academy of Performing Arts

North Metro Academy of Performing Arts is a small, pre-sixth-grade public school in Peachtree Corners serving students from pre-K through fifth grade. The school draws students almost entirely from low-income households, with roughly four out of five students qualifying for free or reduced-price lunch. The student body is predominantly Black, with smaller numbers of Hispanic, multiracial, and white students, and very few Asian students. Enrollment sits around two hundred fifteen students.

The school's academic performance on Georgia End of Grade assessments reflects substantial headwinds. Proficiency rates in English language arts, math, and science all fall notably below the midpoint when compared to other districts in Gwinnett County. In third grade, where the school tests both literacy and mathematics, proficiency in English sits in the lower range, and math performance is modest. Fourth-grade results are similar, with proficiency in both subjects hovering in the middle-to-upper-middle range for the school's performance band. By fifth grade, math proficiency drops sharply and literacy proficiency remains low. Science proficiency in fifth grade is also below the county median. The one earlier data point available, from social studies testing in middle school years ago, showed very low proficiency. A parent may want to look into the school's instructional approach and how it is responding to these results.

The school's name signals that performing arts are part of the program, though details about how that pathway is structured, whether it is part of the core day or an elective offering, and how much instructional time and resources it receives were not available.

Peachtree Corners itself is a planned suburban city with a distinct character for the Atlanta northern suburbs. It combines residential neighborhoods ranging from riverfront homes to apartments and townhomes with a substantial office and technology presence, including the headquarters of major employers like Intuitive Surgical and the Curiosity Lab autonomous vehicle testing ground. The city has a contemporary downtown centered on the Town Center, which opened after a groundbreaking and includes restaurants, shops, and townhomes. Walkability is concentrated around that center and the adjacent Forum mall, connected by a pedestrian bridge; outside those nodes, the city is car-dependent. Parks and recreation include access to the Chattahoochee River and trails that are being expanded. The housing market in the zipcode shows median home values in the mid-to-upper range and rents in the mid-range, with year-over-year home price changes modest and flat to slightly down. Employment in the area is relatively stable, and household incomes in the region sit above national averages, though the school's student population reflects a different economic reality than the broader neighborhood.

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Academic performance

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

Math

Grade 341%

School 41% · District 49% · ▼ 9 pts below district

▲ 1 pts above state median · ▼ 8 pts below county median

Grade 449%

School 49% · District 55% · ▼ 7 pts below district

▲ 4 pts above state median · ▼ 5 pts below county median

Grade 523%

School 23% · District 50% · ▼ 27 pts below district

▼ 15 pts below state median · ▼ 23 pts below county median

English language arts

Grade 325%

School 25% · District 39% · ▼ 14 pts below district

▼ 6 pts below state median · ▼ 15 pts below county median

Grade 449%

School 49% · District 43% · ▲ 5 pts above district

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

Grade 526%

School 26% · District 49% · ▼ 23 pts below district

▼ 13 pts below state median · ▼ 21 pts below county median

Science

Grade 531%

School 31% · District 52% · ▼ 21 pts below district

▼ 8 pts below state median · ▼ 19 pts below county median

Social studies

Grade 820%

School 20% · District 50% · ▼ 30 pts below district

▼ 11 pts below state median · ▼ 16 pts below county median

This schoolGwinnett 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

Grades 3-8Lower-income25%Higher-income53%28 pp gap

Mathematics

Grades 3-8Lower-income25%Higher-income47%22 pp gap