The Swift School
5 mi✓ Georgia Promise ScholarshipGrades 1-8170 students6.2 students per teacherNonsectarianSpecial educationCo-ed
Special education schools in Alpharetta, GA
7 in Alpharetta or within 6 miles; schools in Alpharetta itself count at any distance from downtown. 1 is on the state’s Promise Scholarship list. Schools whose main program is special education.
Grades Ungraded36 students2.8 students per teacherNonsectarianSpecial educationCo-ed
Grades 3-1219 students3.8 students per teacherNonsectarianSpecial educationCo-ed0% to 4-year college
Grades Ungraded49 students4.9 students per teacherNonsectarianSpecial educationCo-ed
Grades 3-12276 students6.3 students per teacherNonsectarianSpecial educationCo-ed17% to 4-year college
Porter Academy
6 miGrades Ungraded71 students9 students per teacherNonsectarianSpecial educationCo-ed
Grades K-12270 students5.8 students per teacherNonsectarianSpecial educationCo-ed100% to 4-year college
Special education schools near Alpharetta by the numbers
- Where
- 3 in Alpharetta, 4 within 6 miles
- Students
- about 891 in all; the typical school has 71
- Smallest and largest
- Alexsander Academy, 19 students; The Cottage School, 276 students
- Students per teacher
- 5.8 typical, 2.8 to 9 across 7 schools
- Co-ed or single-sex
- all co-ed
- To a 4-year college
- 17% of graduates at the typical high school (3 reporting)
- Verified tuition
- New Heights Academy $25,000; Mill Springs Academy $32,500
- State program
- Education savings account, up to $6,500 per student
How Promise Scholarship works
- Nonsectarian7
- Elementary (K to 5)4
- Middle (6 to 8)4
- High school (9 to 12)3
- K to 12, one school1
- Under 503
- 50 to 1491
- 150 to 2993
- Special education schools here14%
- All of Georgia51%
Where these facts come from
- Grades, size, affiliation, co-ed, membership, college-going: NCES Private School Universe Survey 2023-24, downloaded September 20, 2026.
- Program list: Georgia Promise Scholarship schools, list dated April 23, 2026, checked November 2, 2026.
- Award and rules: Georgia Promise Scholarship, official page, read October 7, 2026.
- Tuition for 2 schools: each school’s own website, last read October 6, 2026.
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