Grades K-12303 students5 students per teacherNonsectarianSpecial educationCo-ed92% to 4-year college
Special education schools in Atlanta, GA
5 in Atlanta or within 6 miles; schools in Atlanta itself count at any distance from downtown. Schools whose main program is special education.
Grades UngradedUnder 10 K-12 studentsNonsectarianSpecial educationCo-ed
Grades K-6250 students7.5 students per teacherNonsectarianSpecial educationCo-ed
Grades 2-1299 students4.9 students per teacherNonsectarianSpecial educationCo-ed84% to 4-year college
Atlanta Prep
13 miGrades 1-821 students3.3 students per teacherNonsectarianSpecial educationCo-ed
Special education schools near Atlanta by the numbers
- Where
- all 5 in Atlanta
- Students
- about 681 in all; the typical school has 250
- Smallest and largest
- Atlanta Prep, 21 students; The Howard School, 303 students
- Students per teacher
- 4.9 typical, 2.7 to 7.5 across 5 schools
- Co-ed or single-sex
- all co-ed
- Verified tuition
- The Howard School $42,916; The Schenck School $47,900
- State program
- Education savings account, up to $6,500 per student
How Promise Scholarship works
- Nonsectarian5
- Elementary (K to 5)4
- Middle (6 to 8)4
- High school (9 to 12)2
- K to 12, one school1
Where these facts come from
- Grades, size, affiliation, co-ed, membership, college-going: NCES Private School Universe Survey 2023-24, downloaded September 20, 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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- Special education schools in Ellenwood (13 mi)
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- Special education schools in Stone Mountain (15 mi)
- Special education schools in Marietta (15 mi)
- Special education schools across Georgia
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