2026 Guide to Top Charter Schools in the Atlanta Area
Georgia’s public charter schools are free and open to all. Learn more about public charter schools in Georgia and find a charter school today in your community.
[Featured Charter Schools]
The Anchor School
The Anchor School is a village of educators, families and community members that partners with 6th-12th grade scholars who are developing the knowledge, skills and confidence they need to thrive in school and beyond.
Atlanta Heights Charter School
At Atlanta Heights Charter School, the challenging curriculum and dedicated teachers give students in grades K-8 every opportunity to reach their full academic and creative potential. They individualize lessons to address your child’s strengths and abilities and build moral focus lessons into every school day.
Centennial Academy
Centennial Academy is a tuition-free K-8 charter school located in Midtown Atlanta. They provide rigorous, hands-on learning with a focus on STEAM, performing arts, athletics, and extracurriculars. Their whole-child approach fosters cognitive, emotional, and social growth, preparing students for lifelong success.
DeKalb Brilliance Academy
DeKalb Brilliance Academy is a tuition-free, public Kindergarten-8th grade south DeKalb charter school. Their school empowers students to be leaders by combining rigorous and relevant academics with social-emotional learning.
Ethos Classical
Ethos Classical is a K-8 tuition-free public charter school in South Atlanta. With a strong focus on the humanities and the arts, they provide a warm, supportive learning environment where every scholar is known, challenged and supported. Now enrolling K-7 for the 2026–2027 school year.
Fulton Academy of Science and Technology
FAST focuses on a design thinking approach to education in a diverse community setting, providing children with a STEM-based education designed to spur innovation, creativity, and problem solving that prepares them for success and leadership. Serving grades K-8.
Georgia Connections Academy
Georgia Connections Academy, serving grades K-12, expands the ways children learn while igniting passions and helping them gain the life skills they need to thrive. Designed for online learning, the curriculum not only meets educational standards, it engages students’ minds and hearts.
Georgia Cyber Academy
Georgia Cyber Academy provides an online learning environment where students are empowered to reach their full academic potential through live interactive classes and an engaging curriculum that supports individualized learning paths. Serving grades K-12; open to all Georgia students.
International Charter Academy of Georgia
ICAGeorgia is a Japanese-English Dual Language Immersion school, providing rigorous academic instruction aimed at broadening students’ horizons so they may become global citizens who promote peace around the world. Serving students K-8; open to all Georgia students.
The Main Street Academy
The Main Street Academy (TMSA) is a longstanding, tuition-free STEAM Certified public charter school that serves and educates students in grades K–8. The school’s mission is focused on providing a challenging and enriching curriculum that centers on developing the whole child – intellectual, artistic, character, and health.
PEACE Academy
PEACE Academy is the only inclusive tuition-free public charter school that provides identity-based development for students in grades K-8 in southeast metro Atlanta. Students are educated to learn the truth about history and the role they play in their communities in an era where curriculum often omits marginalized groups of people.
7 Pillars Career Academy
The Academy for Advanced Studies
Amana Academy
The Anchor School
Atlanta Classical Academy
Atlanta Heights Charter School
Atlanta Neighborhood Charter School
Atlanta Smart Academy
Atlanta Unbound Academy
Bartow County College and Career Academy
Brighten Academy
BIA Charter School
Centennial Academy
Central Educational Center
Chamblee Charter High School
Charles R. Drew Charter School
Chattahoochee Hills Charter School
Cherokee Charter Academy
Coweta Charter Academy
DeKalb Academy of Technology and the Environment
DeKalb Brilliance Academy
DeKalb PATH Academy
DeKalb Preparatory Academy
D.E.L.T.A. Steam Academy
Douglas County College and Career Institute
Du Bois Integrity Academy
Ethos Classical Charter School
Excelsior Village Academies
Fulton Academy of Science and Technology
Fulton Leadership Academy
Genesis Innovation Academy
George Walton Comprehensive High School
Georgia Connections Academy
Georgia Cyber Academy
The GLOBE Academy
Hapeville Charter Career Academy
International Academy of Smyrna
International Charter Academy of Georgia
International Charter School of Atlanta
International Community Schools
Ivy Preparatory Academy
Kennesaw Charter Science and Math Academy
The Kindezi Schools
KIPP Atlanta Collegiate
KIPP South Fulton Academy
KIPP STRIVE Academy
KIPP STRIVE Primary
KIPP Vision Academy
KIPP Vision Primary
KIPP WAYS Academy
KIPP WAYS Primary
Leadership Preparatory Academy
Liberation Academy
Liberty Tech Charter School
The Life School
The Main Street Academy
Miles Ahead Charter School
The Museum School of Avondale Estates
New Life Academy of Excellence
North Metro Academy of Performing Arts
Northwest Classical Academy
Odyssey Charter School
PEACE Academy
Peachtree Charter Middle School
Resurgence Hall Charter School
The R.I.S.E. Schools
Rockdale Career Academy
Sankofa Montessori
Skyview High School
SLAM Academy of Atlanta
Tapestry Public Charter School
Utopian Academy for the Arts
Wesley International Academy
Westside Atlanta Charter School
Yi Hwang Academy of Language Excellence
ZEST Preparatory Academy
