Poll: Most Cobb residents say schools are good or excellent

More than 60 percent of Cobb County citizens say its public schools are “good” or “excellent”, according to a new Atlanta Regional Commission report.

The poll, released Friday, found about 32 percent of Cobb residents believe its schools are excellent, nearly 32 percent say they are good, 21 percent think they are fair and about 10.5 percent rated Gwinnett schools as poor. The remaining five percent said they did not know.

Cobb residents, like people in other area counties, think more highly of schools in their county than those across the region. Nearly 40 percent of Cobb residents rated public education in the region as excellent or good.

The results also show a smaller percentage of metro Atlanta residents are involved in Parent Teacher Associations. About 24 percent of residents participated in a PTA this year as opposed to 27 percent last year, the report found.

About 850 Cobb residents were interviewed for the annual poll, Metro Atlanta Speaks, which also asked how they feel about crime, the economy, transportation, the quality of life in the county and other matters. Improving transportation was the top concern among area residents for the third consecutive year.

You can find test scores, graduation rates and other critical information about your school at the Atlanta Journal-Constitution’s new Ultimate Atlanta School guide.

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Eric Stirgus

Eric Stirgus joined The Atlanta Journal-Constitution in 2001. He is the newsroom's education editor. Born and raised in Brooklyn, N.Y., Eric is active in the Atlanta Association of Black Journalists and the Education Writers Association and enjoys mentoring aspiring journalists.

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