Springmont School in Atlanta

Coming from the Smith/Sutton cluster we didn’t know what to expect but wow. This is an incredible school focused on each individual child. They quickly identified my child’s academic accomplishments and placed her in a class where she could progress even more. The activities, parental involvement along with IB principles are the icing. Dr. Miller is the most hands on principal I have ever seen. The teachers really care. Many of our neighbors skip the private route because of this school.

This school is known for how bad they have been with special education. There’s an effort to keep kids with disabilities segregated from general activities and old view of neurodiversity. If you are a parent of a a kid with disabilities you will have to find an advocate for your kid to be included in general class and still having awful high rates of restraints and isolation as their way to help kids with strong emotions and complex behaviors with IEPs. I hope their new

The staff at this school are great! The students are very racist. My son had issues with racism the entire school year. It is a predominately Hispanic school, them not liking African Americans is new to us. We dislike no one. I did everything throughout the year to get my son switched out of this school, the board did nothing even with doc notes! My son has never had any issues being in school until he came to this one. This was truly heartbreaking newly moving to this town, and having to deal with this everyday. It was my mistake even moving to this zone not knowing you can’t do anything about it. But this was also my learning experience moving forward in life. Staff done some things to end what was going on, but what honestly can be done when it’s the upbringing of the kids in attendance.

Attended there as an alum. Was going through a hard time and the school offered no support. Instead, admin decided that it was best to get their counselor to orchestrate an elaborate plan to breakup me and my current boyfriend at the time in a very public setting during school hours. The counselor and the boyfriend had been drafting this plan for months over email. Admin stood by her decision to put me through this traumatic experience despite the fact that it was extremely unprofessional to involve herself in any way. This led to my eventual expulsion junior year. This was extremely traumatic and humiliating for me. I was treated as a threat by teachers, admin, and even my friends. You may not believe my experience or think I am a bot or a resentful person, but this experience was in fact, truly real and essentially ruined my high school career. The lesson I learned from this school was that if you are going through a tough emotional time as a minor, this school will not hesitate to band together to do anything in its power to kick you out of their bubble to protect their pristine image. Do yourself a favor and never trust them. Go to Marist, Lovett, or Mt, Vernon instead. Go to a school that will truly protect its students from harm instead of doing the harming.

I went to Galloway from K–12, so this comes from a very long firsthand experience. There are definitely positives: it is a kind, supportive environment, the teachers generally care, and the school does a good job making students feel seen as individuals. I understand why a lot of Buckhead families are drawn to it.That said, looking back as an adult, I do not feel like it prepared me especially well for real life. There was a lot of emphasis on “be your best self,” which sounds good on paper, but in my experience there was less emphasis on discipline, toughness, accountability, and the kind of academic rigor that actually helps once you leave a protected school environment. It helped get me into Alabama, but I was not especially well prepared once I got there, and that became obvious pretty quickly.Now I work in residential real estate, and while I do fine, it is not exactly the kind of challenging or deeply fulfilling professional path I once thought a school like Galloway was preparing me for. It is a very relationship-driven job with long hours, and if I am being honest, a lot of where I landed had more to do with family connections than with any real edge the school gave me. That is the part I think prospective families should think about. Galloway was good at making students feel comfortable and affirmed. I am less convinced it was good at pushing them hard enough to thrive on their own later.

We’ve had such a wonderful experience at The Mount Vernon School, especially in the Preschool program. From the moment my son started in PK2, we felt wrapped in the most caring, positive, and welcoming environment. My son is now in PK3 and absolutely loves going to school each day. His teachers know him so well and make learning so much fun. We’ve seen huge growth in his confidence, independence, and emotional intelligence!The Mount Vernon community as a whole is warm, welcoming, and truly invested in each child. As a parent, it means so much to know he’s in a safe, joyful, and enriching environment where he’s not only learning but truly thriving.Highly recommend Mount Vernon - especially for families looking for an exceptional preschool!