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Jewish Day Schools in Sandy Springs, Georgia
Looking for a Jewish day school in Sandy Springs, Georgia? We confirm one school currently operating in Sandy Springs. Each entry below is drawn from public records — IRS Form 990 filings, the federal NCES Private School Survey, and the schools' own published information. For a personalized shortlist, start with our matching quiz.
Schools tagged with a distance are in nearby cities that families in Sandy Springs also consider. Distances are approximate, measured from the middle of Sandy Springs.
Nearby, nearest first: The Weber School (1 mi) · Cmch Elementary & Middle School (2 mi) · Atlanta Jewish Academy (2 mi) · Alfred & Adele Davis Academy (4 mi) · Alfred Adele Davis Academy Middle School (4 mi) · Davis Academy (4 mi) · Yeshiva Atlanta High School (6 mi) · Yeshiva Ohr Yisrael of Atlanta (8 mi).
5 elementary schools · 3 high schools · 1 combined k–12 schools
Schools in Sandy Springs, by level
Scroll to the level that matches your child’s age. Within each level, schools are grouped by whether they serve boys, girls, or co-ed classes.
Elementary Schools (K–8) · 5 schools
Schools serving kindergarten through grade 8 — some K–5, some K–8, some starting at preschool and ending in 8th grade.
Co-ed
Alfred Adele Davis Academy Middle School
About 4 mi away · Atlanta
PK-8·Co-ed
NCES 2023-24 · IRS 990 FY2023
Gender mix not specified
High Schools (9–12) · 3 schools
Schools serving grades 9 through 12, including yeshivas, mesivtas, Bais Yaakov high schools, and Modern Orthodox and community high schools.
Co-ed
Boys
Gender mix not specified
Combined K–12 Schools · 1 school
Schools that serve students from kindergarten (or preschool) all the way through grade 12 under one roof.
What to consider when evaluating a Jewish day school
Choosing a Jewish day school involves more than convenience. Families typically weigh religious orientation, academic rigor, tuition affordability, and the specific grade range a school serves. Posted tuition is rarely what most families actually pay — almost every Jewish day school has a financial aid program, and many families receive meaningful assistance through need-based aid, scholarship funds, state vouchers or education savings accounts, or staff tuition benefits if a parent works at the school. Our tuition estimator shows what could apply to your family.
No schools match these filters.
About Jewish education in Georgia
Georgia's Jewish day schools are centered in Atlanta, with options spanning Modern Orthodox, Conservative, and pluralistic traditions. Georgia operates a Promise Scholarship ESA program that can support private school tuition for qualifying families.
A year in Sandy Springs
🌸 Spring Mar–May
71° / 50°
Long sleeves or a light jacket
Comfortable
🎭 Purim🫓 Pesach🌾 Shavuos
☀️ Summer Jun–Aug
90° / 68°
Shorts and short sleeves
Very humid
Sweat stays on you, so shade gives little relief.
🕯️ Tisha B'Av
🍂 Fall Sep–Nov
75° / 52°
Short sleeves, a layer for evening
Comfortable
🍎 Rosh Hashanah🕊️ Yom Kippur🌿 Sukkos
❄️ Winter Dec–Feb
56° / 36°
Jacket and layers
Dry
🕎 Chanukah🌳 Tu BiShvat
Holiday by holiday
- 🍎 Rosh Hashanah (September to early October): highs about 86°F, lows about 63°F, humidity about 68%.
- 🕊️ Yom Kippur (mid September to mid October): highs about 86°F, lows about 63°F, humidity about 68%.
- 🌿 Sukkos (late September to October): highs about 76°F, lows about 52°F, humidity about 71%.
- 🕎 Chanukah (late November to December): highs about 57°F, lows about 36°F, humidity about 82%.
- 🌳 Tu BiShvat (mid January to mid February): highs about 53°F, lows about 34°F, humidity about 84%.
- 🎭 Purim (late February to March): highs about 65°F, lows about 43°F, humidity about 81%.
- 🫓 Pesach (late March to April): highs about 70°F, lows about 48°F, humidity about 77%.
- 🌾 Shavuos (mid May to mid June): highs about 78°F, lows about 58°F, humidity about 78%.
- 🕯️ Tisha B'Av (mid July to mid August): highs about 92°F, lows about 70°F, humidity about 69%.
Monthly averages for the middle of Sandy Springs, 2019–2023 (NASA POWER). Holiday dates move about a month from year to year.
Cost of living and learning near Sandy Springs
Housing in the community area
🏠 Asking price
$667,725
$251 per sq ft
🔑 Rent
$1,895 /mo
🧾 Property tax
$5,134 /yr
💵 Household income
$129,630
How we measured this
ZIP areas: 30068, 30328, 30338, 30342, covering the areas around the congregations and schools. Asking price is the median of current listings across those ZIP areas (Realtor.com research data, September 2026); by ZIP: 30328 $322,450 · 30342 $736,000 · 30068 $710,500 · 30338 $624,950. Owner-estimated median home value, which lags the market: $605,350. Rent, property tax and income are Census ACS 2020–2024 medians.
Tuition by grade
- Preschool $33,825 · 1 school
- Elementary $33,000 · 1 school
Published rates for 2025–26 and 2026–27 at the schools above, before aid. Bars run from $0 to $60,000. See what you would pay after aid →
Georgia: taxes and help with tuition
💸 Income tax
~3.95% at $90k
~4.53% at $150k, state only, married filing jointly
🎓 State scholarship
Up to $6,500
Georgia Promise Scholarship Act +2 more. No income cap on eligibility -- income does NOT gate whether a family can apply (confirmed via 2 independent Deep Research passes, both citing mygeorgiapromise.org handb….
🏛️ Federal credit
Opted in
Opted in to the federal credit; awards begin 2027.
Program details checked 2026-08-16.
Homeschooling in Georgia
Notice
Parent files a Declaration of Intent with the state DOE within 30 days of starting and by Sept 1 each year.
Testing or review
Nationally standardized test at least every 3 years from end of grade 3; results kept by parent, not submitted.
Subjects or hours
Reading, language arts, math, social studies, science; 180 school days of 4.5 hours each per 12 months.
Parent
Teaching parent needs at least a high school diploma or GED.
Checked 2026-10-27 against hallco.org. Part of this comes from an older state document; check the current rule. Rules change and can differ by district; confirm with your district before you start.
Jewish communities near Sandy Springs
Congregations in and around Sandy Springs, nearest first, measured from the middle of Sandy Springs. Missing yours, or something looks wrong? Tell us.
- Congregation B'nai Torah 1.0 mi
- Kesher Torah 2.1 mi
- Congregation Beth Tefillah 2.3 mi
- Chabad Lubavitch of Georgia 2.3 mi
- Temple Sinai 2.4 mi
- Congregation Or Hadash 2.6 mi
- Chabad Jewish Center of Dunwoody 3 mi
- Chabad of Cobb 4 mi
See all synagogues and the Jewish community in Sandy Springs →
Other cities in Georgia with Jewish schools
Atlanta (15) · Savannah (1) · Sparta (1) · Decatur (1)
Common questions about Jewish day schools in Sandy Springs, Georgia
What's the difference between a Jewish day school and a yeshiva?
Both teach a dual curriculum combining Judaic studies with general academic subjects, but "yeshiva" typically refers to schools in the yeshivish or Orthodox tradition with a heavier Torah-study focus. "Jewish day school" is the broader umbrella. See our guide to how Jewish schools differ.
Do we need to be religious to send our children?
No. Many Jewish day schools — particularly community and pluralistic schools, Conservative-movement schools, and Modern Orthodox schools that accept all affiliations — serve families across the full observance spectrum. Some schools require synagogue membership or minimum observance; most don't.
Is the posted tuition what we'll actually pay?
Usually not. Almost every Jewish day school has a financial aid program, and the "collected average" tuition across the cohort is typically 30–40% below the posted rate. Our tuition estimator shows what could apply to your family, and each school can tell you what it offers.
How do families afford Jewish day school tuition?
Public school is free; Jewish day schools copied its format and have to be paid for. Most schools set tuition family by family, through a committee that reviews tax returns and financial documents, so what a family pays depends on what the school judges it can afford. Schools generally do not publish how those amounts are calculated or what other families pay. Donations cover a large share of revenue, much of it from a small number of families, and working families in the middle tend to carry the most, since the cost multiplies with every child. Where staff children attend the school their parent works for, tuition is often part of the compensation package, and it is worth more with each child. Details vary by school. Our article How Yeshiva Day School Tuition Really Works shows the numbers.
How do we pick the right school for our family?
The practical fit factors are grade range, religious orientation (hashkafa), community character, distance from home, and what the tuition actually comes to after aid. Our matching quiz asks about each of these in about five minutes and produces a shortlist of schools that fit your family specifically.
Not sure which school fits?
Answer five questions about your child's grade, your location, and your community preferences — we'll show you the schools that match in Sandy Springs, Georgia.
Start the matching quiz →Related reading
- →Jewish School Tuition Assistance: Every Way to Pay LessState vouchers, tax-credit scholarships, Federation funds and school aid.
- →What Is a Jewish Day School?A plain-language guide for families new to Jewish education.
- →Types of Jewish SchoolsHow to tell the main types apart — Modern Orthodox, yeshivish, Chabad, pluralistic.
Data sourced from the federal NCES Private School Survey and IRS Form 990 filings where available. We do not publish street addresses, phone numbers, enrollment counts, or our internal classification data. Research methodology · Missing a school?