Langston Hughes High School

Langston Hughes High School sits in Fairburn, a growing southwest Fulton County community that's seen a lot of new families put down roots over the past decade as people seek more space without straying too far from Atlanta. The school shows more strength in math than in English, which might appeal to families with students who lean toward STEM, and its size means there's generally a solid range of extracurriculars and athletics to keep kids engaged. For families settling into the Fairburn or Palmetto corridor, this is the neighborhood high school that comes with the territory of that community-building, suburban-meets-rural stretch of metro Atlanta.