Georgia school voucher list makes more than 400,000 students eligible

Students answer questions as they read a book with third-grade teacher La'Neeka Gilbert-Jackson, right, at Boyd Elementary School in Atlanta, on Dec. 15, 2022. (AP Photo/Sharon Johnson)

This story was updated on Tuesday, Feb. 18, 2025, at 6:30 p.m.

Two months of recalculating made little difference in a list of Georgia’s lowest performing schools, meaning more than 400,000 students will have a chance to apply for $6,500 vouchers to pay for private school tuition or home-schooling expenses.

The Governor’s Office of Student Achievement released the new list on Friday, after releasing and then removing two previous lists in December. The new list made only a handful of additions and deletions.