Don points out Decatur High School ranked as the 9th best high school in the state and 233rd best in the nation in a new ranking by the Washington Post.

What’s the formula?

The formula is simple: Divide the number of Advanced Placement, International Baccalaureate or other college-level tests a school gave in 2010 by the number of graduating seniors. While not a measure of the overall quality of the school, the rating can reveal the level of a high school’s commitment to preparing average students for college.

What Georgia schools top Decatur?  Here’s the full list, but for those of you exhausted after a week of clicking-thru, here’s 1-8…

1. Walton High School in Marietta
2. DeKalb School for the Arts in Avondale
3. Riverwood International School in Sandy Springs
4. Berkmar High School in Lilburn
5. Alpharetta High School
6. John Davidson Fine Arts in Augusta
7. Morgan County in Madison
8. Columbus High School in Columbus

BTW, it looks like the high ranking high school in the country is in Dallas, TX and the lowest ranking high school on this list is Jackson County High School in Jefferson, GA.

Decatur Square circa 1980 (pic courtesy of Geoff from Decatur News Online editorial)

Visit Decatur, GA recently wrote about the new pizza spot going into the old book bindery building on Church Street and showed off the restaurant’s massive and heavy Italian brick oven.

Daren also notes that there’s a new sign hanging over the space with this pic.  (It looks like they’ve painted the building as well, no?)

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