Fulton Schools Named Among Top 100 Most Musical Systems

Fulton County Schools has once again ranked among the top 100 schools in that nation to promote music among children. For the ninth consecutive year, Fulton County ranked among the top 100 in a nationwide survey of public and private school music programs.

The annual survey identifies the top 100 places to live in America for quality music education. Fulton County is one of only two school systems in the nation to be recognized all nine years the annual survey has been taken.

The Top 100 list represents an annual snapshot of music education at its best, and is based on a nationwide survey conducted earlier this year by the NAMM Foundation and several partner organizations in the fields of music and education. NAMM is a not-for-profit, international association that represents the musical instruments and products industry.

Partners in the annual Top 100 survey are the Americans for the Arts, League of American Orchestras, the Mr. Holland’s Opus Foundation, The Metropolitan Opera Guild, Music for All, Music Teachers National Association, National Guild of Community Schools of the Arts, National PTA, Yamaha Corporation of America and VH1 Save The Music Foundation.

Thousands of public school and independent teachers, school and district administrators, school board members, parents and community leaders participated in the web-based survey earlier this year. The participants answered detailed questions about funding, enrollment, student-teacher ratios, participation in music classes, instruction time, facilities, support for the music program, participation in private music lessons and other factors in their communities’ quality of music education.