Our History

Established 1958

For over 65 years Carman Adventist School has provided quality Christian education to this community. Carman ranks among the best independent private schools in the Atlanta metro area as measured by test scores, teacher retention data, and parent-satisfaction surveys.

Carman is a member of the Georgia-Cumberland Conference of Seventh-day Adventists School System, and is administered by the North American Division of Seventh-day Adventists Education Department, the second-largest protestant school system in the world with more than 7,500 schools in nearly 150 countries serving 1.5 million students.

Carman exists to provide an affordable, quality, Christian education in a safe, encouraging, and nurturing environment for children in grades Pre-K through 8th.

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Our Mission

Carman exists to provide affordable, quality Christian education for students from Pre-kindergarten through 8th grade in a nurturing, equitable environment.

The mission of Carman Adventist School is to build strong foundations that lead to successful lives by cultivating Christ-like characters, achieving academic excellence, developing healthy bodies, and growing as servant-leaders.

Our Core Goals

At Carman we educate and empower students to:

Embrace a Christ-centered life of servant leadership.
Achieve excellence in academic, spiritual, social, and physical development.
Demonstrate mastery of grade-level standards and skills.
Think critically, reason effectively, and independently pursue knowledge.
Communicate effectively with others.
Work collaboratively to achieve goals.
Exhibit respect and compassion to all.

Our Accreditation

Carman Adventist School is accredited with the North American Divesion of Education which administers and evaluates all Seventh-day Adventist Schools through the Accrediting Association of Seventh-day Adventist Schools, Colleges, and Universities, a member of the National Council for Private School Accreditation (NCPSA), which is approved by the U.S. Department of Education as a school accrediting agency, and by the U.S. Immigration and Naturalization Service (INS) for the purpose of enrolling non-immigrant (F-1) students.

In Georgia, Seventh-day Adventist schools are also accredited by the Georgia Private School Accreditation Council (GAPSAC), which was accepted by the State Board of Education on August 13, 1998, as an accrediting agency. In addition, Carman Adventist School holds an accreditation for having met the requirements established by the Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools (MSA-CESS) Commission on Elementary and Secondary Schools.