OUR WHY.
MABLE JEANETTE WRIGHT
The Wright Community School stands as a living legacy to Mable Jeanette Wright, ensuring that her spirit of education and empowerment continues to inspire and shape young minds.
Read the Wright storyEMPOWER STUDENTS TO BECOME P.I.L.O.T.S.
TIANA STEPHENSON
Inspired by her grandmother, Mable Jeanette Wright, Tiana Stephenson has dedicated her life to creating a school where every student feels valued, heard, and seen.
Meet our founder
DESIGNED WITH THE COMMUNITY, NOT FOR IT.
OUR FLIGHT CREW
ABOUT THE WRIGHT COMMUNITY SCHOOL
The Wright Community School (WCS) is a public charter school authorized by the State Charter Schools Commission of Georgia (SCSC) to serve students in grades 6 through 12 across Clayton, DeKalb, and Henry counties. WCS is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit, and it was designed with the community, not for it. Our core belief is simple: every child deserves to soar.
WCS empowers students to become P.I.L.O.T.S. (Proactive, Innovative, Literate, Organized, and Tenacious Scholars) of their own lives by fostering a strong community and providing individualized education enriched with support and leadership.
WCS is named in honor of Mable Jeanette Wright, the grandmother of Founder and CEO Tiana Stephenson. Born December 1, 1929 in Hobson, Virginia, Mrs. Wright was Tiana’s first teacher. The two spent hours reading and solving math problems together, and she taught Tiana that education could open doors. When life got hard, school became a place of consistency and comfort.
WCS carries that legacy forward as a school where every student feels seen, heard, and valued, and receives the same love, attention, and support Mrs. Wright gave her granddaughter.
Our attendance zone came from a six month community mapping initiative across Metro Atlanta and a close look at student outcomes:
WCS is the result of more than two years of designing alongside the community. A design team of parents, educators, community leaders, and nonprofit executives mapped community assets and barriers, gathered data, tested ideas, and shaped every part of the model.
THE WRIGHT PATH
Mastery based learning lets students move at their own pace and show proficiency before moving on. A daily flexible period (WIN: What I Need) provides intervention, enrichment, and support. Exploratory Week lets students audit classes and explore new subjects. Students access CTAE starting in 6th grade, AP courses, and dual enrollment starting in 7th grade, including no risk college courses through the Modern States Freshman Year for Free program, with access to 80+ college courses and 12+ certificates.
THE WRIGHT VILLAGE
Every student has an advisor and a mentor who stay with them for at least two years, an Individual Learning Plan, and access to teletherapy. Teachers receive ongoing instructional coaching, and class sizes follow a 25:1 model so every student is known.
THE WRIGHT CULTURE
Restorative practices keep students in school, led in part by a trained, opt in Transformative Community Coalition of peers. The Co Pilot program, our version of a PTA, is open to anyone in a student’s village, and school policies are shaped with the community.
WCS was developed through the Georgia Charter Schools Association (GCSA) Incubator program and approved by the SCSC as one of three new charter petitions approved for the 2025 to 2026 school year. WCS holds a five year charter from July 1, 2025 through June 30, 2030 and may serve up to 600 students.
Our charter commits WCS to an average student retention rate of 85% for students promoted to the next grade and, from the end of Year 2, 90% of 9th and 10th graders participating in dual enrollment or at least one post secondary course.
WCS welcomes its founding students in the 2027 to 2028 school year, with the first week of school in July 2027. The school opens with 150 students in grades 6 through 9 and grows one step at a time to serve grades 6 through 12, with the first graduating class in spring 2031. Beginning in 2028, students in Fulton County will also be eligible to enroll.
WCS has been awarded $1.9 million in federal Charter Schools Program (CSP) funding through the FY2022 CSP State Entity grant awarded by the U.S. Department of Education to support the Georgia Strategic Charter School Growth Initiative.
Community partners include: