(WXIA) -- U.S. News and World Report has unveiled its list of the 20 best high schools in Georgia, and almost all of them are in metro Atlanta.

Gwinnett School of Mathematics, Science and Technology leads the pack. The Lawrenceville charter school is the No. 1 high school is Georgia and No. 3 in the country, with 100 percent of its students passing their Advanced Placement exams, and all students proficient in math and English.

The school has a 17:1 student-teacher ratio, which is average for Georgia. About 75 percent of its 696 students are minorities.

These schools round out Georgia's Top 20:

2. Davidson Fine Arts Magnet School (Augusta)
Ranked No. 73 nationally

* 100% of students take AP exams; 76% earn passing scores
* 100% of students proficient in math
* 100% of students proficient in English
* 17:1 student-teacher ratio
* 55% minority enrollment

SANDY SPRINGS, Ga. -- Helping teens is something that Amber Abernathy just seems to do naturally. Two years, ago, the 2014 Holy Innocents’ Episcopal School graduate won a national award for a non-violence seminar she created for middle school students—most of whom were surrounded by gang activity or violence at home. And this year, Abernathy has been named the 2013-2014 National Leader of the Year for Girl Talk, a peer-to-peer mentoring program in which high school girls help middle school girls deal with issues they face during the early teenage years.

The award is the highest and most prestigious one offered by the nonprofit, international program. By honoring the service of Girl Talk’s most committed leader and sharing her ideas and community service projects with other chapters around the country, Girl Talk hopes to encourage more girls to become involved at their own schools.

SANDY SPRINGS, Ga. -- The Ventulett Gallery at Holy Innocents’ Episcopal Church presents “Scenes of Past & Present” by painters AC Brown and Jan Eubanks, from June 5–July 7. The public is invited to view the exhibit and attend a wine-and-cheese opening reception on Thursday, June 5, from 6–8 p.m. in the Gallery.

Eubanks' style is “somewhere between realism and expressive contemporary, where sincerity is honored but still challenges the viewer, ” she says. "I want my paintings to be visually exciting and poetic."

Eubanks is a graduate of the Arts Students League of New York and the University of Georgia’s Lamar Dodd School of Art, and her work has been exhibited at the High Museum of Art, the Swan House Gallery, and the Museum of Contemporary Art of Georgia, among other locations. Corporate collections including Eubanks’ work include the Emory Winship Cancer Institute, Tyler Perry Productions, and Kaiser Permanente.