The B.E.S.T. Academy
 The B.E.S.T. Academy at Benjamin S. Carson (BEST) was opened in Atlanta Georgia in August 2007. For a short time the academy was simply referred to as the boys' single gender academy but was later named by its first principal Curt R. Green in honor of the renowned neurosurgeon Dr. Benjamin S. Carson. B.E.S.T. is an acronym for Business Engineering Science and Technology. At its inception the school served boys in grade 6 with plans for expansion to grade 12 by 2013. The B.E.S.T.