Atlanta Jewish Academy was created by the merger of Greenfield Hebrew Academy and Yeshiva Atlanta on July 1, 2014.
[2][3] However, in August 2017, the upper school moved into a new building added on to the Sandy Springs location.
Atlanta Jewish Academy is accredited by AdvancED (formerly SACS)[4] and the Southern Association of Independent Schools (SAIS).
[5] The first head of school was Rabbi Pinchos Hecht.
The second head of school is Rabbi Ari Leubitz, who began his term on August 1, 2016.