This research is intended to be a factual analysis of desegregation data. Section I contains historical information on school desegregation in Metro Atlanta. Included are details of the various school desegregation suits as well as information concerning the extent of desegregation in the City of Atlanta school system and the racial composition of Metro-area school systems over the past twenty years. Section II is an analysis of desegregation in Metro Atlanta schools for the 1972-73 school year. Included in this section are maps showing the location and court-designated racial status of all public elementary and secondary schools in Metro Atlanta. Summary tables give comparative data on enrollment, racial composition, extent of desegregation, and student transportation for all of the school systems in Metro Atlanta. In Section III information on private school enrollment and racial composition is presented for Metro Atlanta. Comparisons to public school enrollment and information on future expansion potential of area private schools are also included. In the appendix of this report, an analysis of the two current desegregation plans (National Association for the Advancement of Colored People and the Atlanta School Board) for the Atlanta school system is presented. (Author/JM)