The award is based on a combination of  achievement of the school's commissioning mission, its cadets' performance and standing on the U.S. Army Cadet Command's National Order of Merit List, its cadet retention rate, and results of the Ranger Challenge competition. North Georgia's Corps of Cadets has  752 members for fall 2019 and commissioned 103 second lieutenants during the 2018-19 academic year.  North Georgia's Corps of Cadets will represent the Spartan Brigade alongside Cadet Command's seven other brigade-level Army ROTC nominees in November for the 2019 Department of Defense ROTC and Higher Educational Institution Partnership Excellence Award competition.