Cobb County: A Thriving Metro Atlanta Community

• Located immediately northwest of Atlanta, Cobb County has a population of 755,754 making it Georgia's third most-populous county.

• 42.2% of residents 25 and older have earned bachelor’s degrees or higher.

• Cobb has a self-contained public transportation system and is trisected by three major interstates. The business and shopping districts feature the Galleria Centre and Cumberland Mall in the south, and Town Center Mall to the north.

• Established in 1834, Marietta is the hub of Cobb County and is a vibrant city with a bustling downtown square, historic neighborhoods and an extensive parks and recreation system.

• Hundreds of businesses are based in Cobb County, including Fortune 500 companies Lockheed Martin, The Home Depot and IBM.

• Cobb is home to Kennesaw State University one of the state’s fastest-growing public universities.

• With venues such as the Cobb Energy Performing Arts Centre, two Six Flags theme parks, and Fifth Third Bank Stadium at KSU, a variety of cultural, recreational and sporting events take place in Cobb year-round. The Atlanta Braves baseball club joined the community in 2017. The new stadium is located in south Cobb County.

Performing and Visual Arts

NAMM Foundation & American Music Conference named Cobb among the Best Communities for Music Education 12 times.

• 40,000+ students enrolled in music elective programs: band, chorus, orchestra, general music, music appreciation, piano keyboarding, AP music theory, and guitar
• 49,000+ elementary students receive music instruction
• More than 200 state and national Invitational Band, Chorus, and Orchestra Concert Performances
• Magnet program at Pebblebrook High School offers specialized instruction in voice, drama, dance
• Visual arts instruction offered at all grade levels, including advanced courses.
• Student artists consistently place in local, state and national art shows and competitions
• Collaboration with community artists, local museums and exhibits

The Cobb County Visual Arts Program empowers all learners as creators and communicators through visual arts.

• 20,000+ students enrolled in visual arts elective programs: middle school art, 8th grade advanced art, high school visual arts courses including AP Drawing, AP 2D Design, AP 3D Design, and AP Art History.

• 49,000+ elementary students receive visual arts instruction.

• Participation in over 300 art exhibits and contests at the local, state, and national level

• Collaboration with community artists, local museums and galleries, and area universities.

700 Cobb seniors received Fine Arts Diploma Seals in 2019. Requirements include pathway completion in music, dance, theatre, or visual arts, fine arts community service, and performance and exhibition commitments.

Athletics & Activities

Cobb County Schools offer a variety of extracurricular activities at all grade levels and competitive interscholastic athletics programs for high school students. Cobb prep sports teams and student groups have won these recent accolades at the state, regional, or national levels: