What being a Buccaneer looks like
Strong academics
A 90%+ graduation rate for the Class of 2025 and a College Success Award for 2024-25, the school's fifth since 2017-18, recognizing its record of preparing students for college.
A new career academy on campus
Cobb's second Career Academy opens at Allatoona for 2026-27: a $25 million, 74,300-square-foot building with 11 new pathways including Artificial Intelligence, Cloud Computing, Game Design, Unmanned Aircraft Systems, Flight Operations, and Pharmacy.
Character-driven athletics
Allatoona was named the Most Positive High School in Georgia at the 2026 Positive Athlete Awards, and a senior girls soccer player, a four-time Region Champion, was named Georgia's Most Positive Athlete.
Community and service
Programs like "Shop With A Buc" provide holiday gifts to underprivileged children, student-athletes partner with peers with special needs, and Navy JROTC produces standout leaders, including a 2026 graduate who served as Commanding Officer before a U.S. Naval Academy appointment.
Worth celebrating this year
Most Positive High School in Georgia.The top statewide honor at the 2026 Georgia Positive Athlete Awards, selected from 5,000+ nominations across 440+ high schools (June 2026).
Georgia's Most Positive Athlete, girls soccer.An Allatoona senior earned the statewide honor in girls soccer with four Region Championships.
Cobb's second Career Academy opened on campus.The Ed-SPLOST-funded building reached substantial completion in June 2026 and opened to students that fall, with 118 students beginning classes in its first year.
Wrestling state runner-up.Senior Grant Albright placed 2nd in the state at 132 pounds; teammates Jonathan Sandberg and Alex Miller each placed 3rd, and the team placed 9th at the 2026 state championships.
Track and field state medals.Four Allatoona athletes placed in the top three at the 2026 Class 4A state meet in the boys' 4x800-meter relay and pole vault.
New leadership.Dr. Landon Odom, a 20-year Cobb educator, was named principal effective 2026-27.
Facts from the district's verified 2025-26 school brag sheet. Explore more at cobbk12.org/allatoona.
“Allatoona students reached their potential in every arena this year, from a gymnastics state title to three appointments to military academies. My job is to keep raising the ceiling.”
Dr. Landon Odom, Principal
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3300 Dallas-Acworth Hwy NW, Acworth, GA 30101 · 770-975-6503 · Enrollment is subject to available seats, eligibility, district policies, and completion of the admissions process.
