The Cobb County School District (CCSD) is the second largest school system in Georgia and the 23rd largest in the nation. It serves 106,358 students with 112 schools, including 66 elementary schools, 26 middle schools, 17 high schools, one charter school, one special education center and one adult education center.

Our mission is One Team, One Goal: Student Success.

Our vision is a school district of excellence where all students succeed.

• Read our District Fact Sheet for the 2023-2024 School Year
• Review the District Direction for Continuous Improvement in Cobb
• Review the District 5-Year Accreditation Report
• Review the Governor’s Office of Student Achievement Report Card for CCSD and individual CCSD schools

Student, School & Staff Data

Students

Enrollment

• 106,358*
• 2nd largest district in Georgia
• 23rd largest in United States

^{Source: Georgia DOE October 2023 FTE Count, NCES FY 2021}

Student Demographics

• White - 32.7%
• Black - 29.9%
• Hispanic - 25.7%
• Asian - 5.9%
• Other - 5.7%

^{Source: Georgia DOE October 2023 FTE Count}

Graduation Rate

• 87.7%

^{Source: GaDOE 2023}

Percentage of Students Qualifying for Free/Reduced Lunch

• 41.7%

^{Source: GaDOE November 2022 FRL}

Transiency Rate

• 22.5%

^{Source: CCSD internal report as of 6/14/22}

Schools

Total number of schools - 112

• Elementary Schools – 66
• Middle Schools - 26
• High Schools - 17
• Special Education Centers - 1
• Adult Education Center - 1
• South Cobb Early Learning Center - 1

CCSD also has 7 high school magnet programs for advanced studies in:

• Math, Science & Technology
• International Studies
• Engineering & Biotechnology
• International Baccalaureate
• Performing Arts
• Medical Sciences & Research

40 Cobb County STEM Certified Schools

5 Cobb County STEAM Certified School

6 Georgia STEM Certified Schools

2 Georgia STEAM Certified Schools

14 Cognia STEM Certified Schools

22 National Blue Ribbon Schools

56 Georgia Schools of Excellence

Faculty & Staff

The Cobb County School District is the largest employer in Cobb County.

Note: 65% of Cobb Teachers have earned advanced degrees.

^{Count Unit: FTE - Sum of FTE by job | EMP - Sum of Employees who work less than a full day counted by person.}

^{*Additional workers assist with Cafeteria Meal Service as a second job.}

Academic Success and Progress

• Cobb educators' commitment to student success helped students in the Cobb County School District graduate at a higher rate than their Georgia peers in 2022. Cobb's federally calculated graduation rate of 87.4% tops the state's average of 84.1% by 3.3 percentage points. Read more here.
• The Cobb Schools Class of 2021 posted an average SAT score of 1150 out of 1600 points, which tops all other large Districts in Georgia and is 43 points higher than the 2020 district average. Cobb students also continued to outpace their state peers who earned an average SAT score of 1077, more than 70 points below Cobb students. Cobb students also outperformed the national average of 1038 by a whopping 112 points. Read more here.
• The Cobb County School District’s 2021 graduating class had an average composite ACT score of 24.3 out of a maximum possible 36.0 points. The district composite score was 1.7 points higher than the Georgia average (22.6) and 4.0 points higher than the national average (20.3). Read more here.  
• The National Merit Scholarship Corporation (NMSC) recently announced the names of approximately 16,000 semifinalists in the 68th annual National Merit Scholarship Program. The prestigious list includes 60 students from the Cobb County School District. Read more here.

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 20 times.

• 40,000+ students enrolled in music elective programs: band, chorus, orchestra, general music, music appreciation, piano keyboarding, AP music theory, and guitar
• 45,000+ elementary students receive music instruction
• More than 200 state and national Invitational Band, Chorus, and Orchestra Concert Performances
• Magnet program at Pebblebrook High School within the Cobb County Center for Excellence in the Performing Arts (CCCEPA) offers specialized instruction in voice, drama, dance, and musical theatre.

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

More than 890 Cobb seniors received Fine Arts Diploma Seals in 2022. 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:

2023 Cobb Sports State Champions

Swim and Dive State Champions:

• 7A Swim & Dive - 100 Yard Breaststroke – Evelyn Jezerinac, Kennesaw Mountain High School
• 7A Swim & Dive - 100 Yard Butterfly & 200 Yard Freestyle – Isabella Klinefelter, Harrison High School
• 7A Swim & Dive - 100 Yard Freestyle – Mitch McClain, Harrison High School
• 7A Swim & Dive - 400 Yard Freestyle Relay – Sydney Starnes, Lily Alderman, Karina Jansons, and Lily Osborn, Walton High School
• 7A Swim & Dive Boys Overall State Champions – Walton High School
• 6A Swim & Dive - 50 Yard Free Style State Champion & 100 Yard Freestyle State Champion – Noah Smith, Allatoona High School
• 6A Swim & Dive - Diving State Champion – Carter Loftin, Lassiter High School
• 6A Swim & Dive - 100 Yard Backstroke State Champion – Finnly Jollands, Lassiter High School
• 6A Swim & Dive - 100 Yard Butterfly State Champion & 200 Yard Individual Medley State Champion – Elizabeth Tilt, Lassiter High School
• 6A Swim & Dive - 200 Yard Medley Relay State Champions – Sofia Parker, Maggie O'Shaughnessy, Finnly Jollands, and Rose Jones, Lassiter High School
• 6A Swim & Dive - 200 Yard Freestyle Relay State Champions – Kate Bradley, Sophia Parker, Morgan Shaw, and Elizabeth Tilt, Lassiter High School
• 6A Swim & Dive - 400 Yard Freestyle Relay State Champions – Rose Jones, Finnly Jollands, Kate Bradley, and Elizabeth Tilt, Lassiter High School
• 6A Swim & Dive - Girls Overall State Champions, Lassiter High School

Wrestling State Champions:

• Traditional Wrestling All Girls State Tournament Champion (135 lbs.) – May Prado, Lassiter High School
• Traditional Wrestling All Girls State Tournament Champion (170 lbs.) – Genevieve An, Kennesaw Mountain High School
• 6A Traditional Wrestling State Champion (113 lbs.) – Riley McElligott, Lassiter
• 6A Traditional Wrestling State Champion (150 lbs.) – Aidan Karpinski, Pope
• School
• 6A Traditional Wrestling State Champion (132 lbs.) – Josh Sanders, Sprayberry
• 7A Traditional Wrestling State Champion (215 lbs.) – Zion Rutledge, Hillgrove
• 7A Traditional Wrestling State Champion (190 lbs.) – Conner Cooper, Hillgrove

Basketball State Champions:

• 5A State Basketball Champions – Kell High School
• 5A State Basketball Champions – Kell High School
• 7A State Basketball Champions – Wheeler High School

Literary State Champion:

• 7A Literary State Champion for Argumentative Essay – Lily Hurn, Hillgrove High School

ROTC National and State Champions:

• 2023 Joseph C. Gilliam Academic Achievement Award State Winner – U.S. Navy JROTC Cadet Alexis J. Gabriel, Hillgrove High School
• 2023 U.S. Navy JROTC Orienteering State & National Champions – Hillgrove High School
• 2023 U.S. Navy JROTC Drone Team State Champions – Hillgrove High School
• 2023 U.S. Army JROTC Female Color Guard State Champions – Osborne High School
• 2023 U.S. Army JROTC Drill Team State Champions – Osborne High School

Soccer State Champion:

• 6A Boys’ Soccer State Champions – Lassiter High School

Track and Field State Champions:

• 6A Boys Discus & Shot-Put State Champion – Tahir Hines, Allatoona High School
• 7A Girls Discus State Champion – Zoie Johnson, Osborne High School
• 6A Girls 800-Meter Dash State Champion – Oluwatosin Awoleye, South Cobb High School
• 7A Girls 100-Meter Dash & 200-Meter Dash State Champion – Ryan Davis, Hillgrove High School
• 7A Girls 300-Meter Hurdles State Champion – Jasmine Robinson, North Cobb High School
• 7A High Jump State Champion – Korbin Brown, Kennesaw Mountain High School
• 7A Boys Pole Vault State Champion – Connor McLain, Walton High School
• 7A Boys Shot-Put State Champion – Lota Ugokwe, Walton High School

Tennis State Champion:

• 7A Girls Tennis State Champions – Walton High School

Cross Country State Champions:

• 7A Boys Individual State Champion – Joseph Minecci, Walton High School
• 7A Boys Cross Country Team Champions – Harrison High School

Volleyball State Champion:

• 7A Girls Volleyball State Champion – North Cobb High School

Co-Ed Cheer State Champion:

• Walton High School

Flag Football State Champion:

• Division 3 – Pope High School

One Act Play State Champion:

• 6A Best Actress – Morgan Morell, Allatoona High School