The Cobb County School District (CCSD) is the second largest school system in Georgia and the 23rd largest in the nation. It serves 105,738 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 2026
• 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

• 105,738*
• 2nd largest district in Georgia
• 23rd largest in United States

^{Source: Georgia DOE October 2025 FTE Count}

Student Demographics

• White - 32.7%
• Black - 29.3%
• Hispanic - 26.5%
• Asian - 6.1%
• Other - 5.9%

^{Source: Georgia DOE October 2025 FTE Count}

Graduation Rate

• 89.2%

^{Source: GaDOE 2025}

Percentage of Students Qualifying for Free/Reduced Lunch

• 51.88%

^{Source: GaDOE November 2025 FRL}

Transiency Rate

• 16.65%

^{Source: CCSD internal report as of 5/20/2026}

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 including:

• Campbell High School International Baccalaureate Program
• Cobb Innovation & Technology Academy
• Kennesaw Mountain High School Academy of Mathematics, Science, and Technology
• North Cobb School for International Studies
• Pebblebrook High School Center for Excellence in the Performing Arts
• South Cobb High School Academy of Research and Medical Sciences
• Wheeler HS Center for Advanced Studies in Science, Mathematics, & Technology

STEM:

• 48 Cobb County STEM Certified Schools/Programs
• 9 Cobb County STEAM Certified Schools/Programs
• 12 Cognia STEM Certified Schools/Programs

Faculty & Staff

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

Note: 78% 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.}

Updates in: Academic Success and Progress

• Once again, Cobb students graduated at a higher rate than the prior graduating class and their peers across the state. In 2025, the Cobb County School District graduation rate increased to 89.2%, topping Georgia’s graduation rate of 87.2 by 2 percentage points. Read more: Record Breaking! Cobb Schools Sees Highest Graduation Rate of All Time.
• The Cobb Class of 2026 included more than 8,700 graduates who earned more than $160 million in scholarships, completed 223,000+ hours of community service, and are pursuing bright futures through college, military service, careers, and other postsecondary opportunities. The Class of 2026 also earned 19 Ivy League acceptances, nearly 300 college athletic commitments, and nine appointments to U.S. Military Academies, demonstrating the many pathways to success available to Cobb students. Read more: Congrats, Class of 2026! Big Dreams, Bright Futures and Record Scholarships Earned.
• With an average composite score of 1,116 out of a possible 1,600, Cobb students posted the highest SAT performance among metro Atlanta school districts in 2025. The District’s average increased 11 points from 2024 and exceeded Georgia’s average of 1,038 by 78 points and the national average of 1,029 by 87 points. Read more: Best in the Metro: Cobb Students' SAT Scores Once Again Stand Out.
• Cobb students continued to outperform their peers across Georgia and the nation on the ACT. In 2025, they earned an average ACT composite score of 23.7 out of 36, up from 22.8 in 2024. That score was 2.3 points above Georgia’s average of 21.4 and 4.3 points higher than the national average of 19.4, ranking Cobb No. 1 among Metro Atlanta school districts. Read more: #1 In the Metro: Cobb Schools Posts Top ACT Scores Once Again.
• Georgia Milestones results highlight the academic success and progress of Cobb County School District students. In 2025–26, Cobb students outperformed the statewide average across all available subjects, with 82.1% of students scoring at Levels 2–4 across all available subjects—the highest combined percentage among metro Atlanta school districts.
  Strong school-level results:
  • 75 Cobb schools had 90% or more of their students score at Levels 2–4.
  • 22 Cobb schools recorded gains of more than 10 percentage points in at least one subject, resulting in 24 school-level improvements across mathematics, science, and social studies.
  • Coming later:2025–26 Georgia Milestones English Language Arts (ELA) results are expected to be released in late fall 2026.Read more: Student Success: Cobb Students Outpace State, Lead Metro on Georgia Milestones

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 23 times.

• 32,000+ middle and high school students are enrolled in band, chorus, orchestra, general music, music technology, AP music theory, piano, and guitar, as well as theatre and dance courses.
• All elementary students receive music instruction (over 46,000).
• All high schools offer band, chorus, orchestra, and theatre programs.
• 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. Sonic Edge, the award-winning a cappella group from Pebblebrook High School, has won the International Championship of High School A Cappella for the second consecutive year. (2025)

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

• 20,000+ students are 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.
• All elementary students receive visual arts instruction (over 46,000).
• 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.

Nearly 1,500 Cobb seniors received Fine Arts Diploma Seals in 2025. Requirements include pathway completion in music, dance, theatre, or visual arts, fine arts community service, and performance and exhibition commitments.

• 7 elementary schools have received Cobb Arts Integration Certification.
• 3 elementary schools have received the GaDOE Creative Schools Award. 

Athletics & Activities

While Cobb Schools is the best place to teach, lead, and learn, it is also an amazing place to train, coach, and inspire student-athletes. Offering a variety of extracurricular activities for all grade levels and competitive interscholastic athletic programs for high school students, Cobb Schools excel at developing student-athletes that are Built for Beyond. 

In the 2025-2026 school year, Cobb Schools competed in more than 20 high school sports and GHSA competitions. These are just a few of the accolades our schools and students earned throughout the year. 

• 42 combined team (8) and individual (34) State Champions  
• 45 combined team and individual Runner-Up finishes 
• Walton won its 16th State Championship in Volleyball. 
• Pope won its third consecutive State Championship in Flag Football. 
• Lassiter won its 7th consecutive, and 12th overall, State Championship in Girls Swimming. 
• Wheeler won its 11th State Championship in Boys Basketball, in a GHSA tournament that featured an all-Cobb Schools final four. 
• Walton won its 24th State Championship in Girls Tennis. 
• Pope swept the Georgia Athletic Directors Association (GADA) Class 5A Directors Cup awards, winning the Class 5A Overall award as well as the Boys and Girls Directors Cups. 
• Walton won the GADA 6A Girls Directors Cup. 
• An all-time high of 13,129 student-athletes participated in Cobb Schools athletic programs, including a record 6,237 female student-athletes. 
• Cobb Schools student-athletes had an overall GPA of 3.73. 
• 317 Cobb Schools athletes signed to play their sport in college. 
• Five former Cobb Schools athletes were drafted by professional teams in the WNBA, NFL, and MLB. 
• Two Cobb Schools athletes were recognized as 2025-2026 Gatorade High School Players of the Year. 
• Two Cobb Schools athletes earned 2025-2026 Georgia Positive Athlete Awards (amongst over 5,000 nominations, spanning over 440 high schools in the state). 
• Cobb Schools athletes received 1,384 Positive Athlete nominations — more than any other district in Georgia or the United States. 
• Allatoona was recognized as Georgia’s Most Positive High School. 
• Lassiter won the award for the GHSA Student Section of the Year for the second year in a row. 

Discover the stories, people, and moments that make Cobb Schools athletics special on the site dedicated to Cobb Sports, with the social media side of @CobbSports bringing a fresh, creative, and engaging perspective to athletics across the District.

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