September 24, 2026- The Georgia Department of Education and State School Superintendent Richard Woods have named the 2026 AP Honor Schools, and South Cobb High School was one of them!

All 16 traditional Cobb High Schools were recognized for this Award.

The 2026 list is based on Advanced Placement (AP) courses and exams from 2025. The recognition of Cobb’s 16 traditional high schools reflects the access students across the District have to challenging AP courses and the opportunity to earn college credit before they graduate.

Schools were evaluated across eight categories to determine which met each standard for excellence: AP STEM, AP STEM Achievement, AP Distinction, AP Humanities, AP Humanities Distinction, AP Expansion, AP Access and Support, and AP Challenge. 

South Cobb was recognized for excellence in two of those categories: 

AP STEM 

This category recognizes schools with a minimum of five students testing in at least four AP STEM courses. This includes courses such as AP Calculus AB, AP Calculus BC, AP Statistics, AP Biology, AP Chemistry, AP Environmental Science, AP Physics 1, AP Physics 2, AP Physics C, AP Computer Science A, and AP Computer Science Principles.

AP Access and Support 

This category recognizes schools with at least 30% of AP exams taken by students who identified as African American and/or Hispanic and 30% of all AP exams earning scores of 3 or higher.

Of the almost 1200 public High Schools in Georgia, only 316 schools earned the distinction for 2026, including South Cobb.