Walton High School

Walton High School is a high school of sprawling scale in Marietta, Georgia, overseen by Cobb County, hosting 2,705 students in grades 9 through 12. That puts it 142% above the typical public school in Georgia, which averages around 1,120 students.

Within Cobb County, which oversees 110 schools and 105,738 students, Walton High School is one campus in the system.

On demographics, Walton High School lists that the largest single group is White, at 58% of enrollment. The remainder comes out to 24% Asian, 8% Hispanic, 6% Black, 4% multiracial. By comparison, Cobb County as a whole is about 49% White, so the school skews noticeably more White than its surroundings.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Walton High School shows 142 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 19.1:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 15.2:1 average. Roughly 8% of students at Walton High School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. That share is below Cobb County's rate of about 53%.

After controlling for student poverty, Walton High School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 73.4%, the actual is 79.0%, a residual of +5.6 points.

Around the school, the surrounding county (Cobb County) shows that the typical household earns roughly $102,738 per year, about 51% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 6%. In all, Cobb County runs 129 public schools (combined enrollment of about 116,609 students), of which Walton High School is one.

Dodgen Middle School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.3 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Walton High School ranks 5th on composite proficiency, below the local average of 79.8%.

Walton High School operates from a suburban location. Walton High School is a charter school, which puts it inside the public-school system but outside the standard district-managed model.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count stayed largely flat: 2,691 students in 2018 compared to 2,705 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 67% to 58% across the same window.

In the discussion threads here, the page collects discussion, questions, and updates around pickup logistics, teacher feedback, and after-school programs. The community welcomes input from current and former families.