Allatoona High School

Allatoona High School is one of the medium-sized senior highs in Acworth, Georgia, operated by Cobb County, with 1,560 students on its rolls from grades 9 through 12. Enrollment runs roughly 39% larger than the state mean of about 1,120.

Across the 110 schools in Cobb County (105,738 students total), Allatoona High School accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

In terms of who attends, Allatoona High School shows that White students make up the majority at 56%. The remainder looks like 19% Black, 15% Hispanic, 5% multiracial, 4% Asian.

On the income-and-resources front, The school employs 98 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 16.0:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 15.2:1, putting Allatoona High School higher than the state norm the norm. An estimated 29% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. By comparison, Cobb County runs at roughly 53%, so the school's eligibility rate is below the surrounding baseline.

With demographic context factored in, Allatoona High School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 62.2%, the actual is 62.1%, a residual of -0.1 points.

In the broader community, community-level numbers for Cobb County indicate median household earnings sit near $102,738, about 51% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 6%. In all, Cobb County runs 129 public schools (combined enrollment of about 116,609 students), of which Allatoona High School is one.

The closest other public school is Pickett's Mill Elementary School, roughly 0.5 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 7 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Allatoona High School ranks 3rd on composite proficiency, above the local average of 57.9%.

Allatoona High School operates from a bedroom-community location.

Five-year trend. Allatoona High School's enrollment has edged down 10% since 2018, when it stood at 1,734 (now 1,560). White enrollment moved from 66% to 56% across the same window. Class-load math has narrowed: from 19.6:1 in 2018 to 16.0:1 in 2025.

Within the allk12 community for this school, members of the Allatoona High School community share and discuss pickup logistics, teacher feedback, and after-school programs. The community welcomes input from current and former families.