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Enrollment
944
Middle
DISTRICT 921 · STATE 763
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·COBB COUNTY·NCES 130129000244
Hightower Trail Middle School
3905 Post Oak Tritt Rd, Marietta, GA 30062 · (770) 578-7225 · Cobb County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL944 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
15.6:1
61 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.1:1 · STATE 14.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
10%
95 students
DISTRICT 56% · STATE 74%
Community
5
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other middle schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 6 | 307 | 33% |
| Grade 7 | 319 | 34% |
| Grade 8 | 318 | 34% |
Student demographics
48%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 73% · STATE 71% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
School pathway
Students here typically continue to
Hightower Trail Middle School→Pope High School
Feeds from
Based on published attendance-zone data from Cobb County. Zones change; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
Georgia Milestones 2024-25 . % Proficient or DistinguishedEnglish Language Arts
71.8%
GA avg 40.1% . +0.2pp since 2021
Math
79.2%
GA avg 44.6% . +0.5pp since 2021
What this means: On the Georgia Milestones, Georgia's statewide test, about 72 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 79 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Georgia schools, those numbers are about 40 and 45. Reading and writing scores have held steady since 2021, while math scores have held steady.
Georgia Milestones results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 71.8% | 79.2% |
| 2023-24 | 76.1% | 81.5% |
| 2022-23 | 75.1% | 79.0% |
| 2021-22 | 71.5% | 78.7% |
% Proficient or Distinguished, all students and all tested grades.
Source: Georgia Milestones. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
72.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
72.1%
based on GA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+0.6pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 73% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 72% typical for Georgia schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among Georgia's top nor bottom 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Where Hightower Trail Middle School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Georgia | In Cobb County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 72.7% | #20 of 470 | #3 of 28 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 79.2% | #23 of 474 | #3 of 28 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 71.8% | #19 of 474 | #3 of 28 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +0.4pp | #382 of 465 | #23 of 28 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 944 | #119 of 487 | #12 of 28 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.6:1 | #359 of 471 | #16 of 28 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 48.1% | #315 of 471 | #27 of 28 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -12.3% | #130 of 305 | #11 of 22 |
Ranked against other public middle schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list.
7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
944
-133 (-12%) vs 2017
Student : Teacher
15.6:1
was 16.1:1
% White
70%
was 73%
% Hispanic
10%
was 6%
% Black
5%
was 7%
% Asian
10%
was 10%
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free or reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 944 | 60.6 | 15.6:1 | 10% (95) |
| 2023-24 | 963 | 61.5 | 15.7:1 | 12% (115) |
| 2022-23 | 982 | 64.6 | 15.2:1 | 7% (65) |
| 2017-18 | 1,077 | 67 | 16.1:1 | 7% (73) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Hightower Trail Middle School.
About Hightower Trail Middle School
Hightower Trail Middle School is a public middle-grades school in Marietta, Georgia. Enrollment totals 944 students across grades 6 through 8. The school is 24% larger than the average for middle schools in Georgia.
Cobb County is the district for Hightower Trail Middle School. It has 110 schools and 105,738 students.
About 70% of the student body at Hightower Trail Middle School is White. Other groups make up 10% Hispanic, 10% Asian, 5% Black, and 4% multiracial. County-wide, 49% of Cobb County residents are White. A diversity index of 48% means there is a 48% chance two randomly chosen students at Hightower Trail Middle School are from different groups.
The school's 60.6 full-time-equivalent teachers translate to a student-to-teacher ratio of 15.6:1. Middle schools in Georgia have an average ratio of 14.1:1. At Hightower Trail Middle School, 10% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch in 2024-25. On average, public schools in Cobb County report 53%.
The model predicts 72.1% for a school in Georgia with Hightower Trail Middle School's free or reduced-price lunch share. Hightower Trail Middle School posts 72.7%.
Five-year Census Bureau estimates for Cobb County show that the median household earns about $102,738 a year, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 51%, and about 6% of people live in poverty. Cobb County has 129 public schools with about 116,609 students, including Hightower Trail Middle School.
A public school about 1.0 miles away, Pope High School, is the closest to Hightower Trail Middle School. The count of other public schools within five miles is at least 8. Its average proficiency rate of 72.7% is below the 76.6% average for nearby schools.
Locale: Suburb: Large. In NCES terms, the school is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
In 2017-18, Hightower Trail Middle School enrolled 1,077 students. By 2024-25, that number had fallen to 944. The Hispanic share of enrollment grew from 6% to 10% over the same period.
On allk12, people connected to Hightower Trail Middle School can post about pickup and drop-off, after-school programs, and teacher feedback. Members of the school community can share what they know.
Cobb County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
775,208
Census ACS
Median income
$102,738
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
51%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
6%
Below federal line
Schools in county
129
116,609 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Cobb County
- Campbell High SchoolHigh · 3,085 students
- Osborne High SchoolHigh · 2,790 students
- Walton High SchoolHigh · 2,705 students
- Pebblebrook High SchoolHigh · 2,574 students
- North Cobb High SchoolHigh · 2,463 students
- Wheeler High SchoolHigh · 2,401 students
Other schools in Marietta
- Osborne High SchoolHigh · 2,790 students
- Walton High SchoolHigh · 2,705 students
- Marietta High SchoolHigh · 2,526 students
- Wheeler High SchoolHigh · 2,401 students
- Lassiter High SchoolHigh · 2,005 students
- Pope High SchoolHigh · 1,793 students
Nearby schools
- Pope High School1.0 mi · 1,793
- Tritt Elementary School1.0 mi · 804
- Shallowford Falls Elementary School1.2 mi · 591
- Murdock Elementary School1.6 mi · 847
- Dodgen Middle School1.9 mi · 1,178
- Walton High School1.9 mi · 2,705
Frequently asked questions
About Hightower Trail Middle SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Hightower Trail Middle School?
Hightower Trail Middle School enrolls approximately 944 students in grades 06-08.
What age range does Hightower Trail Middle School serve?
Hightower Trail Middle School serves students from grade 06 through grade 08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Hightower Trail Middle School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Hightower Trail Middle School is approximately 15.6:1 (61 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Hightower Trail Middle School?
At Hightower Trail Middle School, the student body is approximately 70% White, 10% Hispanic, 5% Black, 10% Asian, 4% Two or more.
What district is Hightower Trail Middle School in?
Hightower Trail Middle School is part of Cobb County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.