Hillgrove High School

Located at 4165 Luther Ward Rd, in Powder Springs, Georgia, Hillgrove High School is a heavily attended secondary school that serves 2,282 students (grades 9 through 12), one of the schools within Cobb County. By comparison, Georgia's public schools average about 1,120 students each, so Hillgrove High School sits 104% larger than that benchmark.

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

Demographically, Hillgrove High School logs that the most-represented group is White (39%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups; the rest consists of 36% Black, 16% Hispanic, 5% multiracial, 3% Asian. That is considerably less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 49%.

Looking at the economic backdrop, The school lists 125 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 18.2:1. The state averages around 15.2:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. About 30% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. Set against Cobb County (around 53%), the school's rate is south of typical.

After controlling for student poverty, Hillgrove High School sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 61.7%; this one delivers 68.7%.

Zooming out to the county, community-level numbers for Cobb County indicate the typical household earns roughly $102,738 per year, roughly 51% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 6% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Cobb County runs 129 public schools (combined enrollment of about 116,609 students), of which Hillgrove High School is one.

The closest other public school is Lovinggood Middle School, roughly 0.2 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Hillgrove High School at 1st of 8; the average score across the group is 49.4%.

Hillgrove High School operates from a bedroom-community location.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count shrank 7%: 2,465 students in 2018 compared to 2,282 in 2025. The White share of enrollment ticked down from 49% to 39% over that span. Class-load math has narrowed: from 21.0:1 in 2018 to 18.2:1 in 2025.

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