Kennesaw Mountain High School

Kennesaw Mountain High School, a heavily attended senior high in Kennesaw, Georgia, run under Cobb County, instructs 1,695 students, covering grades 9 through 12. By comparison, Georgia's public schools average about 1,120 students each, so Kennesaw Mountain High School sits 51% larger than that benchmark.

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

Demographically, Kennesaw Mountain High School lists that the most-represented group is White (33%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. Beyond that, the school shows 32% Black, 20% Hispanic, 9% Asian, 6% multiracial. By comparison, Cobb County as a whole is about 49% White, so the school skews meaningfully less White than its surroundings.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Kennesaw Mountain High School lists 109 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 15.5:1. The state averages about 15.2:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. Roughly 41% of students at Kennesaw Mountain High School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. That share is below Cobb County's rate of about 53%.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Kennesaw Mountain High School is in the OUTPERFORMING tier of the BeatsExpectations model, which fits a per-state line through proficiency and FRL share. Schools with this campus's poverty mix typically land near 56.4%; this one delivers 73.8%, a residual of +17.5 points.

Around the school, 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 the poverty rate sits near 6%. Across Cobb County's 129 public schools (combined enrollment of about 116,609 students), Kennesaw Mountain High School is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is Hayes Elementary School, roughly 0.7 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, Kennesaw Mountain High School comes 1st of 7 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 44.0%.

Kennesaw Mountain High School operates from an outer-ring location.

Over the past 7-year window. Kennesaw Mountain High School's enrollment has fell 18% since 2018, when it stood at 2,063 (now 1,695). Over the same period, the White share ticked down from 44% to 33%.

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