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Enrollment
1,695
High
DISTRICT 2,124 · STATE 1,120
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·COBB COUNTY·NCES 130129002365
Kennesaw Mountain High School
1898 Kennesaw Due West Rd NW, Kennesaw, GA 30152 · (678) 594-8190 · Cobb County
GRADES 09–12HIGH21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL1,695 STUDENTS
A+
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Scored higher than 96% of Georgia public high schools
- ATest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- ABeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Georgia public high schools
Student : Teacher
15.5:1
109 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 16.9:1 · STATE 15.2:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
41%
688 students
DISTRICT 56% · STATE 74%
Community
6
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other high schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 9 | 423 | 25% |
| Grade 10 | 376 | 22% |
| Grade 11 | 403 | 24% |
| Grade 12 | 493 | 29% |
Student demographics
74%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
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 DistinguishedMath
65.6%
GA avg 44.6% . +23.7pp since 2021
What this means: On the Georgia Milestones, Georgia's statewide test, about 66 of every 100 students at this school do math at grade level. The Georgia average is about 45 of 100. Math scores are up about 24 points since 2021.
Georgia Milestones results by year
| School year | Math |
|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 65.6% |
| 2023-24 | 69.3% |
| 2022-23 | 38.4% |
| 2021-22 | 41.9% |
% 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
OUTPERFORMING
Top 10% of GA schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
73.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
56.4%
based on GA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+17.5pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 74% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 56% typical for Georgia schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations ranks schools against others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school can post high scores and still fall short of its prediction, or post lower scores and still beat it. This school clears its prediction by about 17 points, placing it in Georgia's top 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like Kennesaw Mountain High School
Kennesaw Mountain High School's state test result (73.8% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kennesaw Mountain High School this school | 1,695 | 40.6% | 73.8% |
| Druid Hills High School Atlanta | 1,468 | 43.8% | 51.1% |
| Houston County High School Warner Robins | 2,051 | 42.4% | 65.0% |
| Lanier High School Sugar Hill | 1,871 | 45.0% | 47.3% |
| Sprayberry High School Marietta | 1,769 | 48.6% | 43.5% |
| Kell High School Marietta | 1,587 | 43.2% | 67.3% |
Matched among Georgia high schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where Kennesaw Mountain High School ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In Georgia | In Cobb County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 73.8% | #23 of 411 | #4 of 17 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 65.6% | #49 of 417 ▼ 13 | #5 of 17 no change |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 1,695 | #115 of 480 | #15 of 19 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.5:1 | #171 of 413 | #2 of 17 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 73.8% | #8 of 413 | #2 of 17 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 40.6% | #348 of 425 | #11 of 17 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -17.8% | #36 of 168 | #1 of 7 |
Ranked against other public high 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. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
1,695
-99 (-6%) vs 2020
+36% since 2000-01, when it was 1,250
Student : Teacher
15.5:1
was 16.6:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 1,695 | 109.4 | 15.5:1 | 41% (688) |
| 2023-24 | 1,666 | 105.2 | 15.8:1 | 42% (694) |
| 2022-23 | 1,809 | 109.6 | 16.5:1 | 30% (541) |
| 2020-21 | 1,794 | 108 | 16.6:1 | 26% (473) |
| 2017-18 | 2,063 | 128.3 | 16.1:1 | 30% (616) |
| 2015-16 | 2,170 | 127 | 17.1:1 | 29% (638) |
| 2010-11 | 2,022 | 114 | 17.7:1 | 28% (569) |
| 2000-01 | 1,250 | 81 | 15.4:1 | 6% (72) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Kennesaw Mountain High School.
Since 2017-18: students down 18% (2,063 to 1,695); teachers down 15% (128.3 to 109.4).
About Kennesaw Mountain High School
Kennesaw Mountain High School is the name of a high-enrollment high school in Kennesaw, Georgia. Classes run from 9 through 12, and the school has 1,695 students. Against the 1,120-student average for high schools in Georgia, enrollment here is 51% higher.
Federal data list 110 schools in Cobb County, with 105,738 students enrolled.
By race and ethnicity, the largest group at Kennesaw Mountain High School is White (33%). Other groups include 32% Black, 20% Hispanic, 9% Asian, and 6% multiracial. The county population is about 49% White. Kennesaw Mountain High School has a diversity index of 74%, compared with 70% for all US public school students.
Federal records show a student-to-teacher ratio of 15.5:1 at Kennesaw Mountain High School, with 109.4 full-time-equivalent teachers. High schools in Georgia have a similar average ratio of 15.2:1. The count of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch equals 41% of enrollment. Across public schools in Cobb County, the average is 53%.
allk12 grades Kennesaw Mountain High School an A+. The grade compares the school only with Georgia public high schools, because each state gives its own test.
After accounting for student poverty, Kennesaw Mountain High School is in the top 10% of Georgia schools. Its average proficiency rate on state tests of 73.8% is 17.5 points above the 56.4% predicted for its lunch-eligibility share.
Recent Census Bureau figures for Cobb County show that median household income is about $102,738, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 51%, and about 6% of people live in poverty. Kennesaw Mountain High School is one of 129 public schools in Cobb County, which together enroll about 116,609 students.
Nearby, Hayes Elementary School is about 0.7 miles away. Kennesaw Mountain High School is one of several public schools in the area, with at least 8 others within five miles. Kennesaw Mountain High School ranks 1st of 7 among nearby schools on average proficiency, with 73.8% against a local average of 44.0%.
Kennesaw Mountain High School is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more, a location NCES labels Suburb: Large.
Kennesaw Mountain High School saw enrollment fall 6% between 2020-21 and 2024-25. The ratio was 16.6:1 in 2020-21 and 15.5:1 in 2024-25.
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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 Kennesaw
- North Cobb High SchoolHigh · 2,463 students
- Harrison High SchoolHigh · 2,224 students
- McClure Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,030 students
- Lost Mountain Middle SchoolMiddle · 979 students
- Palmer Middle SchoolMiddle · 803 students
- Hayes Elementary SchoolElementary · 802 students
Nearby schools
- Hayes Elementary School0.7 mi · 802
- Pine Mountain Middle School1.0 mi · 506
- Devereux Ackerman Academy1.2 mi · 54
- Bullard Elementary School1.9 mi · 799
- McClure Middle School1.9 mi · 1,030
- Northwest Classical Academy2.3 mi · 798
Frequently asked questions
About Kennesaw Mountain High SchoolHow large is Kennesaw Mountain High School?
Kennesaw Mountain High School enrolls approximately 1,695 students in grades 09-12.
What grades does Kennesaw Mountain High School serve?
Kennesaw Mountain High School serves grades 09-12.
How many teachers does Kennesaw Mountain High School have?
Kennesaw Mountain High School employs 109 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 15.5:1.
How diverse is Kennesaw Mountain High School?
Kennesaw Mountain High School reports a student body of 33% White, 20% Hispanic, 32% Black, 9% Asian, 6% Two or more.
Is Kennesaw Mountain High School public or private?
Kennesaw Mountain High School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Cobb County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.