McEachern High School

McEachern High School is one of the big secondary schools in Powder Springs, Georgia, operated by Cobb County, with 2,175 students on its rolls from grades 9 through 12. Enrollment runs roughly 94% larger than the state mean of about 1,120.

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

In terms of who attends, McEachern High School logs that 66% of the student body identifies as Black. Beyond that, the school lists 23% Hispanic, 6% White, 4% multiracial. That is considerably more Black than the county at large, where the share is closer to 27%.

Looking at school resources, McEachern High School records 126 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 17.3:1. The state averages around 15.2:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. An estimated 69% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. That share is above Cobb County's rate of about 53%.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, McEachern High School sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 41.5%; this one delivers 37.0%.

In the broader community, community-level numbers for Cobb County indicate the typical household earns roughly $102,738 per year, 51% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 6%. Across Cobb County's 129 public schools (combined enrollment of about 116,609 students), McEachern High School is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: Miles Ahead Charter School, around 0.8 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around McEachern High School. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), McEachern High School ranks 6th on composite proficiency, below the local average of 46.7%.

The campus sits in a suburban setting.

Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at McEachern High School has ticked down 7%, going from 2,345 students in 2018 to 2,175 in 2025. Hispanic enrollment moved from 17% to 23% across the same window. Class-load math has narrowed: from 19.1:1 in 2018 to 17.3:1 in 2025.

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