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What's the vibe like in the hallways at McEachern High School right now?
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Enrollment
2,175
High
DISTRICT 2,124 · STATE 1,120
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·COBB COUNTY·NCES 130129000533
McEachern High School
2400 New Macland Rd, Powder Springs, GA 30127 · (770) 222-3710 · Cobb County
GRADES 09–12HIGH21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL2,175 STUDENTS
B-
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 46% of Georgia public high schools
- B-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- C+Beats 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
17.3:1
126 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 16.9:1 · STATE 15.2:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
69%
1,508 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 | 629 | 29% |
| Grade 10 | 555 | 26% |
| Grade 11 | 455 | 21% |
| Grade 12 | 536 | 25% |
Student demographics
51%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
27.8%
GA avg 44.6% . -8.4pp since 2021
What this means: On the Georgia Milestones, Georgia's statewide test, about 28 of every 100 students at this school do math at grade level. The Georgia average is about 45 of 100. Math scores are down about 8 points since 2021.
Georgia Milestones results by year
| School year | Math |
|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 27.8% |
| 2023-24 | 41.6% |
| 2022-23 | 25.1% |
| 2021-22 | 36.2% |
% 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
37.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
41.5%
based on GA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-4.5pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 37% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 42% 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 →
Schools most like McEachern High School
McEachern High School's state test result (37.0% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| McEachern High School this school | 2,175 | 69.3% | 37.0% |
| South Gwinnett High School Snellville | 2,639 | 67.0% | 27.9% |
| Douglas County High School Douglasville | 1,958 | 70.3% | 29.0% |
| Heritage High School Conyers | 1,788 | 75.0% | 20.9% |
| Shiloh High School Snellville | 2,096 | 69.3% | 34.0% |
| Stockbridge High School Stockbridge | 1,456 | 67.5% | 15.8% |
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 McEachern High School ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In Georgia | In Cobb County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 37.0% | #214 of 411 | #14 of 17 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 27.8% | #279 of 417 ▼ 109 | #16 of 17 ▼ 4 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 2,175 | #50 of 480 | #10 of 19 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 17.3:1 | #307 of 413 | #11 of 17 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 50.6% | #250 of 413 | #15 of 17 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 69.3% | #231 of 425 | #4 of 17 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -7.2% | #102 of 168 | #7 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
2,175
-226 (-9%) vs 2020
-8% since 1990-91, when it was 2,361
Student : Teacher
17.3:1
was 19.2:1
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 | 2,175 | 125.8 | 17.3:1 | 69% (1,508) |
| 2023-24 | 2,300 | 127 | 18.1:1 | 73% (1,675) |
| 2022-23 | 2,327 | 124.2 | 18.7:1 | 63% (1,457) |
| 2020-21 | 2,401 | 125 | 19.2:1 | 55% (1,322) |
| 2017-18 | 2,345 | 122.7 | 19.1:1 | 59% (1,376) |
| 2015-16 | 2,342 | 122 | 19.2:1 | 58% (1,364) |
| 2010-11 | 2,243 | 131 | 17.1:1 | 54% (1,209) |
| 2000-01 | 2,862 | 157 | 18.2:1 | 11% (309) |
| 1990-91 | 2,361 | 121 | 19.5:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for McEachern High School.
Since 2017-18: students down 7% (2,345 to 2,175); teachers up 3% (122.7 to 125.8).
About McEachern High School
Families in Powder Springs, Georgia, are served by McEachern High School, a high-enrollment high school. The school's enrollment of 2,175 students covers grades 9 through 12. Statewide, high schools in Georgia average about 1,120 students each.
Cobb County runs McEachern High School along with 109 other schools, enrolling 105,738 students in total.
McEachern High School is 66% Black by enrollment. Other reported shares: 23% Hispanic, 6% White, and 4% multiracial. That compares with about 27% Black among all Cobb County residents. The school's diversity index is 51%, meaning two students picked at random have a 51% chance of belonging to different racial or ethnic groups.
McEachern High School's 125.8 full-time-equivalent teachers put its ratio at 17.3:1. On average, high schools in Georgia have 15.2:1, compared with 17.3:1 here. The school's rate of free or reduced-price lunch eligibility is 69%. That is higher than the 53% average for public schools in Cobb County.
The allk12 Grade for McEachern High School is B-. Compared with Georgia public high schools, the school scored higher than 46% on a mix of test scores, poverty-adjusted results, and recent trend.
The model predicts 41.5% for a school in Georgia with McEachern High School's free or reduced-price lunch share. McEachern High School posts 37.0%.
Recent Census Bureau figures for Cobb County show that the median household income is $102,738, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 51%, and roughly 6% of residents are in poverty. Besides McEachern High School, Cobb County has 128 other public schools.
The nearest public school is Miles Ahead Charter School, at about 0.8 miles. Around the school, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. By average proficiency, McEachern High School is 6th among 8 schools close by.
NCES assigns McEachern High School the locale Suburb: Large, meaning in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Enrollment is down 9% from 2020-21, when McEachern High School had 2,401 students, to 2024-25, when it had 2,175. Over the same period, the student-to-teacher ratio fell to 17.3:1, from 19.2:1.
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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 Powder Springs
- Hillgrove High SchoolHigh · 2,282 students
- Lovinggood Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,209 students
- Kemp Elementary SchoolElementary · 894 students
- Tapp Middle SchoolMiddle · 809 students
- Powder Springs Elementary SchoolElementary · 805 students
- Still Elementary SchoolElementary · 755 students
Nearby schools
- Miles Ahead Charter School0.8 mi · 261
- Varner Elementary School0.8 mi · 705
- Tapp Middle School1.5 mi · 809
- Compton Elementary School1.7 mi · 593
- Hillgrove High School2.2 mi · 2,282
- Lovinggood Middle School2.3 mi · 1,209
Frequently asked questions
About McEachern High SchoolHow large is McEachern High School?
McEachern High School enrolls approximately 2,175 students in grades 09-12.
Is McEachern High School an elementary, middle, or high school?
McEachern High School is a high school covering grades 09-12.
How many teachers does McEachern High School have?
McEachern High School employs 126 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 17.3:1.
What is the student diversity at McEachern High School?
Student demographics at McEachern High School are roughly 6% White, 23% Hispanic, 66% Black, 1% Asian, 4% Two or more.
Who oversees McEachern High School?
McEachern High School is overseen by Cobb County in Cobb County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.