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Enrollment
2,705
High
DISTRICT 2,124 · STATE 1,120
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·COBB COUNTY·NCES 130129000513
Walton High School
1590 Bill Murdock Rd, Marietta, GA 30062 · (770) 578-3225 · Cobb County
GRADES 09–12HIGH21-SUBURBCHARTERREGULAR SCHOOL2,705 STUDENTS
A
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Scored higher than 92% of Georgia public high schools
- A+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- A-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
19.1:1
142 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 16.9:1 · STATE 15.2:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
8%
206 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 | 665 | 25% |
| Grade 10 | 697 | 26% |
| Grade 11 | 638 | 24% |
| Grade 12 | 705 | 26% |
Student demographics
60%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
Test scores
Georgia Milestones 2024-25 . % Proficient or DistinguishedMath
70.7%
GA avg 44.6% . -4.3pp since 2021
What this means: On the Georgia Milestones, Georgia's statewide test, about 71 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 4 points since 2021.
Georgia Milestones results by year
| School year | Math |
|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 70.7% |
| 2023-24 | 74.4% |
| 2022-23 | 71.5% |
| 2021-22 | 75.0% |
% 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
79.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
73.4%
based on GA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+5.6pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 79% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 73% 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 Walton High School
Walton High School's state test result (79.0% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Walton High School this school | 2,705 | 7.6% | 79.0% |
| Johns Creek High School Johns Creek | 1,789 | 12.1% | 75.5% |
| West Forsyth High School Cumming | 2,503 | 13.9% | 49.6% |
| Chattahoochee High School Alpharetta | 1,730 | 16.3% | 73.1% |
| McIntosh High School Peachtree City | 1,762 | 19.0% | 79.6% |
| Alpharetta High School Alpharetta | 2,024 | 15.1% | 69.0% |
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 Walton High School ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In Georgia | In Cobb County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 79.0% | #15 of 411 | #2 of 17 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 70.7% | #30 of 417 ▼ 9 | #3 of 17 ▼ 1 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 2,705 | #17 of 480 | #3 of 19 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 19.1:1 | #388 of 413 | #17 of 17 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 59.6% | #150 of 413 | #10 of 17 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 7.6% | #425 of 425 | #17 of 17 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +0.5% | #220 of 226 | #9 of 10 |
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
2,705
-4 (0%) vs 2020
+39% since 1990-91, when it was 1,940
Student : Teacher
19.1:1
was 19.6:1
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 | 2,705 | 141.5 | 19.1:1 | 8% (206) |
| 2023-24 | 2,685 | 138.9 | 19.3:1 | 8% (210) |
| 2022-23 | 2,646 | 137 | 19.3:1 | 4% (100) |
| 2020-21 | 2,709 | 138 | 19.6:1 | 3% (91) |
| 2017-18 | 2,691 | 137.2 | 19.6:1 | 4% (108) |
| 2015-16 | 2,710 | 137 | 19.8:1 | 4% (113) |
| 2010-11 | 2,676 | 143 | 18.7:1 | 5% (137) |
| 2000-01 | 2,344 | 131 | 17.9:1 | 0% (8) |
| 1990-91 | 1,940 | 106 | 18.3:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Walton High School.
Since 2017-18: students up 1% (2,691 to 2,705); teachers up 3% (137.2 to 141.5).
About Walton High School
Walton High School is listed by the National Center for Education Statistics as a high school in Marietta, Georgia. Students in grades 9 through 12 make up the school's enrollment of 2,705 students. By comparison, high schools in Georgia enroll about 1,120 students on average.
The 110 schools in Cobb County enroll 105,738 students altogether, Walton High School among them.
The student body at Walton High School is 58% White. It is also 24% Asian, 8% Hispanic, 6% Black, and 4% multiracial. Cobb County's residents are about 49% White, 9 points below the school's share. On a 0 to 100 scale, the school's diversity index is 60, compared with 70 nationally.
A staff of 141.5 full-time-equivalent teachers puts the student-to-teacher ratio at 19.1:1. The average for high schools in Georgia, 15.2:1, is lower. The share of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch is 8%. Compared with the 53% average for public schools in Cobb County, the school's rate is lower.
On the allk12 Grade, Walton High School lands at A, ahead of 92% of Georgia public high schools.
Test results at Walton High School are 5.6 points above what its free or reduced-price lunch share predicts (79.0% actual, 73.4% predicted).
The school's county is Cobb County. According to Census Bureau estimates, the median household earns about $102,738 a year, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 51% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 6%. Walton High School shares Cobb County with 128 other public schools.
Dodgen Middle School is about 0.3 miles away, making it the nearest public school. Other public schools within five miles number at least 8. The average proficiency across nearby scored schools is 79.8%; Walton High School's is 79.0%, ranking 5th of 9.
Walton 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. As a charter school, Walton High School is publicly funded and operates under a charter.
Walton High School had 2,709 students in 2020-21 and 2,705 in 2024-25, nearly the same.
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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
- Pebblebrook High SchoolHigh · 2,574 students
- North Cobb High SchoolHigh · 2,463 students
- Wheeler High SchoolHigh · 2,401 students
- Hillgrove High SchoolHigh · 2,282 students
Other schools in Marietta
- Osborne High SchoolHigh · 2,790 students
- Marietta High SchoolHigh · 2,526 students
- Wheeler High SchoolHigh · 2,401 students
- Lassiter High SchoolHigh · 2,005 students
- Pope High SchoolHigh · 1,793 students
- Sprayberry High SchoolHigh · 1,769 students
Other Walton High schools
2 other US public schools in 3 states are named Walton High. Walton High School is the largest of the 3.
- WALTON HIGH SCHOOLDEFUNIAK SPRINGS, FL · 969 students
- WALTON HIGH SCHOOLWALTON, NY · 271 students
Nearby schools
- Dodgen Middle School0.3 mi · 1,178
- East Side Elementary School0.9 mi · 1,072
- Mount Bethel Elementary School1.5 mi · 898
- Murdock Elementary School1.7 mi · 847
- Dickerson Middle School1.9 mi · 1,225
- Hightower Trail Middle School1.9 mi · 944
Frequently asked questions
About Walton High SchoolHow large is Walton High School?
Walton High School enrolls approximately 2,705 students in grades 09-12.
Is Walton High School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Walton High School is a high school covering grades 09-12.
How many teachers does Walton High School have?
Walton High School employs 142 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 19.1:1.
How diverse is Walton High School?
Walton High School reports a student body of 58% White, 8% Hispanic, 6% Black, 24% Asian, 4% Two or more.
Who oversees Walton High School?
Walton High School is overseen by Cobb County in Cobb County.
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