Wheeler High School

Wheeler High School is one of the large high schools in Marietta, Georgia, overseen by Cobb County, with 2,401 students on its rolls from grades 9 through 12. Enrollment runs roughly 114% bigger than the state mean of about 1,120.

Within Cobb County, which oversees 110 schools and 105,738 students, Wheeler High School is one campus in the system.

Looking at the student body, Wheeler High School reports that the most-represented group is Black (33%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. Beyond that, the school logs 26% Hispanic, 23% White, 13% Asian, 4% multiracial.

In terms of school funding signals, Staff filings list 147 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 16.4:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 15.2:1, putting Wheeler High School higher than the state norm the norm. Around 49% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

With demographic context factored in, Wheeler High School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 52.0%, the actual is 54.4%, a residual of +2.3 points.

In the broader community, Cobb County reports that median household earnings sit near $102,738, about 51% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 6%. In all, Cobb County runs 129 public schools (combined enrollment of about 116,609 students), of which Wheeler High School is one.

Nearest neighbor: Eastvalley Elementary School, around 0.1 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, Wheeler High School comes 3rd of 9 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 43.9%.

Wheeler High School operates from a bedroom-community location.

Looking at the recent track record. Wheeler High School's enrollment has increased 12% since 2018, when it stood at 2,144 (now 2,401). The Black share of enrollment shrank from 39% to 33% over that span.

Within the allk12 community for this school, the page collects discussion, questions, and updates around fundraisers, lost-and-found posts, and report-card season. Anyone with firsthand experience at this school can post or comment.