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Enrollment
2,401
High
DISTRICT 2,124 · STATE 1,120
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·COBB COUNTY·NCES 130129000529
Wheeler High School
375 Holt Rd NE, Marietta, GA 30068 · (770) 578-3266 · Cobb County
GRADES 09–12HIGH21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL2,401 STUDENTS
A-
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Scored higher than 77% 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.
- B+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
16.4:1
147 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 16.9:1 · STATE 15.2:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
49%
1,175 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 | 684 | 28% |
| Grade 10 | 611 | 25% |
| Grade 11 | 492 | 20% |
| Grade 12 | 614 | 26% |
Student demographics
75%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
49.9%
GA avg 44.6% . +5.5pp since 2021
What this means: On the Georgia Milestones, Georgia's statewide test, about 50 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 6 points since 2021.
Georgia Milestones results by year
| School year | Math |
|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 49.9% |
| 2023-24 | 49.0% |
| 2022-23 | 38.6% |
| 2021-22 | 44.4% |
% 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
54.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
52.0%
based on GA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+2.3pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 54% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 52% 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 Wheeler High School
Wheeler High School's state test result (54.4% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wheeler High School this school | 2,401 | 48.9% | 54.4% |
| Mountain View High School Lawrenceville | 2,221 | 53.1% | 48.0% |
| Lanier High School Sugar Hill | 1,871 | 45.0% | 47.3% |
| Collins Hill High School Suwanee | 2,485 | 55.7% | 48.1% |
| Seckinger High School Buford | 2,318 | 44.0% | 63.0% |
| Sprayberry High School Marietta | 1,769 | 48.6% | 43.5% |
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 Wheeler High School ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In Georgia | In Cobb County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 54.4% | #92 of 411 | #9 of 17 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 49.9% | #129 of 417 ▲ 3 | #10 of 17 no change |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 2,401 | #35 of 480 | #7 of 19 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 16.4:1 | #238 of 413 | #6 of 17 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 74.9% | #4 of 413 | #1 of 17 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 48.9% | #307 of 425 | #8 of 17 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +12.0% | #97 of 226 | #2 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
2,401
+93 (+4%) vs 2020
+51% since 1990-91, when it was 1,593
Student : Teacher
16.4:1
was 17.8:1
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 | 2,401 | 146.8 | 16.4:1 | 49% (1,175) |
| 2023-24 | 2,380 | 142.1 | 16.8:1 | 49% (1,170) |
| 2022-23 | 2,375 | 137.6 | 17.3:1 | 39% (921) |
| 2020-21 | 2,308 | 130 | 17.8:1 | 34% (791) |
| 2017-18 | 2,144 | 124.5 | 17.2:1 | 43% (912) |
| 2015-16 | 2,161 | 130 | 16.6:1 | 45% (982) |
| 2010-11 | 2,090 | 128 | 16.3:1 | 46% (953) |
| 2000-01 | 1,807 | 116 | 15.6:1 | 10% (181) |
| 1990-91 | 1,593 | 86 | 18.5:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Wheeler High School.
Since 2017-18: students up 12% (2,144 to 2,401); teachers up 18% (124.5 to 146.8).
About Wheeler High School
Wheeler High School is listed by the National Center for Education Statistics as a high school in Marietta, Georgia. Its enrollment is 2,401 students, spread over grades 9 through 12. On average, high schools in Georgia enroll around 1,120, and this school is 114% larger than that mark.
Cobb County oversees Wheeler High School and 109 other schools, with 105,738 students in total.
Of every 100 students at Wheeler High School, about 33 are Black, the largest group. Smaller groups are 26% Hispanic, 23% White, 13% Asian, and 4% multiracial. On a 0 to 100 scale, the school's diversity index is 75, compared with 70 nationally.
Teacher count: 146.8 full-time equivalents. Student-to-teacher ratio: 16.4:1. The average for high schools in Georgia, 15.2:1, is lower. Roughly 49% of students come from households that qualify for free or reduced-price lunch.
Wheeler High School earns an A- on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 77% of Georgia public high schools.
On the allk12 BeatsExpectations measure, Wheeler High School is 2.3 points above the average proficiency rate across its state test results predicted for its free or reduced-price lunch share: 54.4% actual, 52.0% predicted. That is outside both the top and bottom 10% in Georgia.
In Cobb County, the median household earns about $102,738 a year, about 51% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 6% of residents are in poverty. Cobb County has 129 public schools with about 116,609 students, including Wheeler High School.
Eastvalley Elementary School sits about 0.1 miles from Wheeler High School. Wheeler High School has at least 8 other public schools within five miles. Nearby schools with test data average 43.9% proficiency; Wheeler High School posts 54.4%.
Wheeler High School falls in the Suburb: Large locale category, used for schools in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
The school's student count rose 4% between the 2020-21 and 2024-25 school years. Students per teacher dropped from 17.8 in 2020-21 to 16.4 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
- Hillgrove High SchoolHigh · 2,282 students
Other schools in Marietta
- Osborne High SchoolHigh · 2,790 students
- Walton High SchoolHigh · 2,705 students
- Marietta High SchoolHigh · 2,526 students
- Lassiter High SchoolHigh · 2,005 students
- Pope High SchoolHigh · 1,793 students
- Sprayberry High SchoolHigh · 1,769 students
Other Wheeler High schools
4 other US public schools in 5 states are named Wheeler High. Wheeler High School is the largest of the 5.
- Wheeler High SchoolBooneville, MS · 577 students
- Wheeler High SchoolValparaiso, IN · 387 students
- Wheeler High SchoolNorth Stonington, CT · 344 students
- WHEELER HIGHFULTON, MO · 19 students
Nearby schools
- Eastvalley Elementary School0.1 mi · 679
- Sedalia Park Elementary School1.1 mi · 634
- Powers Ferry Elementary School1.5 mi · 475
- Sope Creek Elementary School2.2 mi · 1,104
- Brumby Elementary School2.2 mi · 963
- East Cobb Middle School2.3 mi · 1,352
Frequently asked questions
About Wheeler High SchoolHow large is Wheeler High School?
Wheeler High School enrolls approximately 2,401 students in grades 09-12.
What age range does Wheeler High School serve?
Wheeler High School serves students from grade 09 through grade 12.
How many students per teacher at Wheeler High School?
Approximately 16.4:1 students per teacher at Wheeler High School.
What is the student diversity at Wheeler High School?
Student demographics at Wheeler High School are roughly 23% White, 26% Hispanic, 33% Black, 13% Asian, 4% Two or more.
Is Wheeler High School public or private?
Wheeler 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.