Three high schools in East Cobb have been ranked in the Top 25 in Georgia public high schools in the 2024 U.S. News compilation of high school rankings.
In addition, Dickerson Middle School was rated No. 1 among public middle schools in the state. Mt. Bethel Elementary School was No. 15 and Sope Creek ES was No. 16 in the K-5 listings.
The magazine’s annual high school listings, which were released this week, have Walton High School ranked fourth, with Lassiter at No. 12 and Pope at No. 25.
They topped the Cobb County School District rankings (you can read the Georgia listings by clicking here).
Wheeler is listed at No, 41, Sprayberry is at No. 69 and Kell is at No. 78. More than 400 public schools were included in the state rankings.
Dodgen Middle School was ranked No. 3 in the middle school category in Georgia. Mabry Middle School came in at No. 12, with Hightower Trail at No. 24 and Simpson Middle School at No. 32.
U.S. News evaluated more than 17,000 high schools across the country based on a variety of factors, including taking AP exams; math, reading and science proficiency; and graduation rates (methodology explained here).
Walton’s “scorecard” of 98.85 out of 100 (details here) shows that 68 percent of students took at least one AP exam and 64 percent of them passed. The school also had a 97 percent graduation rate in 2024.
Walton is listed at No. 203 nationally and in Georgia, only Gwinnett School of Mathematics, Technology and Science, Columbus High School and the Alliance Academy for Innovation ranked higher.
Lassiter (scorecard here) had similar numbers, and is ranked No. 395 nationally; Pope (scorecard here) is at No. 772.
The middle school rankings in Georgia (listings here) evaluated more than 1,000 schools on student-teacher ratio, and math and reading proficiency.
Dickerson’s latter numbers were 82 and 80 percent, respectively, while Dodgen’s are 79 and 77 percent.
Other statewide rankings for East Cobb middle schools are McCleskey at No, 90, Daniell at No. 130 and East Cobb at No. 219.
A total of 1,888 elementary schools (listings here) were evaluated along similar lines. The other East Cobb elementary schools are ranked as follows statewide:
- 24 Timber Ridge
- 27 Tritt
- 31 Murdock
- 33 Mountain View
- 37 East Side
- 60 Shallowford Falls
- 61 Garrison Mill
- 80 Rocky Mount
- 109 Davis
- 140 Kincaid
- 180 Addison
- 227 Eastvalley
- 251 Nicholson
- 334 Bells Ferry
- 363 Keheley
- 480 Sedalia Park
- 513 Blackwell
- 606 Powers Ferry
- 897 Brumby
Related:
- Cobb school board Post 5 candidates receive endorsements
- Sprayberry HS rebuild project ‘not going to be a fun time’
- Cobb school board tentatively adopts FY2025 budget
- Former Walton educator named Bartow deputy superintendent
- East Cobb high school students named Georgia Scholars
- Wheeler students to perform at Woodruff Arts Center concert
- Cobb school board chairman blasts stormwater fee proposal
- Mt. Bethel Christian appoints theater director
Get Our Free E-Mail Newsletter!
Every Sunday we round up the week’s top headlines and preview the upcoming week in the East Cobb News Digest. Click here to sign up, and you’re good to go!
Great students make great schools.
Colleges care about National Rankings, not state rankings.
There is a stigma at the best universities for most students from southern states that still exists. When I left Georgia, my next school tested me twice because they didn’t believe the test results and though I wasn’t as smart as those results showed. I think this stigma still exists today. Having a wonderful southern accent didn’t help.