Five high schools from East Cobb have students who have been named finalists for National Merit Scholarships. 
They include 35 from Walton High School and 13 from Wheeler High School.
National Merit Scholarships are awarded to high school seniors in the spring and summer of their graduating year for a academic achievements, based on test scores and other factors.
The Cobb County School District has 74 finalists this year—up from 41 in 2019—out of 15,000 nationwide. Other Cobb high schools with finalists are Campell, Harrison, Hillgrove and Kennesaw Mountain.
Recipients are awarded scholarships funded by a variety of organizations, colleges and corporations.
Lassiter High School
- Eleanor B. Froula; Claire M. Halloran; Perry Kramer; Gabrielle P. Levitt; Anna K. Mitchell; Catherine L. Pereira; Paul H. Tegethoff
Pope High School
- Ada R. Burris; Sanjeet C. Harry; Andrew M. Myers; Yelizaveta I. Pivnik
Sprayberry High School
- Reilly S. Misra
Walton High School
- Chanwoo Bae; Jordan Bass; Alec Berger; Andrew Cameron; Daniel Catanese; Anjali Chareddy; Taylor Chiles; Sinead de Cleir; Judith Denning; Julia Dierker; Russell Emerine; Reagan Jacobson; Guy Kemelmakher; Aleem Lakdawala; Andrew Li; Viviana Lu; Nidhi Manikkoth; Kara McKinley; Russell Newton; Erik Pitts; Neeraj Raja; Anant Rajan; Pranav Rajbhandari; Aaron Rieck; Arvind Saligrama; Tara Shabazaz; Eric Simon; Bill Sun; Shiloh Thomas-Wilkinson; Qilin Tong; Ria Uppalapati; Akshin Vemana; Tharun Venkatesan; Madeline Zhang; Zaim Zibran
Wheeler High School
- Ann-Marie A. Abunyewa; Kruthik S. Alapati; Ava R. Autera; Charlie E. Bishop; Patrick G. Chen; Alessa L. Cullinan; Rose Jewel; Brian Kent; Emma G. Mason; Pranav J. Nedumpurath; Jeremy L. Payne; Morris I. Wan; Eric W. Yao.
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