Two high schools in East Cobb led the Cobb County School District in overall ACT scores in 2024.
Wheeler and Walton, in fact, were tied at the top, with average composite scores of 26 (out of a possible 36), according to the Cobb school district.
The ACT (American College Testing) tests students in four subject areas—English, math, reading and science, and combines those to determine a composite score as well.
Pope’s composite score of 25.2 and Lassiter’s 24.0 were third, and fourth, respectively, among the 16 traditional high schools in Cobb, whose district-wide composite score was 22.8.
The results from those four high schools in East Cobb mirror recently released SAT scores.
“Cobb students are well-prepared for college, careers, and beyond – ACT scores are another way their parents can be confident in the education they are receiving,” said Cobb school board chairman Randy Scamihorn in a district release.
The district-wide scores and most individual school scores were up from 2023, and are still rebounding from the start of the COVID period (see 2021 scores, for example).
The Wheeler and Walton scores for 2024 are in the Top 10 among public high schools in Georgia.
More Cobb info can be found by clicking here; click here for school-level and here for district-level scores compiled by the Georgia Department of Education.
The table below details the ACT scores at East Cobb high schools; the number in parenthesis next to the school name indicates the number of students at that school who took the test.
| 2024 Avg. Comp. | Avg. English | Avg. Math | Avg. Reading | Avg. Science | 2023 Avg. Comp. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kell (71) | 20.9 | 19.8 | 20.4 | 22.5 | 20.5 | 20.6 |
| Lassiter (202) | 24.0 | 23.4 | 23.7 | 25.1 | 23.4 | 24.4 |
| Pope (180) | 25.2 | 25.1 | 24.4 | 26.2 | 24.5 | 24.5 |
| Sprayberry (94) | 21.5 | 21.3 | 20.1 | 22.7 | 21.7 | 21.1 |
| Walton (297) | 26.0 | 25.9 | 25.4 | 26.6 | 25.5 | 25.8 |
| Wheeler (106) | 26.0 | 25.6 | 25.7 | 26.4 | 25.8 | 26.5 |
| Cobb (2,143) | 22.8 | 22.2 | 21.9 | 23.9 | 22.5 | 22.7 |
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