High schools in East Cobb held steady or did better in the 2025 American College Testing (ACT) results over the past year.
But at Wheeler High School, the improvement was significant, according to ACT results released Wednesday by the Georgia Department of Education.
Wheeler’s average composite score of 28.5 not only led the Cobb County School District, but was the best among traditional high schools in the state of Georgia and second overall.
Only the specialty Gwinnett School for Math Science and Technology had a higher average composite score, of 29.5. That school, whose student body is chosen from a Gwinnett County Public Schools lottery, typically leads the state in most testing results.
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. The maximum score overall and in individual subject areas is 36.
Walton was second in Cobb with a 26.6 average composite score, up from 26.0 in 2025, and that is good for seventh in the state.
Average composite scores were up from 2024 at Kell, Lassiter and Sprayberry, and down slightly at Pope (see chart below).
The Cobb school district said in a release Wednesday that eight students in the Class of 2025 earned perfect scores of 36—three each from Walton and Wheeler, and one each from Lassiter and Pope.
The average composite score boost at Wheeler, home of the Center for Advanced Studies STEM magnet program, was across all subject areas.
Last year, Wheeler’s average composite score was 26.0, which tied Walton for the best in Cobb.
In 2025, Wheeler seniors led Cobb in every subject-area composite score, with a minimum of 28.0. Walton’s best average composite was in reading, at 27.4.
Cobb ACT average composite scores districtwide rose to 23.7, from 22.8 in 2025, and is second among major public school districts in metro Atlanta. Forsyth County schools had an average composite score of 24.7.
In its release, the Cobb school district claimed its average composite score led metro Atlanta, but it does not include Forsyth County.
“Strong results like these don’t happen by accident—they come from teachers, families, and a community all working together to help our students reach their goals,” Cobb Board of Education chairman David Chastain said in the district release.
The statewide average composite ACT score in 2025 is 21.4, which also is an improvement from last year; while the national average is 19.4.
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.
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