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Allatoona High School

Q: Is Allatoona High School a good school?

Allatoona High School ranks 61 st of 457 Georgia high schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 4 stars out of 5.

Public Grades 9-12

61^st

SchoolDigger Rank ?

of 457 Georgia High Schools

Better than 87% of Georgia high schools

Summary

Allatoona High School in Acworth, GA, is a comprehensive public high school serving roughly 1,560 students in grades 9–12 within the Cobb County School District, and it consistently ranks among the top high schools in the state—currently placing 61st out of 455 Georgia high schools with a 4-star rating.

Allatoona stands out for its exceptional performance in U.S. History, where 64.1% of students scored proficient or above on the Milestones End-of-Course assessment—more than 25 points above the state average and well ahead of nearby schools like Cartersville High School (28.3%) and Marietta High School (38.6%). The school also posts strong Biology scores (60.7% proficient, versus the state's 47.2%), though this represents a slight dip from its 2023–2024 peak. Perhaps most impressive is Allatoona's support for special education students, ranking in the 91st percentile statewide—a 5-star rating that far exceeds what most Georgia high schools achieve. The school also maintains a 94% graduation rate, a dropout rate of just 1.0%, and chronic absenteeism of 12.5%, all significantly better than state averages.

One area for attention is Algebra I, where Allatoona's proficiency rate (53.7%) trails the district average (59.4%) and is notably lower than top-performing neighbors like Harrison High School (75.5%) and Hillgrove High School (67.1%). Despite this, Allatoona outperforms several schools with similar economic profiles, including North Paulding High School, in both Algebra I and Biology. With per-student spending of $14,230—lower than Kennesaw Mountain High School and Marietta—Allatoona achieves strong results efficiently. Its decade-long consistency, never dropping below the 80th percentile statewide, makes it a reliable, high-quality choice for families in the northwest Atlanta metro area.

1,560

Students ?

15.9

Student/teacher ratio ?

$14,230

Per pupil spending ?

29.4%

Free/discounted lunch ?

3300 Dallas Acworth Hwy NW
Acworth, GA 30101

(770) 975-6503

District: Cobb County

Feeder schools for Allatoona High School:

Elementary:	Frey Elementary School
	Lewis Elementary School
	Pickett's Mill Elementary School
Middle:	Durham Middle School

Racial breakdown:

White:

56.5%

African American:

19.1%

Hispanic:

15.1%

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At a glance

▬ Ranking trend: Holding steady — 91st percentile in 2016 → 87th in 2026

Strengths

✓Test scores above the Georgia average (60% vs 45% meeting standards)

✓Ranks in the top 13% of Georgia high schools

✓94% graduate in 4 years — above the Georgia average (87%)

Worth a look

!Some student groups rank well below the school's overall statewide standing

Students meeting standards (2025-2026) ?

This school60%

District avg58%

Georgia avg45%

61^st of 457

Georgia public high schools ?

Top 13%▼ down 5 pts since 2016

From top 9% (2016) to top 13% (2026)

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★★★★★

SchoolDigger rating ?

8^th of 17High Schools in the Cobb County

58^th of 202Cobb County among Georgia districts

Statewide rank percentile over time (100 = the top-ranked school in the state; click a legend item to add a student group)

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All Students

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Georgia percentile	Rating
2026	71.9	61 of 457	86.7%	★★★★☆
2025	78.7	51 of 451	88.7%	★★★★☆
2024	83.8	39 of 454	91.4%	★★★★★
2023	76.5	54 of 448	87.9%	★★★★☆
2022	79.9	44 of 431	89.8%	★★★★★
2021	64.8	84 of 410	79.5%	★★★★☆
2019	80.5	41 of 438	90.6%	★★★★★
2018	82.6	33 of 428	92.3%	★★★★★
2017	84.2	26 of 420	93.8%	★★★★★
2016	80.2	37 of 426	91.3%	★★★★★
2015	77.0	39 of 435	91.0%	★★★★★
2014	79.3	37 of 425	91.3%	★★★★★
2013	82.9	28 of 425	93.4%	★★★★★
2012	82.0	37 of 396	90.7%	★★★★★
2011	84.8	28 of 402	93.0%	★★★★★
2010	80.9	46 of 384	88.0%	★★★★☆

African American

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Georgia percentile	Rating
2026	68.1	75 of 377	80.1%	★★★★☆
2025	83.6	40 of 391	89.8%	★★★★★
2024	82.9	36 of 382	90.6%	★★★★★
2023	76.8	56 of 384	85.4%	★★★★☆
2022	83.9	38 of 372	89.8%	★★★★★

Asian

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Georgia percentile	Rating
2024	59.1	34 of 84	59.5%	★★★☆☆

English Language Learner

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Georgia percentile	Rating
2025	47.4	77 of 180	57.2%	★★★☆☆
2024	85.6	9 of 159	94.3%	★★★★★

Female

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Georgia percentile	Rating
2026	75.3	52 of 431	87.9%	★★★★☆
2025	78.0	56 of 438	87.2%	★★★★☆
2024	84.5	36 of 435	91.7%	★★★★★
2023	76.1	59 of 433	86.4%	★★★★☆
2022	83.5	39 of 430	90.9%	★★★★★

Hispanic

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Georgia percentile	Rating
2026	61.4	68 of 299	77.3%	★★★★☆
2025	76.1	44 of 312	85.9%	★★★★☆
2024	70.4	58 of 315	81.6%	★★★★☆
2023	58.7	93 of 308	69.8%	★★★★☆
2022	73.6	48 of 295	83.7%	★★★★☆

Male

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Georgia percentile	Rating
2026	70.1	68 of 436	84.4%	★★★★☆
2025	79.8	48 of 442	89.1%	★★★★☆
2024	82.8	43 of 436	90.1%	★★★★★
2023	76.7	53 of 436	87.8%	★★★★☆
2022	81.2	46 of 427	89.2%	★★★★☆

Multi-racial

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Georgia percentile	Rating
2026	49.6	56 of 123	54.5%	★★★☆☆
2025	94.6	2 of 149	98.7%	★★★★★
2024	88.1	12 of 158	92.4%	★★★★★
2023	70.1	38 of 141	73.0%	★★★★☆
2022	72.7	27 of 126	78.6%	★★★★☆

Special Education

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Georgia percentile	Rating
2026	86.6	30 of 339	91.2%	★★★★★
2025	88.3	22 of 347	93.7%	★★★★★
2024	88.0	26 of 344	92.4%	★★★★★
2023	84.6	32 of 343	90.7%	★★★★★
2022	86.8	25 of 331	92.4%	★★★★★

White

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Georgia percentile	Rating
2026	70.5	67 of 334	79.9%	★★★★☆
2025	68.1	85 of 341	75.1%	★★★★☆
2024	76.2	62 of 346	82.1%	★★★★☆
2023	69.8	75 of 343	78.1%	★★★★☆
2022	77.0	61 of 339	82.0%	★★★★☆

How student groups rank statewide ? (each group's percentile vs the same group at other schools — higher is better; the +/- beside each compares the group with this school's overall percentile)

Special Education (2026)91st percentile+4 vs school

Female (2026)88th percentile~ school

Male (2026)84th percentile~ school

African American (2026)80th percentile-7 vs school

White (2026)80th percentile-7 vs school

Hispanic (2026)77th percentile-9 vs school

Asian (2024)60th percentile-32 vs school

English Language Learner (2025)57th percentile-31 vs school

Multi-racial (2026)54th percentile-32 vs school

By subject vs Georgia (2025-2026) ?

United States History64%+26 vs state

Biology61%+14 vs state

Algebra I54%+6 vs state

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What people are saying

by a parent
Sunday, August 20, 2017

Excellent teachers and administration! Close Quote

by a parent
Friday, June 22, 2012

We have a child who just graduated from Allatoona, one who is a junior, and one a rising freshman. We are extremely pleased with the faculty of this school! The success of the school obviously starts at the top, with the character and commitment of the current principal, Mr. Bursmith. Discipline is very good and the student body seems respectful of authority and each other at school functions.

Our kids had always attended Christian private schools up until the recession hit, and we were apprehensive about large, public schools, but we were amazingly surprised at the quality of academics, teachers and kids here, and the friendly, no-nonsense, non-bureaucratic staff. The athletic and fine arts programs are excellent now and steadily improving.

The school is still new (4 years old) so the facilities look great. We view Allatoona as one of Cobb County's "best kept secrets" Close Quote

by a parent
Monday, March 5, 2012

I agree with the parent below about the sports and inadequate math abilities. I have taken that into my own hands as far as teaching simple rules and phrases that I learned in school to help me remember how to get the proper answers or how to align certain variables to be able to attain the correct answer to a problem. Very surprised that these are not taught any more.

Also I teach my son to question anything and everything, to be a contrarian. This does not fit well with this school. If you want a mindless zombie of a child that fits in with all the masses and displays no real individuality then this school is perfect for you. I am not saying that every aspect of the school is undesirable but for the most part very disappointing. But I guess such is America these days.

By far better than most, but could still use a lot of improving! Close Quote

by a parent
Friday, February 3, 2012

Love Allatoona HS. Allatoona has the strictest dress code in the county and proud of it. Allatoona ranks high in the State in Math and Lit. Administration is top notch. Very glad that my son attends this school. Close Quote

by a parent
Tuesday, August 9, 2011

I have a sophomore at Allatoona High School this year. Our experience with Allatoona in his freshman year was fantastic. Very pleased with the education, math, science, language arts, etc. that is offered at Allatoona. Happy to see Allatoona ranked #5 in the State of Georgia on this website. We moved to this school district from a school ranked near 100 on the list and are very happy that we did. Close Quote

by a parent
Thursday, May 26, 2011

Allatoona High School provides very low quality mathematics instruction. Other areas of instruction seem adequate. My High School senior has received very little true instruction in Math I-III and the teachers seem frustrated and unable or unwilling to provide explanations. The usual instruction method is to jot examples on the board and then assign in classroom work, so that the "teacher" can return to their true educational passions, which is usually coaching one of the many fine Allatoona HS sports teams. Sports is one area where Allatoona HS puts great effort. The frustrated public servants (teachers) may have given up on the new curriculum, in part, due to being unequipped to teach the Math I-IV curriculum. If you are not willing or are unable to shell out $11,000 - $16,000 per year to send your student to a local private school, be aware that your public school student will be robbed (since you probably pay property taxes) of a real mathematics education and our state and our country will continue its technical decline. Close Quote

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School													Students/Teachers											Ranking (2026)				Ranking (2025)				Milestones Assessment Algebra I (2026)	Milestones Assessment Biology (2026)	Milestones Assessment United States History (2026)	Per Pupil Expenditures (2025)
Name	Type	Grades	Address	City	Zip	County	District	Is Charter	Is Magnet	Is Virtual	Is Title I	Phone	Enrollment	Full-time Teachers	Student/ Teacher Ratio	Free/Discounted Lunch Recipients (2025)	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Average Standard Score (2026)	Statewide Rank (2026)	State Percentile (2026)	SchoolDigger Rating (2026)	Average Standard Score (2025)	Statewide Rank (2025)	State Percentile (2025)	Rank Change from Previous Year	Milestones Assessment Algebra I End of Course	Milestones Assessment Biology End of Course	Milestones Assessment United States History End of Course	Per Pupil Expenditures Total	Sub-total from Federal Funds	Sub-total from State/Local Funds
Allatoona High School	Public	9-12	3300 Dallas Acworth Hwy NW	Acworth	30101	Cobb County	Cobb County	No	No	No	No	(770) 975-6503	1,560	98	15.9	29.4%	881 (56.5%)	298 (19.1%)	236 (15.1%)	55 (3.5%)	2 (0.1%)	3 (0.2%)	85 (5.4%)	71.9	61^st of 457 public high schools	86.7%		78.7	51^st of 451 public high schools	88.7%	10	53.7	60.7	64.1	$14,230	$329	$13,901
North Paulding High School	Public	9-12	300 N Paulding Dr	Dallas	30132	Paulding County	Paulding County	No	No	No	No	(770) 443-9400	3,015	162	18.5	29.3%	1,714 (56.8%)	756 (25.1%)	339 (11.2%)	58 (1.9%)	5 (0.2%)	3 (0.1%)	140 (4.6%)	62.3	98^th of 457 public high schools	78.6%		67	94^th of 451 public high schools	79.2%	4	39.8	53.3	60.7	$11,332	$365	$10,968
North Cobb High School	Public	9-12	3400 Old 41 Hwy NW	Kennesaw	30144	Cobb County	Cobb County	No	No	No	No	(770) 975-6685	2,463	145	16.9	49.9%	669 (27.2%)	959 (38.9%)	563 (22.9%)	102 (4.1%)	7 (0.3%)	4 (0.2%)	159 (6.5%)	66	85^th of 457 public high schools	81.4%		65.9	100^th of 451 public high schools	77.8%	15	43.4	62.5	57.8	$13,733	$466	$13,267
Harrison High School	Public	9-12	4500 Due West Rd NW	Kennesaw	30152	Cobb County	Cobb County	No	No	No	No	(678) 594-8104	2,224	119	18.6	16.0%	1,489 (67.0%)	308 (13.8%)	206 (9.3%)	103 (4.6%)	7 (0.3%)	1 (0.0%)	110 (4.9%)	86.5	22^nd of 457 public high schools	95.2%		88.1	25^th of 451 public high schools	94.5%	3	75.5	78.3	66.2	$12,550	$425	$12,125
East Paulding High School	Public	9-12	3320 E Paulding Dr	Dallas	30157	Paulding County	Paulding County	No	No	No	No	(770) 445-5100	1,985	114	17.3	48.5%	823 (41.5%)	699 (35.2%)	307 (15.5%)	31 (1.6%)	2 (0.1%)	6 (0.3%)	117 (5.9%)	43.5	208^th of 457 public high schools	54.5%		36.6	254^th of 451 public high schools	43.7%	46	39.3	38.6	42.1	$12,327	$415	$11,912
Kennesaw Mountain High School	Public	9-12	1898 Kennesaw Due West Rd NW	Kennesaw	30152	Cobb County	Cobb County	No	No	No	No	(678) 594-8190	1,695	109	15.4	40.6%	566 (33.4%)	535 (31.6%)	335 (19.8%)	152 (9.0%)	2 (0.1%)	5 (0.3%)	100 (5.9%)	81.1	39^th of 457 public high schools	91.5%		80.9	46^th of 451 public high schools	89.8%	7	66.4	73.4	59.5	$14,708	$388	$14,320
Woodland High School	Public	9-12	800 Old Alabama Rd SE	Cartersville	30120	Bartow County	Bartow County	No	No	No	No	(770) 606-5870	1,456	89	16.3	58.4%	944 (64.8%)	114 (7.8%)	331 (22.7%)	13 (0.9%)	5 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	49 (3.4%)	54.3	140^th of 457 public high schools	69.4%		44.2	206^th of 451 public high schools	54.3%	66	45.9	49.0	46.8	$13,868	$965	$12,903
Hillgrove High School	Public	9-12	4165 Luther Ward Rd	Powder Springs	30127	Cobb County	Cobb County	No	No	No	No	(678) 331-3961	2,282	125	18.2	30.3%	890 (39.0%)	822 (36.0%)	360 (15.8%)	79 (3.5%)	4 (0.2%)	3 (0.1%)	124 (5.4%)	79.4	40^th of 457 public high schools	91.2%		83	41^st of 451 public high schools	90.9%	1	67.1	69.8	56.8	$12,833	$380	$12,452
Cartersville High School	Public	9-12	320 E Church St	Cartersville	30120	Bartow County	Cartersville City	No	No	No	No	(770) 382-3200	1,469	96	15.3	52.4%	698 (47.5%)	295 (20.1%)	349 (23.8%)	25 (1.7%)	4 (0.3%)	1 (0.1%)	97 (6.6%)	38.5	237^th of 457 public high schools	48.1%		47.7	178^th of 451 public high schools	60.5%	59	28.8	46.6	28.3	$13,709	$452	$13,257
McEachern High School	Public	9-12	2400 New Macland Rd	Powder Springs	30127	Cobb County	Cobb County	No	No	No	No	(770) 222-3710	2,175	126	17.2	69.3%	123 (5.7%)	1,433 (65.9%)	509 (23.4%)	12 (0.6%)	3 (0.1%)	0 (0.0%)	95 (4.4%)	45	193^rd of 457 public high schools	57.8%		42.3	211^th of 451 public high schools	53.2%	18	33.6	35.7	51.1	$13,650	$366	$13,284

Frequently Asked Questions about Allatoona High School

What is the racial makeup of Allatoona High School?

Students at Allatoona High School are 56% White, 19% African American, 15% Hispanic, 5% Two or more races, 4% Asian.

What schools feed into Allatoona High School?

Allatoona High School is fed by the following schools:

Elementary : Frey Elementary School
Elementary : Lewis Elementary School
Elementary : Pickett's Mill Elementary School
Middle : Durham Middle School

How many students attend Allatoona High School?

In the 2024-25 school year, 1,560 students attended Allatoona High School.

What district is Allatoona High School in?

Cobb County

Is Allatoona High School a good school?

Allatoona High School ranks 61^st of 457 Georgia high schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 4 stars out of 5.

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