East Cobb High School Ranked Among Top 5 In Georgia: U.S. News

COBB COUNTY, GA — An East Cobb high school has been rated among the top five in Georgia, and two other Cobb schools are in the top 20, according to the latest ranking by U.S. News and World Report.

Walton High School ranks fourth in Georgia, while Lassiter High School is 10th and Pope High School is 20th. All three schools are located in Marietta and are part of the Cobb County School District.

Fifteen of Georgia’s top 20 high schools are in metro Atlanta, with five in Fulton County, three in Cobb County, two each in Fayette, Forsyth and Gwinnett, and one each in Clayton and DeKalb counties.

This year's list ranks more than 17,800 public high schools throughout the country. Among those schools, Georgia has 426 schools on the list.

The top 20 schools in Georgia are:

1. Gwinnett School of Mathematics, Science and Technology, Lawrenceville
2. Columbus High School, Columbus
3. Davidson Magnet School, Augusta
4. Walton High School, Marietta
5. Savannah Arts Academy, Savannah
6. DeKalb School of the Arts, Avondale Estates
7. Lambert High School, Suwanee
8. Northview High School, Duluth
9. Chattahoochee High School, Alpharetta
10. Lassiter High School, Marietta
11. Academy for Classical Education, Macon
12. South Forsyth High School, Cumming
13. Alpharetta High School, Alpharetta
14. Johnson Magnet, Augusta
15. McIntosh High School, Peachtree City
16. Cambridge High School, Milton
17. North Gwinnett High School, Suwanee
18. Elite Scholars Academy School, Jonesboro
19. Johns Creek High School, Johns Creek
20. Pope High School, Marietta

Cobb County High Schools Compared To Other Georgia Schools

Here's how Cobb County schools stacked up against more than 470 other high schools throughout the state of Georgia. While some schools did better than others, almost all high schools in Cobb County ranked among the upper half.

4. Walton High School, Marietta

10. Lassiter High School, Marietta

20. Pope High School, Marietta

30. Harrison High School, Kennesaw

35. Hillgrove High School, Powder Springs

44. Allatoona High School, Acworth

45. Wheeler High School, Marietta

48. Kennesaw Mountain High School, Kennesaw

71. North Cobb High School, Kennesaw

74. Kell High School, Marietta

89. Sprayberry High School, Marietta

98. McEachern High School, Powder Springs

100. Marietta High School, Marietta (City of Marietta)

103. Campbell High School, Smyrna

133. South Cobb High School, Austell

243. Pebblebrook High School, Mableton

251. Osborne High School, Marietta

328. Cobb Horizon High School, Marietta

The purpose of the rankings is to provide insight into academic performance among underserved groups, showing how well schools are supporting these students, Anita Narayan, managing editor of education at U.S. News, said in a news release.

Families can also use the rankings to see how schools compare at the national, state and local level on factors such as graduation rates and college readiness, Narayan said.

Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology in Alexandria, Virginia, was ranked No. 1 in the nation, as well as among magnet schools.

Here are the top 10 schools in this year's national Best High Schools ranking:

1. Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology — Alexandria, Virginia
2. Academic Magnet High School — North Charleston, South Carolina
3. The Davidson Academy of Nevada — Reno, Nevada
4. Payton College Preparatory High School — Chicago
5. School for Advanced Studies — Miami
6. Sumner Academy of Arts and Science — Kansas City, Kansas
7. Merrol Hyde Magnet School — Hendersonville, Tennessee
8. BASIS Chandler — Chandler, Arizona
9. Gwinnett School of Mathematics, Science and Technology — Lawrenceville, Georgia
10. Signature School — Evansville, Indiana

The methodology used for this year's ranking focused on six factors: college readiness, reading and math proficiency, reading and math performance, underserved student performance, college curriculum breadth and graduation rates.

The data used in this edition is from the 2018-2019 academic school year and, therefore, was not affected by the COVID-19 pandemic.

Read more about the Best High Schools methodology.

In addition to the national rankings, U.S. News also published rankings at the state, metro area and school district levels. Only metro areas and school districts with three or more high schools were included in these subrankings.

BASIS Chandler in Arizona is at the top of the list for charter schools, and High Technology High School in Lincroft, New Jersey, is the No. 1 STEM school.

To view the list of Georgia schools, visit the U.S. News website.