Hightower Trail Middle School
Marietta, GA · Middle School · Grades 6-8
Hightower Trail Middle School is a middle school in Marietta, GA with 982 students enrolled and a 73% proficiency rate. Part of Cobb County. NCES data from the U.S. Department of Education.
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About This School
Hightower Trail Middle School is a middle school located in Marietta, Georgia. The school serves 982 students in grades 6-8. The student-to-teacher ratio is 15.3:1.
According to EDFacts assessment data, 73% of students meet grade-level proficiency standards in combined math and reading.
7% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch.
Hightower Trail Middle School is part of the Cobb County in Georgia.
How This School Compares
Hightower Trail Middle School has 982 students enrolled, making it larger than the average school in Cobb County (970 students). Its 73% proficiency rate is 20 percentage points above the district average of 53%. Compared to the Georgia state average of 44%, the school performs 29 points higher.
Frequently Asked Questions
Hightower Trail Middle School has 982 students enrolled in grades 6-8. The student-to-teacher ratio is 15.3:1.
According to EDFacts data, 73% of students at Hightower Trail Middle School meet grade-level proficiency standards in combined math and reading assessments.
Hightower Trail Middle School is part of the Cobb County in Marietta, Georgia. You can view all schools in this district on the district page.
All data on this page comes from the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) Common Core of Data and EDFacts assessment results. These are official federal datasets published by the U.S. Department of Education.
School profiles are built from NCES directory data and EDFacts assessment results. Proficiency rates reflect combined math and reading performance. Graduation rates are reported for high schools with available data.
For this entity, the underlying data on this page comes from NCES Common Core of Data and EDFacts. The breakdown above is the federal record; the paragraphs below add the per-entity context that makes the headline numbers usable for a real decision rather than just a data lookup.
Every number on this page links back to NCES Common Core of Data and EDFacts; the methodology page describes the inputs, refresh cadence, and known limitations of the underlying data product.
For readers using this page as a decision input, the related-entity pages elsewhere on the site provide the comparison set. The most useful comparison for this entity is typically a peer within U.S. public schools and districts with similar size, similar exposure, or similar geography — not the national-level summary alone.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data, 2026.