Walton High School

Walton High School is a high school in Marietta, GA that enrolls 2,646 students in grades 9-12, putting it among the larger public campuses in the Cobb County school district. That headcount is above the 970-student average for schools in the district.

EDFacts assessment data puts 61% of students at or above grade level in combined math and reading, a little above the national midpoint where roughly half of tested students clear the bar. That is 9 points above the 53% average for the Cobb County school district. Against the 44% Georgia statewide average, the school sits 17 points higher.

Over the last three reported years the district proficiency rate this school inherits has fallen by about 5 points. As a high school, it reports a 93% adjusted-cohort graduation rate, the share of first-time ninth-graders who earn a regular diploma within four years.

The student-teacher ratio is 19.3 to 1, above the U.S. average of roughly 16 to 1. A relatively low 4% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. It operates as a charter school — publicly funded and tuition-free, under an authorizer-issued charter.