The National Merit Scholarship Corporation (NMSC) recently announced the names of 3,300 winners of this year’s National Merit Scholarships financed by U.S. colleges and universities. The list of scholars included 16 students from Cobb Schools including Lassiter High School, Pope High School, Sprayberry High School, Walton High School, and Wheeler…
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Students at Argyle Elementary School recently read 495,499 pages to claim the title of the Elementary School winner of the Georgia Tech Buzzer Reader Competition. Not only was their nearly half a million reading total a record…
Guests: Dr. Joseph Woodruff, Supervisor of General & Choral Music / Dance & TheaterMr. Chris Ferrell, Supervisor of Instrumental Music 01:02 Better opportunities for all students02:11 The broader value of the arts07:25 Sought-after characteristics08:00 Achievements11:10…
“I learned when carbon dioxide gets trapped in the atmosphere, it traps the heat and creates global warming,” said young Ayaansh. The Mountain View kindergartner articulately explained to the judges the steps he took during his science…
Before the new school year even started, news about Cobb students’ success started rolling in. State accountability measures are released every few weeks over the fall and each state or national assessment has shown, once again, that Cobb’s students are growing and achieving at a…
Earlier today, Cobb Schools announced that Cobb students outperformed their student peers on the College and Career Ready Performance Index (CCRPI). As other district data has been made available, the District is now able to announce Cobb…
Students in Cobb Schools are more proficient, are progressing faster, and are demonstrating college-readiness at a higher rate than their peers across the state of Georgia. That’s what the results show in the College and Career Ready Performance…
18 Cobb Students Return Perfect ACT Scores of 36 Like the SAT, graduation rate, and Georgia Milestones, students in Cobb Schools increased their scores on the ACT in 2019 and topped the Georgia and national averages. The Cobb County School District’s average composite ACT score of 23 is 1.6…
The average SAT score for students in Cobb Schools increased again in 2019 and continued the District’s trend of surpassing the state and national scores. Cobb’s class of 2019 earned an average SAT score of 1114—seven points higher than in 2018. The Cobb…
Thanks to the Cobb County Board of Education and Superintendent’s Ragsdale’s consistent leadership over the last 5 years, students in the Cobb County School District graduated at a higher rate than their peers across the…