Cobb County School District

cobbk12.org

Content from the County's Website: As the second largest school system in Georgia, the Cobb County School District is responsible for educating more than 106,000 students in a diverse, constantly changing suburban environment. The district meets this challenge by focusing on four key areas: improving student achievement, developing leaders, being fiscally responsible and building relationships among schools, families, businesses and the wider Cobb County community.

The district’s purpose is to ensure that all Cobb students maximize their individual learning potential. Toward that end, every school has implemented Performance Based Instruction for every student, meaning that students will know, do, use and communicate what they are learning. The result is high achievement for Cobb County students. Cobb students consistently score above the national average on norm-referenced tests. In 2007, 80 percent of Cobb seniors took the Scholastic Assessment Test (SAT), achieving a combined average score of 1534, compared to the national average of 1511, and the state average of 1472.

FAST FACTS

The Cobb County School District will serve over 107,000 students during the 2008-2009 school year in the following facilities:

• Total Number of Schools – 114
• Elementary Schools – 68
• Middle Schools - 25
• High Schools - 16
• Open Campus High School - 1
• Special Education Centers - 2
• Adult Education Center - 1
• Performance Learning Center - 1

The School District is the largest employer in Cobb County. Among the more than 15,229 employees are:

• 6,838   Classroom Teachers
• 1,531   Special Education Teachers
• 78       Area Lead Teachers
• 330     School Counselors
• 48       School Social Workers
• 47       School Psychologists
• 131     Media Specialists
• 1,538 Paraprofessionals
• 383     Principals, Assistant Principals and
             Administrative Assistants
• 1,153   Bus Drivers, Fleet Maint. and Other
             Transportation Workers
• 718      Maintenance, Custodians and
               Operations Workers
• 1042    Food Service Managers, Cafeteria
              Workers and Support Staff
• 685      School Support Staff
• 40        Safety & Security Staff, including
              Campus Police

Ethnic Breakdown of Students - March 2008

• White 46.8%
• Black 29.7%
• Hispanic 14.4%
• Asian 4.5%
• Multi-Racial 4.5%
• American Indian 0.2%

Ethnic Breakdown of Staff

• White 77.5%
• Black 18.1%
• Hispanic 2.4%
• Asian 1.2%
• Multi-Racial 0.7%
• American Indian 0.1%

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