North Cobb High School Explained

North Cobb High School
Type:	Public high school
District:	Cobb County School District
Principal:	Matthew Moody
Address:	3400 State Highway 293 North
City:	Kennesaw, Georgia
Zipcode:	30144
Country:	United States
Newspaper:	The Warrior Weekly
Yearbook:	Panorama
Enrollment:	2,555 (2022–23)^[1]
Teaching Staff:	141.20 (FTE) (2022–23)
Ratio:	18.09 (2022–23)
Nickname:	Warriors

North Cobb High School is a public high school located north of Atlanta in Kennesaw, Georgia, United States. It serves approximately 2900 students in the Cobb County School District, with classes from grades 9 to 12. The school mascot is the warrior and the official school colors are orange and white. North Cobb is the second largest school in the district.

North Cobb was established in 1958, replacing Acworth High School, and is one of the oldest high schools in Cobb County. North Cobb has a magnet program designated for international studies.

In 2016, North Cobb was named an International Skills Diploma School by the Georgia Department of Education.^[2] An on-campus preschool provides field experience for students interested in pursuing early childhood education. North Cobb offers Advanced Placement programs such as AP Human Geography, AP Language, AP United States History, AP Chemistry, AP Biology, AP European History, AP Seminar, AP World History, AP United States Government and AP Environmental Science.

Demographics

The demographic breakdown of the 2,634 students enrolled for the school year 2012–2013 was:^[3]

Gender

• Male – 50.5%
• Female – 49.5%

Ethnicity

• Native American/Alaskan – 0.3%
• Asian/Pacific Islander – 4.8%
• Black – 34.4%
• Hispanic – 14.4%
• White – 42.7%
• Multiracial – 3.4%

Activities

NJROTC

North Cobb High School hosts a Naval JROTC unit. This is actually a joint unit made up of cadets from both North Cobb and Harrison high schools; its official name is the North Cobb/Harrison NJROTC unit.

Notable alumni

• Donatello Brown – professional football player
• Harry Ford – professional baseball player^[4]
• Travis Hawkins – National football league scout Baltimore Ravens
• Ron Lester – actor
• Scott F. McAfee - judge^[5]
• Ayman Mohyeldin – journalist; among Times 100 Most Influential People 2011
• Lee Moore – professional basketball player
• Larry Nelson – professional golfer, winner of multiple national and international tournaments
• Eric Norwood – Consensus All-American linebacker at the University of South Carolina, drafted in the NFL by the Carolina Panthers (2010 NFL draft)
• Sean O'Pry – supermodel
• Robert Lee Ross, Jr. – United States Army Ranger and professional wrestler
• Darren Waller – professional football player for the New York Giants
• Chandler Wooten - professional football player for the Carolina Panthers

External links

• • North Cobb School of International Studies
• Cobb County School District

Notes and References

1. Web site: Search for Public Schools - North Cobb High School (130129000525) . . . April 7, 2024.
2. Web site: International Skills Diploma Seal. Georgia Department of Education. 13 April 2016.
3. Web site: Search for Public Schools - School Detail for North Cobb High School. ed.gov. 16 July 2015 . usurped . https://web.archive.org/web/20150716151555/http://nces.ed.gov/ccd/schoolsearch/school_detail.asp?ID=130129000525 . July 16, 2015.
4. Web site: Mariners draft prep C Harry Ford at No. 12. MLB.com. Daniel. Kramer. July 11, 2021.
5. Web site: Redmon . Jeremy . Rankin . Bill . Meet the 34-year-old judge who will oversee Trump prosecution in Georgia . The Atlanta Journal-Constitution . 28 September 2023 . English.