362 Hispanic students attend Hillgrove High School for 2024-25 academic year

In the 2024-25 school year, Hillgrove High School had 362 Hispanic students enrolled, showing an increase of 6.8% from the prior year, reports the Georgia Department of Education.

The total enrollment at Hillgrove High School was 2,263 students for the 2024-25 year. Hispanic students represented 16% of the overall student body, positioning them as the third-largest demographic group at the school.

The school, part of Cobb County School District, is located in Marietta where the district’s central office is based.

Across the Cobb County School District’s 110 schools, Osborne High School had the largest Hispanic student enrollment for 2024-25, reaching 1,809 students.

Georgia’s public schools served more than 1.7 million students, as stated in the Georgia Department of Education’s Fiscal Year 2026-1 report. Elementary school enrollment was highest at 787,206 students (45.9%), followed by middle school at 388,733 students (22.7%), and high school at 539,092 students (31.4%).

Georgia continues to face significant chronic absenteeism following the pandemic, with 20.7% of students absent at least 10% of days in 2024, according to the Georgia Department of Education. To address this, the GaDOE started a statewide campaign featuring a real-time attendance dashboard, efforts to raise public awareness, and additional support to high-need districts for improved attendance rates.

Georgia lawmakers updated the state’s school attendance laws in 2025 to prohibit expelling students solely for absenteeism. The new legislation also introduces added reporting and encourages alternative diploma programs for students.

By 2026, the student-to-teacher ratio in Georgia averaged about 14:1, compared to the national average of 15:1.