African American students account for 66% of McEachern High School enrollment in 2024-25

In the 2024-25 school year, McEachern High School enrolled 1,389 African American students, which marks a 6.1% decrease from the prior year, reports the Georgia Department of Education.

The total student body at McEachern High School was 2,106, with African American students making up 66% and representing the school’s largest demographic group.

Located in Cobb County School District, McEachern High School has its district office based in Marietta.

Across Cobb County School District’s 110 schools, McEachern High School had the highest number of African American students enrolled in 2024-25, with 1,389 students.

More than 1.7 million students were enrolled in Georgia’s public schools, as the Georgia Department of Education’s Fiscal Year 2026-1 report described. Elementary grades topped enrollment with 787,206 students (45.9%), followed by 388,733 in middle school (22.7%), and 539,092 in high school (31.4%).

Chronic absenteeism continues to be a significant challenge in Georgia, with 20.7% of students missing at least 10% of school days in 2024, per the Georgia Department of Education. In an effort to address this, GaDOE implemented a statewide strategy, including the introduction of a real-time attendance dashboard, a state awareness campaign, and focused aid for districts with higher need to improve daily attendance.

Georgia lawmakers in 2025 adopted legislation that revised student attendance laws to ban expulsion based only on absenteeism and mandated new reporting practices, in addition to supporting alternative diploma pathway programs. Details can be found here.

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