Kennesaw Mountain High School reports 547 white students enrolled for 2024-25

Reports from the Georgia Department of Education show that Kennesaw Mountain High School had 547 white students enrolled in the 2024-25 school year, reflecting a 9.9% decline compared with the prior year.

Kennesaw Mountain High School’s total enrollment reached 1,660 students during the 2024-25 period. White students represented 33% of the overall student population, which was the highest proportion of any ethnic group in the school.

The school operates within the Cobb County School District, headquartered in Marietta.

For the 2024-25 school year, Walton High School had the largest count of white students across Cobb County School District’s 110 schools, enrolling 1,561 white students.

Georgia’s public school system served more than 1.7 million students, according to the Fiscal Year 2026-1 report from the Georgia Department of Education. The greatest enrollment occurred in elementary schools with 787,206 students (45.9%), followed by middle schools at 388,733 (22.7%), and high schools with 539,092 (31.4%).

Chronic absenteeism continues to pose significant challenges in Georgia, with 20.7% of students absent for 10% or more of their school days in 2024, according to the Georgia Department of Education data. In response, the GaDOE implemented statewide strategies such as a real-time attendance dashboard, a public awareness effort, and targeted interventions for high-need districts aimed at increasing attendance rates.

Georgia legislators approved updates to school attendance laws in 2025, prohibiting expulsion solely because of absences. The law sets new reporting mandates and coordinates with efforts enabling students to earn diplomas through nontraditional routes.

By 2026, the state recorded an average student-to-teacher ratio of roughly 14:1, which is more favorable than the nationwide average of 15:1.