Osborne High School’s multiracial enrollment holds steady at 2% for 2024-25

In the 2024-25 school year, Osborne High School counted 54 multiracial students among its enrollment, the same total as the prior year, reports from the Georgia Department of Education show.

Total enrollment at Osborne High School reached 2,700 students in the 2024-25 school year. Multiracial students made up 2% of that number, placing them as the second-smallest demographic group at the school.

Osborne High School is part of Cobb County School District, whose central office is in Marietta.

Out of Cobb County’s 110 schools, Campbell High School had the largest number of multiracial students in 2024-25, with 149 recorded.

Georgia’s public schools reported more than 1.7 million students enrolled, according to the Georgia Department of Education’s Fiscal Year 2026-1 report. Enrollment was highest at the elementary level, which had 787,206 students (45.9%), followed by 388,733 students (22.7%) in middle school, and 539,092 (31.4%) in high school.

Chronic absenteeism continues to challenge Georgia schools after the pandemic, with 20.7% of students missing 10% or more of school days in 2024, the Georgia Department of Education reported. To address attendance, GaDOE has started a comprehensive statewide program involving a new real-time attendance dashboard, outreach campaign, and focused assistance for districts with the highest need.

In 2025, legislation passed in Georgia revised attendance rules, banning expulsion solely for absenteeism. The updated law introduced new reporting requirements and better harmonizes with pathways that allow students to graduate through alternative options.

As of 2026, Georgia maintained an average student-to-teacher ratio of roughly 14:1, improving on the national average, which stands at 15:1.