North Cobb High School

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. 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:

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%

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
 * Ron Lester – actor
 * Scott F. McAfee - judge
 * Ayman Mohyeldin – journalist; among Time's 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
 * Travis Hawkins – National football league scout Baltimore Ravens
 * Chandler Wooten - professional football player for the Carolina Panthers