Sprayberry High School - Marietta, Georgia/GA

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Sprayberry High School

2525 Sandy Plains Road, Marietta, GA, 30066-5717 -

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Definition of Terms

Sprayberry High School

School Level

High school

Grades Offered

Grades 9 - 12

County

Cobb County, GA

Students & Faculty

Total Students

1911 students

% Male / % Female

49% / 51%

Total Classroom Teachers

117 teachers

Students by Grade

Grade 9 - 557 students

Grade 10 - 488 students

Grade 11 - 456 students

Grade 12 - 410 students

This School

(GA) School Average

Teacher : Student Ratio

1:16

1:16

Students by Ethnicity

This School

(GA) School Average

% American Indian	n/a	n/a
% Asian	6%	2%
% Hispanic	8%	6%
% Black	24%	39%
% White	58%	52%
% Unknown	4 %	4%

Additional Student Information

This School

(GA) School Average

% Eligible for Free Lunch

15%

33%

% Eligible for Reduced Lunch

% Migrant Students Enrolled

n/a

n/a

(GA) Statewide Testing Performance

School Statewide Performance

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School District Name

Cobb County School District

This School's Agency

(GA) District Average

Number of Schools Managed	110	7
Number of Students Managed	106,724 students	3,848 students
District Total Revenue	$1,025,984,000	$34,253,000
District Expenditure	$955,287,000	$34,226,000
District Revenue / Student	$9,613	$8,902
District Expenditure / Student	$8,951	$8,894
District Graduation Rates	84%	75%

Mocs Start Eslinger Era With Blue & Gold Match On Friday (The Chattanoogan)
posted on October 30, 2009 at 01:34:25 am
The University of Tennessee at Chattanooga wrestling team will hit the mat for the first time under new head coach Heath Eslinger on Friday, Oct. 30, in the annual Blue & Gold Match. Action begins at 7:00 p.m. at Maclellan Gym.
Milford roadway approved (Marietta Daily Journal)
posted on September 25, 2009 at 05:04:08 am
MARIETTA - Despite months of community protest, the Cobb school board voted 6-0 Thursday, with David Morgan absent, to grant the county's Department of Transportation permission Thursday to run a n...
Hazard-ous duties: Shorter’s Hawks get a boost from a brotherly duo (Rome News-Tribune)
posted on September 10, 2009 at 02:49:28 am
It can be said that Jordan Hazard and his younger brother, Daniel, come from a family where athleticism and competitiveness run through the bloodlines. Now, the duo’s lives have carved a path from...
Wrestling Welcomes 12 Newcomers for 2009-10 (GoMocs.com)
posted on August 26, 2009 at 05:07:53 pm
University of Tennessee at Chattanooga head coach Heath Eslinger recently welcomed 12 new student-athletes to the Mocs wrestling program with the start of the 2009 fall semester.
Police: Cheerleader stole girls’ charity cash (MSNBC)
posted on July 19, 2009 at 06:44:29 pm
Two of Joe Green’s daughters were selling patriotic T-shirts and hats on the Fourth of July to help their family during tough economic times when a cheerleader allegedly stole $147 they had managed to earn. But some clever cybersleuthing by the family helped police make an arrest.

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Sprayberry High School is a public high school in the Cobb County School District. It was founded the day after Labor Day in 1952 in Cobb County, Georgia, United States. The high school was originally founded in the building now occupied by the The Walker School (a private school), on Cobb Parkway (U.S. 41) at the north corner of Allgood Road. It is now located on the west corner of Sandy Plains Road at Piedmont Road. Since then, the area historically known as Sandy Plains has now come to be known as Sprayberry, stretching somewhat northeast from the intersection to Post Oak Tritt Road, and to the Sprayberry post office at Ebenezer Road.
Sprayberry is known for its academics and its programs for the arts. Sprayberry has won the National School of Excellence award twice, an accomplishment made by only two other schools. It has also won the Georgia State School of Excellence award and has been named as one of America's top high schools.Sprayberry is a part of Cobb County Public Schools. Middle schools feeding upcoming students into Sprayberry High are McCleskey, JJ Daniell, and Simpson.
Sports
Baseball ( website)
Basketball
Cheerleading
Cross Country
Fast pitch Softball
Football ( website)
Golf
Boys Lacrosse ( website)
Girls Lacrosse ( website)
Marching Band
Slow pitch Softball
Soccer
Swimming ( website)
Volleyball
Wrestling ( website)
Tennis
Track
The school's stadium was used for part of the movie Remember the Titans.
Publications
Sprayberry's Vox Humana ( website)
The Stinger
The Echo
Notable alumni
Buff Bagwell Professional wrestler
Kris Benson of the Baltimore Orioles
Marlon Byrd of the Texas Rangers
Jeff Kindel of the Colorado Rockies
Chuck Nevitt Former NBA player
Ty Pennington TV personality
Parvati Shallow, contestant on Cook Islands and Micronesia
Travis Tritt Country musician
Jim Nash of the Kansas City Athletics
Consequences Creed Professional wrestler
Jimmy Rave Professional wrestler
Brynden Trawick Michigan State Spartans
Christopher Martin Principal Trumpet Chicago Symphony
Rick Richards Lead guitarist of The Georgia Satellites and The Ju-Ju Hounds
External links
Sprayberry High School website
SHS alumni

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