Campbell High School

Description

Campbell High School is located 5 miles Northwest of Downtown Atlanta. It is located on a rectangular campus in Smyrna, Georgia. It is part of the Cobb County School District. Campbell High School implemented the IB Diploma Program in 1997, serving as a magnet school for the Cobb County School District.HistoryThe school was named after Orme Campbell, the mother of the man who donated the land on which the original school was built, with the stipulation that the name of the school could never be changed. Orme Campbell High School opened in 1952 with the merger of Smyrna High School and Fitzhugh Lee High School. It opened with a total of 425 students in grades 8-11.In 1989, Orme Campbell High School and F.T. Wills High School merged to form Smyrna High School. Prior to the merger, Campbell students were known as the Green and White "Panthers" and Wills students were known as the Red and Black "Tigers". The students united in selecting new colors, royal blue and silver, and a new mascot, the "Spartans".In 1990, the courts overruled the name change of the school (due to stipulations in the original deed restrictions on the property that the school sited there must be named for the Campbell family), and the name "Campbell High School" was reinstated. Since the ruling pertained only to the school name, it was decided the new colors and the new mascot would be left unchanged. In 1997, the school was relocated to the site of the original Wills High School because of rapid growth, but retained the Campbell name in order to maintain a consistent identity.DemographicsThe breakdown of the 2,576 students enrolled for the 2015-2016 school year: Male - 48.7%Female - 51.3%Native American/Alaskan - 0.0%Asian/Pacific islander - 3.9%Black - 43.6%Hispanic - 32.4%White - 16.1%Multiracial - 3.9% By grade: 9th Grade 31.7%; 10th Grade 26.1%; 11th Grade 21.2%; 12th Grade 20.9%.