Hightower Trail Middle School, 3905 Post Oak Tritt Road, Marietta: grades 6-8, 976 students in 2025, CCRPI 89.2. Zone, report card and bell times.
Last checked Oct. 6, 2026. Sources: the Hightower Trail Middle website, the Cobb County School District’s attendance zones, feeder pattern chart, bell schedule and 2026-27 calendar, the Governor’s Office of Student Achievement’s 2025 School Grades data and the federal NCES school directory.
Hightower Trail Middle School is a Cobb County School District middle school for sixth through eighth grade on Post Oak Tritt Road in East Cobb, in the Pope High School feeder pattern. Its mailing address says Marietta, but the address sits outside any city’s limits, in unincorporated Cobb County, according to the Census Bureau’s geocoder.
- Address: 3905 Post Oak Tritt Road, Marietta, GA 30062
- Phone: 770-578-7225
- Grades: 6 to 8
- Website: cobbk12.org/hightowertrail
Who to call
- Hightower Trail Middle front office: 770-578-7225
- Enroll a student: the district’s enrollment page; families who need an interpreter can call the International Welcome Center at 678-331-3086
- Bus routes and transportation: the district’s Transportation Department, 678-594-8000, and its bus route finder
- Cobb County School District main line: 770-426-3300
- Is this your school? Enter an address in the school and bus locator
Principal
Principal Hannah Polk, according to the school’s website, which says she was named principal in June 2021 after four years as an assistant principal at Simpson Middle.
Enrollment and teachers
The state counted 976 students at Hightower Trail Middle in its 2025 School Grades data, against 991 in 2024. The most recent federal figure, from the NCES directory for the 2023-24 school year, is 963 students and 61 full-time-equivalent teachers, about 15.8 students per teacher.
State report card
Hightower Trail Middle’s 2025 CCRPI single score was 89.2, according to the state’s School Grades data. The Georgia average for middle schools was 78.4 and the Cobb County School District’s was 80.2. The school scored 92.4 in 2023 and 91.3 in 2024. Scores can move a lot from one year to the next at a single school. The full report card, with subgroups and the parts of the score, is on the state’s Hightower Trail Middle report card.
CCRPI is the Georgia Department of Education’s “comprehensive school improvement, accountability, and communication platform,” according to GaDOE. The single score runs from 0 to 100 and is built from content mastery, progress, closing gaps and readiness, plus graduation rate for high schools. Georgia does not publish an A-to-F letter grade for schools in its 2025 data.
Georgia Milestones end-of-grade tests, 2025, share of tested students scoring Proficient and Distinguished, the two upper achievement levels:
| Subject | Proficient | Distinguished |
|---|---|---|
| English language arts | 44.3% | 28.3% |
| Math | 39.7% | 36.9% |
| Science | 45.8% | 27.4% |
| Social studies | 49% | 18.1% |
The same data put 80% of eighth graders reading at or above grade level.
Attendance zone
Zones are set by the district and do not follow ZIP codes. Check any address with the district’s school and bus locator, or open the district’s Hightower Trail zone map (PDF) from its attendance zones page. The district says its posted maps “do not preclude any future changes” and asks families not to make a home purchase based on them alone.
The district’s feeder pattern chart, updated June 30, 2024, lists these elementary school zones feeding Hightower Trail Middle: Mountain View Elementary (50% of its zone), Murdock Elementary (25% of its zone), Shallowford Falls Elementary (53% of its zone) and Tritt Elementary. The whole Hightower Trail zone goes on to Pope High.
We found no rezoning approved by the Board of Education that changes the Hightower Trail zone for 2026-27; the district’s posted zone maps are labeled 2022-23 for high schools and 2023-24 for middle and elementary schools.
Calendar and bell times
The district’s 2026-27 bell schedule (PDF) has Hightower Trail Middle starting at 9:15 a.m. and dismissing at 4:15 p.m. (all Cobb middle schools keep the same hours).
From the district’s 2026-27 calendar (PDF):
- Monday, Oct. 12: digital learning day
- Tuesday, Oct. 13, to Friday, Oct. 16: conference week, early release for elementary and middle schools only
- Tuesday, Nov. 3: Election Day, student holiday
- Nov. 23-27: Thanksgiving break
- Thursday, Dec. 17, and Friday, Dec. 18: early release, all schools
- Dec. 21 to Jan. 1: winter break; Monday, Jan. 4, is a student holiday
- Wednesday, May 19, 2027: last day of school
More
- The school’s website
- The state’s report card for Hightower Trail Middle
- Every public school in East Cobb, with zones and scores: our East Cobb public schools guide
- District calendar, registration and the Board of Education: our East Cobb schools guide
Frequently asked questions
What grades does Hightower Trail Middle serve?
Sixth through eighth grade. The state counted 976 students in 2025.
What is Hightower Trail Middle’s CCRPI score?
89.2 in 2025, according to the state’s School Grades data, against a Georgia middle school average of 78.4 and a Cobb County School District average of 80.2.
Which high school does Hightower Trail Middle feed into?
Pope High, according to the district’s feeder pattern chart.
What time does Hightower Trail Middle start?
The district’s 2026-27 bell schedule has Hightower Trail Middle starting at 9:15 a.m. and dismissing at 4:15 p.m.
Who is the principal of Hightower Trail Middle?
Hannah Polk, according to the school’s website on Oct. 6, 2026.
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