About our School

  • Roswell High School is located 18 miles north of Atlanta.  Our school is proud of its rigorous academics, competitive athletics, extensive fine arts, innovative STEM offerings, and a robust career and technical education department.  Roswell's student organizations are a vast melting pot of ideas and voices.  Our greatest assets are our diverse student body, dedicated administration, teachers and staff, caring counselors, engaged families and a historic relationship with the city of Roswell, Georgia.

    For more information about us, see visit our Prospective Parent Page.

School Data

  • Grades
    9th - 12th

    School Day
    8:20 a.m.–3:30 p.m.

    Colors
    Kelly Green and White

    Mascot
    Sting the Hornet

    Average Enrollment: 2246

    CEEB/ACT Code:  112625

    Graduation Rate:  93.7%

    Faculty Information
    For faculty information, please see our Staff Directory.

Awards and Accolades

    • GADOE A-rated school
    • 91.9 CCRPI score (College and Career Readiness Performance Index)

    • 1172 SAT average with mean EBRW of 592 and mean Math of 581

    • 25.4 ACT average exceeds county, state and national averages

    • AP Humanities school

    • AP Merit school

    • AP STEM and STEM Achievement School

    • 79% of AP exam participants earned college credit with AP scores of 3, 4, and 5

    • AVID school (Advancement by Individual Determination)

    • 2017 U.S. News and World Report's "Best High School" list (#15 in GA, #448 in Nation)

    • 2016 Washington Post's "America's Most Challenging High Schools" list (#21 in GA)
Front entrance of Roswell High School
Roswell High School

Cluster Information

World Languages

  • World Language Programs

    • French
    • Spanish
    • Japanese

School Contact

  • Roswell High School

    11595 King Road

    Roswell, GA 30075

    Phone: 470-254-4500

    Fax: 470-254-4509

    Office Hours: 7:30 AM - 4:00 PM

Special Programs

  • AP Program Statistics (2022):

    • AP School of Distinction -  Schools with at least 20 percent of the total student population taking AP exams and at least 50 percent of all AP exams earning scores of 3 or higher.
    • AP Humanities School –  Schools with a minimum of five students testing in each of the following AP categories:  one ELA course, two history/social science courses, one fine arts course, and one world language course. 
    • AP Humanities Achievement School -  AP Humanities schools (see above definition) with at least 50 percent of all AP Humanities exams earning scores of 3 or higher. 
    • AP STEM Schools – Schools with a minimum of five students testing in at least four AP STEM courses (AP Calculus AB, AP Calculus BC, AP Statistics, AP Biology, AP Chemistry, AP Environmental Science, AP Physics 1, AP Physics 2, AP Physics C, AP Computer Science A, AP Computer Science Principles).
    • AP STEM Achievement Schools – AP STEM schools (see above definition) with at least 50 percent of all AP STEM exams earning scores of 3 or higher.
    • 93% of AP World Language students earned the Bi-Literacy Seal

School Report Card