Kennesaw Mountain High School is a

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located in

Kennesaw Kennesaw is a suburban city northwest of Atlanta in Cobb County, Georgia, United States, located within the greater Atlanta metropolitan area. Known from its original settlement in the 1830s until 1887 as Big Shanty, it became Kennesaw under its ...

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, United States. It was founded in 2000 as a

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specializing in science and mathematics, and is one of sixteen high schools in the

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History

Students

Kennesaw Mountain High School was founded in 2000. The high school, built on a site, was intended to have a capacity of 2,000 students, but due to the rapid population growth in

, the school quickly became overcrowded. Before the school was built, juniors, as opposed to freshman and sophomores, from

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(the main output) were given the choice whether to stay at their current school or change to Kennesaw Mountain. Approximately 240 juniors decided to change, which was much more than expected.

Construction

Construction of the five buildings at the campus began in August 1999 and was completed in 14 months. The design, by Passantino & Bavier, Inc., used steel bowstring

joist A joist is a horizontal structural member used in framing to span an open space, often between beams that subsequently transfer loads to vertical members. When incorporated into a floor framing system, joists serve to provide stiffness to the s ...

s to allow for an arched roofline and the clear span required for the gymnasium. Design and construction of the campus is the only Georgia project featured by the Steel Joist Institute. Included in the design, as requested by the school, was a plan so 70% of classrooms would have windows.

Magnet program

The Academy of Mathematics, Science, & Technology at Kennesaw Mountain is one of seven

magnet schools In the U.S. education system, magnet schools are public schools with specialized courses or curricula. "Magnet" refers to how the schools draw students from across the normal boundaries defined by authorities (usually school boards) as school ...

at the high school level in the

. For the class of 2023, the Academy of Mathematics, Science, & Technology at Kennesaw Mountain had an acceptance rate of 52%, and the class of 2026, of those who where accepted into the Magnet Program had an average 8th grade PSAT 8/9 NPR of 93% for Math (520), and 92% for Evidence Based Reading and Writing (540).

Athletics

The Mustangs are a member of GHSA and participate in Region 6-AAAAAA. The school offers football, softball, cross country, volleyball, basketball, wrestling, swimming and diving, baseball, golf, marching band, lacrosse, soccer, tennis, and track and field.

Notable alumni

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, racecar driver *

Omar Jimenez Omar Fernando Jimenez (born November 27, 1993) is an American journalist and correspondent working for CNN. Early life and education Jimenez was born in Worcester, Massachusetts and raised in Kennesaw, Georgia. He is Afro-Latino; his mother, Ja ...

, Journalist *

Tyler Stephenson Tyler Robert Stephenson (born August 16, 1996) is an American professional baseball catcher for the Cincinnati Reds of Major League Baseball (MLB). The Reds selected him in the first round, 11th overall, of the 2015 MLB Draft. Born in Atlanta an ...

, Baseball Player

References

External links

School website

KMHS Magnet School
{{authority control Schools in Cobb County, Georgia Public high schools in Georgia (U.S. state) Educational institutions established in 2000 Magnet schools in Georgia (U.S. state) 2000 establishments in Georgia (U.S. state)