The Walker School

700 Cobb Parkway North, Marietta, GA 30062

770-427-2689

www.thewalkerschool.org/index.aspx

Promotion

Walker’s dedicated teachers exude contagious intellectual energy, demonstrate authentic interest in the life of the mind that extends beyond their core subject areas, and model genuine respect for students and one another.

Through their actions and interactions, Walker teachers cultivate students’ spirit of wanting to know in every setting—the classroom and the hallway, the laboratory and the library, the art studio and the stage, the court and the playing field.

Walker students, feeling known and encouraged by their teachers and classmates, come to value the experience over the applause, developing along the way the confidence to explore new avenues of thinking, the wisdom to articulate meaningful insights, and the fortitude to act with integrity and honor.

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GRADES OFFERED pre-K3–12

TOTAL NUMBER OF STUDENTS 923

NUMBER OF HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS 362

FOUNDED 1957

STUDENTS OF COLOR 28%

AVERAGE CLASS SIZE (K–5) 15

AVERAGE CLASS SIZE (MIDDLE SCHOOL) 16

AVERAGE CLASS SIZE (HIGH SCHOOL) 16

RELIGIOUS AFFILIATION none

SENIORS WITH NATIONAL MERIT RECOGNITION 3%

GRADE FOREIGN LANGUAGE FIRST OFFERED pre-K

LANGUAGE(S) OFFERED French, German, Latin, Spanish

LOWEST TUITION FOR 5-DAY STUDENTS $12,000

ANNUAL TUITION FOR HIGHEST GRADE $21,790

STUDENTS RECEIVING FINANCIAL AID 16%

CLASS SIZE EXPANDS IN early learners, pre-K, 1, 6, 9

UNIFORM no

BUS TRANSPORTATION yes

TEACHER RETENTION RATE 89%

AP COURSES OFFERED 25

STUDENTS SCORING 3+ ON AP EXAMS 73%

VARSITY SPORTS baseball, basketball, cheerleading, cross-country, football, golf, lacrosse, soccer, softball, swimming/diving, tennis, track, volleyball, wrestling

DIVISION GHSA class A

ART STUDIOS 5

HIGH SCHOOL THEATER PRODUCTIONS PER YEAR 4

HIGH SCHOOL MUSICAL ENSEMBLES 9

ANNUAL APPLICATIONS PER OPENING 2

WHAT’S NEW For the 2016–2017 school year, The Walker School has introduced a more detailed technology progression for students across all divisions. Additional technology instruction has been added for all grades in our lower school, with computer science instruction introduced in fourth and fifth grade. A new robotics class and advanced offerings have been added to our middle school. In the upper school, students will have the opportunity to take part in an engineering concentration that will include engineering coursework, a summer research internship at Georgia Tech (or another local university), and independent science research.