This means that like other school systems in the state, it is directly under the Georgia Department of Education and not subject to city or county government control.

[13] June 14, 2024 students and alumni announce joining the federal discrimination lawsuit against Cobb County School District, et al.[1] On May 14, 2024, the National Women's Law Center (NWLC) filed two complaints against the Cobb County School District for violations of Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972 and Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964.

[14] On February 13, 2024, Katie Rinderle and other educators file a lawsuit against the Cobb County School District for discrimination.

The new Clarkdale Elementary opened in mid-August 2012 near Cooper Middle School (although the Federal Emergency Management Agency declared the original site acceptable[17]), while the previous building awaited demolition, a delay which the local neighborhood complained about.

State funding (a bond for 20% of the cost of replacement) was vetoed by Governor Sonny Perdue on procedural grounds in early June 2010.

Walton High School made a run to the GHSA State Championship for American football in 2023, looking to bring home their first-ever state championship, but would ultimately fall to Milton High School heartbreakingly after conceding a field goal with a minute left in the game, going down 24-21, and returning the subsequent kickoff to Milton's 28 yard line, only to throw a pick six on the very next play, and the game would end 31-21 in Milton's favor.

In 2002, Cobb County School District voted to put stickers on textbooks with a message including the admonition cautioning students that "evolution is only a theory."

This led the Georgia legislature to pass a statute in 2010 making it a crime for a teacher to have sexual relations with a student.