Woodland High School was founded in 1997, the third high school built in Bartow County. It is located on a 121-acre campus in the foothills of the Appalachian Mountains, on the Etowah River in Cartersville, Georgia. The school's founder and first principal was Dr. Nettie Holt.
Academics
As of 2019, Woodland High School had a graduation rate of 83%, the highest among Bartow County's high schools. As of 2017, 13% of Woodland High School students are enrolled in least one Advanced Placement course during the school year, whereas the median across high schools that offer AP courses in Georgia is 16%. Additionally, 12% of students of Woodland High School are learning disabled, which is slightly above average compared to the median across high schools in Georgia. Advanced Placement courses are offered in Social Studies, Sciences and Mathematics. Woodland also has courses and programs in Health Sciences, Agriculture, Physical Exercise, Criminal Justice, Foreign Languages, Band/Color-guard, Chorus, Dance, Drama, and Theatre.
Student Demographics
As of 2019, Woodland's student body is 77.7% White, 6.2% African American, 12.9% Hispanic, 0.3% Asian, 0.1% American Indian and 2.1% two or more races. 44% of Woodland's students are eligible to participate in the National School Lunch Program. Woodland High School's student body is 51% female, 49% male.
Campus Facilities
Woodland's main classroom building houses the front offices, nurse's office, weight room, dance room, cafeteria, campus police, two gyms, and the newly built 9th Grade Academy. Students first attended the free-standing 9th Grade Academy in the 2009-10 school year. It is a two-story building which can hold 100-125 students. Woodland High School is home to Cartersville's Performing Arts Center. The PAC seats 1,000 guests and includes a vast pre-function lobby space, two ticket/concession windows, and a large backstage rooms for mounting big stage productions. The Woodland PAC has hosted the Miss Georgia USA Pageants and many other musical, theatrical, and ballet performances. While basketball games and classes are held in both gyms, the main gym hosts the varsity basketball games, wrestling matches, cheerleading competitions, and other ceremonies. The school's outdoor athletic facilities include the football/soccer field and their practice field; baseball and softball fields; the tennis courts and the track; and the field house, where athletes change clothes, prepare for games and meets, and where the football coaches' offices are.
Woodland's golf team won the Region 5-AAAAA golf tournament in 2013. The Woodland Lady Wildcats girls' soccer team set a record with most wins in a season with their 7-0 victory over Hiram in 2013. In 2011, the Wildcat Marching Band represented Georgia in the National Cherry Blossom Festival in Washington, DC. In 2011, Woodland High School was chosen as High 5 Sports Team of The Week and was filmed live on Good Day Atlanta after winning with over 44,000 votes. in 2016, the Wildcat Marching Band was awarded the title of Grand Champions at The Legacy of Champions Marching Competition in Carrollton, Georgia.
