Christ-Centered Academics

The academic program at North Cobb Christian School, a private school outside of Atlanta, is designed to prepare your child to be a world-changer.

Elevated academics. Christ-centered purpose. Future-ready graduates.

At North Cobb Christian School, we don’t just teach subjects—we shape world-changers. Through a distinctly Christian approach to teaching and learning, we cultivate excellence in every student, preparing them to thrive in college, career, and culture for the glory of God.

At NCCS, there is no compromising—either in the excellence of our academic program or in the biblical lens through which all subjects are taught. Here, exemplary academics meet unshakable truth: every subject, every day.

Our Promise to Every Student

Every NCCS student will:

Be known and nurtured by highly qualified faculty.
- 60% of faculty have advanced degrees.
- Lower School teachers and administrators are Orton-Gillingham certified.
- NCCS partners with the Colson Fellows Program, training our faculty in an uncompromising biblical worldview.
Grow through personalized, rigorous learning with small class sizes. The NCCS school-wide average is a remarkable 11:1 student-to-teacher ratio.
Engage in purposeful innovation through inquiry, collaboration, and real-world opportunities.
Become confident, Christ-centered leaders—ready to impact the world.

Two students read Scripture and pray together outside at the flagpole.

NCCS Divisions

Preschool

K3, K4, JK5

Wonder begins here. Through hands-on discovery and joyful exploration, our youngest learners build confidence, spark curiosity, grow in faith, and develop strong academic foundations — ready to soar!

Lower School

K5 - 4th

Rooted in truth. Our Lower School combines a research-based academic curriculum with intentional biblical integration in every subject—developing critical thinkers with a lens of faith.

Middle School

5th - 8th

Identity formation + critical spiritual exploration. Through rich academics, talent discovery, and Christ-centered mentorship, students grow in wisdom, biblical identity, and a deep sense of belonging.

Upper School

9th - 12th

Prepared for impact. Upper School students engage in purposeful innovation, personalized pathways, and deep faith formation—ready to change the world.

Distinctive learning pathways

Every child is unique. Their education should be, too.

At North Cobb Christian School, we believe learning comes alive when in alignment with a student's natural strengths, learning styles, and God-given bents. While NCCS students take a wide breadth of robust, college-prep, liberal arts courses, our students go beyond a one-size-fits-all education and embark on personalized academic journeys through these signature programs:

Upper School Academies

While all NCCS students engage in rigorous, college-prep, liberal-arts courses, students in grades 9–12 also have the exclusive opportunity to go beyond a typical liberal-arts education and experience real-world immersion through our NCCS Academies — immersive, passion-driven programs that prepare students for purposeful futures.

NCCS offers five specialized Academies to prepare students for extraordinary success in college and career:

The STEM Academy
The Academy of Business
The Academy of the Arts
The Academy of Exercise and Sports Science
The Academy of Counseling, Ministry, and Education

Entrepreneurial Mindset

Fostering Future Innovators

Research shows that an entrepreneurial mindset equips students for lifelong success. At NCCS, we begin cultivating this mindset early, teaching principles like innovation, collaboration, and real-world problem solving.

In Lower School, students explore these concepts through a dedicated STEAM/Technology class—developing coding skills, exploring programming, and sharpening critical thinking through hands-on projects. A favorite tradition, the annual STEAM Parade, showcases student-created inventions in a festive Thanksgiving celebration.

In Middle School, innovation comes alive during Innovator’s Workshop—a unique elective for STEM exploration, entrepreneurship, invention, and faith-driven creativity.

In Upper School , students sharpen their business acumen through our Business Academy with specialized courses in marketing, economics, and finance. Every student also completes a required personal finance class, equipping them with real-world knowledge in areas like investing, budgeting, taxes, and entrepreneurship. Hands-on experience comes to life as students run Higher Grounds Coffee Company—our student-founded coffee shop in The Commons—where they actively lead, manage, and innovate in a real business environment.

Advanced Academics + College Courses

NCCS offers a full array of Advanced Placement (AP), Honors, and Dual Enrollment courses. In addition to providing academic rigor, these pathways give students the opportunity to earn college credit while still in high school — setting them apart in the college admissions process and helping reduce future college costs.

Through our AP program, students are challenged to master college-level content taught by our passionate, highly qualified teachers. For those pursuing Dual Enrollment, NCCS students can earn up to 58 hours of college credit on our campus through our own faculty, who are dual-qualified to teach college courses through our unique partnership with Toccoa Falls College. Through our unique Dual Enrollment program, NCCS students have the distinct advantage of experiencing the pace and expectations of college academics within our supportive, Christ-centered environment.

Whether through Honors, AP, or Dual Enrollment, NCCS students graduate exceptionally well prepared — equipped not only with advanced knowledge, but also the wisdom and confidence to lead with purpose.

The Moving Forward Program

The Moving Forward Program (MFP) is an incredible academic support program that employs a variety of methods to serve students with average to above average intelligence who are reaching to meet educational standards.

Learners can be supported through a variety of methods, including classroom strategies and interventions, classroom and testing accommodations, small-group instruction, speech-language therapy services, tutoring, executive functioning instruction, and learning lab support.

RISE Gifted Program | Lower School

At North Cobb Christian School, the RISE Program (Research, Investigation, Study, Exploration) is designed to challenge and nurture our gifted and high-ability learners in grades 2nd through 4th through a 90-minute enrichment block each week.

Grounded in a biblical worldview, RISE provides scholastic challenges, creative problem-solving, and critical-thinking enrichment. Students are encouraged to explore their God-given potential through inquiry-based projects, hands-on field trips, interdisciplinary challenges, and real-world applications that stretch their minds and inspire a lifelong love of learning.

The Cain family children are all smiles because they attend NCCS! — "We have full confidence that our children are loved, safe, and receiving a great education. Plus, what we're teaching at home is being reinforced at school. We are more than just a number at NCCS -- we are family."

The Cain Family

Chever Family posing with smiles because they love NCCS! — "Our love for NCCS began from the first moment we stepped inside. The warm greetings, smiling faces, and good energy
flooded my spirit, and immediately I knew this was a special school."

The Chever Family

Four members of a family wearing nice black dresses and a suit, smiling. — "Some people’s thoughts are that a secular environment will ‘strengthen’ their children by forcing them to stand up for their own beliefs. But God’s Word does not endorse that viewpoint. It does not say, ‘Give a child 12 years of training in the way he should not go, and he will be made strong by it.’ We have been amazed at the love the girls’ teachers have shown them and how they apply the principles from God’s Word to the subject being taught and to real-life situations."

The Carter Family

A young family with four daughters smiles outside on a green lawn. — “We chose NCCS because we appreciate how the biblical worldview being taught in our home is supported and supplemented at school. We also love the warm and caring nature of the staff and teachers. We know beyond a shadow of a doubt that they love our kids!”

The Godfrey Family

A family of four smiles big in front of a Christmas tree — “We first came to NCCS in 2017, and we are very glad that we made this decision. We are thankful for the broad scope of experiences and opportunities our children receive at NCCS, which allow them to grow academically, socially, and in their relationships with God. We are confident that when the time comes, they will be very well prepared.”

The Taylor Family

inspiring / environments

NCCS by the NUMBERS

45%

of recent Graduates earned 4.0 or higher on a 4-point scale

45

State Championships in Arts + Athletics

11:1

Student-to-Teacher average Ratio

$10.5M

in scholarships earned by recent graduating classes

54+

acre campus between Acworth and Kennesaw

50%

acceptance rate to university of georgia

20+

nations represented by international students since 2006

40+

AP, Honors and dual enrollment classes

College Bound

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