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Enrollment
571
Elementary
DISTRICT 691 · STATE 605
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·COBB COUNTY·NCES 130129002022
Addison Elementary School
3055 Ebenezer Rd, Marietta, GA 30066 · (770) 578-2700 · Cobb County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL571 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
11.9:1
48 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.0:1 · STATE 13.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
34%
192 students
DISTRICT 56% · STATE 74%
Community
6
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 20 | 4% |
| Kindergarten | 86 | 15% |
| Grade 1 | 94 | 16% |
| Grade 2 | 99 | 17% |
| Grade 3 | 78 | 14% |
| Grade 4 | 97 | 17% |
| Grade 5 | 97 | 17% |
This year's kindergarten class (86) is 11% smaller than its 5th grade class (97).
Student demographics
69%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 73% · STATE 71% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
Test scores
Georgia Milestones 2024-25 . % Proficient or DistinguishedEnglish Language Arts
57.5%
GA avg 40.1% . +3.6pp since 2021
Math
68.3%
GA avg 44.6% . +6.8pp since 2021
What this means: On the Georgia Milestones, Georgia's statewide test, about 57 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 68 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Georgia schools, those numbers are about 40 and 45. Reading and writing scores are up about 4 points since 2021, while math scores are up about 7 points.
Georgia Milestones results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 57.5% | 68.3% |
| 2023-24 | 57.4% | 66.8% |
| 2022-23 | 56.4% | 66.1% |
| 2021-22 | 53.9% | 61.5% |
% Proficient or Distinguished, all students and all tested grades.
Source: Georgia Milestones. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
62.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
60.0%
based on GA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+2.6pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 63% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 60% typical for Georgia schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among Georgia's top nor bottom 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like Addison Elementary School
Addison Elementary School's state test result (62.5% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Addison Elementary School this school | 571 | 33.6% | 62.5% |
| Kincaid Elementary School Marietta | 603 | 28.7% | 63.1% |
| Northwood Elementary School Roswell | 576 | 27.6% | 69.4% |
| River Eves Elementary School Roswell | 495 | 29.1% | 71.7% |
| Huddleston Elementary School Peachtree City | 616 | 33.4% | 61.8% |
| Hillside Elementary School Roswell | 497 | 39.6% | 56.4% |
Matched among Georgia elementary schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where Addison Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Georgia | In Cobb County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 62.5% | #173 of 1,208 | #21 of 72 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 68.3% | #149 of 1,215 ▲ 11 | #15 of 72 ▲ 4 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 57.5% | #163 of 1,215 ▲ 43 | #20 of 72 ▲ 4 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +5.2pp | #369 of 1,183 | #15 of 72 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 571 | #677 of 1,324 | #49 of 78 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 11.9:1 | #246 of 1,301 | #36 of 77 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 68.5% | #169 of 1,301 | #22 of 77 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 33.6% | #1,160 of 1,312 | #55 of 78 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -9.5% | #552 of 854 | #40 of 57 |
Ranked against other public elementary schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
571
-10 (-2%) vs 2020
-11% since 1990-91, when it was 640
Student : Teacher
11.9:1
was 13.2:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 571 | 48.1 | 11.9:1 | 34% (192) |
| 2023-24 | 571 | 47.1 | 12.1:1 | 35% (200) |
| 2022-23 | 592 | 46.3 | 12.8:1 | 23% (138) |
| 2020-21 | 581 | 44 | 13.2:1 | 25% (146) |
| 2017-18 | 631 | 44.1 | 14.3:1 | 32% (204) |
| 2015-16 | 617 | 43 | 14.3:1 | 32% (196) |
| 2010-11 | 590 | 41 | 14.4:1 | 32% (186) |
| 2000-01 | 620 | 47 | 13.2:1 | 13% (78) |
| 1990-91 | 640 | 38 | 16.8:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Addison Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 10% (631 to 571); teachers up 9% (44.1 to 48.1).
About Addison Elementary School
Addison Elementary School, a mid-sized elementary school, is located in Marietta, Georgia. In all, 571 students attend the school in pre-K through 5.
Within Cobb County, Addison Elementary School is one of 110 schools. The district enrolls 105,738 students.
White students account for 49% of enrollment at Addison Elementary School, more than any other group. Other students are 20% Hispanic, 13% Black, 11% multiracial, and 7% Asian. Cobb County residents are about 49% White, a similar share. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, Addison Elementary School scores 69%.
Its staff includes 48.1 full-time-equivalent teachers, for about 11.9 students per teacher. The gap from the 13.3:1 average for elementary schools in Georgia is 1.5 students per teacher. Roughly 34% of students at Addison Elementary School can receive free or reduced-price lunch. That is 19 points below the 53% average for public schools in Cobb County.
Addison Elementary School is 2.6 points above its predicted average proficiency rate across its state test results (62.5% versus 60.0%), which places it in neither the top nor the bottom 10% in Georgia.
In Cobb County, where the school is located, median household income comes to about $102,738, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 51%, and roughly 6% of residents are in poverty. The county has 129 public schools and about 116,609 students.
Simpson Middle School, about 1.0 miles away, is the closest public school. Within five miles of Addison Elementary School, there are at least 8 other public schools. Ranked by average proficiency, Addison Elementary School places 6th out of 9 schools in its immediate area.
Its NCES locale code is Suburb: Large: the school is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Compared with 2020-21, when it had 581 students, enrollment in 2024-25 was about the same at 571. Over the same period, the student-to-teacher ratio dropped to 11.9:1, from 13.2:1.
On allk12, people connected to Addison Elementary School can post about pickup and drop-off, after-school programs, and teacher feedback. Members of the school community can share what they know.
Cobb County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
775,208
Census ACS
Median income
$102,738
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
51%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
6%
Below federal line
Schools in county
129
116,609 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Cobb County
- Campbell High SchoolHigh · 3,085 students
- Osborne High SchoolHigh · 2,790 students
- Walton High SchoolHigh · 2,705 students
- Pebblebrook High SchoolHigh · 2,574 students
- North Cobb High SchoolHigh · 2,463 students
- Wheeler High SchoolHigh · 2,401 students
Other schools in Marietta
- Osborne High SchoolHigh · 2,790 students
- Walton High SchoolHigh · 2,705 students
- Marietta High SchoolHigh · 2,526 students
- Wheeler High SchoolHigh · 2,401 students
- Lassiter High SchoolHigh · 2,005 students
- Pope High SchoolHigh · 1,793 students
Other Addison Elementary schools
4 other US public schools in 5 states are named Addison Elementary. Addison Elementary School is the largest of the 5.
- Addison ElementaryHartford, WI · 441 students
- Addison ElementaryPalo Alto, CA · 366 students
- Addison Elementary SchoolAddison, AL · 346 students
- Addison Elementary SchoolADDISON, MI · 328 students
Nearby schools
- Simpson Middle School1.0 mi · 884
- Sprayberry High School1.0 mi · 1,769
- Mountain View Elementary School1.1 mi · 837
- Lassiter High School1.6 mi · 2,005
- McCleskey Middle School1.7 mi · 540
- Rocky Mount Elementary School1.7 mi · 576
Frequently asked questions
About Addison Elementary SchoolHow many students attend Addison Elementary School?
Addison Elementary School enrolls approximately 571 students in grades PK-05.
Is Addison Elementary School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Addison Elementary School is an elementary school covering grades PK-05.
How many teachers does Addison Elementary School have?
Addison Elementary School employs 48 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 11.9:1.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Addison Elementary School?
At Addison Elementary School, the student body is approximately 49% White, 20% Hispanic, 13% Black, 7% Asian, 11% Two or more.
Is Addison Elementary School public or private?
Addison Elementary School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Cobb County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.