Enrollment
333
Elementary
DISTRICT 691 · STATE 605
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·COBB COUNTY·NCES 130129000528
Argyle Elementary School
2420 Spring Rd SE, Smyrna, GA 30080 · (678) 842-6800 · Cobb County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL333 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
8.3:1
40 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.0:1 · STATE 13.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
99%
330 students
DISTRICT 56% · STATE 74%
Community
0
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 | 14 | 4% |
| Kindergarten | 53 | 16% |
| Grade 1 | 51 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 52 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 56 | 17% |
| Grade 4 | 52 | 16% |
| Grade 5 | 55 | 17% |
This year's kindergarten class (53) is about the same size as its 5th grade class (55).
Student demographics
54%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
24.0%
GA avg 40.1% . +3.7pp since 2021
Math
32.9%
GA avg 44.6% . +4.9pp since 2021
What this means: On the Georgia Milestones, Georgia's statewide test, about 24 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 33 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 5 points.
Georgia Milestones results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 24.0% | 32.9% |
| 2023-24 | 25.0% | 27.1% |
| 2022-23 | 24.5% | 24.5% |
| 2021-22 | 20.3% | 28.0% |
% 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
26.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
26.1%
based on GA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-0.1pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 26% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 26% 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 Argyle Elementary School
Argyle Elementary School's state test result (26.1% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Argyle Elementary School this school | 333 | 99.1% | 26.1% |
| Milford Elementary School Marietta | 389 | 99.0% | 30.4% |
| Fowler Drive Elementary School Athens | 366 | 100.0% | 24.4% |
| Vickery Mill Elementary Roswell | 407 | 100.0% | 37.4% |
| LaBelle Elementary School Marietta | 339 | 100.0% | 25.4% |
| Funston Elementary School Funston | 376 | 100.0% | 33.8% |
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 Argyle Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Georgia | In Cobb County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 26.1% | #902 of 1,208 | #62 of 72 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 32.9% | #794 of 1,215 ▲ 110 | #58 of 72 ▲ 6 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 24.0% | #903 of 1,215 ▲ 14 | #61 of 72 ▲ 2 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +4.3pp | #431 of 1,183 | #19 of 72 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 333 | #1,209 of 1,324 | #71 of 78 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 8.3:1 | #8 of 1,301 | #2 of 77 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 53.8% | #684 of 1,301 | #62 of 77 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 99.1% | #464 of 1,312 | #16 of 78 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -20.9% | #218 of 854 | #14 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
333
+18 (+6%) vs 2020
-46% since 1990-91, when it was 622
Student : Teacher
8.3:1
was 8.8:1
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 | 333 | 40.1 | 8.3:1 | 99% (330) |
| 2023-24 | 309 | 37.1 | 8.3:1 | 93% (288) |
| 2022-23 | 295 | 33.6 | 8.8:1 | 81% (240) |
| 2020-21 | 315 | 36 | 8.8:1 | 83% (261) |
| 2017-18 | 421 | 42 | 10.0:1 | 87% (368) |
| 2015-16 | 405 | 45 | 9.0:1 | 87% (354) |
| 2010-11 | 647 | 54 | 12.0:1 | 87% (563) |
| 2000-01 | 714 | 51 | 14.0:1 | 67% (478) |
| 1990-91 | 622 | 45 | 13.8:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Argyle Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 21% (421 to 333); teachers down 5% (42 to 40.1).
About Argyle Elementary School
At 2420 Spring Rd SE in Smyrna, Georgia, Argyle Elementary School operates as a small elementary school. It educates 333 students in pre-K through 5. The typical figure for elementary schools in Georgia is about 605 students.
Cobb County is responsible for 110 schools, Argyle Elementary School included, with 105,738 students in all.
Hispanic students make up a majority at Argyle Elementary School, at 59%. The remaining students are 34% Black, 3% Asian, 2% White, and 2% multiracial. Census figures show Cobb County is about 15% Hispanic. Argyle Elementary School's diversity index is 54%, against a US figure of 70%.
Argyle Elementary School operates with 40.1 full-time-equivalent teachers, a ratio of about 8.3:1. On average, elementary schools in Georgia have 13.3:1, compared with 8.3:1 here. Argyle Elementary School reports 99% of students eligible for free or reduced-price meals. The 53% average for public schools in Cobb County is 46 points lower.
On BeatsExpectations, Argyle Elementary School is within a point of its prediction, a result in the middle 80% of Georgia schools.
Cobb County has these Census figures: the median household income is $102,738, roughly 51% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 6% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Cobb County is home to 129 public schools and about 116,609 public school students.
Nearest public school: Amana Academy West Atlanta, about 0.9 miles away. A five-mile radius around the school includes at least 8 other public schools. Ranking the closest schools with test data puts Argyle Elementary School at 6th of 6.
Argyle Elementary School falls in the Suburb: Large locale category, used for schools in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Argyle Elementary School's enrollment climbed from 315 in 2020-21 to 333 in 2024-25.
The allk12 site hosts a discussion page for Argyle Elementary School covering things like sports tryouts, band and choir, and theater. Reviews and ratings from people who know the school are welcome.
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 Smyrna
- Campbell High SchoolHigh · 3,085 students
- Campbell Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,368 students
- Nickajack Elementary SchoolElementary · 1,260 students
- King Springs Elementary SchoolElementary · 1,101 students
- Griffin Middle SchoolMiddle · 991 students
- Teasley Elementary SchoolElementary · 974 students
Other Argyle Elementary schools
3 other US public schools in 4 states are named Argyle Elementary. Argyle Elementary School is the 2nd largest of the 4.
- ARGYLE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLORANGE PARK, FL · 722 students
- ARGYLE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLARGYLE, NY · 253 students
- Argyle ElementaryArgyle, WI · 150 students
Nearby schools
- Amana Academy West Atlanta0.9 mi · 215
- Campbell Middle School1.1 mi · 1,368
- Teasley Elementary School1.2 mi · 974
- Destinations Career Academy of Georgia (Virtual)1.8 mi · 587
- Cobb Horizon High School1.9 mi · 927
- Smyrna Elementary School2.3 mi · 870
Frequently asked questions
About Argyle Elementary SchoolHow many students attend Argyle Elementary School?
Argyle Elementary School enrolls approximately 333 students in grades PK-05.
Is Argyle Elementary School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Argyle Elementary School is an elementary school covering grades PK-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Argyle Elementary School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Argyle Elementary School is approximately 8.3:1 (40 FTE teachers).
How diverse is Argyle Elementary School?
Argyle Elementary School reports a student body of 2% White, 59% Hispanic, 34% Black, 3% Asian, 2% Two or more.
Is Argyle Elementary School public or private?
Argyle 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.