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What's the biggest difference between Bells Ferry Elementary School and what you expected?
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Enrollment
704
Elementary
DISTRICT 691 · STATE 605
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·COBB COUNTY·NCES 130129000556
Bells Ferry Elementary School
2600 Bells Ferry Rd, Marietta, GA 30066 · (678) 594-8950 · Cobb County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL704 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
13.7:1
51 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.0:1 · STATE 13.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
62%
433 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 | 10 | 1% |
| Kindergarten | 84 | 12% |
| Grade 1 | 120 | 17% |
| Grade 2 | 119 | 17% |
| Grade 3 | 115 | 16% |
| Grade 4 | 145 | 21% |
| Grade 5 | 111 | 16% |
This year's kindergarten class (84) is 24% smaller than its 5th grade class (111).
Student demographics
74%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
School pathway
Students here typically continue to
Based on published attendance-zone data from Cobb County. Zones change; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
Georgia Milestones 2024-25 . % Proficient or DistinguishedEnglish Language Arts
37.9%
GA avg 40.1% . -5.0pp since 2021
Math
36.8%
GA avg 44.6% . -4.9pp since 2021
What this means: On the Georgia Milestones, Georgia's statewide test, about 38 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 37 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Georgia schools, those numbers are about 40 and 45. Reading and writing scores are down about 5 points since 2021, while math scores are down about 5 points.
Georgia Milestones results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 37.9% | 36.8% |
| 2023-24 | 46.2% | 48.6% |
| 2022-23 | 43.5% | 41.7% |
| 2021-22 | 43.0% | 41.8% |
% 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
42.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
45.6%
based on GA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-3.2pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 42% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 46% 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 Bells Ferry Elementary School
Bells Ferry Elementary School's state test result (42.3% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bells Ferry Elementary School this school | 704 | 61.5% | 42.3% |
| Hayes Elementary School Kennesaw | 802 | 57.5% | 43.0% |
| High Point Elementary School Atlanta | 684 | 56.9% | 46.8% |
| Pharr Elementary School Snellville | 816 | 64.2% | 63.4% |
| Dyer Elementary School Dacula | 944 | 57.8% | 60.7% |
| Mulberry Elementary School Auburn | 763 | 51.1% | 60.7% |
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 Bells Ferry Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Georgia | In Cobb County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 42.3% | #504 of 1,208 | #41 of 72 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 36.8% | #689 of 1,215 ▼ 244 | #51 of 72 ▼ 17 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 37.9% | #513 of 1,215 ▼ 129 | #41 of 72 ▼ 4 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -5.0pp | #134 of 1,183 | #12 of 72 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 704 | #366 of 1,324 | #31 of 78 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.7:1 | #751 of 1,301 | #68 of 77 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 74.0% | #37 of 1,301 | #3 of 77 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 61.5% | #924 of 1,312 | #33 of 78 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +1.0% | #357 of 386 | #16 of 18 |
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
704
-28 (-4%) vs 2020
+24% since 1990-91, when it was 566
Student : Teacher
13.7:1
was 14.6:1
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 | 704 | 51.3 | 13.7:1 | 62% (433) |
| 2023-24 | 762 | 50.1 | 15.2:1 | 63% (479) |
| 2022-23 | 716 | 50.1 | 14.3:1 | 47% (335) |
| 2020-21 | 732 | 50 | 14.6:1 | 43% (312) |
| 2017-18 | 697 | 45 | 15.5:1 | 39% (270) |
| 2015-16 | 684 | 47 | 14.6:1 | 43% (293) |
| 2010-11 | 603 | 45 | 13.4:1 | 46% (279) |
| 2000-01 | 420 | 32 | 13.1:1 | 16% (66) |
| 1990-91 | 566 | 45 | 12.6:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Bells Ferry Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students up 1% (697 to 704); teachers up 14% (45 to 51.3).
About Bells Ferry Elementary School
Bells Ferry Elementary School sits in Marietta, Georgia, and is classified as an elementary school. The school offers pre-K through 5 and enrolls 704 students.
Besides Bells Ferry Elementary School, Cobb County runs 109 other schools. The district enrolls 105,738 students.
Black students make up 39% of enrollment at Bells Ferry Elementary School, the largest share of any group. Beyond that, enrollment is 21% White, 20% Hispanic, 10% Asian, and 9% multiracial. In Cobb County overall, about 27% of residents are Black. A diversity index of 74% means there is a 74% chance two randomly chosen students at Bells Ferry Elementary School are from different groups.
Staffing at Bells Ferry Elementary School comes to 51.3 full-time-equivalent teachers, or 13.7:1. The 13.3:1 average for elementary schools in Georgia is close to this figure. Bells Ferry Elementary School counts 62% of students as eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. For comparison, public schools in Cobb County average 53%.
BeatsExpectations compares each school's average proficiency rate across its state test results with a prediction based on free or reduced-price lunch eligibility. For Bells Ferry Elementary School, the prediction is 45.6% and the result is 42.3%.
American Community Survey estimates for Cobb County show that median household income comes to about $102,738, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 51% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 6%. Cobb County counts 129 public schools with about 116,609 students.
About 1.0 miles separate Bells Ferry Elementary School from the closest public school, Daniell Middle School. The five-mile area around Bells Ferry Elementary School holds at least 8 other public schools. Bells Ferry Elementary School ranks 7th of 9 among nearby schools on average proficiency, with 42.3% against a local average of 45.8%.
The school's locale code, Suburb: Large, means it is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Enrollment fell 4% over 4 years, reaching 704 in 2024-25.
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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
Nearby schools
- Daniell Middle School1.0 mi · 884
- Blackwell Elementary School1.9 mi · 580
- Chalker Elementary School2.2 mi · 679
- Sawyer Road Elementary School2.4 mi · 533
- Kincaid Elementary School2.4 mi · 603
- Palmer Middle School2.8 mi · 803
Frequently asked questions
About Bells Ferry Elementary SchoolHow many students attend Bells Ferry Elementary School?
Bells Ferry Elementary School enrolls approximately 704 students in grades PK-05.
Is Bells Ferry Elementary School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Bells Ferry Elementary School is an elementary school covering grades PK-05.
How many teachers does Bells Ferry Elementary School have?
Bells Ferry Elementary School employs 51 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 13.7:1.
What is the student diversity at Bells Ferry Elementary School?
Student demographics at Bells Ferry Elementary School are roughly 21% White, 20% Hispanic, 39% Black, 10% Asian, 9% Two or more.
What district is Bells Ferry Elementary School in?
Bells Ferry Elementary School is part of Cobb County.
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