Enrollment
267
Elementary
DISTRICT 691 · STATE 605
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·COBB COUNTY·NCES 130129000538
Belmont Hills Elementary School
605 Glendale Pl SE, Smyrna, GA 30080 · (678) 842-6810 · Cobb County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL267 STUDENTS
C
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 29% of Georgia public elementary schools
- CTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- B-Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- CThree-year trend Change in reading and math proficiency over the last three test years.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Georgia public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
8.1:1
33 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.0:1 · STATE 13.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
100%
267 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 47 | 18% |
| Grade 1 | 44 | 16% |
| Grade 2 | 43 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 44 | 16% |
| Grade 4 | 44 | 16% |
| Grade 5 | 45 | 17% |
This year's kindergarten class (47) is about the same size as its 5th grade class (45).
Student demographics
40%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
Belmont Hills Elementary School→Pearson Middle School
Based on published attendance-zone data from Cobb County. Zones change; confirm enrollment with the district.
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Georgia Milestones 2024-25 . % Proficient or DistinguishedEnglish Language Arts
17.0%
GA avg 40.1% . -8.6pp since 2021
Math
30.5%
GA avg 44.6% . +3.6pp since 2021
What this means: On the Georgia Milestones, Georgia's statewide test, about 17 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 31 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 9 points since 2021, while math scores are up about 4 points.
Georgia Milestones results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 17.0% | 30.5% |
| 2023-24 | 24.1% | 36.9% |
| 2022-23 | 21.5% | 34.7% |
| 2021-22 | 25.5% | 26.9% |
% 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
27.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
25.7%
based on GA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+1.3pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 27% 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 Belmont Hills Elementary School
Belmont Hills Elementary School's state test result (27.0% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Belmont Hills Elementary School this school | 267 | 100.0% | 27.0% |
| LaBelle Elementary School Marietta | 339 | 100.0% | 25.4% |
| Judia Jackson Harris Elementary Athens | 392 | 100.0% | 29.6% |
| Unidos Dual Language School Forest Park | 394 | 100.0% | 37.3% |
| Argyle Elementary School Smyrna | 333 | 99.1% | 26.1% |
| Milford Elementary School Marietta | 389 | 99.0% | 30.4% |
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 Belmont Hills Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Georgia | In Cobb County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 27.0% | #884 of 1,208 | #60 of 72 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 30.5% | #847 of 1,215 ▼ 169 | #61 of 72 ▼ 9 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 17.0% | #1,085 of 1,215 ▼ 132 | #71 of 72 ▼ 6 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -2.5pp | #256 of 1,183 | #27 of 72 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 267 | #1,269 of 1,324 | #74 of 78 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 8.1:1 | #4 of 1,301 | #1 of 77 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 40.4% | #944 of 1,301 | #74 of 77 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 100% | #118 of 1,312 | #6 of 78 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -24.1% | #163 of 854 | #8 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
267
-62 (-19%) vs 2020
-39% since 1990-91, when it was 437
Student : Teacher
8.1:1
was 8.4:1
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 | 267 | 33.1 | 8.1:1 | 100% (267) |
| 2023-24 | 276 | 35.1 | 7.9:1 | 92% (255) |
| 2022-23 | 279 | 35.6 | 7.8:1 | 89% (248) |
| 2020-21 | 329 | 39 | 8.4:1 | 84% (275) |
| 2017-18 | 352 | 36 | 9.8:1 | 88% (308) |
| 2015-16 | 344 | 38 | 9.1:1 | 93% (320) |
| 2010-11 | 628 | 63 | 10.0:1 | 94% (591) |
| 2000-01 | 433 | 39 | 11.1:1 | 79% (344) |
| 1990-91 | 437 | 38 | 11.5:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Belmont Hills Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 24% (352 to 267); teachers down 8% (36 to 33.1).
About Belmont Hills Elementary School
Belmont Hills Elementary School is a small elementary school that serves part of Smyrna, Georgia. The school enrolls 267 students, from pre-K through 5. Average enrollment for elementary schools in Georgia is about 605, so this school runs 56% smaller than that.
Belmont Hills Elementary School is run by Cobb County, whose 110 schools enroll 105,738 students.
At Belmont Hills Elementary School, Hispanic students make up 75% of the student body. Next come 16% Black, 4% White, and 2% multiracial. The county population is about 15% Hispanic. Belmont Hills Elementary School's diversity index is 40%, against a US figure of 70%.
Federal records show a student-to-teacher ratio of 8.1:1 at Belmont Hills Elementary School, with 33.1 full-time-equivalent teachers. On average, elementary schools in Georgia have 13.3:1, compared with 8.1:1 here. The count of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch equals 100% of enrollment. Public schools in Cobb County average 53%.
The allk12 Grade for Belmont Hills Elementary School is C. Compared with Georgia public elementary schools, the school scored higher than 29% on a mix of test scores, poverty-adjusted results, and recent trend.
After adjusting for student poverty, Belmont Hills Elementary School lands between the top and bottom 10% of Georgia schools. Its average proficiency rate on state tests is 27.0%; the prediction is 25.7%.
Among Cobb County residents, the median household income is $102,738, 51% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 6% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Belmont Hills Elementary School is one of 129 public schools in the county.
Nearby, Campbell High School is about 0.6 miles away. Within five miles of Belmont Hills Elementary School, there are at least 8 other public schools. Ranked by average proficiency, Belmont Hills Elementary School places 3rd out of 8 schools in its immediate area.
For locale, NCES codes Belmont Hills Elementary School as Suburb: Large.
Over 4 years, Belmont Hills Elementary School's enrollment dropped 19%, to 267.
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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 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 Belmont Hills Elementary schools
2 other US public schools in 2 states are named Belmont Hills Elementary. Belmont Hills Elementary School is the 3rd largest of the 3.
- Belmont Hills Elementary SchoolBensalem, PA · 580 students
- Belmont Hills Elementary SchoolBala Cynwyd, PA · 358 students
Nearby schools
- Campbell High School0.6 mi · 3,085
- International Academy of Smyrna0.7 mi · 328
- Smyrna Elementary School0.8 mi · 870
- Green Acres Elementary School0.9 mi · 584
- LaBelle Elementary School1.1 mi · 339
- Norton Park Elementary School1.2 mi · 643
Frequently asked questions
About Belmont Hills Elementary SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Belmont Hills Elementary School?
Belmont Hills Elementary School enrolls approximately 267 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does Belmont Hills Elementary School serve?
Belmont Hills Elementary School serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Belmont Hills Elementary School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Belmont Hills Elementary School is approximately 8.1:1 (33 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Belmont Hills Elementary School?
At Belmont Hills Elementary School, the student body is approximately 4% White, 75% Hispanic, 16% Black, 2% Asian, 2% Two or more.
Is Belmont Hills Elementary School public or private?
Belmont Hills 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.