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Enrollment
1,021
Elementary
DISTRICT 691 · STATE 605
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·COBB COUNTY·NCES 130129002138
Cheatham Hill Elementary School
1350 John Ward Rd SW, Marietta, GA 30064 · (678) 594-8034 · Cobb County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL1,021 STUDENTS
B-
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 51% of Georgia public elementary schools
- A-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- C+Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- DThree-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
13.3:1
77 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.0:1 · STATE 13.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
42%
424 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 | 21 | 2% |
| Kindergarten | 196 | 19% |
| Grade 1 | 132 | 13% |
| Grade 2 | 159 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 177 | 17% |
| Grade 4 | 164 | 16% |
| Grade 5 | 172 | 17% |
This year's kindergarten class (196) is 14% larger than its 5th grade class (172).
Student demographics
71%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
48.5%
GA avg 40.1% . -5.0pp since 2021
Math
54.3%
GA avg 44.6% . -6.8pp since 2021
What this means: On the Georgia Milestones, Georgia's statewide test, about 49 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 54 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 7 points.
Georgia Milestones results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 48.5% | 54.3% |
| 2023-24 | 56.3% | 58.8% |
| 2022-23 | 52.0% | 60.4% |
| 2021-22 | 53.6% | 61.1% |
% 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
52.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
55.9%
based on GA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-3.0pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 53% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 56% 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 Cheatham Hill Elementary School
Cheatham Hill Elementary School's state test result (52.8% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cheatham Hill Elementary School this school | 1,021 | 41.5% | 52.8% |
| West Jackson Elementary School Hoschton | 1,082 | 44.6% | 52.1% |
| Woodstock Elementary School Woodstock | 1,187 | 39.8% | 49.6% |
| Cedar Ridge Elementary School Grovetown | 1,060 | 49.9% | 55.2% |
| Sara Rawson Smith Elementary School Atlanta | 851 | 34.7% | 50.5% |
| Baker Place Elementary Grovetown | 958 | 40.2% | 67.9% |
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 Cheatham Hill Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Georgia | In Cobb County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 52.8% | #298 of 1,208 | #26 of 72 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 54.3% | #334 of 1,215 ▼ 63 | #28 of 72 ▼ 6 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 48.5% | #295 of 1,215 ▼ 71 | #27 of 72 ▼ 1 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -5.9pp | #96 of 1,183 | #5 of 72 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 1,021 | #70 of 1,324 | #5 of 78 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.3:1 | #626 of 1,301 | #63 of 77 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 70.7% | #99 of 1,301 | #17 of 77 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 41.5% | #1,110 of 1,312 | #51 of 78 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -7.7% | #613 of 854 | #44 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
1,021
+7 (+1%) vs 2020
-9% since 2000-01, when it was 1,127
Student : Teacher
13.3:1
was 13.0:1
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 | 1,021 | 76.7 | 13.3:1 | 42% (424) |
| 2023-24 | 990 | 80.1 | 12.4:1 | 43% (423) |
| 2022-23 | 1,048 | 76.7 | 13.7:1 | 34% (357) |
| 2020-21 | 1,014 | 78 | 13.0:1 | 31% (313) |
| 2017-18 | 1,106 | 77.9 | 14.2:1 | 33% (368) |
| 2015-16 | 1,088 | 75 | 14.5:1 | 37% (402) |
| 2010-11 | 1,106 | 80 | 13.8:1 | 35% (387) |
| 2000-01 | 1,127 | 72 | 15.7:1 | 11% (127) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Cheatham Hill Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 8% (1,106 to 1,021); teachers down 2% (77.9 to 76.7).
About Cheatham Hill Elementary School
Cheatham Hill Elementary School is an elementary school located in Marietta, Georgia, in Cobb County. Classes run from pre-K through 5, and the school has 1,021 students. The average for elementary schools in Georgia is about 605 students, so this school is 69% above average.
Cobb County enrolls 105,738 students, and its 110 schools include Cheatham Hill Elementary School.
Federal enrollment data show White students as the largest group at Cheatham Hill Elementary School, at 39%. Enrollment also includes 28% Hispanic, 25% Black, 5% multiracial, and 3% Asian. Among people living in Cobb County, the White share is about 49%. Cheatham Hill Elementary School's diversity index is 71%, against a US figure of 70%.
Its teaching staff equals 76.7 full-time positions, a ratio of 13.3:1. For comparison, elementary schools in Georgia average 13.3:1. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility, a common measure of family income, is 42%. The average for public schools in Cobb County is 53%.
The allk12 Grade for Cheatham Hill Elementary School is B-. Compared with Georgia public elementary schools, the school scored higher than 51% on a mix of test scores, poverty-adjusted results, and recent trend.
On BeatsExpectations, Cheatham Hill Elementary School is 3.0 points below its prediction, a result in the middle 80% of Georgia schools.
Census Bureau estimates for Cobb County show that the median household income is $102,738, roughly 51% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 6%. There are 129 public schools in Cobb County, enrolling about 116,609 students in all.
Dowell Elementary School is the closest public school, about 1.5 miles away in a straight line. In all, at least 8 other public schools sit within five miles of Cheatham Hill Elementary School. Cheatham Hill Elementary School places 4th of 8 on proficiency among the closest schools that report scores.
Cheatham Hill Elementary School has an NCES locale of Suburb: Large.
Enrollment at Cheatham Hill Elementary School was 1,014 in 2020-21 and 1,021 in 2024-25, a change of less than 3%.
Topics for discussion here include school events, clubs, and volunteer needs. Alumni can share how the school prepared them.
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
- Dowell Elementary School1.5 mi · 898
- Smitha Middle School2.4 mi · 866
- Marietta Regional Youth Detention Center2.4 mi · 18
- Lovinggood Middle School2.5 mi · 1,209
- Still Elementary School2.6 mi · 755
- Hillgrove High School2.7 mi · 2,282
Frequently asked questions
About Cheatham Hill Elementary SchoolHow large is Cheatham Hill Elementary School?
Cheatham Hill Elementary School enrolls approximately 1,021 students in grades PK-05.
Is Cheatham Hill Elementary School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Cheatham Hill Elementary School is an elementary school covering grades PK-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Cheatham Hill Elementary School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Cheatham Hill Elementary School is approximately 13.3:1 (77 FTE teachers).
What is the student diversity at Cheatham Hill Elementary School?
Student demographics at Cheatham Hill Elementary School are roughly 39% White, 28% Hispanic, 25% Black, 3% Asian, 5% Two or more.
What district is Cheatham Hill Elementary School in?
Cheatham Hill Elementary School is part of Cobb County.
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