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Enrollment
884
Middle
DISTRICT 921 · STATE 763
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·COBB COUNTY·NCES 130129000564
Daniell Middle School
2900 Scott Rd, Marietta, GA 30066 · (678) 594-8048 · Cobb County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL884 STUDENTS
B
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Scored higher than 57% of Georgia public middle schools
- B+Test 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.
- C-Three-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 middle schools
Student : Teacher
15.1:1
59 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.1:1 · STATE 14.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
58%
511 students
DISTRICT 56% · STATE 74%
Community
6
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other middle schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 6 | 291 | 33% |
| Grade 7 | 276 | 31% |
| Grade 8 | 317 | 36% |
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
Daniell Middle School→Sprayberry High School
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
47.6%
GA avg 40.1% . -1.3pp since 2021
Math
49.6%
GA avg 44.6% . +3.9pp since 2021
What this means: On the Georgia Milestones, Georgia's statewide test, about 48 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 50 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 1 points since 2021, while math scores are up about 4 points.
Georgia Milestones results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 47.6% | 49.6% |
| 2023-24 | 44.7% | 48.1% |
| 2022-23 | 46.7% | 42.2% |
| 2021-22 | 48.9% | 45.7% |
% 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
47.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
47.5%
based on GA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+0.1pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 48% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 47% 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 Daniell Middle School
Daniell Middle School's state test result (47.6% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Daniell Middle School this school | 884 | 57.8% | 47.6% |
| Barber Middle School Acworth | 790 | 57.8% | 39.2% |
| Griffin Middle School Smyrna | 991 | 55.0% | 44.9% |
| Arnall Middle School Newnan | 740 | 60.5% | 36.0% |
| Palmer Middle School Kennesaw | 803 | 53.1% | 43.5% |
| Pinckneyville Middle School Peachtree Corners | 1,157 | 57.0% | 42.3% |
Matched among Georgia middle 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 Daniell Middle School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Georgia | In Cobb County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 47.6% | #136 of 470 | #13 of 28 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 49.6% | #150 of 474 ▼ 6 | #13 of 28 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 47.6% | #119 of 474 ▲ 29 | #14 of 28 ▲ 3 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +1.3pp | #351 of 465 | #22 of 28 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 884 | #151 of 487 | #16 of 28 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.1:1 | #320 of 471 | #12 of 28 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 74.1% | #9 of 471 | #1 of 28 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 57.8% | #346 of 479 | #13 of 28 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -16.9% | #91 of 305 | #6 of 22 |
Ranked against other public middle 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
884
-85 (-9%) vs 2020
-14% since 1990-91, when it was 1,023
Student : Teacher
15.1:1
was 16.1:1
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 | 884 | 58.7 | 15.1:1 | 58% (511) |
| 2023-24 | 894 | 56.6 | 15.8:1 | 62% (555) |
| 2022-23 | 981 | 65 | 15.1:1 | 48% (472) |
| 2020-21 | 969 | 60 | 16.1:1 | 46% (447) |
| 2017-18 | 1,064 | 55 | 19.4:1 | 45% (480) |
| 2015-16 | 943 | 50 | 18.9:1 | 47% (440) |
| 2010-11 | 990 | 65 | 15.2:1 | 47% (462) |
| 2000-01 | 1,304 | 84 | 15.5:1 | 14% (177) |
| 1990-91 | 1,023 | 66 | 15.5:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Daniell Middle School.
Since 2017-18: students down 17% (1,064 to 884); teachers up 7% (55 to 58.7).
About Daniell Middle School
Daniell Middle School is one of the public schools in Marietta, Georgia. It is a medium-sized middle school. Students in grades 6 through 8 attend, and enrollment is 884 students.
Daniell Middle School belongs to Cobb County, a district of 110 schools and 105,738 students.
Daniell Middle School's enrollment has no majority group, and Black students are the largest at 32%. Other students are 29% Hispanic, 25% White, 9% Asian, and 5% multiracial. Daniell Middle School has a diversity index of 74%, compared with 70% for all US public school students.
The school reported 58.7 full-time-equivalent teachers in 2024-25 and a ratio of 15.1:1. For comparison, middle schools in Georgia average 14.1:1. Free or reduced-price lunch eligibility is 58%.
Daniell Middle School is graded B by allk12, scoring above 57% of Georgia public middle schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
The allk12 BeatsExpectations score for Daniell Middle School is +0.1 points: 47.6% actual, 47.5% predicted.
Among Cobb County residents, median household income is about $102,738, roughly 51% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 6% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Federal data list 129 public schools in Cobb County, with a combined enrollment of about 116,609.
Bells Ferry Elementary School is located about 1.0 miles from Daniell Middle School. Other public schools within five miles: at least 8. Nearby schools with test data average 48.7% proficiency; Daniell Middle School posts 47.6%.
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.
Daniell Middle School had 969 students in 2020-21 and 884 in 2024-25, a 9% decrease. The student-to-teacher ratio went down from 16.1:1 to 15.1:1.
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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
- Bells Ferry Elementary School1.0 mi · 704
- Blackwell Elementary School1.1 mi · 580
- Kincaid Elementary School1.9 mi · 603
- Sprayberry High School2.1 mi · 1,769
- Addison Elementary School2.3 mi · 571
- McCleskey Middle School2.3 mi · 540
Frequently asked questions
About Daniell Middle SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Daniell Middle School?
Daniell Middle School enrolls approximately 884 students in grades 06-08.
What age range does Daniell Middle School serve?
Daniell Middle School serves students from grade 06 through grade 08.
How many teachers does Daniell Middle School have?
Daniell Middle School employs 59 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 15.1:1.
What is the student diversity at Daniell Middle School?
Student demographics at Daniell Middle School are roughly 25% White, 29% Hispanic, 32% Black, 9% Asian, 5% Two or more.
What district is Daniell Middle School in?
Daniell Middle School is part of Cobb County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.