Due West Elementary School

As a mid-sized elementary school in Marietta, Georgia, Due West Elementary School enrolls 626 students from grades pre-K through 5, part of Cobb County.

Cobb County comprises 110 schools with combined enrollment of 105,738 students; Due West Elementary School is among them.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Due West Elementary School shows that 60% of the student body identifies as White. The remainder breaks down as 14% Black, 10% multiracial, 9% Hispanic, 6% Asian. That is noticeably more White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 49%.

On the income-and-resources front, Staff filings list 49 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 12.9:1 students per teacher. That tracks the state average closely. An estimated 16% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. Set against Cobb County (around 53%), the school's rate is noticeably below typical.

With demographic context factored in, Due West Elementary School sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 68.9%; this one delivers 70.9%.

In the surrounding community, community-level numbers for Cobb County indicate median household earnings sit near $102,738, 51% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 6%. Due West Elementary School is one of 129 public schools in Cobb County (combined enrollment of about 116,609 students).

Nearest neighbor: Harrison High School, around 0.9 miles off. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Due West Elementary School at 2nd of 9; the average score across the group is 58.9%.

The campus sits in a bedroom-community setting.

Looking at the recent track record. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Due West Elementary School has increased 3%, going from 609 students in 2018 to 626 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share declined from 74% to 60%. The student-to-teacher ratio tightened from 14.4:1 in 2018 to 12.9:1 today.

Within the allk12 community for this school, posts here usually surface around sports schedules, lunch menu changes, and school spirit week. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.