Dunleith Elementary School

Dunleith Elementary School is an average-sized elementary school in Marietta, Georgia, operated by Marietta City. The school teaches 554 students in grades pre-K through 5.

Within Marietta City, which oversees 13 schools and 8,664 students, Dunleith Elementary School is one campus in the system.

In terms of who attends, Dunleith Elementary School shows that the most-represented group is Black (45%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. The remainder consists of 44% Hispanic, 5% White, 4% multiracial. That is considerably more Black than the county at large, where the share is closer to 27%.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Staff filings list 54 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 10.2:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 13.3:1, putting Dunleith Elementary School tighter than the state norm the norm. Roughly 83% of students at Dunleith Elementary School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. That share is north of Cobb County's rate of about 53%.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Dunleith Elementary School tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 34.5% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 42.9%.

Across the wider county, community-level numbers for Cobb County indicate median household earnings sit near $102,738, about 51% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 6%. In all, Cobb County runs 129 public schools (combined enrollment of about 116,609 students), of which Dunleith Elementary School is one.

The closest other public school is Fair Oaks Elementary School, roughly 0.7 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, Dunleith Elementary School comes 2nd of 7 in the immediate cluster, above the nearby-schools average of 27.6%.

Geographically, the school is in a high-density area.

Five-year trend. Dunleith Elementary School's enrollment has ticked down 12% since 2018, when it stood at 626 (now 554). Over the same period, the Black share edged down from 59% to 45%. Class-load math has tightened: from 12.9:1 in 2018 to 10.2:1 in 2025.

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