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Enrollment
554
Elementary
DISTRICT 456 · STATE 605
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·MARIETTA CITY·NCES 130351000763
Dunleith Elementary School
120 Saine Dr SW, Marietta, GA 30008 · (770) 429-3190 · Cobb County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY13-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL554 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
10.2:1
54 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 10.8:1 · STATE 13.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
83%
459 students
DISTRICT 62% · 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 101 | 18% |
| Grade 1 | 99 | 18% |
| Grade 2 | 99 | 18% |
| Grade 3 | 88 | 16% |
| Grade 4 | 96 | 17% |
| Grade 5 | 71 | 13% |
This year's kindergarten class (101) is 42% larger than its 5th grade class (71).
Student demographics
60%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 69% · 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
41.8%
GA avg 40.1% . +8.3pp since 2021
Math
54.9%
GA avg 44.6% . +9.9pp since 2021
What this means: On the Georgia Milestones, Georgia's statewide test, about 42 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 55 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Georgia schools, those numbers are about 40 and 45. Reading and writing scores are up about 8 points since 2021, while math scores are up about 10 points.
Georgia Milestones results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 41.8% | 54.9% |
| 2023-24 | 36.8% | 43.4% |
| 2022-23 | 41.8% | 39.6% |
| 2021-22 | 33.5% | 44.9% |
% 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
42.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
34.5%
based on GA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+8.4pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 43% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 35% 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 Dunleith Elementary School
Dunleith Elementary School's state test result (42.9% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dunleith Elementary School this school | 554 | 82.9% | 42.9% |
| Lawrenceville Elementary School Lawrenceville | 677 | 81.4% | 22.5% |
| Sawyer Road Elementary School Marietta | 533 | 82.9% | 36.5% |
| Smoke Rise Elementary School Stone Mountain | 539 | 84.4% | 34.9% |
| Lithia Springs Elementary School Lithia Springs | 500 | 85.4% | 34.1% |
| Gould Elementary School Savannah | 559 | 92.7% | 22.8% |
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 Dunleith Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Georgia | In Cobb County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 42.9% | #490 of 1,208 | #39 of 72 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 54.9% | #320 of 1,215 ▲ 213 | #27 of 72 ▲ 15 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 41.8% | #426 of 1,215 ▲ 173 | #37 of 72 ▲ 12 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +9.1pp | #174 of 1,183 | #5 of 72 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 554 | #723 of 1,324 | #53 of 78 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 10.2:1 | #51 of 1,301 | #15 of 77 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 59.8% | #490 of 1,301 | #42 of 77 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 82.9% | #679 of 1,312 | #28 of 78 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -11.5% | #475 of 854 | #35 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
554
+8 (+1%) vs 2020
-29% since 2000-01, when it was 776
Student : Teacher
10.2:1
was 12.7:1
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 | 554 | 54.2 | 10.2:1 | 83% (459) |
| 2023-24 | 556 | 54.5 | 10.2:1 | 89% (493) |
| 2022-23 | 562 | 47 | 12.0:1 | 86% (484) |
| 2020-21 | 546 | 43 | 12.7:1 | 84% (456) |
| 2017-18 | 626 | 48.5 | 12.9:1 | 79% (495) |
| 2015-16 | 701 | 49 | 14.3:1 | 81% (565) |
| 2010-11 | 554 | 40 | 13.8:1 | 79% (438) |
| 2000-01 | 776 | 54 | 14.4:1 | 54% (417) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Dunleith Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 12% (626 to 554); teachers up 12% (48.5 to 54.2).
About Dunleith Elementary School
A mid-sized elementary school in Marietta, Georgia, Dunleith Elementary School is part of Marietta City. Federal data show 554 students enrolled in pre-K through 5 in 2024-25.
Besides Dunleith Elementary School, Marietta City runs 12 other schools. The district enrolls 8,664 students.
The biggest share of students at Dunleith Elementary School, 45%, is Black. The next largest groups are 44% Hispanic, 5% White, and 4% multiracial. In Cobb County overall, about 27% of residents are Black. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, Dunleith Elementary School scores 60%.
Dunleith Elementary School has 54.2 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of about 10.2:1. Elementary schools in Georgia average 13.3:1, 3.1 more students per teacher than here. A common income measure, free or reduced-price lunch eligibility, is 83% at Dunleith Elementary School. On average, public schools in Cobb County report 53%.
Based on student poverty, the model expects 34.5% at Dunleith Elementary School; the school's average proficiency rate across its state test results is 42.9%.
In Cobb County, median household income comes to about $102,738, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 51% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 6%. Cobb County counts 129 public schools with about 116,609 students.
Fair Oaks Elementary School is about 0.7 miles away, making it the nearest public school. Dunleith Elementary School is one of several public schools in the area, with at least 8 others within five miles. Dunleith Elementary School's average proficiency of 42.9% compares with 27.6% for its nearest scored neighbors.
NCES describes the area around Dunleith Elementary School as City: Small, meaning inside a principal city with a population under 100,000.
From 2020-21 to 2024-25, enrollment held near 554, starting from 546. The student-to-teacher ratio dropped from 12.7:1 in 2020-21 to 10.2:1 in 2024-25.
Dunleith Elementary School has a community page on allk12 for topics such as pickup and drop-off, after-school programs, and teacher feedback. You can also rate the school on this page.
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 Marietta City
- Marietta High SchoolHigh · 2,526 students
- Marietta Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,352 students
- Lockheed Elementary SchoolElementary · 734 students
- Marietta Sixth Grade AcademyMiddle · 678 students
- West Side Elementary SchoolElementary · 556 students
- Sawyer Road Elementary SchoolElementary · 533 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
- Fair Oaks Elementary School0.7 mi · 703
- Pearson Middle School0.8 mi · 806
- Marietta Regional Youth Detention Center1.2 mi · 18
- Hickory Hills Elementary School1.4 mi · 440
- LaBelle Elementary School1.5 mi · 339
- International Academy of Smyrna1.5 mi · 328
Frequently asked questions
About Dunleith Elementary SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Dunleith Elementary School?
Dunleith Elementary School enrolls approximately 554 students in grades PK-05.
What grades does Dunleith Elementary School serve?
Dunleith Elementary School serves grades PK-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Dunleith Elementary School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Dunleith Elementary School is approximately 10.2:1 (54 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Dunleith Elementary School?
At Dunleith Elementary School, the student body is approximately 5% White, 44% Hispanic, 45% Black, 1% Asian, 4% Two or more.
Who oversees Dunleith Elementary School?
Dunleith Elementary School is overseen by Marietta City in Cobb County.
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