East Cobb Middle School

Located at 825 Terrell Mill Rd SE, in Marietta, Georgia, East Cobb Middle School is a big 6-8 campus that enrolls 1,352 students (grades 6 through 8), one of the schools within Cobb County. Compared to the state average of about 763 students per school, that is 77% bigger than typical.

East Cobb Middle School is one of 110 schools operated by Cobb County, a district that hosts 105,738 students overall.

On demographics, East Cobb Middle School shows that the most-represented group is Black (38%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. The remainder looks like 34% Hispanic, 20% White, 5% multiracial, 3% Asian. The wider county runs roughly 27% Black, putting the school's mix visibly more Black than the area baseline.

Looking at the economic backdrop, The school employs 86 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 15.8:1. The state averages around 14.1:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. Roughly 66% of students at East Cobb Middle School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. Set against Cobb County (around 53%), the school's rate is meaningfully above typical.

After controlling for student poverty, East Cobb Middle School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 43.0%, the actual is 36.1%, a residual of -6.9 points.

Zooming out to the county, census data for Cobb County shows the typical household earns roughly $102,738 per year, roughly 51% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 6% of residents live below the federal poverty line. East Cobb Middle School is one of 129 public schools in Cobb County (combined enrollment of about 116,609 students).

Brumby Elementary School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.1 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around East Cobb Middle School. Among the 7 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), East Cobb Middle School ranks 4th on composite proficiency, below the local average of 45.0%.

East Cobb Middle School operates from a suburban location.

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count rose 7%: 1,263 students in 2018 compared to 1,352 in 2025. The Hispanic share of enrollment increased from 25% to 34% over that span. Class-load math has fell: from 17.4:1 in 2018 to 15.8:1 in 2025.

On allk12, the feed for East Cobb Middle School typically covers sports schedules, lunch menu changes, and school spirit week. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.