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What's the one class at Hickory Hills Elementary School every student should take?
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Enrollment
440
Elementary
DISTRICT 456 · STATE 605
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·MARIETTA CITY·NCES 130351001345
Hickory Hills Elementary School
500 Redwood Dr SW, Marietta, GA 30064 · (770) 429-3125 · Cobb County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY13-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL440 STUDENTS
B
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Scored higher than 62% of Georgia public elementary 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.
- B+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 elementary schools
Student : Teacher
10.5:1
42 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 10.8:1 · STATE 13.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
61%
267 students
DISTRICT 62% · STATE 74%
Community
5
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 | 80 | 18% |
| Grade 1 | 82 | 19% |
| Grade 2 | 79 | 18% |
| Grade 3 | 74 | 17% |
| Grade 4 | 64 | 15% |
| Grade 5 | 61 | 14% |
This year's kindergarten class (80) is 31% larger than its 5th grade class (61).
Student demographics
69%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
44.5%
GA avg 40.1% . +5.2pp since 2021
Math
48.7%
GA avg 44.6% . +4.2pp since 2021
What this means: On the Georgia Milestones, Georgia's statewide test, about 45 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 49 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 5 points since 2021, while math scores are up about 4 points.
Georgia Milestones results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 44.5% | 48.7% |
| 2023-24 | 45.5% | 52.7% |
| 2022-23 | 38.5% | 41.0% |
| 2021-22 | 39.3% | 44.5% |
% 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
45.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
46.0%
based on GA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-0.2pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 46% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 46% 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 Hickory Hills Elementary School
Hickory Hills Elementary School's state test result (45.8% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hickory Hills Elementary School this school | 440 | 60.7% | 45.8% |
| Porter Elementary School Macon | 400 | 53.8% | 20.6% |
| Acworth Elementary School Acworth | 499 | 69.1% | 43.4% |
| Oak Grove Elementary School Acworth | 523 | 66.2% | 38.5% |
| Livsey Elementary School Tucker | 383 | 65.5% | 56.2% |
| Sedalia Park Elementary School Marietta | 634 | 67.4% | 35.0% |
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 Hickory Hills Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Georgia | In Cobb County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 45.8% | #418 of 1,208 | #34 of 72 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 48.7% | #439 of 1,215 ▼ 66 | #33 of 72 ▼ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 44.5% | #366 of 1,215 ▲ 35 | #32 of 72 ▲ 8 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +4.7pp | #406 of 1,183 | #17 of 72 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 440 | #995 of 1,324 | #64 of 78 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 10.5:1 | #68 of 1,301 | #17 of 77 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 69.5% | #134 of 1,301 | #20 of 77 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 60.7% | #937 of 1,312 | #35 of 78 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +18.3% | #112 of 386 | #2 of 18 |
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
440
+79 (+22%) vs 2020
-6% since 1990-91, when it was 469
Student : Teacher
10.5:1
was 9.8:1
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 | 440 | 42 | 10.5:1 | 61% (267) |
| 2023-24 | 396 | 42.2 | 9.4:1 | 66% (261) |
| 2022-23 | 397 | 37.2 | 10.7:1 | 65% (260) |
| 2020-21 | 361 | 37 | 9.8:1 | 65% (236) |
| 2017-18 | 372 | 36 | 10.3:1 | 81% (302) |
| 2015-16 | 385 | 36 | 10.7:1 | 82% (316) |
| 2010-11 | 420 | 35 | 12.0:1 | 83% (347) |
| 2000-01 | 393 | 34 | 11.6:1 | 54% (211) |
| 1990-91 | 469 | 30 | 15.6:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Hickory Hills Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students up 18% (372 to 440); teachers up 17% (36 to 42).
About Hickory Hills Elementary School
A low-enrollment elementary school in Marietta, Georgia, Hickory Hills Elementary School is part of Marietta City. There are 440 students enrolled, covering pre-K through 5. That puts enrollment 27% below the 605-student average for elementary schools in Georgia.
Hickory Hills Elementary School is one of the 13 schools that make up Marietta City (8,664 students in total).
The biggest share of students at Hickory Hills Elementary School, 40%, is Hispanic. The rest of enrollment is 27% Black, 25% White, and 7% multiracial. Census estimates put the Hispanic share of Cobb County's population at about 15%. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, Hickory Hills Elementary School scores 69%.
There are about 10.5 students for every full-time-equivalent teacher at Hickory Hills Elementary School, which has 42. By comparison, the average for elementary schools in Georgia is 13.3:1. Free or reduced-price lunch eligibility at Hickory Hills Elementary School is about 61%.
Among Georgia public elementary schools, Hickory Hills Elementary School outscored 62%, which works out to a B on the allk12 Grade.
Hickory Hills Elementary School is within a point of its predicted average proficiency rate across its state test results (45.8% versus 46.0%), which places it in neither the top nor the bottom 10% in Georgia.
Census data for Cobb County show median household income comes to about $102,738, about 51% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 6% of residents are in poverty. There are 129 public schools in the county, enrolling about 116,609, Hickory Hills Elementary School among them.
Emily Lembeck Early Learning Center, about 0.8 miles away, is the closest public school. A five-mile radius around the school includes at least 8 other public schools. By average proficiency, Hickory Hills Elementary School is 3rd among 7 schools close by.
Hickory Hills Elementary School falls in the City: Small locale category, used for schools inside a principal city with a population under 100,000.
Enrollment was 440 in 2024-25. In 2020-21, it was 361.
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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 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
- Dunleith Elementary SchoolElementary · 554 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
Other Hickory Hills Elementary schools
One other US public school is named Hickory Hills Elementary. Hickory Hills Elementary School is the largest of the 2.
- HICKORY HILLS ELEM.SPRINGFIELD, MO · 340 students
Nearby schools
- Emily Lembeck Early Learning Center0.8 mi · 134
- A.L. Burruss Elementary School0.8 mi · 409
- Marietta Middle School1.2 mi · 1,352
- West Side Elementary School1.3 mi · 556
- Marietta High School1.4 mi · 2,526
- Dunleith Elementary School1.4 mi · 554
Frequently asked questions
About Hickory Hills Elementary SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Hickory Hills Elementary School?
Hickory Hills Elementary School enrolls approximately 440 students in grades PK-05.
Is Hickory Hills Elementary School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Hickory Hills Elementary School is an elementary school covering grades PK-05.
How many students per teacher at Hickory Hills Elementary School?
Approximately 10.5:1 students per teacher at Hickory Hills Elementary School.
How diverse is Hickory Hills Elementary School?
Hickory Hills Elementary School reports a student body of 25% White, 40% Hispanic, 27% Black, 7% Two or more.
Is Hickory Hills Elementary School public or private?
Hickory Hills Elementary School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Marietta City.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.