Hollydale Elementary School

Hollydale Elementary School is one of the reasonably sized elementary schools in Marietta, Georgia, one of the schools within Cobb County, with 526 students on its rolls from grades pre-K through 5.

Within Cobb County, which oversees 110 schools and 105,738 students, Hollydale Elementary School is one campus in the system.

Demographically, Hollydale Elementary School shows that 61% of the student body identifies as Hispanic. Other groups include 23% Black, 9% White, 5% multiracial. That is noticeably more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 15%.

In terms of school funding signals, Hollydale Elementary School reports 59 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 8.9:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 13.3:1 average. Around 100% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. That share is higher than Cobb County's rate of about 53%.

With demographic context factored in, Hollydale Elementary School tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 25.7% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 26.3%.

In the surrounding community, the surrounding county (Cobb County) records that median household earnings sit near $102,738, roughly 51% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 6%. Across Cobb County's 129 public schools (combined enrollment of about 116,609 students), Hollydale Elementary School is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: Smitha Middle School, around 0.4 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, Hollydale Elementary School comes 7th of 8 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 33.3%.

The campus sits in a bedroom-community setting.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count shrank 16%: 627 students in 2018 compared to 526 in 2025. Black enrollment moved from 41% to 23% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio narrowed from 9.9:1 in 2018 to 8.9:1 today.

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