Keheley Elementary School

As a small elementary-level community in Marietta, Georgia, Keheley Elementary School serves 393 students from grades pre-K through 5, operated by Cobb County. Enrollment runs roughly 35% leaner than the state mean of about 605.

Keheley Elementary School is one of 110 schools operated by Cobb County, a district that enrolls 105,738 students overall.

On the student-mix side, Keheley Elementary School logs that White students make up the majority at 60%. Other groups include 17% Hispanic, 10% multiracial, 10% Black, 3% Asian. That is visibly more White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 49%.

On the income-and-resources front, The school currently runs with 38 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 10.4:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 13.3:1, putting Keheley Elementary School tighter than the state norm the norm. About 37% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. Set against Cobb County (around 53%), the school's rate is meaningfully below typical.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Keheley Elementary School tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 58.1% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 48.3%.

In the surrounding community, ACS estimates for Cobb County put the typical household earns roughly $102,738 per year, 51% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 6%. Keheley Elementary School is one of 129 public schools in Cobb County (combined enrollment of about 116,609 students).

Nicholson Elementary School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.8 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Keheley Elementary School. On composite proficiency, Keheley Elementary School comes 9th of 9 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 66.1%.

The school occupies a suburban site.

Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Keheley Elementary School has declined 22%, going from 504 students in 2018 to 393 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share decreased from 64% to 60%. The student-to-teacher ratio narrowed from 14.0:1 in 2018 to 10.4:1 today.

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