Enrollment
339
Elementary
DISTRICT 691 · STATE 605
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·COBB COUNTY·NCES 130129000571
LaBelle Elementary School
230 Cresson Dr SW, Marietta, GA 30060 · (678) 842-6955 · Cobb County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL339 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
8.9:1
38 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.0:1 · STATE 13.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
100%
339 students
DISTRICT 56% · STATE 74%
Community
0
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 | 55 | 16% |
| Grade 1 | 53 | 16% |
| Grade 2 | 70 | 21% |
| Grade 3 | 55 | 16% |
| Grade 4 | 58 | 17% |
| Grade 5 | 48 | 14% |
This year's kindergarten class (55) is 15% larger than its 5th grade class (48).
Student demographics
43%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 73% · 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
24.4%
GA avg 40.1% . +7.8pp since 2021
Math
28.6%
GA avg 44.6% . +2.3pp since 2021
What this means: On the Georgia Milestones, Georgia's statewide test, about 24 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 29 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 2 points.
Georgia Milestones results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 24.4% | 28.6% |
| 2023-24 | 24.5% | 24.0% |
| 2022-23 | 24.7% | 29.6% |
| 2021-22 | 16.6% | 26.3% |
% 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
25.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
25.7%
based on GA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-0.3pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 25% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 26% 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 LaBelle Elementary School
LaBelle Elementary School's state test result (25.4% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| LaBelle Elementary School this school | 339 | 100.0% | 25.4% |
| Judia Jackson Harris Elementary Athens | 392 | 100.0% | 29.6% |
| Unidos Dual Language School Forest Park | 394 | 100.0% | 37.3% |
| Belmont Hills Elementary School Smyrna | 267 | 100.0% | 27.0% |
| Milford Elementary School Marietta | 389 | 99.0% | 30.4% |
| Argyle Elementary School Smyrna | 333 | 99.1% | 26.1% |
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 LaBelle Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Georgia | In Cobb County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 25.4% | #925 of 1,208 | #64 of 72 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 28.6% | #889 of 1,215 ▲ 76 | #65 of 72 ▲ 3 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 24.4% | #887 of 1,215 ▲ 48 | #59 of 72 ▲ 5 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +5.1pp | #373 of 1,183 | #16 of 72 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 339 | #1,199 of 1,324 | #70 of 78 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 8.9:1 | #17 of 1,301 | #6 of 77 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 43.2% | #902 of 1,301 | #71 of 77 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 100% | #122 of 1,312 | #10 of 78 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -22.8% | #184 of 854 | #10 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
339
-30 (-8%) vs 2020
-29% since 1990-91, when it was 477
Student : Teacher
8.9:1
was 9.5:1
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 | 339 | 38.2 | 8.9:1 | 100% (339) |
| 2023-24 | 356 | 40.1 | 8.9:1 | 97% (347) |
| 2022-23 | 373 | 38.1 | 9.8:1 | 89% (332) |
| 2020-21 | 369 | 39 | 9.5:1 | 82% (301) |
| 2017-18 | 439 | 44.5 | 9.9:1 | 90% (393) |
| 2015-16 | 535 | 53 | 10.1:1 | 93% (497) |
| 2010-11 | 461 | 51 | 9.0:1 | 90% (416) |
| 2000-01 | 397 | 34 | 11.7:1 | 72% (286) |
| 1990-91 | 477 | 43 | 11.1:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for LaBelle Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 23% (439 to 339); teachers down 14% (44.5 to 38.2).
About LaBelle Elementary School
The public elementary school LaBelle Elementary School is located in Marietta, Georgia. The grade span is pre-K through 5, and enrollment is 339 students. An average school in this group (elementary schools in Georgia) has about 605 students.
LaBelle Elementary School is one of 110 schools in Cobb County, which enrolls 105,738 students in total.
LaBelle Elementary School's enrollment is 73% Hispanic. The remaining shares are 17% Black, 5% White, and 4% multiracial. Census estimates put the Hispanic share of Cobb County's population at about 15%. LaBelle Elementary School has a diversity index of 43%, compared with 70% for all US public school students.
The school reported 38.2 full-time-equivalent teachers in 2024-25 and a ratio of 8.9:1. For comparison, elementary schools in Georgia average 13.3:1. Free or reduced-price lunch eligibility is 100%. Compared with the 53% average for public schools in Cobb County, the school's rate is higher.
Based on its free or reduced-price lunch share, the BeatsExpectations model predicts an average proficiency rate on state tests of 25.7% for LaBelle Elementary School. The school posts 25.4%, within a point of the prediction.
According to the American Community Survey, in Cobb County, median household income is about $102,738, 51% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 6% of residents live below the federal poverty line. A total of 129 public schools operate in Cobb County, serving about 116,609 students.
The closest public school, Osborne High School, is about 0.7 miles from LaBelle Elementary School. Around the school, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. LaBelle Elementary School places 4th of 8 on proficiency among the closest schools that report scores.
Under the NCES locale system, LaBelle Elementary School is Suburb: Large.
Enrollment was 369 in 2020-21 and 339 in 2024-25, a decrease of 30 students.
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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 Cobb County
- Campbell High SchoolHigh · 3,085 students
- Osborne High SchoolHigh · 2,790 students
- Walton High SchoolHigh · 2,705 students
- Pebblebrook High SchoolHigh · 2,574 students
- North Cobb High SchoolHigh · 2,463 students
- Wheeler High SchoolHigh · 2,401 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 LaBelle Elementary schools
One other US public school is named LaBelle Elementary. LaBelle Elementary School is the 2nd largest of the 2.
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Nearby schools
- Osborne High School0.7 mi · 2,790
- International Academy of Smyrna0.7 mi · 328
- Belmont Hills Elementary School1.1 mi · 267
- Norton Park Elementary School1.2 mi · 643
- Green Acres Elementary School1.2 mi · 584
- Milford Elementary School1.3 mi · 389
Frequently asked questions
About LaBelle Elementary SchoolHow many students attend LaBelle Elementary School?
LaBelle Elementary School enrolls approximately 339 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does LaBelle Elementary School serve?
LaBelle Elementary School serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
How many students per teacher at LaBelle Elementary School?
Approximately 8.9:1 students per teacher at LaBelle Elementary School.
What is the student diversity at LaBelle Elementary School?
Student demographics at LaBelle Elementary School are roughly 5% White, 73% Hispanic, 17% Black, 1% Asian, 4% Two or more.
What district is LaBelle Elementary School in?
LaBelle Elementary School is part of Cobb County.
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