Lindley Middle School

Lindley Middle School operates as a medium-sized junior high in Mableton, Georgia, part of Cobb County. Current enrollment sits at 905 students spanning grades 6 through 8.

Cobb County comprises 110 schools with combined enrollment of 105,738 students; Lindley Middle School is among them.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Lindley Middle School records that the largest single group is Black at 49%, but no single group is in the majority. The remainder reads as 44% Hispanic, 4% White, 3% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 27% Black, putting the school's mix meaningfully more Black than the area baseline.

Looking at the economic backdrop, On paper, Lindley Middle School has 67 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 13.5:1. The state averages about 14.1:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. An estimated 100% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. Set against Cobb County (around 53%), the school's rate is noticeably above typical.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Lindley Middle School sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 25.7%; this one delivers 31.4%.

In the area at large, Cobb County reports that median household income runs about $102,738, 51% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 6%. In all, Cobb County runs 129 public schools (combined enrollment of about 116,609 students), of which Lindley Middle School is one.

Clay-Harmony Leland Elementary School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 1.4 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Lindley Middle School. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Lindley Middle School ranks 4th on composite proficiency, ahead of the local average of 27.8%.

The campus sits in a bedroom-community setting.

Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Lindley Middle School has ticked down 11%, going from 1,018 students in 2018 to 905 in 2025. The Black share of enrollment ticked down from 60% to 49% over that span. Class-load math has tightened: from 15.0:1 in 2018 to 13.5:1 in 2025.

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