Lockheed Elementary School

As a middle-of-the-pack elementary campus in Marietta, Georgia, Lockheed Elementary School caters to 734 students from grades pre-K through 5, operated by Marietta City. By comparison, Georgia's public schools average about 605 students each, so Lockheed Elementary School sits 21% larger than that benchmark.

Across the 13 schools in Marietta City (8,664 students total), Lockheed Elementary School accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Lockheed Elementary School reports that 57% of the student body identifies as Hispanic; the rest comes out to 34% Black, 5% White, 4% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 15% Hispanic, putting the school's mix visibly more Hispanic than the area baseline.

On the income-and-resources front, Staff filings list 78 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 9.5:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 13.3:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Roughly 90% of students at Lockheed Elementary School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. Set against Cobb County (around 53%), the school's rate is noticeably above typical.

With demographic context factored in, Lockheed Elementary School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 30.8%, the actual is 22.0%, a residual of -8.8 points.

In the broader community, census data for Cobb County shows median household earnings sit near $102,738, 51% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 6% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Lockheed Elementary School is one of 129 public schools in Cobb County (combined enrollment of about 116,609 students).

Nearest neighbor: Sawyer Road Elementary School, around 1.1 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Lockheed Elementary School ranks 8th on composite proficiency, beneath the local average of 49.4%.

The campus sits in an urban setting.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Lockheed Elementary School has declined 5%, going from 773 students in 2018 to 734 in 2025. Hispanic enrollment moved from 41% to 57% across the same window. Class-load math has pulled in: from 12.1:1 in 2018 to 9.5:1 in 2025.

On allk12, the feed for Lockheed Elementary School typically covers open house dates, ride-share offers, and field-trip permission slips. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.