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What's the most underrated thing about Lockheed Elementary School that outsiders don't know?
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Enrollment
734
Elementary
DISTRICT 456 · STATE 605
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·MARIETTA CITY·NCES 130351000767
Lockheed Elementary School
1205 Merritt Rd, Marietta, GA 30062 · (770) 429-3196 · Cobb County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY13-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL734 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
9.5:1
78 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 10.8:1 · STATE 13.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
90%
661 students
DISTRICT 62% · STATE 74%
Community
6
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 | 127 | 17% |
| Grade 1 | 132 | 18% |
| Grade 2 | 109 | 15% |
| Grade 3 | 125 | 17% |
| Grade 4 | 120 | 16% |
| Grade 5 | 121 | 16% |
This year's kindergarten class (127) is about the same size as its 5th grade class (121).
Student demographics
56%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 69% · 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
20.8%
GA avg 40.1% . +5.2pp since 2021
Math
26.1%
GA avg 44.6% . +2.3pp since 2021
What this means: On the Georgia Milestones, Georgia's statewide test, about 21 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 26 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 5 points since 2021, while math scores are up about 2 points.
Georgia Milestones results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 20.8% | 26.1% |
| 2023-24 | 20.5% | 28.4% |
| 2022-23 | 15.1% | 23.9% |
| 2021-22 | 15.6% | 23.8% |
% 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
22.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
30.8%
based on GA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-8.8pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 22% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 31% 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 Lockheed Elementary School
Lockheed Elementary School's state test result (22.0% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lockheed Elementary School this school | 734 | 90.1% | 22.0% |
| Garden City Elementary School Garden City | 597 | 90.6% | 31.5% |
| Stripling Elementary School Norcross | 799 | 86.1% | 17.8% |
| Russell Elementary School Smyrna | 568 | 94.9% | 29.2% |
| City View Elementary School Mableton | 870 | 100.0% | 22.2% |
| New Holland Leadership Academy Gainesville | 573 | 83.9% | 30.2% |
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 Lockheed Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Georgia | In Cobb County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 22.0% | #990 of 1,208 | #69 of 72 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 26.1% | #941 of 1,215 ▼ 64 | #67 of 72 ▼ 4 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 20.8% | #989 of 1,215 ▲ 55 | #67 of 72 ▲ 3 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +3.8pp | #479 of 1,183 | #21 of 72 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 734 | #318 of 1,324 | #28 of 78 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 9.5:1 | #23 of 1,301 | #8 of 77 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 56.1% | #624 of 1,301 | #54 of 77 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 90.1% | #583 of 1,312 | #25 of 78 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -5.0% | #708 of 854 | #53 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
734
+64 (+10%) vs 2020
-28% since 2000-01, when it was 1,015
Student : Teacher
9.5:1
was 11.0:1
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 | 734 | 77.5 | 9.5:1 | 90% (661) |
| 2023-24 | 719 | 77.5 | 9.3:1 | 90% (644) |
| 2022-23 | 736 | 62.1 | 11.8:1 | 85% (628) |
| 2020-21 | 670 | 61 | 11.0:1 | 77% (515) |
| 2017-18 | 773 | 64 | 12.1:1 | 77% (597) |
| 2015-16 | 859 | 64 | 13.4:1 | 79% (677) |
| 2010-11 | 809 | 57 | 14.2:1 | 78% (631) |
| 2000-01 | 1,015 | 76 | 13.4:1 | 69% (703) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Lockheed Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 5% (773 to 734); teachers up 21% (64 to 77.5).
About Lockheed Elementary School
Lockheed Elementary School is a medium-sized elementary school in Georgia, located in Marietta. Classes run from pre-K through 5, and the school has 734 students. The average for elementary schools in Georgia is about 605 students, so this school is 21% larger than average.
Marietta City operates 13 schools. Combined enrollment is 8,664 students.
A majority of students at Lockheed Elementary School, 57%, are Hispanic. Next come 34% Black, 5% White, and 4% multiracial. The county population is about 15% Hispanic. The chance that two students picked at random at Lockheed Elementary School belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 56%.
Lockheed Elementary School counts 77.5 full-time-equivalent teachers, about 9.5 students for each one. Among elementary schools in Georgia, the typical ratio is 13.3:1. About 90% of enrolled students meet the income rules for free or reduced-price lunch. The average for public schools in Cobb County is 53%.
On the allk12 BeatsExpectations measure, Lockheed Elementary School is 8.8 points below the average proficiency rate on state tests predicted for its free or reduced-price lunch share: 22.0% actual, 30.8% predicted. That is outside both the top and bottom 10% in Georgia.
According to the American Community Survey, in Cobb County, median household income is about $102,738, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 51%, and about 6% of people live in poverty. A total of 129 public schools operate in Cobb County, serving about 116,609 students.
The nearest public school is Sawyer Road Elementary School, at about 1.1 miles. Lockheed Elementary School has at least 8 other public schools within five miles. Nearby schools with test data average 49.4% proficiency; Lockheed Elementary School posts 22.0%.
The school is inside a principal city with a population under 100,000, according to its NCES locale (City: Small).
Federal counts put enrollment at 670 in 2020-21 and 734 in 2024-25, a 10% increase. Staffing shifted too: the ratio moved from 11.0:1 to 9.5:1.
The allk12 site hosts a discussion page for Lockheed Elementary School covering things like enrollment questions, class placement, and PTA news. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.
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 Marietta City
- Marietta High SchoolHigh · 2,526 students
- Marietta Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,352 students
- Marietta Sixth Grade AcademyMiddle · 678 students
- West Side Elementary SchoolElementary · 556 students
- Dunleith Elementary SchoolElementary · 554 students
- Sawyer Road Elementary SchoolElementary · 533 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
Nearby schools
- Sawyer Road Elementary School1.1 mi · 533
- George W. Hartmann Center1.5 mi · 4
- Park Street Elementary School1.8 mi · 476
- Marietta Center for Advanced Academics1.9 mi · 268
- Marietta Sixth Grade Academy2.0 mi · 678
- Kincaid Elementary School2.0 mi · 603
Frequently asked questions
About Lockheed Elementary SchoolHow many students attend Lockheed Elementary School?
Lockheed Elementary School enrolls approximately 734 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does Lockheed Elementary School serve?
Lockheed Elementary School serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Lockheed Elementary School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Lockheed Elementary School is approximately 9.5:1 (78 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Lockheed Elementary School?
At Lockheed Elementary School, the student body is approximately 5% White, 57% Hispanic, 34% Black, 0% Asian, 4% Two or more.
Who oversees Lockheed Elementary School?
Lockheed Elementary School is overseen by Marietta City in Cobb County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.