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What's the most underrated thing about Mableton Elementary School that outsiders don't know?
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Enrollment
945
Elementary
DISTRICT 691 · STATE 605
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·COBB COUNTY·NCES 130129000551
Mableton Elementary School
5220 Church St SW, Mableton, GA 30126 · (770) 819-2513 · Cobb County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL945 STUDENTS
D
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Scored higher than 14% of Georgia public elementary schools
- C-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- CBeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- C-Three-year trend Change in reading and math proficiency over the last three test years.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Georgia public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
11.2:1
84 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.0:1 · STATE 13.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
100%
945 students
DISTRICT 56% · 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 30 | 3% |
| Kindergarten | 139 | 15% |
| Grade 1 | 157 | 17% |
| Grade 2 | 146 | 15% |
| Grade 3 | 158 | 17% |
| Grade 4 | 167 | 18% |
| Grade 5 | 148 | 16% |
This year's kindergarten class (139) is 6% smaller than its 5th grade class (148).
Student demographics
60%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
School pathway
Students here typically continue to
Mableton Elementary School→Floyd Middle School
Based on published attendance-zone data from Cobb County. Zones change; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
Georgia Milestones 2024-25 . % Proficient or DistinguishedEnglish Language Arts
22.3%
GA avg 40.1% . -4.4pp since 2021
Math
25.6%
GA avg 44.6% . +0.6pp since 2021
What this means: On the Georgia Milestones, Georgia's statewide test, about 22 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 down about 4 points since 2021, while math scores have held steady.
Georgia Milestones results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 22.3% | 25.6% |
| 2023-24 | 21.2% | 21.0% |
| 2022-23 | 25.3% | 22.4% |
| 2021-22 | 26.7% | 25.0% |
% 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
21.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
25.7%
based on GA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-4.0pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 22% 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 Mableton Elementary School
Mableton Elementary School's state test result (21.7% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mableton Elementary School this school | 945 | 100.0% | 21.7% |
| City View Elementary School Mableton | 870 | 100.0% | 22.2% |
| Eastside Elementary School Cairo | 735 | 100.0% | 28.8% |
| Birney Elementary School Marietta | 725 | 100.0% | 30.8% |
| Haynie Elementary School Morrow | 767 | 100.0% | 25.9% |
| Bryant Elementary School Mableton | 865 | 100.0% | 25.7% |
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 Mableton Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Georgia | In Cobb County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 21.7% | #1,001 of 1,208 | #70 of 72 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 25.6% | #956 of 1,215 ▲ 67 | #68 of 72 ▲ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 22.3% | #950 of 1,215 ▲ 76 | #63 of 72 ▲ 6 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -1.9pp | #282 of 1,183 | #28 of 72 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 945 | #112 of 1,324 | #9 of 78 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 11.2:1 | #140 of 1,301 | #28 of 77 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 60.1% | #475 of 1,301 | #39 of 77 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 100% | #119 of 1,312 | #7 of 78 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -7.6% | #618 of 854 | #47 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
945
-57 (-6%) vs 2020
+62% since 1990-91, when it was 583
Student : Teacher
11.2:1
was 12.7:1
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 | 945 | 84.2 | 11.2:1 | 100% (945) |
| 2023-24 | 910 | 78.6 | 11.6:1 | 89% (813) |
| 2022-23 | 898 | 84.9 | 10.6:1 | 81% (730) |
| 2020-21 | 1,002 | 79 | 12.7:1 | 77% (772) |
| 2017-18 | 1,023 | 77.5 | 13.2:1 | 77% (788) |
| 2015-16 | 1,016 | 69 | 14.7:1 | 81% (828) |
| 2010-11 | 442 | 37 | 11.9:1 | 62% (275) |
| 2000-01 | 436 | 35 | 12.5:1 | 34% (150) |
| 1990-91 | 583 | 30 | 19.4:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Mableton Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 8% (1,023 to 945); teachers up 9% (77.5 to 84.2).
About Mableton Elementary School
Mableton Elementary School is an elementary school in Mableton, Georgia, according to federal school records. Classes run from pre-K through 5, and the school has 945 students. The average for elementary schools in Georgia is about 605 students, so this school is 56% bigger than average.
Cobb County is the district for Mableton Elementary School. It has 110 schools and 105,738 students.
Roughly 54% of students at Mableton Elementary School are Hispanic. Other reported shares: 31% Black, 9% White, and 5% multiracial. Cobb County's residents are about 15% Hispanic, 39 points below the school's share. The school's diversity index is 60%, meaning two students picked at random have a 60% chance of belonging to different racial or ethnic groups.
Its teaching staff equals 84.2 full-time positions, a ratio of 11.2:1. On average, elementary schools in Georgia have 13.3:1, compared with 11.2:1 here. Around 100% of the school's students qualify for free or reduced-price meals. That is 47 points above the 53% average for public schools in Cobb County.
Mableton Elementary School is graded D by allk12, scoring above 14% of Georgia public elementary schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
Based on student poverty, the model expects 25.7% at Mableton Elementary School; the school's average proficiency rate on state tests is 21.7%.
According to the American Community Survey, in Cobb County, the median household income is $102,738, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 51%, and roughly 6% of residents are in poverty. Mableton Elementary School is one of 129 public schools in the county.
Nearest public school: Floyd Middle School, about 1.1 miles away. A five-mile radius around the school includes at least 8 other public schools. Mableton Elementary School's average proficiency of 21.7% compares with 31.4% for its nearest scored neighbors.
Under the NCES locale system, Mableton Elementary School is Suburb: Large.
Enrollment declined 6% from its 2020-21 level of 1,002. The student-to-teacher ratio went down from 12.7:1 to 11.2:1.
Discussions about Mableton Elementary School may include school events, clubs, and volunteer needs. Questions from prospective families are welcome too.
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 Mableton
- Pebblebrook High SchoolHigh · 2,574 students
- Clay-Harmony Leland Elementary SchoolElementary · 1,013 students
- Lindley Middle SchoolMiddle · 905 students
- City View Elementary SchoolElementary · 870 students
- Bryant Elementary SchoolElementary · 865 students
- Floyd Middle SchoolMiddle · 776 students
Nearby schools
- Floyd Middle School1.1 mi · 776
- Pebblebrook High School1.3 mi · 2,574
- South Cobb High School1.6 mi · 2,081
- Sanders Elementary School1.9 mi · 626
- Lindley Middle School1.9 mi · 905
- Clay-Harmony Leland Elementary School2.0 mi · 1,013
Frequently asked questions
About Mableton Elementary SchoolHow large is Mableton Elementary School?
Mableton Elementary School enrolls approximately 945 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does Mableton Elementary School serve?
Mableton Elementary School serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
How many teachers does Mableton Elementary School have?
Mableton Elementary School employs 84 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 11.2:1.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Mableton Elementary School?
At Mableton Elementary School, the student body is approximately 9% White, 54% Hispanic, 31% Black, 0% Asian, 5% Two or more.
What district is Mableton Elementary School in?
Mableton Elementary School is part of Cobb County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.