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Enrollment
938
Middle
DISTRICT 921 · STATE 763
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·COBB COUNTY·NCES 130129000512
Mabry Middle School
2700 Jims Rd NE, Marietta, GA 30066 · (770) 928-5546 · Cobb County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL938 STUDENTS
B+
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Scored higher than 72% of Georgia public middle schools
- ATest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- BBeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- DThree-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 middle schools
Student : Teacher
16.5:1
57 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.1:1 · STATE 14.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
14%
136 students
DISTRICT 56% · STATE 74%
Community
6
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other middle schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 6 | 304 | 32% |
| Grade 7 | 285 | 30% |
| Grade 8 | 349 | 37% |
Student demographics
54%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
Mabry Middle School→Lassiter High 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
70.2%
GA avg 40.1% . -2.2pp since 2021
Math
76.2%
GA avg 44.6% . -0.4pp since 2021
What this means: On the Georgia Milestones, Georgia's statewide test, about 70 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 76 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 2 points since 2021, while math scores have held steady.
Georgia Milestones results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 70.2% | 76.2% |
| 2023-24 | 73.7% | 75.8% |
| 2022-23 | 74.1% | 72.7% |
| 2021-22 | 72.4% | 76.7% |
% 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
70.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
69.8%
based on GA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+0.5pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 70% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 70% 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 Mabry Middle School
Mabry Middle School's state test result (70.3% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mabry Middle School this school | 938 | 14.5% | 70.3% |
| Hightower Trail Middle School Marietta | 944 | 10.1% | 72.7% |
| Rising Starr Middle School Fayetteville | 931 | 14.9% | 75.9% |
| Northwestern Middle School Alpharetta | 1,167 | 11.1% | 71.9% |
| Greenbrier Middle School Evans | 853 | 18.5% | 68.4% |
| Simpson Middle School Marietta | 884 | 19.7% | 69.5% |
Matched among Georgia middle 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 Mabry Middle School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Georgia | In Cobb County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 70.3% | #27 of 470 | #4 of 28 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 76.2% | #29 of 474 ▼ 5 | #4 of 28 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 70.2% | #26 of 474 ▼ 7 | #5 of 28 ▼ 1 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -1.3pp | #46 of 465 | #3 of 28 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 938 | #123 of 487 | #13 of 28 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 16.5:1 | #413 of 471 | #25 of 28 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 53.5% | #264 of 471 | #24 of 28 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 14.5% | #467 of 479 | #25 of 28 |
Ranked against other public middle 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
938
+38 (+4%) vs 2020
-13% since 1990-91, when it was 1,076
Student : Teacher
16.5:1
was 16.4:1
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 | 938 | 57 | 16.5:1 | 14% (136) |
| 2023-24 | 918 | 59.1 | 15.5:1 | 15% (141) |
| 2022-23 | 916 | 57.1 | 16.0:1 | 10% (95) |
| 2020-21 | 900 | 55 | 16.4:1 | 7% (62) |
| 2017-18 | 938 | 53 | 17.7:1 | 11% (105) |
| 2015-16 | 889 | 55 | 16.2:1 | 9% (80) |
| 2010-11 | 851 | 54 | 15.8:1 | 11% (91) |
| 2000-01 | 1,017 | 67 | 15.2:1 | 2% (18) |
| 1990-91 | 1,076 | 57 | 18.9:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Mabry Middle School.
Since 2017-18: students unchanged (938 to 938); teachers up 8% (53 to 57).
About Mabry Middle School
Mabry Middle School is a medium-sized middle school in Marietta, Georgia, (ZIP code 30066). The school's 938 students are in grades 6 through 8. Statewide, middle schools in Georgia average about 763 students each.
The district for Mabry Middle School is Cobb County, with 110 schools and 105,738 students.
By race and ethnicity, Mabry Middle School is 66% White. The rest of enrollment is 10% Asian, 10% Hispanic, 8% Black, and 5% multiracial. Census estimates put the White share of Cobb County's population at about 49%. Mabry Middle School has a diversity index of 54%, compared with 70% for all US public school students.
Mabry Middle School counts 57 full-time-equivalent teachers, about 16.5 students for each one. Among middle schools in Georgia, the typical ratio is 14.1:1. About 14% of enrolled students meet the income rules for free or reduced-price lunch. By comparison, the figure for public schools in Cobb County is 53%.
allk12 grades Mabry Middle School a B+. The grade compares the school only with Georgia public middle schools, because each state gives its own test.
A school with Mabry Middle School's lunch-eligibility share in Georgia is predicted to score 69.8%. Mabry Middle School scores 70.3%, within a point of that line.
Across Cobb County, median household income is about $102,738, about 51% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 6%. Mabry Middle School is among the 129 public schools in Cobb County.
Rocky Mount Elementary School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 1.0 miles away. A five-mile radius around the school includes at least 8 other public schools. Mabry Middle School's average proficiency of 70.3% compares with 63.5% for its nearest scored neighbors.
Mabry Middle School has an NCES locale of Suburb: Large.
The number of students climbed from 900 to 938 over 4 years.
Conversations here can range across sports schedules, lunch menus, and spirit week. Reviews and ratings from people who know the school are welcome.
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
Nearby schools
- Rocky Mount Elementary School1.0 mi · 576
- Davis Elementary School1.0 mi · 635
- Lassiter High School1.2 mi · 2,005
- Keheley Elementary School1.4 mi · 393
- Simpson Middle School1.9 mi · 884
- Nicholson Elementary School2.1 mi · 413
Frequently asked questions
About Mabry Middle SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Mabry Middle School?
Mabry Middle School enrolls approximately 938 students in grades 06-08.
What age range does Mabry Middle School serve?
Mabry Middle School serves students from grade 06 through grade 08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Mabry Middle School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Mabry Middle School is approximately 16.5:1 (57 FTE teachers).
What is the student diversity at Mabry Middle School?
Student demographics at Mabry Middle School are roughly 66% White, 10% Hispanic, 8% Black, 10% Asian, 5% Two or more.
Who oversees Mabry Middle School?
Mabry Middle School is overseen by Cobb County in Cobb County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.