McCleskey Middle School

Located at 4080 Maybreeze Rd, in Marietta, Georgia, McCleskey Middle School is a modestly sized middle school that works with 540 students (grades 6 through 8), operated by Cobb County. By comparison, Georgia's public schools average about 763 students each, so McCleskey Middle School sits 29% leaner than that benchmark.

Within Cobb County, which oversees 110 schools and 105,738 students, McCleskey Middle School is one campus in the system.

On demographics, McCleskey Middle School shows that the largest single group is White at 49%, but no single group is in the majority. Beyond that, the school reports 26% Hispanic, 16% Black, 7% multiracial. That mix tracks the wider county fairly closely.

Looking at the economic backdrop, On paper, McCleskey Middle School has 43 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 12.5:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 14.1:1 average. An estimated 47% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.

With demographic context factored in, McCleskey Middle School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 53.2%, the actual is 56.9%, a residual of +3.7 points.

Around the school, community-level numbers for Cobb County indicate median household earnings sit near $102,738, roughly 51% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 6% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Cobb County's 129 public schools (combined enrollment of about 116,609 students), McCleskey Middle School is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is Nicholson Elementary School, roughly 0.3 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around McCleskey Middle School. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts McCleskey Middle School at 6th of 9; the average score across the group is 61.0%.

Geographically, the school is in a residential area.

Over the past 7-year window. McCleskey Middle School's enrollment has contracted 19% since 2018, when it stood at 670 (now 540). Over the same period, the Hispanic share climbed from 19% to 26%. The student-to-teacher ratio tightened from 14.9:1 in 2018 to 12.5:1 today.

Within the allk12 community for this school, recent activity here tends to focus on enrollment questions, classroom assignments, and PTA news. The community welcomes input from current and former families.