Mount Bethel Elementary School

Mount Bethel Elementary School is an elementary campus of moderately sized scale in Marietta, Georgia, overseen by Cobb County, hosting 898 students in grades pre-K through 5. By comparison, Georgia's public schools average about 605 students each, so Mount Bethel Elementary School sits 48% larger than that benchmark.

Across the 110 schools in Cobb County (105,738 students total), Mount Bethel Elementary School accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

In terms of who attends, Mount Bethel Elementary School lists that the largest single group is White, at 66% of enrollment; the rest is composed of 19% Asian, 8% Hispanic, 5% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 49% White, putting the school's mix considerably more White than the area baseline.

Looking at the economic backdrop, On paper, Mount Bethel Elementary School has 66 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 13.6:1. The state averages about 13.3:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. An estimated 7% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. Set against Cobb County (around 53%), the school's rate is meaningfully below typical.

After controlling for student poverty, Mount Bethel Elementary School tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 73.7% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 83.0%.

Zooming out to the county, Cobb County reports that median household earnings sit near $102,738, about 51% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 6% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Cobb County runs 129 public schools (combined enrollment of about 116,609 students), of which Mount Bethel Elementary School is one.

Nearest neighbor: Dickerson Middle School, around 0.7 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Mount Bethel Elementary School. On composite proficiency, Mount Bethel Elementary School comes 3rd of 9 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 77.5%.

The campus sits in an outer-ring setting.

Over the past 7-year window. Mount Bethel Elementary School's enrollment has contracted 20% since 2018, when it stood at 1,117 (now 898). Over the same period, the White share declined from 75% to 66%. Class-load math has tightened: from 16.1:1 in 2018 to 13.6:1 in 2025.

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