Palmer Middle School

Palmer Middle School is a mid-sized 6-8 campus in Kennesaw, Georgia, one of the schools within Cobb County. The school enrolls 803 students in grades 6 through 8.

Palmer Middle School is one of 110 schools operated by Cobb County, a district that caters to 105,738 students overall.

In terms of who attends, Palmer Middle School reports that the most-represented group is White (36%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. Beyond that, the school logs 27% Black, 24% Hispanic, 9% multiracial, 4% Asian. By comparison, Cobb County as a whole is about 49% White, so the school skews noticeably less White than its surroundings.

Looking at school resources, The school lists 50 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 16.1:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 14.1:1, putting Palmer Middle School higher than the state norm the norm. An estimated 53% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Palmer Middle School tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 49.9% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 43.5%.

In the area at large, community-level numbers for Cobb County indicate median household earnings sit near $102,738, about 51% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 6%. Palmer Middle School is one of 129 public schools in Cobb County (combined enrollment of about 116,609 students).

Chalker Elementary School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.6 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Palmer Middle School at 5th of 9; the average score across the group is 45.4%.

The school occupies a bedroom-community site.

Five-year trend. Palmer Middle School's enrollment has shrank 13% since 2018, when it stood at 923 (now 803). White enrollment moved from 45% to 36% across the same window.

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