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Enrollment
806
Middle
DISTRICT 921 · STATE 763
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·COBB COUNTY·NCES 130129004420
Pearson Middle School
240 Barber Road SE, Marietta, GA 30060 · (770) 429-6012 · Cobb County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL806 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
13.3:1
60 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.1:1 · STATE 14.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
100%
806 students
DISTRICT 56% · STATE 74%
Community
3
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other middle schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade
Student demographics
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
School pathway
Feeds from
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
23.5%
GA avg 40.1% . +1.8pp since 2021
Math
17.6%
GA avg 44.6% . +6.9pp since 2021
What this means: On the Georgia Milestones, Georgia's statewide test, about 23 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 18 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Georgia schools, those numbers are about 40 and 45. Reading and writing scores are up about 2 points since 2021, while math scores are up about 7 points.
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
22.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
25.7%
based on GA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-3.1pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 23% 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 →
About Pearson Middle School
Pearson Middle School, a medium-sized intermediate school in Marietta, Georgia, part of Cobb County, serves 806 students, covering grades 6 through 8.
Pearson Middle School is one of 110 schools operated by Cobb County, a district that caters to 105,738 students overall.
On the student-mix side, Pearson Middle School shows that 84% of students identify as Hispanic, making the school strongly Hispanic-majority; the rest reads as 12% Black, 3% White. That is meaningfully more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 15%.
On the resource side, On paper, Pearson Middle School has 60 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 13.3:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 14.1:1, putting Pearson Middle School tighter than the state norm the norm. Roughly 100% of students at Pearson Middle School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. That share is north of Cobb County's rate of about 53%.
Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Pearson Middle School sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 25.7%; this one delivers 22.6%.
Around the school, ACS estimates for Cobb County put median household income runs about $102,738, roughly 51% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 6%. Across Cobb County's 129 public schools (combined enrollment of about 116,609 students), Pearson Middle School is one campus in the mix.
Nearest neighbor: Fair Oaks Elementary School, around 0.2 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Pearson Middle School. Among the 7 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Pearson Middle School ranks 6th on composite proficiency, beneath the local average of 31.7%.
The school occupies a commuter-belt site.
On this page, recent activity here tends to focus on open house dates, ride-share offers, and field-trip permission slips. Anyone with firsthand experience at this school can post or comment.
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
- Fair Oaks Elementary School0.2 mi · 703
- Dunleith Elementary School0.8 mi · 554
- Green Acres Elementary School1.0 mi · 584
- International Academy of Smyrna1.1 mi · 328
- LaBelle Elementary School1.4 mi · 339
- Belmont Hills Elementary School1.7 mi · 267
Frequently asked questions
About Pearson Middle SchoolHow many students attend Pearson Middle School?
Pearson Middle School enrolls approximately 806 students in grades 06-08.
What grades does Pearson Middle School serve?
Pearson Middle School serves grades 06-08.
How many teachers does Pearson Middle School have?
Pearson Middle School employs 60 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 13.3:1.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Pearson Middle School?
At Pearson Middle School, the student body is approximately 3% White, 84% Hispanic, 12% Black, 0% Asian, 1% Two or more.
Is Pearson Middle School public or private?
Pearson Middle School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Cobb County.
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