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Teachers: what resource would make the biggest difference at Rocky Mount Elementary School this year?
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Enrollment
576
Elementary
DISTRICT 691 · STATE 605
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·COBB COUNTY·NCES 130129000543
Rocky Mount Elementary School
2400 Rocky Mountain Rd NE, Marietta, GA 30066 · (770) 591-5050 · Cobb County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL576 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
13.2:1
44 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.0:1 · STATE 13.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
17%
97 students
DISTRICT 56% · STATE 74%
Community
3
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary 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
Students here typically continue to
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
61.0%
GA avg 40.1% . -14.8pp since 2021
Math
62.6%
GA avg 44.6% . -9.3pp since 2021
What this means: On the Georgia Milestones, Georgia's statewide test, about 61 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 63 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 15 points since 2021, while math scores are down about 9 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
66.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
68.6%
based on GA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-2.2pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 66% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 69% 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 →
7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
576
-19 (-3%) vs 2017
Student : Teacher
13.2:1
was 14.9:1
% White
64%
was 64%
% Hispanic
9%
was 11%
% Black
10%
was 7%
% Asian
8%
was 10%
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
About Rocky Mount Elementary School
Rocky Mount Elementary School is a mid-sized elementary school in Marietta, Georgia, one of the schools within Cobb County. The school works with 576 students in grades pre-K through 5.
Cobb County comprises 110 schools with combined enrollment of 105,738 students; Rocky Mount Elementary School is among them.
In terms of who attends, Rocky Mount Elementary School records that the largest single group is White, at 64% of enrollment. The remainder breaks down as 10% Black, 9% Hispanic, 9% multiracial, 8% Asian. By comparison, Cobb County as a whole is about 49% White, so the school skews visibly more White than its surroundings.
On the resource side, The school lists 44 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 13.2:1. That tracks the state average closely. Around 17% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, often used as a Title I proxy. That share is noticeably below Cobb County's rate of about 53%.
On a demographically-adjusted basis, Rocky Mount Elementary School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 68.6%, the actual is 66.4%, a residual of -2.2 points.
In the surrounding community, the surrounding county (Cobb County) logs that median household earnings sit near $102,738, 51% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 6%. Across Cobb County's 129 public schools (combined enrollment of about 116,609 students), Rocky Mount Elementary School is one campus in the mix.
Nearest neighbor: Lassiter High School, around 0.5 miles off. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, Rocky Mount Elementary School comes 5th of 9 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 64.8%.
Rocky Mount Elementary School operates from a residential location.
Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Rocky Mount Elementary School has decreased 3%, going from 595 students in 2018 to 576 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio tightened from 14.9:1 in 2018 to 13.2:1 today.
On this page, the feed for Rocky Mount Elementary School typically covers enrollment questions, classroom assignments, and PTA news. The community welcomes input from current and former families.
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
- Lassiter High School0.5 mi · 2,005
- Simpson Middle School1.0 mi · 884
- Mabry Middle School1.0 mi · 938
- Keheley Elementary School1.2 mi · 393
- Mountain View Elementary School1.3 mi · 837
- McCleskey Middle School1.4 mi · 540
Frequently asked questions
About Rocky Mount Elementary SchoolHow many students attend Rocky Mount Elementary School?
Rocky Mount Elementary School enrolls approximately 576 students in grades PK-05.
Is Rocky Mount Elementary School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Rocky Mount Elementary School is an elementary school covering grades PK-05.
How many teachers does Rocky Mount Elementary School have?
Rocky Mount Elementary School employs 44 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 13.2:1.
How diverse is Rocky Mount Elementary School?
Rocky Mount Elementary School reports a student body of 64% White, 9% Hispanic, 10% Black, 8% Asian, 9% Two or more.
Who oversees Rocky Mount Elementary School?
Rocky Mount Elementary 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.