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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
6
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 6 | 1% |
| Kindergarten | 85 | 15% |
| Grade 1 | 72 | 13% |
| Grade 2 | 84 | 15% |
| Grade 3 | 113 | 20% |
| Grade 4 | 85 | 15% |
| Grade 5 | 131 | 23% |
This year's kindergarten class (85) is 35% smaller than its 5th grade class (131).
Student demographics
56%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 73% · STATE 71% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). 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.
Georgia Milestones results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 61.0% | 62.6% |
| 2023-24 | 72.2% | 68.9% |
| 2022-23 | 69.7% | 71.0% |
| 2021-22 | 75.8% | 71.9% |
% Proficient or Distinguished, all students and all tested grades.
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 →
Schools most like Rocky Mount Elementary School
Rocky Mount Elementary School's state test result (66.4% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rocky Mount Elementary School this school | 576 | 16.8% | 66.4% |
| Due West Elementary School Marietta | 626 | 16.3% | 70.9% |
| Shallowford Falls Elementary School Marietta | 591 | 14.7% | 69.1% |
| Davis Elementary School Marietta | 635 | 12.8% | 66.3% |
| Vaughan Elementary School Powder Springs | 600 | 18.0% | 64.3% |
| Virginia-Highland Elementary School Atlanta | 649 | 15.4% | 79.3% |
Matched among Georgia elementary schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where Rocky Mount Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Georgia | In Cobb County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 66.4% | #124 of 1,208 | #13 of 72 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 62.6% | #215 of 1,215 ▼ 76 | #21 of 72 ▼ 3 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 61.0% | #133 of 1,215 ▼ 70 | #16 of 72 ▼ 5 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -12.0pp | #10 of 1,183 | #1 of 72 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 576 | #661 of 1,324 | #48 of 78 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.2:1 | #580 of 1,301 | #59 of 77 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 55.8% | #631 of 1,301 | #55 of 77 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 16.8% | #1,253 of 1,312 | #67 of 78 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -3.2% | #768 of 854 | #55 of 57 |
Ranked against other public elementary schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
576
+49 (+9%) vs 2020
-7% since 1990-91, when it was 621
Student : Teacher
13.2:1
was 13.2:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 576 | 43.8 | 13.2:1 | 17% (97) |
| 2023-24 | 582 | 44.1 | 13.2:1 | 18% (104) |
| 2022-23 | 563 | 41.1 | 13.7:1 | 9% (51) |
| 2020-21 | 527 | 40 | 13.2:1 | 7% (39) |
| 2017-18 | 595 | 40 | 14.9:1 | 11% (68) |
| 2015-16 | 616 | 44 | 14.0:1 | 13% (78) |
| 2010-11 | 608 | 46 | 13.2:1 | 12% (71) |
| 2000-01 | 659 | 43 | 15.3:1 | 5% (36) |
| 1990-91 | 621 | 36 | 17.3:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Rocky Mount Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 3% (595 to 576); teachers up 9% (40 to 43.8).
About Rocky Mount Elementary School
Rocky Mount Elementary School is a medium-sized elementary school based in Marietta, Georgia. It covers pre-K through 5, with a total enrollment of 576 students.
Rocky Mount Elementary School is among 110 schools run by Cobb County, which serves 105,738 students.
Rocky Mount Elementary School is 64% White by enrollment. The remaining students are 10% Black, 9% Hispanic, 9% multiracial, and 8% Asian. Among people living in Cobb County, the White share is about 49%. Pick two students at random and there is a 56% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.
Rocky Mount Elementary School employs 43.8 full-time-equivalent teachers. That gives a ratio of about 13.2:1. For comparison, elementary schools in Georgia average 13.3:1. Free or reduced-price lunch eligibility was 17% in 2024-25. The rate at public schools in Cobb County averages 53%, higher than here.
The allk12 BeatsExpectations score for Rocky Mount Elementary School is -2.2 points: 66.4% actual, 68.6% predicted.
Census estimates describe Cobb County this way: the median household income is $102,738, 51% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 6% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Besides Rocky Mount Elementary School, Cobb County has 128 other public schools.
Nearest public school: Lassiter High School, about 0.5 miles away. Within five miles are at least 8 other public schools. Rocky Mount Elementary School is 5th of 9 nearby schools by average proficiency rate.
On the NCES locale scale, the school is Suburb: Large.
Enrollment has grown by 49 students since 2020-21, to 576.
Topics for discussion here include science fairs, picture day, and bus routes. 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
Other Rocky Mount Elementary schools
One other US public school is named Rocky Mount Elementary. Rocky Mount Elementary School is the largest of the 2.
- Rocky Mount ElementaryRocky Mount, VA · 296 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.