Russell Elementary School

Russell Elementary School, a reasonably sized primary school in Smyrna, Georgia, part of Cobb County, educates 568 students, covering grades pre-K through 5.

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

Demographically, Russell Elementary School shows that the most-represented group is Hispanic (52%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. The remainder reads as 34% Black, 7% White, 5% multiracial. That is considerably more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 15%.

In terms of school funding signals, The school currently runs with 53 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 10.7:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 13.3:1, putting Russell Elementary School tighter than the state norm the norm. An estimated 95% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. By comparison, Cobb County runs at roughly 53%, so the school's eligibility rate is higher than the surrounding baseline.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Russell Elementary School sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 28.3%; this one delivers 29.2%.

Across the wider county, Cobb County reports that median household earnings sit near $102,738, 51% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 6%. Russell Elementary School is one of 129 public schools in Cobb County (combined enrollment of about 116,609 students).

The closest other public school is Floyd Middle School, roughly 1.4 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Russell Elementary School. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Russell Elementary School ranks 6th on composite proficiency, beneath the local average of 32.7%.

The school occupies an outer-ring site.

Looking at the recent track record. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Russell Elementary School has declined 14%, going from 658 students in 2018 to 568 in 2025. Over the same period, the Hispanic share ticked up from 37% to 52%. Class-load math has fell: from 12.4:1 in 2018 to 10.7:1 in 2025.

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