Sedalia Park Elementary School

Located at 2230 Lower Roswell Rd, in Marietta, Georgia, Sedalia Park Elementary School is a middle-of-the-pack elementary-level community that hosts 634 students (grades pre-K through 5), overseen by Cobb County.

Within Cobb County, which oversees 110 schools and 105,738 students, Sedalia Park Elementary School is one campus in the system.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Sedalia Park Elementary School lists that 38% of students identify as Hispanic, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups; the rest looks like 32% Black, 22% White, 6% multiracial, 3% Asian. By comparison, Cobb County as a whole is about 15% Hispanic, so the school skews meaningfully more Hispanic than its surroundings.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Staff filings list 51 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 12.5:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 13.3:1, putting Sedalia Park Elementary School tighter than the state norm the norm. Around 67% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. That share is above Cobb County's rate of about 53%.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Sedalia Park Elementary School sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 42.5%; this one delivers 35.0%.

Zooming out to the county, Cobb County reports that median household income runs about $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%. Across Cobb County's 129 public schools (combined enrollment of about 116,609 students), Sedalia Park Elementary School is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is Powers Ferry Elementary School, roughly 0.4 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Sedalia Park Elementary School at 7th of 9; the average score across the group is 50.8%.

Geographically, the school is in a bedroom-community area.

Over the past 7-year window. Sedalia Park Elementary School's enrollment has fell 24% since 2018, when it stood at 832 (now 634).

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