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Enrollment
591
Elementary
DISTRICT 691 · STATE 605
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·COBB COUNTY·NCES 130129002108
Shallowford Falls Elementary School
3529 Lassiter Rd, Marietta, GA 30062 · (770) 642-5610 · Cobb County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL591 STUDENTS
B+
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Scored higher than 65% of Georgia public elementary schools
- ATest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- B-Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- FThree-year trend Change in reading and math proficiency over the last three test years.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Georgia public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
11.2:1
53 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.0:1 · STATE 13.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
15%
87 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 | 18 | 3% |
| Kindergarten | 94 | 16% |
| Grade 1 | 92 | 16% |
| Grade 2 | 72 | 12% |
| Grade 3 | 122 | 21% |
| Grade 4 | 112 | 19% |
| Grade 5 | 81 | 14% |
This year's kindergarten class (94) is 16% larger than its 5th grade class (81).
Student demographics
53%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
Test scores
Georgia Milestones 2024-25 . % Proficient or DistinguishedEnglish Language Arts
63.4%
GA avg 40.1% . -8.9pp since 2021
Math
69.0%
GA avg 44.6% . -6.8pp since 2021
What this means: On the Georgia Milestones, Georgia's statewide test, about 63 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 69 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 9 points since 2021, while math scores are down about 7 points.
Georgia Milestones results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 63.4% | 69.0% |
| 2023-24 | 75.4% | 71.6% |
| 2022-23 | 72.6% | 76.7% |
| 2021-22 | 72.4% | 75.8% |
% 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
69.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
69.7%
based on GA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-0.7pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 69% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 70% 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 Shallowford Falls Elementary School
Shallowford Falls Elementary School's state test result (69.1% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Shallowford Falls Elementary School this school | 591 | 14.7% | 69.1% |
| Davis Elementary School Marietta | 635 | 12.8% | 66.3% |
| Garrison Mill Elementary School Marietta | 649 | 11.7% | 69.1% |
| Rocky Mount Elementary School Marietta | 576 | 16.8% | 66.4% |
| Rocky Branch Elementary School Bogart | 599 | 18.4% | 73.6% |
| Alpharetta Elementary School Alpharetta | 498 | 17.9% | 78.1% |
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 Shallowford Falls Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Georgia | In Cobb County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 69.1% | #106 of 1,208 | #12 of 72 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 69.0% | #140 of 1,215 ▼ 26 | #14 of 72 ▼ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 63.4% | #111 of 1,215 ▼ 62 | #13 of 72 ▼ 3 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -7.9pp | #53 of 1,183 | #3 of 72 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 591 | #618 of 1,324 | #45 of 78 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 11.2:1 | #136 of 1,301 | #26 of 77 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 53.3% | #702 of 1,301 | #63 of 77 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 14.7% | #1,268 of 1,312 | #70 of 78 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -14.2% | #392 of 854 | #27 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
591
-6 (-1%) vs 2020
-18% since 1990-91, when it was 717
Student : Teacher
11.2:1
was 11.1:1
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 | 591 | 52.8 | 11.2:1 | 15% (87) |
| 2023-24 | 598 | 52.1 | 11.5:1 | 17% (101) |
| 2022-23 | 622 | 52.1 | 11.9:1 | 8% (47) |
| 2020-21 | 597 | 54 | 11.1:1 | 9% (56) |
| 2017-18 | 689 | 50.1 | 13.8:1 | 8% (56) |
| 2015-16 | 636 | 43 | 14.8:1 | 9% (55) |
| 2010-11 | 680 | 50 | 13.6:1 | 8% (52) |
| 2000-01 | 724 | 45 | 16.1:1 | 2% (15) |
| 1990-91 | 717 | 43 | 16.7:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Shallowford Falls Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 14% (689 to 591); teachers up 5% (50.1 to 52.8).
About Shallowford Falls Elementary School
Shallowford Falls Elementary School is classified as an elementary school. It is located in Marietta, Georgia. Its enrollment is 591 students, spread over pre-K through 5.
Within Cobb County, Shallowford Falls Elementary School is one of 110 schools. The district enrolls 105,738 students.
The student body at Shallowford Falls Elementary School is 66% White. The rest of enrollment is 11% Asian, 10% Hispanic, 7% multiracial, and 6% Black. Among all residents of Cobb County, the White share is about 49%. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 53%.
Shallowford Falls Elementary School has 52.8 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of about 11.2:1. By comparison, the average for elementary schools in Georgia is 13.3:1. A common income measure, free or reduced-price lunch eligibility, is 15% at Shallowford Falls Elementary School. That rate is below the 53% average among public schools in Cobb County.
Shallowford Falls Elementary School holds a B+ allk12 Grade, placing it above 65% of Georgia public elementary schools.
Shallowford Falls Elementary School's average proficiency rate across its state test results of 69.1% is within a point of the 69.7% the model predicts from its lunch-eligibility share.
The county, Cobb County, is where the school is located. Median household income comes to about $102,738, about 51% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 6% of residents are in poverty. The county has 129 public schools and about 116,609 students.
Garrison Mill Elementary School is about 1.0 miles away, making it the nearest public school. Within five miles of Shallowford Falls Elementary School, there are at least 8 other public schools. On average proficiency, Shallowford Falls Elementary School is 9th of 9 nearby schools with test data.
On the NCES locale scale, the school is Suburb: Large.
Compared with 2020-21, when it had 597 students, enrollment in 2024-25 was about the same at 591.
This page is set up for the Shallowford Falls Elementary School community to discuss special education services, counseling, and support programs. Current and former families are welcome to add their experience.
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
- Garrison Mill Elementary School1.0 mi · 649
- Pope High School1.1 mi · 1,793
- Hightower Trail Middle School1.2 mi · 944
- Tritt Elementary School1.6 mi · 804
- Mountain View Elementary School2.0 mi · 837
- Lassiter High School2.1 mi · 2,005
Frequently asked questions
About Shallowford Falls Elementary SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Shallowford Falls Elementary School?
Shallowford Falls Elementary School enrolls approximately 591 students in grades PK-05.
What grades does Shallowford Falls Elementary School serve?
Shallowford Falls Elementary School serves grades PK-05.
How many students per teacher at Shallowford Falls Elementary School?
Approximately 11.2:1 students per teacher at Shallowford Falls Elementary School.
How diverse is Shallowford Falls Elementary School?
Shallowford Falls Elementary School reports a student body of 66% White, 10% Hispanic, 6% Black, 11% Asian, 7% Two or more.
Who oversees Shallowford Falls Elementary School?
Shallowford Falls 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.