Simpson Middle School

Set in Marietta, Georgia, Simpson Middle School is a mid-tier 6-8 campus, one of the schools within Cobb County. It instructs 884 students across grades 6 through 8.

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

On demographics, Simpson Middle School logs that White students make up the majority at 56%. Beyond that, the school logs 15% Hispanic, 13% Asian, 11% Black, 6% multiracial.

On the resource side, Staff filings list 58 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 15.3:1 students per teacher. That figure is higher than the state norm's 14.1:1 average. An estimated 20% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. That share is noticeably below Cobb County's rate of about 53%.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Simpson Middle School tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 67.2% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 69.5%.

Around the school, community-level numbers for Cobb County indicate median household income runs about $102,738, about 51% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 6%. In all, Cobb County runs 129 public schools (combined enrollment of about 116,609 students), of which Simpson Middle School is one.

Mountain View Elementary School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.4 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, Simpson Middle School comes 5th of 9 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 67.1%.

The campus sits in a bedroom-community setting.

Looking at the recent track record. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Simpson Middle School has declined 6%, going from 936 students in 2018 to 884 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 64% to 56% across the same window.

On the community side, the feed for Simpson Middle School typically covers open house dates, ride-share offers, and field-trip permission slips. Anyone with firsthand experience at this school can post or comment.