Smitha Middle School

Smitha Middle School, an average-sized middle-grades school in Marietta, Georgia, part of Cobb County, works with 866 students, covering grades 6 through 8.

Cobb County runs 110 schools in total, collectively educating 105,738 students. Smitha Middle School is one of those campuses.

On the student-mix side, Smitha Middle School records that 63% of the student body identifies as Hispanic. Other groups include 27% Black, 5% White, 2% multiracial, 2% Asian. That is considerably more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 15%.

Looking at the economic backdrop, On paper, Smitha Middle School has 64 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 13.6:1. That tracks the state average closely. About 99% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. Set against Cobb County (around 53%), the school's rate is noticeably above typical.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Smitha Middle School tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 26.2% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 30.3%.

Zooming out to the county, community-level numbers for Cobb County indicate 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%. In all, Cobb County runs 129 public schools (combined enrollment of about 116,609 students), of which Smitha Middle School is one.

Hollydale 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, Smitha Middle School comes 6th of 8 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 32.7%.

Geographically, the school is in a commuter-belt area.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Smitha Middle School has edged down 14%, going from 1,007 students in 2018 to 866 in 2025. The Hispanic share of enrollment ticked up from 52% to 63% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio pulled in from 16.0:1 in 2018 to 13.6:1 today.

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