Sope Creek Elementary School

Sope Creek Elementary School, an expansive elementary-level community in Marietta, Georgia, part of Cobb County, instructs 1,104 students, covering grades pre-K through 5. That puts it 82% above the typical public school in Georgia, which averages around 605 students.

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

On demographics, Sope Creek Elementary School records that the most-represented group is White (54%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups; the rest is composed of 25% Asian, 9% Hispanic, 6% Black, 6% multiracial.

On the resource side, Staff filings list 76 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 14.6:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 13.3:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. Around 9% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. Set against Cobb County (around 53%), the school's rate is south of typical.

With demographic context factored in, Sope Creek Elementary School tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 72.7% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 78.4%.

In the area at large, community-level numbers for Cobb County indicate median household income runs about $102,738, roughly 51% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 6% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Sope Creek Elementary School is one of 129 public schools in Cobb County (combined enrollment of about 116,609 students).

Brumby Elementary School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.4 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, Sope Creek Elementary School comes 2nd of 8 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 44.6%.

The campus sits in a residential setting.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count fell 6%: 1,171 students in 2018 compared to 1,104 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 61% to 54% across the same window. Class-load math has fell: from 15.9:1 in 2018 to 14.6:1 in 2025.

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