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Enrollment
1,104
Elementary
DISTRICT 691 · STATE 605
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·COBB COUNTY·NCES 130129000540
Sope Creek Elementary School
3320 Paper Mill Rd SE, Marietta, GA 30067 · (770) 916-7085 · Cobb County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL1,104 STUDENTS
A-
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 81% of Georgia public elementary schools
- A+Test 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.
- DThree-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
14.6:1
76 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.0:1 · STATE 13.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
9%
100 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 | 14 | 1% |
| Kindergarten | 146 | 13% |
| Grade 1 | 191 | 17% |
| Grade 2 | 182 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 198 | 18% |
| Grade 4 | 184 | 17% |
| Grade 5 | 189 | 17% |
This year's kindergarten class (146) is 23% smaller than its 5th grade class (189).
Student demographics
63%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
75.5%
GA avg 40.1% . -7.3pp since 2021
Math
84.0%
GA avg 44.6% . -2.2pp since 2021
What this means: On the Georgia Milestones, Georgia's statewide test, about 75 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 84 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 7 points since 2021, while math scores are down about 2 points.
Georgia Milestones results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 75.5% | 84.0% |
| 2023-24 | 76.1% | 78.3% |
| 2022-23 | 77.5% | 84.1% |
| 2021-22 | 82.7% | 86.2% |
% 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
78.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
72.7%
based on GA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+5.8pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 78% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 73% 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 Sope Creek Elementary School
Sope Creek Elementary School's state test result (78.4% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sope Creek Elementary School this school | 1,104 | 9.1% | 78.4% |
| East Side Elementary School Marietta | 1,072 | 8.7% | 77.4% |
| Vickery Creek Elementary School Cumming | 982 | 6.9% | 67.8% |
| Matt Elementary School Cumming | 1,171 | 19.1% | 63.0% |
| Murdock Elementary School Marietta | 847 | 11.5% | 78.7% |
| Mount Bethel Elementary School Marietta | 898 | 7.1% | 83.0% |
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 Sope Creek Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Georgia | In Cobb County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 78.4% | #38 of 1,208 | #8 of 72 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 84.0% | #23 of 1,215 ▲ 33 | #4 of 72 ▲ 5 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 75.5% | #37 of 1,215 ▲ 7 | #7 of 72 ▲ 2 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -4.7pp | #148 of 1,183 | #15 of 72 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 1,104 | #46 of 1,324 | #2 of 78 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.6:1 | #995 of 1,301 | #75 of 77 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 62.9% | #378 of 1,301 | #32 of 77 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 9.1% | #1,293 of 1,312 | #75 of 78 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -5.7% | #686 of 854 | #51 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
1,104
+104 (+10%) vs 2020
+23% since 1990-91, when it was 897
Student : Teacher
14.6:1
was 13.3:1
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 | 1,104 | 75.7 | 14.6:1 | 9% (100) |
| 2023-24 | 1,106 | 73.1 | 15.1:1 | 12% (128) |
| 2022-23 | 1,079 | 72.1 | 15.0:1 | 7% (75) |
| 2020-21 | 1,000 | 75 | 13.3:1 | 7% (66) |
| 2017-18 | 1,171 | 73.6 | 15.9:1 | 7% (77) |
| 2015-16 | 1,132 | 75 | 15.1:1 | 5% (62) |
| 2010-11 | 1,145 | 77 | 14.9:1 | 6% (63) |
| 2000-01 | 1,078 | 68 | 15.8:1 | 1% (11) |
| 1990-91 | 897 | 52 | 17.3:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Sope Creek Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 6% (1,171 to 1,104); teachers up 3% (73.6 to 75.7).
About Sope Creek Elementary School
Sope Creek Elementary School is a large elementary school. Its address is in Marietta, Georgia. The school's 1,104 students are in pre-K through 5. Statewide, elementary schools in Georgia average about 605 students each.
Cobb County has a total of 110 schools and 105,738 students, Sope Creek Elementary School among them.
A majority of students at Sope Creek Elementary School, 54%, are White. The rest of enrollment is 25% Asian, 9% Hispanic, 6% Black, and 6% multiracial. By the diversity index, Sope Creek Elementary School comes in at 63%.
Sope Creek Elementary School's 75.7 full-time-equivalent teachers put its ratio at 14.6:1. For comparison, elementary schools in Georgia average 13.3:1. Eligibility for subsidized school meals is 9%. That is 44 points below the 53% average for public schools in Cobb County.
The allk12 Grade for Sope Creek Elementary School is A-. Compared with Georgia public elementary schools, the school scored higher than 81% on a mix of test scores, poverty-adjusted results, and recent trend.
When test results are adjusted for free or reduced-price lunch eligibility, Sope Creek Elementary School is 5.8 points above its prediction. Actual: 78.4%. Predicted: 72.7%.
Cobb County has about 775,208 residents, and median household income is about $102,738, about 51% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 6% of residents are in poverty. Federal data list 129 public schools in Cobb County, with a combined enrollment of about 116,609.
The nearest other public school, Brumby Elementary School, is about 0.4 miles away. The count of other public schools within five miles is at least 8. Sope Creek Elementary School is 2nd of 8 nearby schools by average proficiency rate.
Locale: Suburb: Large. In NCES terms, the school is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Federal counts put enrollment at 1,000 in 2020-21 and 1,104 in 2024-25, a 10% gain. There were more students per teacher in 2024-25 (14.6:1) than in 2020-21 (13.3:1).
Topics for discussion here include school safety, transportation, and start times. Anyone with firsthand experience at this school can post or comment.
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
- Brumby Elementary School0.4 mi · 963
- East Cobb Middle School0.5 mi · 1,352
- Sedalia Park Elementary School2.1 mi · 634
- Eastvalley Elementary School2.2 mi · 679
- Wheeler High School2.2 mi · 2,401
- Fulton Academy of Virtual Excellence2.4 mi · 393
Frequently asked questions
About Sope Creek Elementary SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Sope Creek Elementary School?
Sope Creek Elementary School enrolls approximately 1,104 students in grades PK-05.
Is Sope Creek Elementary School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Sope Creek Elementary School is an elementary school covering grades PK-05.
How many teachers does Sope Creek Elementary School have?
Sope Creek Elementary School employs 76 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 14.6:1.
What is the student diversity at Sope Creek Elementary School?
Student demographics at Sope Creek Elementary School are roughly 54% White, 9% Hispanic, 6% Black, 25% Asian, 6% Two or more.
Who oversees Sope Creek Elementary School?
Sope Creek 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.