Timber Ridge Elementary School

Timber Ridge Elementary School is one of the moderately sized elementary-level communitys in Marietta, Georgia, part of Cobb County, with 529 students on its rolls from grades pre-K through 5.

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

On demographics, Timber Ridge Elementary School records that the largest single group is White, at 64% of enrollment; the rest looks like 14% Asian, 9% Hispanic, 6% Black, 6% multiracial. By comparison, Cobb County as a whole is about 49% White, so the school skews meaningfully more White than its surroundings.

On the income-and-resources front, On paper, Timber Ridge Elementary School has 40 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 13.4:1. That tracks the state average closely. Around 8% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, often used as a Title I proxy. Set against Cobb County (around 53%), the school's rate is somewhat below typical.

With demographic context factored in, Timber Ridge Elementary School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 73.4%, the actual is 84.1%, a residual of +10.7 points.

In the surrounding community, ACS estimates for Cobb County put the typical household earns roughly $102,738 per year, 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 Timber Ridge Elementary School is one.

Mount Bethel Elementary School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 1.3 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Timber Ridge Elementary School ranks 1st on composite proficiency, above the local average of 79.3%.

Geographically, the school is in a suburban area.

Trend over the last 7 years. Timber Ridge Elementary School's enrollment has ticked down 7% since 2018, when it stood at 571 (now 529). Over the same period, the White share contracted from 73% to 64%.

Inside the community feed, recent activity here tends to focus on science fair prep, picture-day reminders, and bus-route questions. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.