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What's something West Side Elementary School does better than most schools?
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Enrollment
556
Elementary
DISTRICT 456 · STATE 605
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·MARIETTA CITY·NCES 130351001341
West Side Elementary School
344 Polk St NW, Marietta, GA 30064 · (770) 429-3172 · Cobb County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY13-CITYREGULAR SCHOOL556 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
12.3:1
45 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 10.8:1 · STATE 13.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
15%
85 students
DISTRICT 62% · 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 100 | 18% |
| Grade 1 | 95 | 17% |
| Grade 2 | 103 | 19% |
| Grade 3 | 87 | 16% |
| Grade 4 | 82 | 15% |
| Grade 5 | 89 | 16% |
This year's kindergarten class (100) is 12% larger than its 5th grade class (89).
Student demographics
41%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 69% · 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
83.2%
GA avg 40.1% . +16.2pp since 2021
Math
87.0%
GA avg 44.6% . +18.8pp since 2021
What this means: On the Georgia Milestones, Georgia's statewide test, about 83 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 87 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Georgia schools, those numbers are about 40 and 45. Reading and writing scores are up about 16 points since 2021, while math scores are up about 19 points.
Georgia Milestones results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 83.2% | 87.0% |
| 2023-24 | 79.9% | 84.8% |
| 2022-23 | 72.7% | 77.0% |
| 2021-22 | 67.0% | 68.2% |
% 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
81.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
69.4%
based on GA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+11.7pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 81% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 69% 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 West Side Elementary School
West Side Elementary School's state test result (81.1% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| West Side Elementary School this school | 556 | 15.3% | 81.1% |
| Greenbrier Elementary School Evans | 610 | 18.5% | 72.9% |
| High Shoals Elementary School Bishop | 585 | 17.6% | 73.2% |
| Dove Creek Elementary School Statham | 543 | 14.7% | 77.8% |
| Colham Ferry Elementary School Watkinsville | 587 | 21.0% | 74.2% |
| Braelinn Elementary School Peachtree City | 538 | 9.3% | 80.2% |
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 West Side Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Georgia | In Cobb County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 81.1% | #22 of 1,208 | #5 of 72 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 87.0% | #11 of 1,215 ▲ 9 | #2 of 72 ▲ 3 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 83.2% | #5 of 1,215 ▲ 16 | #2 of 72 ▲ 4 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +17.5pp | #19 of 1,183 | #1 of 72 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 556 | #716 of 1,324 | #52 of 78 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.3:1 | #345 of 1,301 | #45 of 77 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 41.1% | #931 of 1,301 | #73 of 77 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 15.3% | #1,262 of 1,312 | #69 of 78 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +10.3% | #188 of 386 | #7 of 18 |
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
556
+15 (+3%) vs 2020
+29% since 1990-91, when it was 432
Student : Teacher
12.3:1
was 13.5:1
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 | 556 | 45.2 | 12.3:1 | 15% (85) |
| 2023-24 | 531 | 44 | 12.1:1 | 17% (92) |
| 2022-23 | 533 | 44 | 12.1:1 | 14% (74) |
| 2020-21 | 541 | 40 | 13.5:1 | 14% (76) |
| 2017-18 | 504 | 39 | 12.9:1 | 14% (70) |
| 2015-16 | 538 | 39 | 13.8:1 | 19% (104) |
| 2010-11 | 494 | 37 | 13.3:1 | 31% (152) |
| 2000-01 | 467 | 33 | 14.2:1 | 35% (162) |
| 1990-91 | 432 | 28 | 15.4:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for West Side Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students up 10% (504 to 556); teachers up 16% (39 to 45.2).
About West Side Elementary School
West Side Elementary School is a mid-sized elementary school in Georgia, with an address in Marietta. The school runs pre-K through 5 and enrolls 556 students.
District-wide, Marietta City has 13 schools and 8,664 students.
The share of White students at West Side Elementary School is 75%, a majority. Other students are 11% Black, 7% Hispanic, and 7% multiracial. That is higher than the 49% White share among all Cobb County residents. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 41%.
The student-to-teacher ratio at West Side Elementary School is 12.3:1, based on 45.2 full-time-equivalent teachers. The average for elementary schools in Georgia is 13.3:1, so this school has fewer students per teacher. West Side Elementary School counts 15% of students as eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. Public schools in Cobb County average 53%.
The school's average proficiency rate across its state test results is 81.1%. For its free or reduced-price lunch share, the predicted value is 69.4%.
American Community Survey estimates for Cobb County show that the median household earns about $102,738 a year, about 51% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 6% of residents are in poverty. Cobb County has 129 public schools with about 116,609 students, including West Side Elementary School.
West Side Elementary School's closest public school neighbor is Marietta Middle School, about 0.3 miles away. A five-mile radius around the school includes at least 8 other public schools. Local comparison: West Side Elementary School ranks 1st of 7 nearby schools, at 81.1% versus a 43.2% average.
The NCES locale for West Side Elementary School is City: Small, which covers schools inside a principal city with a population under 100,000.
Since 2020-21, enrollment has grown 3%, from 541 to 556. By 2024-25, the school had 12.3 students per teacher, compared with 13.5 in 2020-21.
The discussion board for West Side Elementary School is open to topics like pickup and drop-off, after-school programs, and teacher feedback. Parents, students, alumni, and staff are welcome to post.
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 Marietta City
- Marietta High SchoolHigh · 2,526 students
- Marietta Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,352 students
- Lockheed Elementary SchoolElementary · 734 students
- Marietta Sixth Grade AcademyMiddle · 678 students
- Dunleith Elementary SchoolElementary · 554 students
- Sawyer Road Elementary SchoolElementary · 533 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
Other West Side Elementary schools
13 other US public schools in 11 states are named West Side Elementary. West Side Elementary School is the largest of the 14.
- West Side Elementary SchoolRossville, GA · 471 students
- West Side ElementaryPicayune, MS · 444 students
- West Side ElementaryElkhorn, WI · 406 students
- West Side Elementary SchoolJACKSONVILLE, TX · 381 students
- West Side ElementaryElizabethton, TN · 367 students
Nearby schools
- Marietta Middle School0.3 mi · 1,352
- Emily Lembeck Early Learning Center0.8 mi · 134
- A.L. Burruss Elementary School1.3 mi · 409
- Hickory Hills Elementary School1.3 mi · 440
- Marietta High School1.5 mi · 2,526
- Park Street Elementary School1.8 mi · 476
Frequently asked questions
About West Side Elementary SchoolHow many students attend West Side Elementary School?
West Side Elementary School enrolls approximately 556 students in grades PK-05.
Is West Side Elementary School an elementary, middle, or high school?
West Side Elementary School is an elementary school covering grades PK-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at West Side Elementary School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at West Side Elementary School is approximately 12.3:1 (45 FTE teachers).
What is the student diversity at West Side Elementary School?
Student demographics at West Side Elementary School are roughly 75% White, 7% Hispanic, 11% Black, 0% Asian, 7% Two or more.
What district is West Side Elementary School in?
West Side Elementary School is part of Marietta City.
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