📍 775 Smyrna Powder Springs Rd, Marietta, Cobb County, 30060
Birney Elementary School is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in Marietta, Cobb County. The school has 688 pupils enrolled. It is part of the Cobb County school district. It serves grades Pre-K–5 in a suburban setting. The school employs 64.1 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 10.7:1. 17% of students are proficient in reading. 15% are proficient in maths. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi, devices for students.
Birney Elementary School enrolls 688 students across grades Pre-K–5. The student body is 51% male and 49% female. A teaching staff of 64.1 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 10.7:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 49% Hispanic or Latino, 41% Black or African American and 4.1% White.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Hispanic or Latino | 335 | 49% |
| Black or African American | 279 | 41% |
| White | 28 | 4.1% |
| Two or more races | 25 | 3.6% |
| Asian | 18 | 2.6% |
| American Indian or Alaska Native | 2 | <1% |
| Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander | 1 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
568 of the school's 688 students (83%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 498 qualify for free lunch and 70 for a reduced price. The school participates in the National School Lunch Program. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility is a widely used indicator of the share of students from lower-income households.
Birney Elementary School is located in a suburban setting (NCES locale: Suburb, Large). The school runs a schoolwide Title I program, which provides federal funding to support students from low-income families. For civic and policy purposes, the school sits in congressional district GA-60, state senate district 33, state house district 38.
Birney Elementary School is one of 110 schools in Cobb County, based in Marietta, Georgia. The district serves 105,738 students district-wide and employs 7,408 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 688 students, Birney Elementary School is smaller than the district average of about 961 students per school.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.
Setting: Suburb - Large
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