📍 3900 Macedonia Rd, Powder Springs, Cobb County, 30127
Tapp Middle School is a State/Public serving middle age pupils, located in Powder Springs, Cobb County. The school has 873 pupils enrolled. It is part of the Cobb County school district. It serves grades 6–8 in a suburban setting. The school employs 58.6 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 14.9:1. 39% of students are proficient in reading. 23% are proficient in maths. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi, devices for students.
Tapp Middle School enrolls 873 students across grades 6–8. The student body is 50% male and 50% female. A teaching staff of 58.6 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 14.9:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 59% Black or African American, 27% Hispanic or Latino and 7.4% White.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Black or African American | 513 | 59% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 239 | 27% |
| White | 65 | 7.4% |
| Two or more races | 49 | 5.6% |
| Asian | 7 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
575 of the school's 873 students (66%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 475 qualify for free lunch and 100 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.
Tapp Middle 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.
Tapp Middle 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 873 students, Tapp Middle School is close to the district average of about 961 students per school.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.
Setting: Suburb - Large