Labelle Elementary School, Marietta GA

Original Research by School Decision on Labelle Elementary School

LaBelle Elementary School serves a small enrollment of kindergarten through fifth-grade students in Marietta, Georgia. The school is located in a neighborhood with significant economic need, which shapes both its student composition and the academic context it operates in.

The student body is predominantly Hispanic, with a substantial share also identifying as Black. Nearly all students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a marker that the school serves a low-income community. The enrollment is stable and small enough that teachers can work with individual students across a narrow age range.

On state assessments given in the most recent year, proficiency results are notably low across tested subjects and grades. In English language arts, proficiency rates range from the low twenties to around thirty percent. Mathematics proficiency is similarly low, ranging from around twenty percent to the mid-thirties. Science proficiency in fifth grade sits in the low thirties. When measured against other districts in Cobb County using a proficiency index that averages results across subjects and grades, LaBelle falls below the midpoint among county schools.

These numbers represent a genuine challenge. A parent considering this school should want to understand directly from the school what specific literacy and math support is in place, what the trajectory has been over time, and what the school's own goals are for improvement. State assessment data alone does not reveal whether students are receiving targeted small-group instruction, whether there are after-school or summer offerings, or what individual progress looks like outside of the snapshot a single test provides. The school's website and direct conversations with staff and leadership can fill in those details.

Marietta itself is a mixed-character city that blends a historic downtown with surrounding residential neighborhoods. Economically, Marietta anchors around aerospace and defense (Lockheed Martin), healthcare (WellStar), and public employment. The housing market shows moderate appreciation, and Marietta is undergoing mixed-use downtown revitalization alongside new residential development at the city edges. This broader context matters: LaBelle's neighborhood reflects the economic diversity of Marietta, and families there may have access to both established public services and the city's evolving job market.

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Academic performance

How students perform on state tests, by grade, set against the district.

Math

Grade 321%

School 21% · District 50% · ▼ 29 pts below district

▼ 19 pts below state median · ▼ 23 pts below county median

Grade 436%

School 36% · District 57% · ▼ 21 pts below district

▼ 9 pts below state median · ▼ 16 pts below county median

Grade 528%

School 28% · District 49% · ▼ 20 pts below district

▼ 10 pts below state median · ▼ 14 pts below county median

English language arts

Grade 322%

School 22% · District 43% · ▼ 22 pts below district

▼ 9 pts below state median · ▼ 16 pts below county median

Grade 422%

School 22% · District 47% · ▼ 24 pts below district

▼ 12 pts below state median · ▼ 19 pts below county median

Grade 530%

School 30% · District 49% · ▼ 19 pts below district

▼ 8 pts below state median · ▼ 16 pts below county median

Science

Grade 528%

School 28% · District 45% · ▼ 17 pts below district

▼ 11 pts below state median · ▼ 13 pts below county median

Social studies

Grades 3-856%

School 56% · district not reported

▼ 28 pts below state median · ▼ 31 pts below county median

This schoolCobb County, same grade

Graduation rate (ACGR) reflects the federally published Adjusted Cohort Graduation Rate for the most recent year available. We refresh this data annually at the close of each academic year in June. The federal source publishes a banded rate (for example, "90-94%") instead of an exact number for cohorts small enough to risk identifying individual students. The state distribution chart, where shown, plots every school in the state with a published rate or band; schools whose rate is federally suppressed are excluded. Where the federal source publishes a band rather than an exact rate, the school is placed within its band using a stable, ID-derived offset, so its position is consistent across visits.