Bryant Elementary School, Mableton GA

Original Research by School Decision on Bryant Elementary School

Bryant Elementary School is a traditional public school serving pre-kindergarten through fifth grade in Mableton, a recently incorporated city in south-central Cobb County. The school enrolls a modest size for its grade band, with a student body that is predominantly Black and Hispanic. Over nine out of every ten students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, indicating that the school serves a community with substantial economic need.

The most immediate picture here is one of low proficiency across state-tested subjects. In English language arts, the school's proficiency rates in recent testing ranged from under one-fifth in third grade to about one-quarter in fifth grade. Math proficiency runs somewhat higher, in the low-to-mid-third percentile range across grades three through five, while fifth-grade science proficiency sits at about one-quarter. When these metrics are averaged across all tested grades and subjects, Bryant Elementary sits below the midpoint for overall proficiency relative to other Cobb County district schools. Social studies data from an older assessment period showed notably stronger performance, but no current social studies results are available to establish a present picture.

The proficiency numbers indicate students are not meeting grade-level standards at rates the school or families seeking strong academic outcomes would want to see. This is the central fact a parent should understand. A parent considering this school may want to contact the school directly to ask what instructional initiatives or supports are underway to strengthen reading and math proficiency, and to understand what the school's trajectory looks like over recent school years. The data available here captures a single year, so trend information is not visible.

Mableton itself is a fast-growing, car-dependent suburb with mixed-income residential neighborhoods mixing established homes and newer development. The city, incorporated just a few years ago, is positioning itself for growth, with mixed-use commercial projects and residential expansion underway on its eastern edges and along the I-20 corridor. The broader region offers employment anchored by metro Atlanta employers and the presence of Six Flags. Housing values in the 30126 zip code are moderate relative to national benchmarks and have experienced a modest recent decline. Transit options via CobbLinc connect residents to regional employment and MARTA rail, though most residents drive to work.

Bryant Elementary serves a neighborhood with high concentrations of students from low-income households. This is a resource-intensive setting that typically benefits from well-resourced, focused instruction. The proficiency results suggest the school faces meaningful academic challenges. For a family whose priority is strong early-literacy and early-math instruction, this data warrants a direct conversation with school leadership about instructional approaches, summer programming, intervention structures, and the school's own performance goals.

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Academic performance

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

Math

Grade 334%

School 34% · District 50% · ▼ 17 pts below district

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

Grade 433%

School 33% · District 57% · ▼ 24 pts below district

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

Grade 532%

School 32% · District 49% · ▼ 17 pts below district

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

English language arts

Grade 318%

School 18% · District 43% · ▼ 25 pts below district

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

Grade 419%

School 19% · District 47% · ▼ 28 pts below district

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

Grade 526%

School 26% · District 49% · ▼ 23 pts below district

▼ 12 pts below state median · ▼ 20 pts below county median

Science

Grade 525%

School 25% · District 45% · ▼ 20 pts below district

▼ 14 pts below state median · ▼ 15 pts below county median

Social studies

Grades 3-878%

School 78% · district not reported

▼ 6 pts below state median · ▼ 9 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.

Proficiency by household income

English language arts

Grade 5Lower-income24%Higher-income42%18 pp gap

Grades 3-8Lower-income21%Higher-income42%21 pp gap

Mathematics

Grade 5Lower-income18%Higher-income25%7 pp gap

Grades 3-8Lower-income28%Higher-income46%19 pp gap