Park Street Elementary School, Marietta GA

Original Research by School Decision on Park Street Elementary School

Park Street Elementary School serves kindergarten through fifth grade in Marietta, a mixed-character city that blends a historic downtown core centered on Marietta Square with surrounding residential neighborhoods. The school enrolls a student body that is substantially majority Hispanic, with a large Black enrollment, and a very high share of students who qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. The enrollment sits at a typical elementary size for its grade band.

The school's most recent state assessment results show proficiency that lags peers in the county. In English language arts, proficiency across tested grades averaged in the low-to-mid range, with third grade showing the lowest performance. Mathematics proficiency was moderate at the fourth-grade level but notably lower in both third and fifth grades. Fifth-grade science proficiency was moderate. These results place Park Street below the midpoint for overall proficiency compared to other districts in Cobb County, where the county's proficiency index is concentrated higher.

A parent evaluating this school should note that recent results represent a single year of testing, so a conversation with school leadership about current literacy and math support efforts would be prudent. Marietta City Schools district-wide has implemented a structured-literacy approach across all grade levels since 2021, with literacy coaches placed in K-3 buildings—an instructional framework that has moved district reading results higher and that shaped Georgia's 2026 Early Literacy Act. Whether those gains extend fully to Park Street's classrooms would warrant direct inquiry.

Marietta itself is growing through downtown revitalization and mixed-use infill, with a major new housing project under development north of the city. The housing market shows modest appreciation, though property assessment rises mean that even with a flat school millage rate, effective property tax increases occur regularly—a dynamic any prospective buyer should factor in. The district has a multi-year capital pipeline funded through an education sales tax extension approved by voters, intended to modernize aging facilities.

The city is anchored by aerospace and defense, healthcare, and public-sector employment, with Lockheed Martin Aeronautics and Wellstar Health System as major anchors. Downtown offers a walkable environment with public spaces and regular events, though the broader city maintains a suburban character with activity distributed along highway corridors. CobbLinc transit connects Marietta to regional employment and MARTA rail.

Park Street sits in a neighborhood environment of modest-value housing on the city's southeast side. For families seeking a neighborhood elementary school in Marietta with access to structured literacy programming and the civic amenities of a historic town, this school merits a visit—paired with a closer look at current reading and math proficiency trends and the specific support available to students who are not yet meeting grade-level benchmarks.

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Academic performance

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

Math

Grade 324%

School 24% · District 51% · ▼ 27 pts below district

▼ 16 pts below state median · ▼ 21 pts below county median

Grade 446%

School 46% · District 61% · ▼ 14 pts below district

▲ 1 pts above state median · ▼ 5 pts below county median

Grade 530%

School 30% · District 55% · ▼ 25 pts below district

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

English language arts

Grade 317%

School 17% · District 44% · ▼ 27 pts below district

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

Grade 424%

School 24% · District 49% · ▼ 24 pts below district

▼ 10 pts below state median · ▼ 17 pts below county median

Grade 527%

School 27% · District 55% · ▼ 28 pts below district

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

Science

Grade 533%

School 33% · District 48% · ▼ 15 pts below district

▼ 6 pts below state median · ▼ 7 pts below county median

Social studies

Grades 3-871%

School 71% · district not reported

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

This schoolMarietta City, 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

Grades 3-8Lower-income25%Higher-income70%45 pp gap

Mathematics

Grades 3-8Lower-income36%Higher-income60%24 pp gap