New Georgia analysis: see which Cobb schools ‘beat the odds’

July 31, 2017 Cobb County: Students arrive for class at Mountain View Elementary School at 3151 Sandy Plains Road in Cobb County. The school “beat the odds” on a new state measure. JOHN SPINK/JSPINK@AJC.COM.

Credit: JOHN SPINK / AJC

Credit: JOHN SPINK / AJC

July 31, 2017 Cobb County: Students arrive for class at Mountain View Elementary School at 3151 Sandy Plains Road in Cobb County. The school “beat the odds” on a new state measure. JOHN SPINK/JSPINK@AJC.COM.

new analysis of performance with at-risk student groups shows Cobb County with the highest percentage of schools in metro Atlanta that "beat the odds."

The annual statistical analysis by the Governor's Office of Student Achievement compares schools' ability to teach based on student characteristics that are "outside the school's control." Race, ethnicity, disabilities, English fluency, economic "disadvantage" and transience were considered in Thursday's report for 2017. Typically, 40 percent of schools beat the odds.

In Cobb, 81 percent of district schools beat the odds, according to a review by The Atlanta Journal-Constitution. In Marietta City Schools, 73 percent did.

See how your school performed.

  • Cobb schools that beat the odds

Acworth Intermediate School

Addison Elementary School

Allatoona High School

Argyle Elementary School

Austell Elementary School

Baker Elementary School

Barber Middle School

Bells Ferry Elementary School

Blackwell Elementary School

Brumby Elementary School

Bryant Elementary School

Bullard Elementary School

Campbell Middle School

Chalker Elementary School

Cheatham Hill Elementary School

Clarkdale Elementary School

Clay Elementary School

Compton Elementary School

Cooper Middle School

Dickerson Middle School

Dodgen Middle School

Dowell Elementary School

Due West Elementary School

Durham Middle School

East Cobb Middle School

East Side Elementary School

Eastvalley Elementary School

Fair Oaks Elementary School

Floyd Middle School

Ford Elementary School

Garrett Middle School

Garrison Mill Elementary School

Green Acres Elementary School

Griffin Middle School

Harmony-Leland Elementary School

Harrison High School

Hayes Elementary School

Hightower Trail Middle School

Hillgrove High School

Hollydale Elementary School

Keheley Elementary School

Kemp Elementary School

Kennesaw Mountain High School

Kincaid Elementary School

King Springs Elementary School

LaBelle Elementary School

Lassiter High School

Lindley 6th Grade Academy

Lost Mountain Middle School

Lovinggood Middle School

Mabry Middle School

McCleskey Middle School

McClure Middle School

McEachern High School

Milford Elementary School

Mount Bethel Elementary School

Mountain View Elementary School

Murdock Elementary School

Nicholson Elementary School

Nickajack Elementary School

North Cobb High School

Norton Park Elementary School

Palmer Middle School

Pickett's Mill Elementary

Pine Mountain Middle School

Pope High School

Powder Springs Elementary School

Powers Ferry Elementary School

Riverside Intermediate School

Rocky Mount Elementary School

Russell Elementary School

Sanders Elementary School

Simpson Middle School

Smitha Middle School

Smyrna Elementary School

Sope Creek Elementary School

South Cobb High School

Sprayberry High School

Still Elementary School

Tapp Middle School

Teasley Elementary School

Timber Ridge Elementary School

Tritt Elementary School

Varner Elementary School

Vaughan Elementary School

Walton High School

Wheeler High School

  • Cobb schools that failed to beat the odds

Awtrey Middle School

Belmont Hills Elementary School

Big Shanty Elementary School

Birney Elementary School

Campbell High School

Daniell Middle School

Davis Elementary School

Frey Elementary School

Hendricks Elementary School

International Academy of Smyrna

Kell High School

Kennesaw Charter School

Lewis Elementary School

Lindley Middle School

Mableton Elementary School

Osborne High School

Pebblebrook High School

Pitner Elementary School

Sedalia Park Elementary School

Shallowford Falls Elementary School

Marietta schools that beat the odds:

Dunleith Elementary School

Hickory Hills Elementary School

Marietta Center for Advanced Academics

Marietta High School

Marietta Sixth Grade Academy

Park Street Elementary School

Sawyer Road Elementary School

West Side Elementary School

Marietta schools that didn’t beat the odds:

A.L. Burruss Elementary School

Lockheed Elementary School

Marietta Middle School

The AJC's Ty Tagami keeps you updated on the latest in Georgia education at myAJC.com, the subscriber website of The Atlanta Journal-Constitution.

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