Marietta Center for Advanced Academics, 311 Aviation Road: STEAM magnet for grades 3-5, by application, 273 students, 99.8 CCRPI in 2025.
Last checked Oct. 5, 2026. Sources: Marietta Center for Advanced Academics, Marietta City Schools, the state’s 2025 School Grades data and the federal NCES school directory.
The Marietta Center for Advanced Academics (MCAA) is the STEAM magnet school of Marietta City Schools, for third, fourth and fifth graders. It has no attendance zone: students apply. It sits on Aviation Road in southeast Marietta, inside the city limits, and the school says it has been in the community since 1991.
Who to call
- Front office: 770-420-0822, 311 Aviation Road, Marietta, GA 30060
- School website: mcaa.marietta-city.org
- Applying: the school’s applications page; enrollment questions go to MCAAEnrollment@Marietta-city.k12.ga.us
- Buses: Marietta City Schools Transportation, 770-429-3110
- District main line: 770-422-3500
| Address | 311 Aviation Road, Marietta, GA 30060 |
| Phone | 770-420-0822 |
| Grades | 3 to 5 |
| Admission | By application |
| District | Marietta City Schools |
Principal
Principal Heather Woods, according to the school’s School Leaders page.
How admission works
The school’s applications page says students who live inside the Marietta city limits, and non-residents who meet the criteria, may apply. An applicant needs 75 of 100 points:
- MAP test scores of “75% or higher” in reading or math, worth up to 25 points each
- a writing sample, worth up to 25 points
- a STEAM rubric, worth up to 25 points
The writing sample and STEAM rubric take place in the fall and winter. Only current MCAA siblings get priority. When the school is full, it keeps separate waitlists for in-district and out-of-district applicants, with in-district applicants first. Students must keep a 3.0 grade point average in all subjects to stay in the program.
MCAA does not take the district’s elementary school choice applications, according to the district’s charter system page.
Enrollment and teachers
- Federal count: 295 students in the 2023-24 school year, with 19 full-time-equivalent teachers, according to the NCES directory. That works out to about 16 students per teacher.
- State count: 273 students in the state’s 2025 School Grades report, compared with 299 in 2024 and 315 in 2023.
State report card
Georgia grades schools with the College and Career Ready Performance Index (CCRPI), which the Georgia Department of Education calls “Georgia’s annual tool for measuring how well schools, districts, and the state are preparing students for the next educational level,” according to its accountability page. Scores run from 0 to 100. Georgia does not issue letter grades.
| Report year | CCRPI score |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 99.8 |
| 2024 | 96.9 |
| 2023 | 99.3 |
The 2025 score breaks down into content mastery 100, progress 100, closing gaps 100 and readiness 99.1, each a component score out of 100. In reading, 93.9% of third graders and 95.7% of fifth graders scored at or above the midpoint of the state’s grade-level Lexile range.
Georgia Milestones, 2025 end-of-grade tests (share of tested students at the proficient and distinguished levels):
| Subject | Proficient | Distinguished |
|---|---|---|
| English language arts | 39% | 53% |
| Math | 34.1% | 63.3% |
| Science (fifth grade) | 48.9% | 38.3% |
See the full report on the state’s School Grades page for MCAA or on GaDOE’s CCRPI reporting site. Both are interactive dashboards; the figures above come from the state’s downloadable data file.
Zone and next schools
MCAA has no attendance zone. A student who leaves the magnet program goes back to the zoned elementary school for their address, which the City of Marietta’s property search tool shows.
The district’s charter system page lists one sixth grade academy, one middle school and one high school, so MCAA students go on to the Marietta Sixth Grade Academy, then Marietta Middle and Marietta High.
We found no rezoning approved by the Board of Education that affects the school.
Calendar
From the district’s 2026-27 calendar (PDF):
- Oct. 19-23: conference week for MCAA, the Sixth Grade Academy and Marietta Middle, with dismissal at 1:15 p.m.
- Nov. 23-27: Thanksgiving break
- Friday, Dec. 18: end of the first semester
- Dec. 21 to Jan. 1, 2027: holiday break
- Feb. 16-19: winter break, after Presidents’ Day on Monday, Feb. 15
The school does not publish its bell times on its public pages.
Programs
- STEAM: the school’s program page says it has a dedicated STEAM block on Fridays and that in 2010 it was the first school in Georgia to earn STEM certification from the state.
- Teachers: the school’s About page says all of its teachers are gifted certified.
- Recognition: the About page lists U.S. Department of Education National Blue Ribbon School awards in 2013 and 2019.
More on Marietta schools
- The school’s website and the district’s Our Schools page
- Every public school in Marietta
- Our Marietta schools guide for registration, school choice and board meetings
Frequently asked questions
What grades does the Marietta Center for Advanced Academics serve?
MCAA serves third, fourth and fifth grade. It is a STEAM magnet school run by Marietta City Schools at 311 Aviation Road.
How do you get into the Marietta Center for Advanced Academics?
Families apply to the magnet program. Applicants need 75 of 100 points from MAP test scores, a writing sample and a STEAM rubric, according to the school’s application page. Only current MCAA siblings get priority.
What is MCAA’s CCRPI score?
MCAA scored 99.8 on Georgia’s College and Career Ready Performance Index in the state’s 2025 School Grades report, up from 96.9 in 2024.
Which school do MCAA students go to after fifth grade?
MCAA students go on to the Marietta Sixth Grade Academy, then Marietta Middle School and Marietta High School.
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