West Side Elementary, 344 Polk St. NW: grades K-5, 571 students, 91.8 CCRPI in the state's 2025 report. Office: 770-429-3172.
Last checked Oct. 5, 2026. Sources: West Side Elementary, Marietta City Schools, the City of Marietta’s parcel map data, the state’s 2025 School Grades data and the federal NCES school directory.
West Side Elementary School is one of seven zoned elementary schools in Marietta City Schools, the city’s own school district. It sits on Polk Street in northwest Marietta, inside the city limits. In the city’s parcel data, 4,926 parcels, about 23% of those in the city, are zoned to it. It has the largest elementary zone in the city by parcel count and is the zoned school for most of our Church-Cherokee (76% of parcels), Northwest Marietta and Kennesaw Avenue (84%) and Elizabeth (60%) areas.
Who to call
- Front office: 770-429-3172, 344 Polk St. NW, Marietta, GA 30064
- School website: westside.marietta-city.org
- Enrolling a new student: the district’s student registration page; questions go to Strategy and Innovation, 770-422-3500, ext. 7297
- Buses: Marietta City Schools Transportation, 770-429-3110
- District main line: 770-422-3500
| Address | 344 Polk St. NW, Marietta, GA 30064 |
| Phone | 770-429-3172 |
| Grades | Kindergarten to 5 |
| School day | 8:30 a.m. to 3:10 p.m. |
| District | Marietta City Schools |
The state’s 2025 report lists kindergarten through fifth grade. The federal directory listed pre-K through fifth grade for 2023-24. The district lists the Emily Lembeck Early Learning Center as its pre-K school.
Principal
Principal Christina Wagoner, according to the school’s Meet the Principal page.
Enrollment and teachers
- Federal count: 531 students in the 2023-24 school year, with 44 full-time-equivalent teachers, according to the NCES directory. That works out to about 12 students per teacher.
- State count: 571 students in the state’s 2025 School Grades report, compared with 546 in 2024 and 566 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 | 91.8 |
| 2024 | 95.9 |
| 2023 | 93.8 |
The 2025 score breaks down into content mastery 100, progress 88.2, closing gaps 78.6 and readiness 95.9, each a component score out of 100. In reading, 88.5% of third graders and 89.1% 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 | 42.9% | 41.7% |
| Math | 40.3% | 47.8% |
| Science (fifth grade) | 43% | 38.4% |
See the full report on the state’s School Grades page for West Side Elementary or on GaDOE’s CCRPI reporting site. Both are interactive dashboards; the figures above come from the state’s downloadable data file.
Attendance zone and feeder schools
Look up any address with the City of Marietta’s property search tool, which the district uses for school zones, or see the district attendance zone map (PDF). Elementary zones do not follow neighborhood lines. A Marietta mailing address outside the city is generally in the Cobb County School District.
The district’s charter system page lists one sixth grade academy, one middle school and one high school, so every West Side Elementary student goes on to the Marietta Sixth Grade Academy, then Marietta Middle and Marietta High.
West Side Elementary was not on the district’s 2026-27 list of schools accepting school choice applications, on its charter system page.
We found no rezoning approved by the Board of Education that affects the school.
Calendar and bell times
From the district’s 2026-27 calendar (PDF):
- Oct. 12-16: elementary conference week, 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’s School Hours and Calendar page lists a school day of 8:30 a.m. to 3:10 p.m. Students may enter the building at 8 a.m. and are tardy after 8:30 a.m. Car riders, walkers and Extended Day students are dismissed at 3:10 p.m. and bus riders at 3:15 p.m.
Programs
- State awards: the school’s About page lists Georgia Department of Education Masters of Mathematics and Literacy Leader awards in 2024 and 2025.
- Gifted and STEAM: the school’s website links a gifted program and a STEAM page.
More on Marietta schools
- The school’s website and the district’s Our Schools page
- Every public school in Marietta
- Our Marietta neighborhoods guide for the elementary zone in each part of the city
- Our Marietta schools guide for registration, school choice and board meetings
Frequently asked questions
What grades does West Side Elementary School serve?
West Side Elementary serves kindergarten through fifth grade in the state’s 2025 report. It is a Marietta City Schools elementary school at 344 Polk St. NW.
What is West Side Elementary’s CCRPI score?
West Side Elementary scored 91.8 on Georgia’s College and Career Ready Performance Index in the state’s 2025 School Grades report, down from 95.9 in 2024.
Which middle and high school does West Side Elementary feed into?
West Side Elementary students go on to the Marietta Sixth Grade Academy, then Marietta Middle School for grades 7 and 8 and Marietta High School. The district has one school at each of those levels.
What time does West Side Elementary start?
The school day runs 8:30 a.m. to 3:10 p.m., according to the school’s hours page. Students may enter at 8 a.m.
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