Brumby Elementary School in Marietta

Category	Rating	Details
Test Scores	2/10	The Test Score Rating examines how students at this school performed on standardized tests compared with other schools in the state. The Test Rating was created using 2025 Georgia Milestones End-of-Course (EOC) Assessment data from Georgia Governor's Office of Student Achievement, and using 2025 Georgia Milestones End-of-Grade (EOG) Assessment data from Georgia Governor's Office of Student Achievement.
Student Growth	4/10	The Student Progress Rating measures whether students at this school are making academic progress over time based on student growth data provided by the Department of Education. Specifically, this rating looks at how much progress individual students have made on state assessments during the past year or more, how this performance aligns with expected progress based on a student growth model established by the state Department of Education, and how this school's growth data compares to other schools in the state. The Growth Rating was created using 2025 Student growth data from Georgia Governor's Office of Student Achievement.

Posted: August 22, 2026

Our daughter has made wonderful progress in their program

Posted: August 22, 2026

Posted: February 1, 2026

Our family has had a wonderful experience at Brumby Elementary School. Both of our children, our son and daughter, attended Brumby, and it has truly been a special place for our family. The principal is outstanding, and the teachers genuinely care about the kids and their growth, both academically and personally.

Our son has since graduated and moved on to the neighboring middle school, but Brumby played a huge role in shaping his confidence and interests. Our daughter is still there and is absolutely blossoming. Shes found a quirky, diverse group of friends where she feels accepted and supported, which means everything to us as parents.

I also want to give special recognition to Mr. Branch, who manages so many programs at the school. His dedication helped our son discover a hidden talent for piano, something we may have never known otherwise. That kind of impact lasts a lifetime.

If I had one concern, its not with the school itself but with a broader issue seen across many schools today: uninvolved parents. Schools like Brumby do incredible work, but they thrive best when families are equally engaged. Overall, were incredibly grateful for the community, leadership, and care Brumby Elementary provides.

Posted: February 1, 2026

Posted: March 26, 2024

My son has been in the SPK class for three years. year 1 was cool because his teacher was experienced and attentive to all of her students. the second year he was assign a new teacher who was teaching for the very first time, so we gave a LOT of grace. going into year two, there has been too many para teachers. Random "float" teachers who would have been handling my son in the bathroom and sent home a huge fist sized poop in my son's bag when he had an accident. any time I ask a basic question its typically met with an "idk it wasn't me" or "you should ask someone else I'm not sure". The icing on the cake was the parking protocol was functional in the first two years. in year three, the assistant principle who is tall and a male, approached my car with my son in it demanding I move my car because the parking system has changed. Even though there wasn't an email or message on the ck12 app. this new system involved only the SPK car riders to park in a traffic lane and literally walk across the parking lot of bus/ vans and other cars. I calmly expressed that it was dangerous, and my son gets excited for school and can run to his teacher as soon as we get out the car and his response was "hold his hand then". then he sent the campus police to me threating to "write me a ticket" for not parking in a traffic lane and away from vehicles. the cop approached me with his hand on his gun as if we weren't at a school but instead like I'm a criminal. the principal Ms. Alford and she seemed understanding to the issue and agreed the new drop off/ pick up policy wasn't the safest. she then the very next day of this talk tell my fiancé and myself that they have launched an "investigation" because I "drive wreck less" around children in their parking lot of no visual reminders of the flow of traffic and at the time no traffic enforced personnel. after the clear discrimination and segregation of my special needs son, i used the main lot to walk him to and from school for about 1.5 months. during our monthly meeting with his teacher, another AP expressed to us that we were allowed to join the NEW and safer policy for drop off and pick up with no evidence discovering that i was in fact not recklessly driving. as we joined the line, it was VERBATIM where i would park to drop and pick him up. to this day they cannot look me in my face or respond to an email. needless to say, we will never see Brumby after this school year.

Posted: February 11, 2024

Beautiful new school but not a fit for our family learning needs.

Posted: February 11, 2024

Posted: December 16, 2023

I've had my 3 kids in this school since 2016 and have had a great experience. They've made great friendships, received a great education and we've loved the teachers. The staff are very helpful and make it a great place to learn and grow.

Posted: December 16, 2023

Posted: November 15, 2023

The teachers and principal have been working hard to increase engagement with families. My three children have all been excited about their learning, and have really enjoyed the enrichment opportunities that Brumby offers both inside and outside the classrooms. We have loved each of their teachers and they have made really good friends here.

Posted: November 15, 2023

Posted: November 9, 2023

All the teachers at Brumby are clearly dedicated and love their jobs and the kids they work with. Mr. Branche, Mrs. Clark, Coach Cosgrove, Mrs. Bloodworth to name just a few have made my daughter feel welcomed and like she belongs. My daughter goes to school every day excited to learn, be with her classmates and feel the encouragement of her teachers!

Under the news leadership, Principal Alford, there is a vibrancy, passion and energy that is so refreshing and gives me hope for the future of all that attend Brumby.

Finally, the community is so supportive! The diversity at this school is wonderful to experience and gives my daughter a very unique experience that will help her learn how to engage with people from any different cultures in the world.

Posted: November 9, 2023

Posted: July 26, 2022

The verdict is still out on this school as we approach year two. Our first year experience was great, excellent primary teacher but still wanting more communication between the gifted/talent development teacher to parent. I would love to see opportunities for students who display advanced skills, no wonder the scores are so low. There doesn't seem like much is in place, additionally, to develop students - which I would think that is a direct affect to better scoring. Not sure if it's a lack of funding/resources, but Brumby needs more academic, sports and social extracurricular activities. Thank God for our outside social capital otherwise the offerings at the school seem very limited.

No Homework - Good and Bad, but more bad as the parent's cannot stay connected with the student. We have to create our own homework to keep our daughter engaged with level expectations.

Posted: July 26, 2022

Posted: July 5, 2022

Although I appreciate the environment during Covid, there is definitely room for improvement. The staff are amazing they need the school board support for more programs geared toward the whole student. The school lacks the extracurricular structure that is needed in elementary school students. I would love for my child to continue here but this is the third year and if 3rd grade does not become a better learning environment then I will remove my child and transfer to a school I feel they can thrive in.

Posted: March 9, 2022

My oldest son had the pleasure of studying at Brumby, kindergarten through fifth grade. Amazing staff, teachers who know how to deal with children with ADHD, principal Dr. Richie always willing to help. Now it has an even better structure.

Posted: April 24, 2019

I love this school. The staff is outstanding. The new building is beautiful and my kids love it here.

Posted: April 17, 2019

Every teacher I have had to deal with has been amazing.

Posted: April 17, 2019

Always room for improvement. Especially the front desk

Posted: April 17, 2019

I'm not sure. My child doesn't have any

Posted: April 17, 2019

We haven't experience bullying in the sense of someone picking on my child. But I don't hear about other child being bullyied

Posted: April 17, 2019

I would like to see some, but it is nice to have my child come home and just relax.

Posted: April 17, 2019

Again, always room to improve but We have had a great experience with this school

Posted: January 20, 2019

My sons teacher is the best. She cares about her students.

Posted: December 20, 2015

My daughter had a very hard time fitting in in kindergarten due to some bullying during recess and on the school bus. I contacted the school more than once to have it resolved to no avail. When I spoke to Mr D about it, it was remedied immediately. He also did a few follow up calls with my husband and me afterward. I am thankfuk for him and happy about that. When my daughter moved onto 1st grade, we were met with the best teacher in the world, Mrs. Lantrip. She is very motivating, challenging and interactive. My daughter flourished academically in her class and we could not have asked for a better teacher. We have since moved out of state and I still keep in contact with Mrs. Lantrip. I light-heartedly tease her saying that if we ever won the lotto, I am hiring her as my daughter's personal teacher. That is how fantastic she is! So, if your child is entering 1st grade, pray that they end up in Mrs. Lantrip's classroom. You will truly see a difference in your child and attitude towards school.

Posted: June 17, 2015

My son attended Kindergarten and 1st grade at Brumby. He had excellent teachers even though the school has low rating. I would like to mention about 1st grade teacher Mrs. Lantrip. She is an excellent teacher. She sends an email every weekend about what the kids learnt during the week. She is very focused and pays attention to each and every kid. The kids love her.

Posted: June 17, 2015

My son had a great teacher in Kindergarten (Mrs. Hughes). He had excellent teacher last year in 1st grade (Mrs. Lantrip). The teachers provided very good education to my son. They taught all subjects equally (English, Science, Social, Math). He learnt a lot after attending this school. The school has a low rating, but, the teachers are excellent so far. I am hoping he will have the same kind of teacher for 2nd grade too.

Posted: June 17, 2015

Posted: January 15, 2015

I've my child enrolled in KG at this school and he is doing wonderful. He is always happy and cheerful while going and equally charismatic while return from school. I think he has got good teacher Ms Vandall and I see that she is taking good care of all her kindergartners.

Posted: October 26, 2014

Excellent place to learn. My son has been there 6 months and grades have really improved. Teachers are very caring.

Posted: September 28, 2014

My son looooooved this school. The teachers were friendly and amazing. The principal is suberb. She is amazing! The staff was exceptional. The parents were friendly and helpful and all of the kids seemed to get along! The academics were average to above average. My child was challenged, however, he is smart and could've handled more. Parking and getting into the school is a nightmare though. I wish they could start a little later than 7:30am and have easier access for carpool.

Posted: August 23, 2014

Greatly improved! Looking forward to the new building, new location, and state of the art technology. Parental involvement here is outstanding.

Posted: July 9, 2014

This past year I had a 5th grade and a 1st grader attending Brumby Elementary. I was so glad when the end of the year reached. My 5th grade child would have been left behind with no help or awareness. I was constantly at the school. He suffers with ADHD without behavior problems just staying focus. Be sure to stay Proactive everyday until the last day of school. My 1st grader experience was great excellent teacher very caring, extremely resourceful to helping meeting my child's needs. I would highly recommend Mrs. Lantrip she is awesome! !!! I would pay very close attention to 5th grade especially if you have a boy.

Posted: May 13, 2014

Thank you to all the teachers at Brumby Elementary! My children have had a great year. We will miss everyone!

Posted: December 17, 2013

My experience with Brumby has been great. This is my child's second year, started with kindergarten. Both years she has had great caring teachers. When I have left a message, I have always received a call back. I haven't had any complaints and I make sure to be involved with her class and available. Both of her teachers have communicated well and I look forward to another year. It may not be rated the top school in Cobb, but its not the worst.

Posted: May 21, 2013

This school rates one of the lowest in Cobb. I can see why. My son had one of the most disorganized flighty teachers I've ever met. None of my wife nor my request for the teacher to contact us about his school work was answered. Also the school gender separates the kids from 3rd grade on. Very bad idea when the teacher can't even keep her things straight to control a room full of boys. Can't wait to move to a new district.

Posted: January 30, 2013

We enrolled at this school for kindergarten and from the school ratings we were not enthused, but it was the only option as the charter schools were full. We have had an excellent school year thus far and the best teacher we could ask for. You have to make yourself available, communicate with the staff, and get involved! I must say I have not one complaint! The PTA is also great and involved, but they have to pull for parent involvement! Participate, get involved!

Posted: January 27, 2013

To start my REAL complaint is with the pettiness at ASP! I have gotten so many calls that my child is crying alot, SO WHAT!!!!!!!!! Now they've gotten thrown out b/c of that & today was my boiling point, told me something that was completely out of my childs character do I KNOW they lying! The director is very unprofessional, I dont even know WHY she deals with KIDS! Especially smaller kids. I HATE this ASP! So parents that are going to be new in 2013, don't say I didnt warn you. It may be the cheaper option but if your kid is not PERFECT they will be getting dismissed. So ready to move to a better SCHOOL District!

Posted: August 15, 2012

My daughter goes to this school and she is challenged everyday. Keep up the great work Dr. Ritchie!!!

Posted: July 30, 2012

My initial experience with my son s Pre-K teachers was a great one. He had two teachers who were very respectful to the parents and treated the children great. My wife and I both had opportunities to sit in the class and observe. We felt comfortable with the environment the teachers created there and my son was on track with his learning. Outside of the class we had several issues concerning communication, disrespect, and even false accusations with the principle of that continued on throughout his progression in the first grade school year. The problem with the principle got worse and expanded with the two teachers that taught my son in his first grade class. They all were very disrespectful towards my wife, but treated me a little better, however my request for the school to contact me if there was any problem with my son was ignored several times. Even my request for his school records and a curriculum of what he should be learning was ignored. I wondered if it was a problem with us, so I asked a few of my neighbors and found out that they had similar problems on and off depending on what teacher their kids had.

Posted: July 2, 2012

BEST SCHOOL EVER!!! BRUMBRY TEACHERS REALLY CARE ABOUT THE KIDS THAT ATTENED THIS SCHOOL I LOVE THIS SCHOOL FOR MY CHILD!!!!!

#	Name	Type	City	State	Overall Rating	Distance
1	Heritage Farms	Neighborhood/Subdivision	Marietta	GA		8.1 mi
2	Garden Hills	Condominium/Townhouse	Atlanta	GA		8.2 mi

Base	Distance
Dobbins ARB	3.5 mi.
Fort Gillem	22.7 mi.

Brumby Elementary School

Marietta, GA 30067

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