Dodgen Middle School, 1725 Bill Murdock Road, Marietta: grades 6-8, 1,204 students in 2025, CCRPI 91.9. Zone, report card and bell times.
Last checked Oct. 6, 2026. Sources: the Dodgen Middle website, the Cobb County School District’s attendance zones, feeder pattern chart, bell schedule and 2026-27 calendar, the Governor’s Office of Student Achievement’s 2025 School Grades data and the federal NCES school directory.
Dodgen Middle School is a Cobb County School District middle school for sixth through eighth grade on Bill Murdock Road, the same road as Walton High School. The school’s about page says it serves approximately 1,250 students. Its mailing address says Marietta, but the address sits outside any city’s limits, in unincorporated Cobb County, according to the Census Bureau’s geocoder.
- Address: 1725 Bill Murdock Road, Marietta, GA 30062
- Phone: 770-578-2726
- Grades: 6 to 8
- Website: cobbk12.org/dodgen
Who to call
- Dodgen Middle front office: 770-578-2726
- Enroll a student: the district’s enrollment page; families who need an interpreter can call the International Welcome Center at 678-331-3086
- Bus routes and transportation: the district’s Transportation Department, 678-594-8000, and its bus route finder
- Cobb County School District main line: 770-426-3300
- Is this your school? Enter an address in the school and bus locator
Principal
Principal Patricia Alford, according to the school’s website.
Enrollment and teachers
The state counted 1,204 students at Dodgen Middle in its 2025 School Grades data, against 1,273 in 2024. The most recent federal figure, from the NCES directory for the 2023-24 school year, is 1,238 students and 73 full-time-equivalent teachers, about 17.0 students per teacher.
State report card
Dodgen Middle’s 2025 CCRPI single score was 91.9, according to the state’s School Grades data. The Georgia average for middle schools was 78.4 and the Cobb County School District’s was 80.2. The school scored 91.6 in 2023 and 88.9 in 2024. Scores can move a lot from one year to the next at a single school. The full report card, with subgroups and the parts of the score, is on the state’s Dodgen Middle report card.
CCRPI is the Georgia Department of Education’s “comprehensive school improvement, accountability, and communication platform,” according to GaDOE. The single score runs from 0 to 100 and is built from content mastery, progress, closing gaps and readiness, plus graduation rate for high schools. Georgia does not publish an A-to-F letter grade for schools in its 2025 data.
Georgia Milestones end-of-grade tests, 2025, share of tested students scoring Proficient and Distinguished, the two upper achievement levels:
| Subject | Proficient | Distinguished |
|---|---|---|
| English language arts | 44% | 34.4% |
| Math | 34.6% | 44.3% |
| Science | 48.9% | 26.3% |
| Social studies | 50.4% | 27.3% |
The same data put 82% of eighth graders reading at or above grade level.
Attendance zone
Zones are set by the district and do not follow ZIP codes. Check any address with the district’s school and bus locator, or open the district’s Dodgen zone map (PDF) from its attendance zones page. The district says its posted maps “do not preclude any future changes” and asks families not to make a home purchase based on them alone.
The district’s feeder pattern chart, updated June 30, 2024, lists these elementary school zones feeding Dodgen Middle: East Side Elementary (70% of its zone), Kincaid Elementary (10% of its zone), Mount Bethel Elementary (10% of its zone), Murdock Elementary (75% of its zone) and Timber Ridge Elementary (75% of its zone). The Dodgen zone is split at high school: 34% to Pope High and 66% to Walton High.
We found no rezoning approved by the Board of Education that changes the Dodgen zone for 2026-27; the district’s posted zone maps are labeled 2022-23 for high schools and 2023-24 for middle and elementary schools.
Calendar and bell times
The district’s 2026-27 bell schedule (PDF) has Dodgen Middle starting at 9:15 a.m. and dismissing at 4:15 p.m. (all Cobb middle schools keep the same hours).
From the district’s 2026-27 calendar (PDF):
- Monday, Oct. 12: digital learning day
- Tuesday, Oct. 13, to Friday, Oct. 16: conference week, early release for elementary and middle schools only
- Tuesday, Nov. 3: Election Day, student holiday
- Nov. 23-27: Thanksgiving break
- Thursday, Dec. 17, and Friday, Dec. 18: early release, all schools
- Dec. 21 to Jan. 1: winter break; Monday, Jan. 4, is a student holiday
- Wednesday, May 19, 2027: last day of school
More
- The school’s website
- The state’s report card for Dodgen Middle
- Every public school in East Cobb, with zones and scores: our East Cobb public schools guide
- District calendar, registration and the Board of Education: our East Cobb schools guide
Frequently asked questions
What grades does Dodgen Middle serve?
Sixth through eighth grade. The state counted 1,204 students in 2025.
What is Dodgen Middle’s CCRPI score?
91.9 in 2025, according to the state’s School Grades data, against a Georgia middle school average of 78.4 and a Cobb County School District average of 80.2.
Which high school does Dodgen Middle feed into?
Pope High or Walton High, depending on the address, according to the district’s feeder pattern chart.
What time does Dodgen Middle start?
The district’s 2026-27 bell schedule has Dodgen Middle starting at 9:15 a.m. and dismissing at 4:15 p.m.
Who is the principal of Dodgen Middle?
Patricia Alford, according to the school’s website on Oct. 6, 2026.
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