Sope Creek Elementary School, 3320 Paper Mill Road, Marietta: K-5, 1,129 students in 2025, CCRPI 95.4. Zone, report card and bell times.
Last checked Oct. 6, 2026. Sources: the Sope Creek Elementary 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.
Sope Creek Elementary School is a Cobb County School District elementary school on Paper Mill Road in East Cobb. Its about page says it was established in 1978, is one of the largest elementary schools in the county and was a 2019 National Blue Ribbon School. 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: 3320 Paper Mill Road, Marietta, GA 30067
- Phone: 770-916-7085
- Grades: kindergarten to 5 (the state’s 2025 data also counts pre-K students)
- Website: cobbk12.org/sopecreek
Who to call
- Sope Creek Elementary front office: 770-916-7085
- 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 Doug Daugherty, according to the school’s website.
Enrollment and teachers
The state counted 1,129 students at Sope Creek Elementary in its 2025 School Grades data, against 1,134 in 2024. The most recent federal figure, from the NCES directory for the 2023-24 school year, is 1,106 students and 73 full-time-equivalent teachers, about 15.2 students per teacher.
State report card
Sope Creek Elementary’s 2025 CCRPI single score was 95.4, according to the state’s School Grades data. The Georgia average for elementary schools was 78.6 and the Cobb County School District’s was 76.0. The school scored 91.8 in 2023 and 95.9 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 Sope Creek Elementary 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 | 41.4% | 35.3% |
| Math | 34.4% | 49.7% |
| Science | 33.3% | 43.9% |
The same data put 76% of third graders and 81% of fifth 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 Sope Creek 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 Sope Creek zone is split between middle schools. The district’s feeder pattern chart, updated June 30, 2024, sends 70% to Dickerson Middle and 30% to East Cobb Middle. Those middle schools feed Walton High or Wheeler High, according to the same chart; the school locator gives the high school for an exact address.
We found no rezoning approved by the Board of Education that changes the Sope Creek 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 Sope Creek Elementary starting at 7:50 a.m. and dismissing at 2:20 p.m..
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 Sope Creek Elementary
- 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 Sope Creek Elementary serve?
Kindergarten through fifth grade. The state counted 1,129 students in 2025. The state’s data also counts pre-K students at the school.
What is Sope Creek Elementary’s CCRPI score?
95.4 in 2025, according to the state’s School Grades data, against a Georgia elementary school average of 78.6 and a Cobb County School District average of 76.0.
Which high school does Sope Creek Elementary feed into?
Middle school: Dickerson Middle or East Cobb Middle, depending on the address. High school: Walton High or Wheeler High, according to the district’s feeder pattern chart.
What time does Sope Creek Elementary start?
The district’s 2026-27 bell schedule has Sope Creek Elementary starting at 7:50 a.m. and dismissing at 2:20 p.m.
Who is the principal of Sope Creek Elementary?
Doug Daugherty, according to the school’s website on Oct. 6, 2026.
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