Timber Ridge Elementary School, 5000 Timber Ridge Road, Marietta: K-5, 529 students in 2025, CCRPI 94.2. Zone, report card and bell times.

Last checked Oct. 6, 2026. Sources: the Timber Ridge 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.

Timber Ridge Elementary School is a Cobb County School District elementary school on Timber Ridge Road in East Cobb. Its mascot is the timber wolf. 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: 5000 Timber Ridge Road, Marietta, GA 30068
  • Phone: 770-642-5621
  • Grades: kindergarten to 5 (the state’s 2025 data also counts pre-K students)
  • Website: cobbk12.org/timberridge

Who to call

Principal

Principal Kristi Lankford, according to the school’s website.

Enrollment and teachers

The state counted 529 students at Timber Ridge Elementary in its 2025 School Grades data, against 509 in 2024. The most recent federal figure, from the NCES directory for the 2023-24 school year, is 510 students and 39 full-time-equivalent teachers, about 13.1 students per teacher.

State report card

Timber Ridge Elementary’s 2025 CCRPI single score was 94.2, 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 95.5 in 2023 and 95.0 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 Timber Ridge 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 40.2% 40.6%
Math 36.5% 46.6%
Science 42.3% 41.2%

The same data put 77% of third graders and 91% 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 Timber Ridge 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 Timber Ridge zone is split between middle schools. The district’s feeder pattern chart, updated June 30, 2024, sends 25% to Dickerson Middle and 75% to Dodgen Middle. For high school, the school’s feeder schools page lists Pope High and Walton High; the school locator gives the high school for an exact address.

We found no rezoning approved by the Board of Education that changes the Timber Ridge 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 Timber Ridge 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

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Frequently asked questions

What grades does Timber Ridge Elementary serve?

Kindergarten through fifth grade. The state counted 529 students in 2025. The state’s data also counts pre-K students at the school.

What is Timber Ridge Elementary’s CCRPI score?

94.2 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 Timber Ridge Elementary feed into?

Middle school: Dickerson Middle or Dodgen Middle, depending on the address. High school: Pope High or Walton High, according to the school’s feeder page and the district’s feeder pattern chart.

What time does Timber Ridge Elementary start?

The district’s 2026-27 bell schedule has Timber Ridge Elementary starting at 7:50 a.m. and dismissing at 2:20 p.m.

Who is the principal of Timber Ridge Elementary?

Kristi Lankford, according to the school’s website on Oct. 6, 2026.