Tritt Elementary School vs A.L. Burruss Elementary School

A.L. Burruss Elementary School ranks #18 of 2268 schools in Georgia, placing it in the top 1% statewide. Tritt Elementary School is no slouch at #55 of 2268, but that 37-position gap is meaningful at the top of the distribution where schools are tightly clustered. The overall rating difference is 0.4 points — 9.5 versus 9.1 — with A.L. Burruss coming out ahead on a 10-point scale, a gap that reflects real structural differences rather than noise.

The two schools split the academic ledger in opposite directions. Tritt Elementary School scores 9.6/10 on academics versus A.L. Burruss Elementary School's 8.7 — a 0.9-point advantage that suggests Tritt's students are hitting higher proficiency thresholds on state assessments. A.L. Burruss answers back sharply on growth: its 9.9/10 growth score beats Tritt's 8.7 by 1.2 points, meaning students at Burruss are advancing faster relative to their starting points. For families who care about trajectory and year-over-year gains — especially if a child is entering below grade level — that growth gap is the more actionable number.

The demographic profiles of the two schools diverge significantly. Tritt Elementary School enrolls 797 students at a 13.5:1 student-teacher ratio, with 9% of students on free or reduced lunch. A.L. Burruss Elementary School is roughly half the size at 388 students, carries a 10.2:1 ratio — more than three fewer students per teacher on average — and serves a substantially higher-need population at 55% free or reduced lunch. That 46-percentage-point FRL gap means Burruss is doing its exceptional growth work with a much more economically diverse student body, which makes its #18 state ranking particularly notable.

Both schools serve the same grade span, PK through 5th grade, so families are not choosing between different program structures at the entry or exit points. The 10.4-mile separation between the two campuses puts them in meaningfully different parts of Marietta, which for most families will be the first filter before the data.