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What's something Acworth Elementary School does better than most schools?
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Enrollment
499
Elementary
DISTRICT 691 · STATE 605
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·COBB COUNTY·NCES 130129000539
Acworth Elementary School
4220 Cantrell Rd NW, Acworth, GA 30101 · (770) 975-6600 · Cobb County
GRADES 02–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL499 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
10.8:1
46 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.0:1 · STATE 13.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
69%
345 students
DISTRICT 56% · STATE 74%
Community
6
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 2 | 132 | 26% |
| Grade 3 | 103 | 21% |
| Grade 4 | 133 | 27% |
| Grade 5 | 131 | 26% |
Student demographics
72%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 73% · STATE 71% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
School pathway
Feeds from
Based on grade levels within Cobb County. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
Georgia Milestones 2024-25 . % Proficient or DistinguishedEnglish Language Arts
42.4%
GA avg 40.1% . +2.8pp since 2021
Math
44.6%
GA avg 44.6% . +9.4pp since 2021
What this means: On the Georgia Milestones, Georgia's statewide test, about 42 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 45 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Georgia schools, those numbers are about 40 and 45. Reading and writing scores are up about 3 points since 2021, while math scores are up about 9 points.
Georgia Milestones results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 42.4% | 44.6% |
| 2023-24 | 46.2% | 42.6% |
| 2022-23 | 44.3% | 38.0% |
| 2021-22 | 39.6% | 35.3% |
% Proficient or Distinguished, all students and all tested grades.
Source: Georgia Milestones. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
43.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
41.6%
based on GA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+1.7pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 43% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 42% typical for Georgia schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among Georgia's top nor bottom 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like Acworth Elementary School
Acworth Elementary School's state test result (43.4% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Acworth Elementary School this school | 499 | 69.1% | 43.4% |
| Bessie L. Baggett Elementary Powder Springs | 549 | 70.3% | 28.6% |
| Briar Vista Elementary School Atlanta | 482 | 71.2% | 45.9% |
| Garden Hills Elementary School Atlanta | 494 | 72.5% | 40.8% |
| Sedalia Park Elementary School Marietta | 634 | 67.4% | 35.0% |
| Dorsett Shoals Elementary School Douglasville | 404 | 75.2% | 36.5% |
Matched among Georgia elementary schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where Acworth Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Georgia | In Cobb County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 43.4% | #477 of 1,208 | #36 of 72 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 44.6% | #529 of 1,215 ▲ 19 | #41 of 72 ▲ 3 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 42.4% | #411 of 1,215 ▼ 28 | #36 of 72 no change |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +6.1pp | #307 of 1,183 | #10 of 72 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 499 | #854 of 1,324 | #60 of 78 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 10.8:1 | #99 of 1,301 | #23 of 77 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 72.5% | #65 of 1,301 | #8 of 77 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 69.1% | #842 of 1,312 | #31 of 78 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -26.7% | #126 of 854 | #5 of 57 |
Ranked against other public elementary schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
499
-66 (-12%) vs 2020
-33% since 1990-91, when it was 746
Student : Teacher
10.8:1
was 12.0:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 499 | 46 | 10.8:1 | 69% (345) |
| 2023-24 | 505 | 46.5 | 10.9:1 | 76% (383) |
| 2022-23 | 520 | 50.5 | 10.3:1 | 62% (320) |
| 2020-21 | 565 | 47 | 12.0:1 | 65% (369) |
| 2017-18 | 681 | 53 | 12.8:1 | 63% (430) |
| 2015-16 | 697 | 55 | 12.7:1 | 66% (458) |
| 2010-11 | 839 | 68 | 12.3:1 | 57% (481) |
| 2000-01 | 558 | 39 | 14.3:1 | 35% (198) |
| 1990-91 | 746 | 41 | 18.2:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Acworth Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 27% (681 to 499); teachers down 13% (53 to 46).
About Acworth Elementary School
Acworth Elementary School is a small elementary school in Acworth, Georgia, (ZIP code 30101). The school covers grades 2 through 5 and reported 499 students in 2024-25.
The Cobb County system has 110 schools and 105,738 students.
About 32% of students at Acworth Elementary School are Hispanic, the largest single group. The rest of enrollment is 31% Black, 26% White, and 9% multiracial. Among all residents of Cobb County, the Hispanic share is about 15%. A diversity index of 72% means there is a 72% chance two randomly chosen students at Acworth Elementary School are from different groups.
On staff are 46 full-time-equivalent teachers; the student-to-teacher ratio is 10.8:1. The average for elementary schools in Georgia is 13.3:1, so this school has fewer students per teacher. About 69% of students at Acworth Elementary School are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. By comparison, the figure for public schools in Cobb County is 53%.
Acworth Elementary School's actual average proficiency rate across its state test results (43.4%) and its predicted rate (41.6%) put it outside the top and bottom 10% of Georgia schools.
In the wider Cobb County area, median household income comes to about $102,738, 51% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 6% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Cobb County counts 129 public schools with about 116,609 students.
Straight-line distance to the nearest public school, Barber Middle School, is about 0.1 miles. There are at least 8 other public schools within five miles. Acworth Elementary School places 3rd of 6 on proficiency among the closest schools that report scores.
Acworth Elementary School is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more, a location NCES labels Suburb: Large.
Enrollment was 499 in 2024-25. In 2020-21, it was 565. Staffing shifted too: the ratio moved from 12.0:1 to 10.8:1.
On allk12, people connected to Acworth Elementary School can post about special education services, counseling, and support programs. Members of the school community can share what they know.
Cobb County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
775,208
Census ACS
Median income
$102,738
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
51%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
6%
Below federal line
Schools in county
129
116,609 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Cobb County
- Campbell High SchoolHigh · 3,085 students
- Osborne High SchoolHigh · 2,790 students
- Walton High SchoolHigh · 2,705 students
- Pebblebrook High SchoolHigh · 2,574 students
- North Cobb High SchoolHigh · 2,463 students
- Wheeler High SchoolHigh · 2,401 students
Other schools in Acworth
- Allatoona High SchoolHigh · 1,560 students
- Clark Creek Elementary SchoolElementary · 1,108 students
- Durham Middle SchoolMiddle · 984 students
- Crossroads Middle SchoolMiddle · 908 students
- Pitner Elementary SchoolElementary · 802 students
- Barber Middle SchoolMiddle · 790 students
Other Acworth Elementary schools
One other US public school is named Acworth Elementary. Acworth Elementary School is the largest of the 2.
- Acworth Elementary SchoolAcworth, NH · 25 students
Nearby schools
- Barber Middle School0.1 mi · 790
- Awtrey Middle School1.1 mi · 593
- North Cobb High School1.3 mi · 2,463
- McCall Primary School1.7 mi · 265
- Baker Elementary School1.7 mi · 738
- Northwest Classical Academy2.1 mi · 798
Frequently asked questions
About Acworth Elementary SchoolHow many students attend Acworth Elementary School?
Acworth Elementary School enrolls approximately 499 students in grades 02-05.
What grades does Acworth Elementary School serve?
Acworth Elementary School serves grades 02-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Acworth Elementary School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Acworth Elementary School is approximately 10.8:1 (46 FTE teachers).
How diverse is Acworth Elementary School?
Acworth Elementary School reports a student body of 26% White, 32% Hispanic, 31% Black, 2% Asian, 9% Two or more.
Is Acworth Elementary School public or private?
Acworth Elementary School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Cobb County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.