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What's the most underrated thing about Big Shanty Elementary School that outsiders don't know?
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Enrollment
511
Elementary
DISTRICT 691 · STATE 605
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·COBB COUNTY·NCES 130129000527
Big Shanty Elementary School
1575 Ben King Rd NW, Kennesaw, GA 30144 · (678) 594-8023 · Cobb County
GRADES 03–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL511 STUDENTS
B-
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 53% of Georgia public elementary schools
- B+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- C+Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- C+Three-year trend Change in reading and math proficiency over the last three test years.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Georgia public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
11.3:1
45 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.0:1 · STATE 13.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
51%
260 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 3 | 173 | 34% |
| Grade 4 | 154 | 30% |
| Grade 5 | 184 | 36% |
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% . -1.5pp since 2021
Math
51.6%
GA avg 44.6% . +2.7pp 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 52 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Georgia schools, those numbers are about 40 and 45. Reading and writing scores are down about 1 points since 2021, while math scores are up about 3 points.
Georgia Milestones results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 42.4% | 51.6% |
| 2023-24 | 51.0% | 54.8% |
| 2022-23 | 47.6% | 48.7% |
| 2021-22 | 43.9% | 48.9% |
% 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
47.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
51.0%
based on GA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-3.3pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 48% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 51% 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 Big Shanty Elementary School
Big Shanty Elementary School's state test result (47.8% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Big Shanty Elementary School this school | 511 | 50.9% | 47.8% |
| Kennesaw Elementary School Kennesaw | 560 | 51.3% | N/A |
| Lewis Elementary School Kennesaw | 550 | 55.3% | 50.8% |
| Chesnut Elementary School Dunwoody | 551 | 51.7% | 53.1% |
| A.L. Burruss Elementary School Marietta | 409 | 47.7% | 54.0% |
| Blackwell Elementary School Marietta | 580 | 53.6% | 42.1% |
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 Big Shanty Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Georgia | In Cobb County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 47.8% | #386 of 1,208 | #32 of 72 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 51.6% | #377 of 1,215 ▼ 36 | #30 of 72 ▼ 3 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 42.4% | #408 of 1,215 ▼ 106 | #35 of 72 ▼ 4 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +0.6pp | #708 of 1,183 | #35 of 72 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 511 | #831 of 1,324 | #59 of 78 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 11.3:1 | #161 of 1,301 | #30 of 77 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 71.9% | #79 of 1,301 | #11 of 77 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 50.9% | #1,028 of 1,312 | #42 of 78 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -16.5% | #317 of 854 | #22 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
511
-15 (-3%) vs 2020
-48% since 1990-91, when it was 986
Student : Teacher
11.3:1
was 11.2:1
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 | 511 | 45.1 | 11.3:1 | 51% (260) |
| 2023-24 | 545 | 45.1 | 12.1:1 | 53% (291) |
| 2022-23 | 539 | 43.1 | 12.5:1 | 45% (244) |
| 2020-21 | 526 | 47 | 11.2:1 | 42% (223) |
| 2017-18 | 612 | 47 | 13.0:1 | 43% (261) |
| 2015-16 | 714 | 54 | 13.2:1 | 44% (313) |
| 2010-11 | 828 | 55 | 15.1:1 | 36% (296) |
| 2000-01 | 697 | 47 | 14.8:1 | 14% (101) |
| 1990-91 | 986 | 58 | 17.0:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Big Shanty Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 17% (612 to 511); teachers down 4% (47 to 45.1).
About Big Shanty Elementary School
In Kennesaw, Georgia, part of Cobb County, Big Shanty Elementary School is an elementary school. It reports enrollment of 511 students in grades 3 through 5.
Big Shanty Elementary School is one of 110 schools in Cobb County, which enrolls 105,738 students in total.
The biggest share of students at Big Shanty Elementary School, 34%, is White. The rest of enrollment is 31% Black, 25% Hispanic, 7% multiracial, and 3% Asian. Census estimates put the White share of Cobb County's population at about 49%. The diversity index for Big Shanty Elementary School is 72%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.
Classroom staffing at Big Shanty Elementary School totals 45.1 full-time-equivalent teachers, and the student-to-teacher ratio is 11.3:1. Statewide, elementary schools in Georgia average 13.3:1. Federal data show 51% of students (260) are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. The figure for public schools in Cobb County is close, at 53%.
Big Shanty Elementary School holds a B- allk12 Grade, placing it above 53% of Georgia public elementary schools.
Predicted from its free or reduced-price lunch share, Big Shanty Elementary School would score about 51.0%. It scores 47.8%, 3.3 points below that figure.
The school is in Cobb County, where median household income comes to about $102,738, roughly 51% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 6%. Cobb County counts 129 public schools with about 116,609 students.
Among nearby public schools, Kennesaw Elementary School is closest at about 1.9 miles. Other public schools within five miles number at least 8. The nearest schools with test data average 42.1%, lower than Big Shanty Elementary School's 47.8%.
Under the NCES locale system, Big Shanty Elementary School is Suburb: Large.
By 2024-25, enrollment had dropped to 511, from 526 in 2020-21.
The allk12 page for Big Shanty Elementary School lets the school community talk about special education services, counseling, and support programs. Current and former families are welcome to add their experience.
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 Kennesaw
- North Cobb High SchoolHigh · 2,463 students
- Harrison High SchoolHigh · 2,224 students
- Kennesaw Mountain High SchoolHigh · 1,695 students
- McClure Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,030 students
- Lost Mountain Middle SchoolMiddle · 979 students
- Palmer Middle SchoolMiddle · 803 students
Nearby schools
- Kennesaw Elementary School1.9 mi · 560
- Palmer Middle School2.3 mi · 803
- Chalker Elementary School2.4 mi · 679
- Kennesaw Mountain High School2.5 mi · 1,695
- Northwest Classical Academy2.5 mi · 798
- Baker Elementary School2.6 mi · 738
Frequently asked questions
About Big Shanty Elementary SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Big Shanty Elementary School?
Big Shanty Elementary School enrolls approximately 511 students in grades 03-05.
What grades does Big Shanty Elementary School serve?
Big Shanty Elementary School serves grades 03-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Big Shanty Elementary School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Big Shanty Elementary School is approximately 11.3:1 (45 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Big Shanty Elementary School?
At Big Shanty Elementary School, the student body is approximately 34% White, 25% Hispanic, 31% Black, 3% Asian, 7% Two or more.
Is Big Shanty Elementary School public or private?
Big Shanty 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.