Brookwood Elementary

Brookwood Elementary, a mid-sized elementary campus in Cumming, Georgia, one of the schools within Forsyth County, hosts 810 students, covering grades pre-K through 5. That puts it 34% bigger than the typical public school in Georgia, which averages around 605 students.

Forsyth County runs 42 schools in total, collectively educating 54,864 students. Brookwood Elementary is one of those campuses.

On the student-mix side, Brookwood Elementary reports that the most-represented group is Asian (46%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. Other groups include 38% White, 8% Hispanic, 5% multiracial, 2% Black. That is considerably more Asian than the county at large, where the share is closer to 20%.

On the income-and-resources front, Staff filings list 55 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 14.7:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 13.3:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. Around 14% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, often used as a Title I proxy.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Brookwood Elementary tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 70.2% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 75.7%.

Zooming out to the county, ACS estimates for Forsyth County put the typical household earns roughly $143,784 per year, roughly 57% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 3% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Forsyth County runs 42 public schools (combined enrollment of about 54,864 students), of which Brookwood Elementary is one.

The closest other public school is Big Creek Elementary School, roughly 1.5 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Brookwood Elementary at 6th of 9; the average score across the group is 78.8%.

The campus sits in an outer-ring setting.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count decreased 25%: 1,078 students in 2018 compared to 810 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share declined from 50% to 38%. The student-to-teacher ratio narrowed from 17.9:1 in 2018 to 14.7:1 today.

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