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Enrollment
799
Elementary
DISTRICT 691 · STATE 605
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·COBB COUNTY·NCES 130129002840
Bullard Elementary School
3656 Old Stilesboro Rd NW, Kennesaw, GA 30152 · (678) 594-8720 · Cobb County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL799 STUDENTS
B
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 55% of Georgia public elementary schools
- A-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.
- BThree-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
12.6:1
63 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.0:1 · STATE 13.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
28%
223 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 17 | 2% |
| Kindergarten | 106 | 13% |
| Grade 1 | 142 | 18% |
| Grade 2 | 134 | 17% |
| Grade 3 | 131 | 16% |
| Grade 4 | 144 | 18% |
| Grade 5 | 125 | 16% |
This year's kindergarten class (106) is 15% smaller than its 5th grade class (125).
Student demographics
67%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
Students here typically continue to
Bullard Elementary School→McClure Middle School
Based on published attendance-zone data from Cobb County. Zones change; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
Georgia Milestones 2024-25 . % Proficient or DistinguishedEnglish Language Arts
57.0%
GA avg 40.1% . +2.9pp since 2021
Math
57.5%
GA avg 44.6% . +5.1pp since 2021
What this means: On the Georgia Milestones, Georgia's statewide test, about 57 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 58 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 5 points.
Georgia Milestones results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 57.0% | 57.5% |
| 2023-24 | 53.9% | 53.6% |
| 2022-23 | 52.7% | 53.8% |
| 2021-22 | 54.1% | 52.4% |
% 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
54.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
62.9%
based on GA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-8.6pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 54% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 63% 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 Bullard Elementary School
Bullard Elementary School's state test result (54.3% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bullard Elementary School this school | 799 | 27.9% | 54.3% |
| Frey Elementary School Acworth | 691 | 29.8% | 58.3% |
| Pickett's Mill Elementary School Acworth | 753 | 32.3% | 64.3% |
| Still Elementary School Powder Springs | 755 | 32.2% | 52.9% |
| Sara Harp Minter Elementary School Fayetteville | 689 | 27.7% | 66.4% |
| South Effingham Elementary School Guyton | 863 | 33.4% | 67.6% |
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 Bullard Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Georgia | In Cobb County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 54.3% | #269 of 1,208 | #23 of 72 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 57.5% | #280 of 1,215 ▲ 78 | #24 of 72 ▲ 6 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 57.0% | #168 of 1,215 ▲ 85 | #22 of 72 ▲ 7 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +4.0pp | #452 of 1,183 | #20 of 72 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 799 | #235 of 1,324 | #22 of 78 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.6:1 | #428 of 1,301 | #51 of 77 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 66.7% | #236 of 1,301 | #26 of 77 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 27.9% | #1,193 of 1,312 | #61 of 78 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -4.0% | #748 of 854 | #54 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
799
+51 (+7%) vs 2020
-19% since 2010-11, when it was 989
Student : Teacher
12.6:1
was 12.3:1
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 | 799 | 63.2 | 12.6:1 | 28% (223) |
| 2023-24 | 822 | 62 | 13.3:1 | 31% (258) |
| 2022-23 | 801 | 61 | 13.1:1 | 24% (190) |
| 2020-21 | 748 | 61 | 12.3:1 | 19% (143) |
| 2017-18 | 832 | 64.4 | 12.9:1 | 22% (183) |
| 2015-16 | 882 | 63 | 14.0:1 | 23% (199) |
| 2010-11 | 989 | 68 | 14.5:1 | 19% (184) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Bullard Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 4% (832 to 799); teachers down 2% (64.4 to 63.2).
About Bullard Elementary School
Bullard Elementary School is an elementary school with a street address in Kennesaw, Georgia. It has an enrollment of 799 students in pre-K through 5. Across elementary schools in Georgia, the average enrollment is about 605.
Bullard Elementary School belongs to Cobb County, a district of 110 schools and 105,738 students.
The student body at Bullard Elementary School is 51% White. The rest of enrollment is 18% Black, 17% Hispanic, 8% multiracial, and 5% Asian. Among Cobb County residents, the White share is about 49%. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 67%.
There are 63.2 full-time-equivalent teachers at Bullard Elementary School, giving a ratio of 12.6:1. Elementary schools in Georgia have an average ratio of 13.3:1. By family income, 28% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. The rate at public schools in Cobb County averages 53%, higher than here.
Among Georgia public elementary schools, Bullard Elementary School outscored 55%, which works out to a B on the allk12 Grade.
Bullard Elementary School's actual average proficiency rate across its state test results (54.3%) and its predicted rate (62.9%) put it outside the top and bottom 10% of Georgia schools.
In Cobb County, where the school is located, the median household earns about $102,738 a year, 51% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 6% of people live in poverty. The county has 129 public schools and about 116,609 students.
Straight-line distance to the nearest public school, McClure Middle School, is about 0.1 miles. Other public schools within five miles: at least 8. The average proficiency across nearby scored schools is 58.9%; Bullard Elementary School's is 54.3%, ranking 4th of 7.
Under the NCES locale system, Bullard Elementary School is Suburb: Large.
Over 4 years, enrollment increased by 51 students, from 748 to 799.
This page is set up for the Bullard Elementary School community to discuss 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
Other Bullard Elementary schools
One other US public school is named Bullard Elementary. Bullard Elementary School is the largest of the 2.
- Bullard Elementary SchoolBULLARD, TX · 423 students
Nearby schools
- McClure Middle School0.1 mi · 1,030
- Lewis Elementary School1.3 mi · 550
- Hayes Elementary School1.7 mi · 802
- Pine Mountain Middle School1.7 mi · 506
- Kennesaw Mountain High School1.9 mi · 1,695
- Northwest Classical Academy2.1 mi · 798
Frequently asked questions
About Bullard Elementary SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Bullard Elementary School?
Bullard Elementary School enrolls approximately 799 students in grades PK-05.
What grades does Bullard Elementary School serve?
Bullard Elementary School serves grades PK-05.
How many teachers does Bullard Elementary School have?
Bullard Elementary School employs 63 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 12.6:1.
How diverse is Bullard Elementary School?
Bullard Elementary School reports a student body of 51% White, 17% Hispanic, 18% Black, 5% Asian, 8% Two or more.
Who oversees Bullard Elementary School?
Bullard Elementary School is overseen by Cobb County in Cobb County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.