Chalker Elementary School

As a middle-of-the-pack K-5 school in Kennesaw, Georgia, Chalker Elementary School works with 679 students from grades pre-K through 5, one of the schools within Cobb County.

Cobb County runs 110 schools in total, collectively educating 105,738 students. Chalker Elementary School is one of those campuses.

Demographically, Chalker Elementary School reports that the largest single group is White at 43%, but no single group is in the majority. Other groups include 25% Black, 20% Hispanic, 9% multiracial, 4% Asian.

Looking at school resources, On paper, Chalker Elementary School has 56 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 12.2:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 13.3:1, putting Chalker Elementary School tighter than the state norm the norm. About 48% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Chalker Elementary School tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 52.8% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 42.5%.

Zooming out to the county, census data for Cobb County shows the typical household earns roughly $102,738 per year, 51% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 6%. Chalker Elementary School is one of 129 public schools in Cobb County (combined enrollment of about 116,609 students).

Palmer Middle School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.6 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, Chalker Elementary School comes 6th of 9 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 48.0%.

The campus sits in a suburban setting.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Chalker Elementary School has rose 10%, going from 620 students in 2018 to 679 in 2025. Over the same period, the Hispanic share grew from 14% to 20%. The student-to-teacher ratio pulled in from 13.3:1 in 2018 to 12.2:1 today.

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