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Honest take: what's the hardest part about being a student at Clark Creek Elementary School?
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Enrollment
1,108
Elementary
DISTRICT 811 · STATE 605
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CHEROKEE COUNTY·NCES 130111004072
Clark Creek Elementary School
3219 Hunt Rd, Acworth, GA 30102 · (770) 721-5800 · Cherokee County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL1,108 STUDENTS
C
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 29% of Georgia public elementary schools
- BTest 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.
- DThree-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
12.8:1
87 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.6:1 · STATE 13.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
53%
591 students
DISTRICT 37% · 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 | 30 | 3% |
| Kindergarten | 144 | 13% |
| Grade 1 | 168 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 199 | 18% |
| Grade 3 | 189 | 17% |
| Grade 4 | 200 | 18% |
| Grade 5 | 178 | 16% |
This year's kindergarten class (144) is 19% smaller than its 5th grade class (178).
Student demographics
73%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 58% · 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
Test scores
Georgia Milestones 2024-25 . % Proficient or DistinguishedEnglish Language Arts
37.6%
GA avg 40.1% . -3.6pp since 2021
Math
44.0%
GA avg 44.6% . -6.4pp since 2021
What this means: On the Georgia Milestones, Georgia's statewide test, about 38 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 44 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 4 points since 2021, while math scores are down about 6 points.
Georgia Milestones results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 37.6% | 44.0% |
| 2023-24 | 36.8% | 40.5% |
| 2022-23 | 38.6% | 48.2% |
| 2021-22 | 41.2% | 50.4% |
% 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
41.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
49.8%
based on GA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-8.7pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 41% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 50% 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 Clark Creek Elementary School
Clark Creek Elementary School's state test result (41.1% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Clark Creek Elementary School this school | 1,108 | 53.3% | 41.1% |
| Carmel Elementary School Woodstock | 912 | 54.2% | 52.5% |
| Heroes Elementary School Hoschton | 994 | 51.8% | N/A |
| Cedar Ridge Elementary School Grovetown | 1,060 | 49.9% | 55.2% |
| West Jackson Elementary School Hoschton | 1,082 | 44.6% | 52.1% |
| Pitner Elementary School Acworth | 802 | 56.5% | 41.5% |
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 Clark Creek Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Georgia | In Cherokee County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 41.1% | #525 of 1,208 | #20 of 23 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 44.0% | #537 of 1,215 ▲ 57 | #21 of 23 ▲ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 37.6% | #519 of 1,215 ▲ 79 | #20 of 23 ▲ 1 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -5.0pp | #133 of 1,183 | #3 of 23 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 1,108 | #43 of 1,324 | #4 of 24 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.8:1 | #465 of 1,301 | #8 of 24 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 72.7% | #61 of 1,301 | #1 of 24 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 53.3% | #1,010 of 1,312 | #5 of 24 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -6.5% | #658 of 854 | #9 of 11 |
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
1,108
-46 (-4%) vs 2020
Student : Teacher
12.8:1
was 13.4:1
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 | 1,108 | 86.6 | 12.8:1 | 53% (591) |
| 2023-24 | 1,159 | 89.5 | 12.9:1 | 52% (597) |
| 2022-23 | 1,113 | 87.3 | 12.8:1 | 44% (491) |
| 2020-21 | 1,154 | 86 | 13.4:1 | 44% (502) |
| 2017-18 | 1,185 | 76.9 | 15.4:1 | 44% (523) |
| 2015-16 | 1,040 | 66 | 15.8:1 | 47% (484) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Clark Creek Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 6% (1,185 to 1,108); teachers up 13% (76.9 to 86.6).
About Clark Creek Elementary School
Clark Creek Elementary School is a high-enrollment elementary school in Georgia, with an address in Acworth. Enrollment in 2024-25 was 1,108 students in pre-K through 5. The average for elementary schools in Georgia is about 605 students, so this school is 83% bigger than average.
Clark Creek Elementary School is one of the 37 schools that make up Cherokee County (42,031 students in total).
White students form the largest group at Clark Creek Elementary School, 38% of enrollment. The next largest groups are 28% Hispanic, 21% Black, 7% multiracial, and 6% Asian. In Cherokee County overall, about 76% of residents are White. The chance that two students picked at random at Clark Creek Elementary School belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 73%.
The ratio of students to teachers is 12.8:1, with 86.6 full-time-equivalent teachers on staff. Elementary schools in Georgia average about 13.3:1, a similar figure. Lunch subsidy eligibility at Clark Creek Elementary School is 53%. Among public schools in Cherokee County, the average eligibility rate is 37%.
The allk12 Grade for Clark Creek Elementary School is C. Compared with Georgia public elementary schools, the school scored higher than 29% on a mix of test scores, poverty-adjusted results, and recent trend.
Given its share of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, Clark Creek Elementary School would be expected to post about 49.8%. Its actual average proficiency rate on state tests is 41.1%.
Recent Census Bureau figures for Cherokee County show that median household income is about $108,115, 41% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 6% of people live in poverty. Federal data list 38 public schools in Cherokee County, with a combined enrollment of about 42,642.
Of nearby public schools, Oak Grove Elementary School is the closest, at about 1.8 miles. Inside a five-mile radius, there are at least 8 other public schools. Nearby schools with test data average 42.2% proficiency; Clark Creek Elementary School posts 41.1%.
NCES assigns Clark Creek Elementary School the locale Suburb: Large, meaning in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
A comparison of 2020-21 and 2024-25 shows enrollment down 4%, from 1,154 to 1,108.
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Cherokee County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
281,032
Census ACS
Median income
$108,115
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
41%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
6%
Below federal line
Schools in county
38
42,642 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Cherokee County
- Cherokee High SchoolHigh · 3,012 students
- Etowah High SchoolHigh · 2,393 students
- Creekview High SchoolHigh · 2,039 students
- Sequoyah High SchoolHigh · 2,021 students
- Woodstock High SchoolHigh · 2,006 students
- River Ridge High SchoolHigh · 1,902 students
Other schools in Acworth
- Allatoona High SchoolHigh · 1,560 students
- Durham Middle SchoolMiddle · 984 students
- Crossroads Middle SchoolMiddle · 908 students
- Pitner Elementary SchoolElementary · 802 students
- Barber Middle SchoolMiddle · 790 students
- Pickett's Mill Elementary SchoolElementary · 753 students
Nearby schools
- Oak Grove Elementary School1.8 mi · 523
- Barber Middle School2.1 mi · 790
- Acworth Elementary School2.2 mi · 499
- Baker Elementary School2.4 mi · 738
- Allatoona Elementary School2.6 mi · 413
- McCall Primary School2.8 mi · 265
Frequently asked questions
About Clark Creek Elementary SchoolHow many students attend Clark Creek Elementary School?
Clark Creek Elementary School enrolls approximately 1,108 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does Clark Creek Elementary School serve?
Clark Creek Elementary School serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
How many students per teacher at Clark Creek Elementary School?
Approximately 12.8:1 students per teacher at Clark Creek Elementary School.
How diverse is Clark Creek Elementary School?
Clark Creek Elementary School reports a student body of 38% White, 28% Hispanic, 21% Black, 6% Asian, 7% Two or more.
Who oversees Clark Creek Elementary School?
Clark Creek Elementary School is overseen by Cherokee County in Cherokee County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.