Clark Creek Elementary School

Clark Creek Elementary School is one of the high-enrollment elementary schools in Acworth, Georgia, run under Cherokee County, with 1,108 students on its rolls from grades pre-K through 5. That puts it 83% above the typical public school in Georgia, which averages around 605 students.

Cherokee County comprises 37 schools with combined enrollment of 42,031 students; Clark Creek Elementary School is among them.

On demographics, Clark Creek Elementary School lists that 38% of students identify as White, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. The remainder looks like 28% Hispanic, 21% Black, 7% multiracial, 6% Asian. The wider county runs roughly 76% White, putting the school's mix noticeably less White than the area baseline.

In terms of school funding signals, Staff filings list 87 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 12.8:1 students per teacher. That tracks the state average closely. Around 53% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, often used as a Title I proxy. By comparison, Cherokee County runs at roughly 37%, so the school's eligibility rate is meaningfully above the surrounding baseline.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Clark Creek Elementary School sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 49.8%; this one delivers 41.1%.

Around the school, Cherokee County reports that the typical household earns roughly $108,115 per year, 41% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 6%. Across Cherokee County's 38 public schools (combined enrollment of about 42,642 students), Clark Creek Elementary School is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is Oak Grove Elementary School, roughly 1.8 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Clark Creek Elementary School ranks 6th on composite proficiency, behind the local average of 42.2%.

The campus sits in a suburban setting.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Clark Creek Elementary School has ticked down 6%, going from 1,185 students in 2018 to 1,108 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share fell from 52% to 38%. Class-load math has narrowed: from 15.4:1 in 2018 to 12.8:1 in 2025.

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