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What's the most underrated thing about Clarkdale Elementary School that outsiders don't know?
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Enrollment
785
Elementary
DISTRICT 691 · STATE 605
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·COBB COUNTY·NCES 130129000526
Clarkdale Elementary School
4725 Ewing Rd, Austell, GA 30106 · (770) 819-2422 · Cobb County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL785 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
13.1:1
60 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.0:1 · STATE 13.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
100%
785 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 | 21 | 3% |
| Kindergarten | 115 | 15% |
| Grade 1 | 116 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 122 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 144 | 18% |
| Grade 4 | 131 | 17% |
| Grade 5 | 136 | 17% |
This year's kindergarten class (115) is 15% smaller than its 5th grade class (136).
Student demographics
60%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
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
34.2%
GA avg 40.1% . -5.1pp since 2021
Math
41.9%
GA avg 44.6% . -5.3pp since 2021
What this means: On the Georgia Milestones, Georgia's statewide test, about 34 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 42 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 5 points since 2021, while math scores are down about 5 points.
Georgia Milestones results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 34.2% | 41.9% |
| 2023-24 | 39.8% | 45.8% |
| 2022-23 | 32.1% | 37.2% |
| 2021-22 | 39.3% | 47.1% |
% 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
39.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
25.7%
based on GA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+13.8pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 39% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 26% 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 Clarkdale Elementary School
Clarkdale Elementary School's state test result (39.5% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Clarkdale Elementary School this school | 785 | 100.0% | 39.5% |
| Bryant Elementary School Mableton | 865 | 100.0% | 25.7% |
| Birney Elementary School Marietta | 725 | 100.0% | 30.8% |
| Kilpatrick Elementary School Jonesboro | 637 | 99.4% | 20.7% |
| Sanders Elementary School Austell | 626 | 100.0% | 32.4% |
| Compton Elementary School Powder Springs | 593 | 100.0% | 24.6% |
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 Clarkdale Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Georgia | In Cobb County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 39.5% | #569 of 1,208 | #45 of 72 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 41.9% | #577 of 1,215 ▼ 89 | #46 of 72 ▼ 10 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 34.2% | #616 of 1,215 ▼ 85 | #50 of 72 ▼ 4 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -5.2pp | #127 of 1,183 | #11 of 72 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 785 | #250 of 1,324 | #23 of 78 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.1:1 | #573 of 1,301 | #58 of 77 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 59.8% | #488 of 1,301 | #41 of 77 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 100% | #116 of 1,312 | #4 of 78 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -0.3% | #847 of 854 | #57 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
785
+63 (+9%) vs 2020
+83% since 1990-91, when it was 430
Student : Teacher
13.1:1
was 12.9:1
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 | 785 | 59.8 | 13.1:1 | 100% (785) |
| 2023-24 | 745 | 54.7 | 13.6:1 | 86% (640) |
| 2022-23 | 700 | 60.7 | 11.5:1 | 75% (528) |
| 2020-21 | 722 | 56 | 12.9:1 | 77% (557) |
| 2017-18 | 787 | 56 | 14.1:1 | 80% (633) |
| 2015-16 | 698 | 54 | 12.9:1 | 84% (587) |
| 2010-11 | 382 | 37 | 10.3:1 | 75% (288) |
| 2000-01 | 479 | 34 | 14.1:1 | 34% (164) |
| 1990-91 | 430 | 26 | 16.5:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Clarkdale Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students unchanged (787 to 785); teachers up 7% (56 to 59.8).
About Clarkdale Elementary School
Clarkdale Elementary School is an elementary school in Austell, Georgia, according to federal school records. The student body numbers 785 students, from pre-K through 5. An average school in this group (elementary schools in Georgia) has about 605 students.
Cobb County is responsible for 110 schools, Clarkdale Elementary School included, with 105,738 students in all.
By race and ethnicity, the largest group at Clarkdale Elementary School is Black (49%). The remaining students are 40% Hispanic, 5% White, and 5% multiracial. Census figures show Cobb County is about 27% Black. The chance that two students picked at random at Clarkdale Elementary School belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 60%.
The school reports 59.8 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to about 13.1 students per teacher. Across elementary schools in Georgia, the average ratio is about 13.3:1. Free or reduced-price lunch eligibility covers 100% of students. Compared with the 53% average for public schools in Cobb County, the school's rate is higher.
BeatsExpectations compares each school's average proficiency rate on state tests with a prediction based on free or reduced-price lunch eligibility. For Clarkdale Elementary School, the prediction is 25.7% and the result is 39.5%.
According to the American Community Survey, in Cobb County, median household income is about $102,738, 51% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 6% of residents live below the federal poverty line. A total of 129 public schools operate in Cobb County, serving about 116,609 students.
Of nearby public schools, Cooper Middle School is the closest, at about 0.1 miles. Inside a five-mile radius, there are at least 8 other public schools. The nearest schools with test data average 33.4%, lower than Clarkdale Elementary School's 39.5%.
On the NCES locale scale, the school is Suburb: Large.
Enrollment was 722 in 2020-21 and 785 in 2024-25, a increase of 63 students.
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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 Austell
- South Cobb High SchoolHigh · 2,081 students
- Cooper Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,000 students
- Garrett Middle SchoolMiddle · 891 students
- Sanders Elementary SchoolElementary · 626 students
- Austell Elementary SchoolElementary · 367 students
Other Clarkdale Elementary schools
One other US public school is named Clarkdale Elementary. Clarkdale Elementary School is the largest of the 2.
- Clarkdale Elementary SchoolMeridian, MS · 527 students
Nearby schools
- Cooper Middle School0.1 mi · 1,000
- Garrett Middle School1.1 mi · 891
- South Cobb High School1.4 mi · 2,081
- Austell Elementary School1.7 mi · 367
- Sanders Elementary School2.0 mi · 626
- Hendricks Elementary School2.6 mi · 538
Frequently asked questions
About Clarkdale Elementary SchoolHow large is Clarkdale Elementary School?
Clarkdale Elementary School enrolls approximately 785 students in grades PK-05.
Is Clarkdale Elementary School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Clarkdale Elementary School is an elementary school covering grades PK-05.
How many teachers does Clarkdale Elementary School have?
Clarkdale Elementary School employs 60 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 13.1:1.
What is the student diversity at Clarkdale Elementary School?
Student demographics at Clarkdale Elementary School are roughly 5% White, 40% Hispanic, 49% Black, 1% Asian, 5% Two or more.
What district is Clarkdale Elementary School in?
Clarkdale Elementary School is part of Cobb County.
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