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Clay-Harmony Leland Elementary School
- B-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- A-Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- A-Three-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
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 51 | 5% |
| Kindergarten | 162 | 16% |
| Grade 1 | 155 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 160 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 173 | 17% |
| Grade 4 | 175 | 17% |
| Grade 5 | 137 | 14% |
This year's kindergarten class (162) is 18% larger than its 5th grade class (137).
Test scores
Georgia Milestones 2024-25 . % Proficient or DistinguishedWhat this means: On the Georgia Milestones, Georgia's statewide test, about 35 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 43 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 2 points since 2021, while math scores are up about 10 points.
Georgia Milestones results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 34.8% | 42.9% |
| 2023-24 | 42.0% | 39.5% |
| 2022-23 | 38.4% | 36.2% |
| 2021-22 | 32.9% | 33.0% |
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyWhat this means: About 39% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 27% 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%.
Schools most like Clay-Harmony Leland Elementary School
Clay-Harmony Leland Elementary School's state test result (38.5% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Clay-Harmony Leland Elementary School this school | 1,013 | 96.7% | 38.5% |
| Bryant Elementary School Mableton | 865 | 100.0% | 25.7% |
| Clarkdale Elementary School Austell | 785 | 100.0% | 39.5% |
| Hawthorne Elementary School Hampton | 813 | 100.0% | 23.7% |
| Powder Springs Elementary School Powder Springs | 805 | 94.8% | 32.3% |
| Harper Elementary School Riverdale | 690 | 100.0% | 16.3% |
Where Clay-Harmony Leland Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Georgia | In Cobb County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 38.5% | #584 of 1,208 | #46 of 72 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 42.9% | #561 of 1,215 ▲ 51 | #44 of 72 ▲ 2 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 34.8% | #598 of 1,215 ▼ 122 | #49 of 72 ▼ 5 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +5.9pp | #323 of 1,183 | #12 of 72 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 1,013 | #73 of 1,324 | #6 of 78 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.7:1 | #757 of 1,301 | #69 of 77 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 58.5% | #541 of 1,301 | #47 of 77 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 96.7% | #493 of 1,312 | #19 of 78 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +55.8% | #15 of 386 | #1 of 18 |
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 1,013 | 73.7 | 13.7:1 | 97% (980) |
| 2023-24 | 988 | 74.1 | 13.3:1 | 77% (764) |
| 2022-23 | 939 | 70.6 | 13.3:1 | 67% (633) |
| 2020-21 | 952 | 74 | 12.9:1 | 64% (606) |
| 2017-18 | 650 | 49 | 13.3:1 | 62% (402) |
| 2015-16 | 663 | 50 | 13.3:1 | 64% (426) |
| 2010-11 | 592 | 44 | 13.4:1 | 65% (384) |
| 2000-01 | 461 | 39 | 11.8:1 | 56% (258) |
| 1990-91 | 440 | 30 | 14.7:1 | N/A |
Since 2017-18: students up 56% (650 to 1,013); teachers up 50% (49 to 73.7).
About Clay-Harmony Leland Elementary School
Clay-Harmony Leland Elementary School is a high-enrollment elementary school in Cobb County, located in Mableton, Georgia. The school covers pre-K through 5 and reported 1,013 students in 2024-25. The school is 67% bigger than the average for elementary schools in Georgia.
The district, Cobb County, has 105,738 students enrolled across 110 schools.
Federal enrollment data show Clay-Harmony Leland Elementary School is 54% Black. The next largest groups are 34% Hispanic, 6% White, and 5% multiracial. The school's Black share is 27 points above the 27% share among Cobb County residents. A diversity index of 59% means there is a 59% chance two randomly chosen students at Clay-Harmony Leland Elementary School are from different groups.
Staffing at Clay-Harmony Leland Elementary School comes to 73.7 full-time-equivalent teachers, or 13.7:1. The average ratio among elementary schools in Georgia is similar, at 13.3:1. Clay-Harmony Leland Elementary School counts 97% of students as eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. That is higher than the 53% average for public schools in Cobb County.
On the allk12 Grade, Clay-Harmony Leland Elementary School lands at B+, ahead of 70% of Georgia public elementary schools.
Based on its free or reduced-price lunch share, the BeatsExpectations model predicts an average proficiency rate across its state test results of 27.4% for Clay-Harmony Leland Elementary School. The school posts 38.5%, 11.2 points above the prediction.
Census data for Cobb County show median household income comes to about $102,738, about 51% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 6%. The county has 129 public schools and about 116,609 students.
About 0.6 miles separate Clay-Harmony Leland Elementary School from the closest public school, Bryant Elementary School. Other public schools within five miles: at least 8. On average proficiency, Clay-Harmony Leland Elementary School is 1st of 9 nearby schools with test data.
The school's setting, by NCES definition, is Suburb: Large: in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Enrollment in 2024-25 stood at 1,013, compared with 952 in 2020-21.
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