Clay-Harmony Leland Elementary School

As a roomy K-5 school in Mableton, Georgia, Clay-Harmony Leland Elementary School serves 1,013 students from grades pre-K through 5, operated by Cobb County. Compared to the state average of about 605 students per school, that is 67% bigger than typical.

Clay-Harmony Leland Elementary School is one of 110 schools operated by Cobb County, a district that teaches 105,738 students overall.

Looking at the student body, Clay-Harmony Leland Elementary School logs that the largest single group is Black at 54%, but no single group is in the majority; the rest is composed of 34% Hispanic, 6% White, 5% multiracial. By comparison, Cobb County as a whole is about 27% Black, so the school skews meaningfully more Black than its surroundings.

On the income-and-resources front, Staff filings list 74 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 13.7:1 students per teacher. That tracks the state average closely. Around 97% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. That share is higher than Cobb County's rate of about 53%.

After controlling for student poverty, Clay-Harmony Leland Elementary School sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 27.4%; this one delivers 38.5%.

In the surrounding community, ACS estimates for Cobb County put median household income runs about $102,738, 51% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 6%. Across Cobb County's 129 public schools (combined enrollment of about 116,609 students), Clay-Harmony Leland Elementary School is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is Bryant Elementary School, roughly 0.6 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Clay-Harmony Leland Elementary School ranks 1st on composite proficiency, ahead of the local average of 26.4%.

The campus sits in a residential setting.

Looking at the recent track record. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Clay-Harmony Leland Elementary School has ticked up 56%, going from 650 students in 2018 to 1,013 in 2025. Over the same period, the Hispanic share rose from 23% to 34%.

Within the allk12 community for this school, posts here usually surface around sports schedules, lunch menu changes, and school spirit week. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.