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Clay-Harmony Leland Elementary School

6326 Factory Shoals Rd SW, Mableton, GA 30126 · (770) 819-0736 · Cobb County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL1,013 STUDENTS
B+
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Scored higher than 70% of Georgia public elementary schools
  • 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
1,013
Elementary
DISTRICT 691 · STATE 605
Student : Teacher
13.7:1
74 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.0:1 · STATE 13.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
97%
980 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

GradeStudentsShare
Pre-K515%
Kindergarten16216%
Grade 115515%
Grade 216016%
Grade 317317%
Grade 417517%
Grade 513714%

This year's kindergarten class (162) is 18% larger than its 5th grade class (137).

Student demographics
59%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 73% · STATE 71% · US 70%
White
626%
DISTRICT 32% · STATE 34% · US 43%
Hispanic
34834%
DISTRICT 27% · STATE 19% · US 30%
Black
54654%
DISTRICT 29% · STATE 36% · US 15%
Asian
20%
DISTRICT 6% · STATE 5% · US 6%
Two+
525%
DISTRICT 6% · STATE 5% · US 5%
Native American
20%
DISTRICT 0% · STATE 0% · US 1%
Pacific Islander
10%
DISTRICT 0% · STATE 0% · US 0%
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
Male
53653%
Female
47747%

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Test scores

Georgia Milestones 2024-25 . % Proficient or Distinguished
English Language Arts
34.8%
GA avg 40.1% . +1.9pp since 2021
Math
42.9%
GA avg 44.6% . +9.8pp since 2021

What 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 yearEnglish Language ArtsMath
2024-2534.8%42.9%
2023-2442.0%39.5%
2022-2338.4%36.2%
2021-2232.9%33.0%
% 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 · methodology
Tier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
38.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
27.4%
based on GA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+11.2pp
above demographic expectation

What 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%.

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 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.

SchoolStudentsLow-incomeProficient
Clay-Harmony Leland Elementary School this school1,01396.7%38.5%
Bryant Elementary School
Mableton
865100.0%25.7%
Clarkdale Elementary School
Austell
785100.0%39.5%
Hawthorne Elementary School
Hampton
813100.0%23.7%
Powder Springs Elementary School
Powder Springs
80594.8%32.3%
Harper Elementary School
Riverdale
690100.0%16.3%
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 Clay-Harmony Leland Elementary School ranks

Among elementary schools
MeasureThis schoolIn GeorgiaIn 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
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 2024-25
Enrollment
1,013
+61 (+6%) vs 2020
+130% since 1990-91, when it was 440
Student : Teacher
13.7:1
was 12.9:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data

Enrollment and staffing by year

School yearStudentsTeachers (FTE)Students per teacherFree and reduced lunch
2024-251,01373.713.7:197% (980)
2023-2498874.113.3:177% (764)
2022-2393970.613.3:167% (633)
2020-219527412.9:164% (606)
2017-186504913.3:162% (402)
2015-166635013.3:164% (426)
2010-115924413.4:165% (384)
2000-014613911.8:156% (258)
1990-914403014.7:1N/A
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Clay-Harmony Leland Elementary School.

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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Cobb County at a glance

View full county profile
Population
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

School name
Clay-Harmony Leland Elementary School
District
Cobb County
Address
6326 Factory Shoals Rd SW, Mableton, GA 30126
Phone
(770) 819-0736
County
Cobb County
Level
Elementary
Grade range
PK–05
Total enrollment
1,013
Teachers (FTE)
74
Student–teacher ratio
13.7:1
Free and reduced lunch
980 (97%)
Locale
21-Suburb: Large
NCES ID
130129000572
Charter school
No
Virtual school
No

Related schools

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Frequently asked questions

About Clay-Harmony Leland Elementary School
How large is Clay-Harmony Leland Elementary School?
Clay-Harmony Leland Elementary School enrolls approximately 1,013 students in grades PK-05.
What grades does Clay-Harmony Leland Elementary School serve?
Clay-Harmony Leland Elementary School serves grades PK-05.
How many students per teacher at Clay-Harmony Leland Elementary School?
Approximately 13.7:1 students per teacher at Clay-Harmony Leland Elementary School.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Clay-Harmony Leland Elementary School?
At Clay-Harmony Leland Elementary School, the student body is approximately 6% White, 34% Hispanic, 54% Black, 0% Asian, 5% Two or more.
Is Clay-Harmony Leland Elementary School public or private?
Clay-Harmony Leland Elementary School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Cobb County.
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