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Enrollment
747
Elementary
DISTRICT 1,008 · STATE 605
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·FORSYTH COUNTY·NCES 130222001895
Coal Mountain Elementary School
3455 Coal Mountain Dr, Cumming, GA 30028 · (770) 887-7705 · Forsyth County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL747 STUDENTS
B-
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Scored higher than 46% 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.
- DBeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- B-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
Student : Teacher
13.1:1
57 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.6:1 · STATE 13.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
31%
235 students
DISTRICT 22% · 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 | 10 | 1% |
| Kindergarten | 128 | 17% |
| Grade 1 | 117 | 16% |
| Grade 2 | 124 | 17% |
| Grade 3 | 130 | 17% |
| Grade 4 | 124 | 17% |
| Grade 5 | 114 | 15% |
This year's kindergarten class (128) is 12% larger than its 5th grade class (114).
Student demographics
63%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 68% · 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 Forsyth County. Zones change; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
Georgia Milestones 2024-25 . % Proficient or DistinguishedEnglish Language Arts
48.9%
GA avg 40.1% . +2.9pp since 2021
Math
61.9%
GA avg 44.6% . +1.8pp since 2021
What this means: On the Georgia Milestones, Georgia's statewide test, about 49 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 62 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 3 points since 2021, while math scores are up about 2 points.
Georgia Milestones results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 48.9% | 61.9% |
| 2023-24 | 43.6% | 56.9% |
| 2022-23 | 41.8% | 47.4% |
| 2021-22 | 46.0% | 60.1% |
% 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
50.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
61.1%
based on GA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-10.4pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 51% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 61% 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 Coal Mountain Elementary School
Coal Mountain Elementary School's state test result (50.7% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Coal Mountain Elementary School this school | 747 | 31.5% | 50.7% |
| White Oak Elementary School Sugar Hill | 722 | 32.3% | 68.1% |
| Kincaid Elementary School Marietta | 603 | 28.7% | 63.1% |
| Puckett's Mill Elementary School Dacula | 794 | 31.0% | 73.8% |
| Malcom Bridge Elementary School Bogart | 591 | 28.9% | 73.3% |
| South Effingham Elementary School Guyton | 863 | 33.4% | 67.6% |
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 Coal Mountain Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Georgia | In Forsyth County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 50.7% | #338 of 1,208 | #20 of 23 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 61.9% | #230 of 1,215 ▲ 72 | #20 of 23 ▼ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 48.9% | #288 of 1,215 ▲ 150 | #19 of 23 ▲ 2 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +2.3pp | #586 of 1,183 | #7 of 22 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 747 | #307 of 1,324 | #21 of 23 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.1:1 | #567 of 1,301 | #3 of 23 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 63.2% | #367 of 1,301 | #10 of 23 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 31.5% | #1,173 of 1,312 | #6 of 23 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +3.0% | #320 of 386 | #6 of 7 |
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
747
+39 (+6%) vs 2020
+33% since 1990-91, when it was 561
Student : Teacher
13.1:1
was 13.6:1
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 | 747 | 57 | 13.1:1 | 31% (235) |
| 2023-24 | 760 | 56.1 | 13.6:1 | 33% (248) |
| 2022-23 | 742 | 53.6 | 13.8:1 | 20% (146) |
| 2020-21 | 708 | 52 | 13.6:1 | 19% (135) |
| 2017-18 | 725 | 49 | 14.8:1 | 19% (137) |
| 2015-16 | 653 | 45 | 14.5:1 | 24% (155) |
| 2010-11 | 825 | 49 | 16.8:1 | 25% (208) |
| 2000-01 | 854 | 50 | 17.1:1 | 10% (82) |
| 1990-91 | 561 | 38 | 14.8:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Coal Mountain Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students up 3% (725 to 747); teachers up 16% (49 to 57).
About Coal Mountain Elementary School
Coal Mountain Elementary School, located in Cumming, Georgia, is a mid-sized elementary school. It teaches 747 students in pre-K through 5. That is 23% bigger than the average of about 605 students for elementary schools in Georgia.
Forsyth County enrolls 54,864 students in 42 schools, including Coal Mountain Elementary School.
Of every 100 students at Coal Mountain Elementary School, about 56 are White. After that, the student body is 17% Hispanic, 12% Asian, 8% Black, and 6% multiracial. Measured by the diversity index, the student body scores 63%.
Its staff includes 57 full-time-equivalent teachers, for about 13.1 students per teacher. The 13.3:1 average for elementary schools in Georgia is close to this figure. Roughly 31% of students at Coal Mountain Elementary School can receive free or reduced-price lunch. Among public schools in Forsyth County, the average eligibility rate is 21%.
Coal Mountain Elementary School holds a B- allk12 Grade, placing it above 46% of Georgia public elementary schools.
Coal Mountain Elementary School's average proficiency rate across its state test results of 50.7% is 10.4 points below the 61.1% the model predicts from its lunch-eligibility share.
Forsyth County is the school's county. There, the median household earns about $143,784 a year, roughly 57% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 3% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Public schools in Forsyth County number 42, with about 54,864 students.
Measured in a straight line, North Forsyth High School is about 0.3 miles from Coal Mountain Elementary School. The five-mile area around Coal Mountain Elementary School holds at least 8 other public schools. Nearby schools with test data average 52.6% proficiency; Coal Mountain Elementary School posts 50.7%.
Its NCES locale code is Suburb: Large: the school is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Enrollment increased by 6% across 4 years, from 708 in 2020-21 to 747 in 2024-25.
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Forsyth County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
267,287
Census ACS
Median income
$143,784
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
57%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
3%
Below federal line
Schools in county
42
54,864 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Forsyth County
- Lambert High SchoolHigh · 3,249 students
- South Forsyth High SchoolHigh · 2,634 students
- Denmark High SchoolHigh · 2,527 students
- West Forsyth High SchoolHigh · 2,503 students
- Forsyth Central High SchoolHigh · 2,457 students
- North Forsyth High SchoolHigh · 2,151 students
Other schools in Cumming
- South Forsyth High SchoolHigh · 2,634 students
- West Forsyth High SchoolHigh · 2,503 students
- Forsyth Central High SchoolHigh · 2,457 students
- North Forsyth High SchoolHigh · 2,151 students
- Sawnee Elementary SchoolElementary · 1,591 students
- Lakeside Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,513 students
Nearby schools
- North Forsyth High School0.3 mi · 2,151
- North Forsyth Middle School0.3 mi · 1,164
- Chattahoochee Elementary School2.7 mi · 810
- Silver City Elementary School3.8 mi · 1,142
- Alliance Academy for Innovation3.8 mi · 1,145
- Cumming Elementary School4.0 mi · 900
Frequently asked questions
About Coal Mountain Elementary SchoolHow many students attend Coal Mountain Elementary School?
Coal Mountain Elementary School enrolls approximately 747 students in grades PK-05.
Is Coal Mountain Elementary School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Coal Mountain Elementary School is an elementary school covering grades PK-05.
How many teachers does Coal Mountain Elementary School have?
Coal Mountain Elementary School employs 57 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 13.1:1.
How diverse is Coal Mountain Elementary School?
Coal Mountain Elementary School reports a student body of 56% White, 17% Hispanic, 8% Black, 12% Asian, 6% Two or more.
Who oversees Coal Mountain Elementary School?
Coal Mountain Elementary School is overseen by Forsyth County in Forsyth County.
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