Cumming Elementary School

Cumming Elementary School operates as a mid-tier elementary campus in Cumming, Georgia, one of the schools within Forsyth County. Current enrollment sits at 900 students spanning grades pre-K through 5. Compared to the state average of about 605 students per school, that is 49% bigger than typical.

Across the 42 schools in Forsyth County (54,864 students total), Cumming Elementary School accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

On the student-mix side, Cumming Elementary School shows that the most-represented group is Hispanic (47%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. The remainder breaks down as 35% White, 7% Black, 7% Asian, 3% multiracial. That is meaningfully more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 10%.

On the resource side, On paper, Cumming Elementary School has 78 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 11.6:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 13.3:1 average. Around 60% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. Set against Forsyth County (around 21%), the school's rate is meaningfully above typical.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Cumming Elementary School tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 46.5% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 40.8%.

In the surrounding community, the surrounding county (Forsyth County) logs that the typical household earns roughly $143,784 per year, about 57% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 3% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Cumming Elementary School is one of 42 public schools in Forsyth County (combined enrollment of about 54,864 students).

Nearest neighbor: Otwell Middle School, around 0.2 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Cumming Elementary School. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Cumming Elementary School ranks 9th on composite proficiency, below the local average of 61.0%.

The campus sits in a commuter-belt setting.

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count declined 8%: 978 students in 2018 compared to 900 in 2025. Hispanic enrollment moved from 55% to 47% across the same window. Class-load math has tightened: from 12.9:1 in 2018 to 11.6:1 in 2025.

Within the allk12 community for this school, the feed for Cumming Elementary School typically covers sports schedules, lunch menu changes, and school spirit week. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.