Ford Elementary School

Ford Elementary School is an average-sized primary school in Acworth, Georgia, overseen by Cobb County. The school works with 750 students in grades pre-K through 5. By comparison, Georgia's public schools average about 605 students each, so Ford Elementary School sits 24% larger than that benchmark.

Cobb County comprises 110 schools with combined enrollment of 105,738 students; Ford Elementary School is among them.

Demographically, Ford Elementary School reports that White students make up the majority at 65%. The remainder reads as 16% Black, 7% multiracial, 7% Hispanic, 5% Asian. That is noticeably more White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 49%.

Looking at the economic backdrop, On paper, Ford Elementary School has 57 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 13.3:1. The state averages about 13.3:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. Around 17% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. Set against Cobb County (around 53%), the school's rate is somewhat below typical.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Ford Elementary School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 68.6%, the actual is 64.0%, a residual of -4.6 points.

Zooming out to the county, census data for Cobb County shows the typical household earns roughly $102,738 per year, 51% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 6%. Ford Elementary School is one of 129 public schools in Cobb County (combined enrollment of about 116,609 students).

Vaughan Elementary School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 1.8 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Ford Elementary School. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Ford Elementary School ranks 6th on composite proficiency, above the local average of 63.8%.

The campus sits in a commuter-belt setting.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Ford Elementary School has ticked down 9%, going from 824 students in 2018 to 750 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share shrank from 79% to 65%. Class-load math has fell: from 14.9:1 in 2018 to 13.3:1 in 2025.

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