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Enrollment
691
Elementary
DISTRICT 691 · STATE 605
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·COBB COUNTY·NCES 130129001490
Frey Elementary School
2865 Mars Hill Rd NW, Acworth, GA 30101 · (770) 975-6655 · Cobb County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL691 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
12.0:1
58 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.0:1 · STATE 13.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
30%
206 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
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 3 | 0% |
| Kindergarten | 88 | 13% |
| Grade 1 | 105 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 101 | 15% |
| Grade 3 | 103 | 15% |
| Grade 4 | 132 | 19% |
| Grade 5 | 159 | 23% |
This year's kindergarten class (88) is 45% smaller than its 5th grade class (159).
Student demographics
62%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 73% · 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
Frey Elementary School→Durham Middle School
Based on published attendance-zone data from Cobb County. Zones change; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
Georgia Milestones 2024-25 . % Proficient or DistinguishedEnglish Language Arts
58.2%
GA avg 40.1% . +3.0pp since 2021
Math
62.4%
GA avg 44.6% . -1.4pp since 2021
What this means: On the Georgia Milestones, Georgia's statewide test, about 58 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 down about 1 points.
Georgia Milestones results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 58.2% | 62.4% |
| 2023-24 | 59.3% | 55.4% |
| 2022-23 | 61.3% | 54.5% |
| 2021-22 | 55.2% | 63.8% |
% 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
58.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
61.9%
based on GA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-3.7pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 58% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 62% 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 Frey Elementary School
Frey Elementary School's state test result (58.3% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Frey Elementary School this school | 691 | 29.8% | 58.3% |
| Pickett's Mill Elementary School Acworth | 753 | 32.3% | 64.3% |
| Lewiston Elementary School Evans | 614 | 30.9% | 71.4% |
| Riverside Elementary School Evans | 640 | 24.7% | 71.0% |
| Bullard Elementary School Kennesaw | 799 | 27.9% | 54.3% |
| Sara Harp Minter Elementary School Fayetteville | 689 | 27.7% | 66.4% |
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 Frey Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Georgia | In Cobb County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 58.3% | #209 of 1,208 | #22 of 72 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 62.4% | #221 of 1,215 ▲ 107 | #22 of 72 ▲ 4 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 58.2% | #154 of 1,215 ▲ 29 | #18 of 72 ▲ 4 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +0.8pp | #691 of 1,183 | #33 of 72 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 691 | #388 of 1,324 | #33 of 78 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.0:1 | #272 of 1,301 | #37 of 77 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 62.1% | #412 of 1,301 | #33 of 77 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 29.8% | #1,185 of 1,312 | #59 of 78 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -11.3% | #483 of 854 | #36 of 57 |
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
691
-39 (-5%) vs 2020
-47% since 2000-01, when it was 1,306
Student : Teacher
12.0:1
was 12.0:1
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 | 691 | 57.6 | 12.0:1 | 30% (206) |
| 2023-24 | 745 | 59.6 | 12.5:1 | 32% (241) |
| 2022-23 | 755 | 58.6 | 12.9:1 | 21% (161) |
| 2020-21 | 730 | 61 | 12.0:1 | 17% (127) |
| 2017-18 | 779 | 51.4 | 15.2:1 | 19% (145) |
| 2015-16 | 767 | 54 | 14.2:1 | 19% (147) |
| 2010-11 | 663 | 45 | 14.7:1 | 17% (115) |
| 2000-01 | 1,306 | 81 | 16.1:1 | 9% (116) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Frey Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 11% (779 to 691); teachers up 12% (51.4 to 57.6).
About Frey Elementary School
Frey Elementary School is listed by the National Center for Education Statistics as an elementary school in Acworth, Georgia. School enrollment was 691 students in 2024-25, in pre-K through 5.
Frey Elementary School is one school in a 110-school district, Cobb County, which enrolls 105,738 students.
Frey Elementary School's enrollment is 57% White. The next largest groups are 17% Black, 12% Hispanic, 9% multiracial, and 4% Asian. In Cobb County overall, about 49% of residents are White. Frey Elementary School has a diversity index of 62%, compared with 70% for all US public school students.
The teaching staff at Frey Elementary School is 57.6 full-time-equivalent teachers, and the ratio is 12.0:1. That ratio is under the 13.3:1 average for elementary schools in Georgia. The percentage of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch is 30%. For comparison, public schools in Cobb County average 53%.
Frey Elementary School is 3.7 points below its predicted average proficiency rate on state tests (58.3% versus 61.9%), which places it in neither the top nor the bottom 10% in Georgia.
Cobb County has these Census figures: median household income is about $102,738, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 51%, and roughly 6% of residents are in poverty. Frey Elementary School is among the 129 public schools in Cobb County.
Durham Middle School is located about 0.2 miles from Frey Elementary School. Within five miles are at least 8 other public schools. In a group of 8 nearby schools with scores, Frey Elementary School ranks 6th on average proficiency.
The federal government classifies Frey Elementary School's location as Suburb: Large.
The student count in 2024-25 was 691, 5% below the 730 of 2020-21.
Families, students, and staff can use this page to discuss science fairs, picture day, and bus routes at Frey Elementary School. Alumni can share how the school prepared them.
Cobb County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
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
Related schools
Other schools in Cobb County
- Campbell High SchoolHigh · 3,085 students
- Osborne High SchoolHigh · 2,790 students
- Walton High SchoolHigh · 2,705 students
- Pebblebrook High SchoolHigh · 2,574 students
- North Cobb High SchoolHigh · 2,463 students
- Wheeler High SchoolHigh · 2,401 students
Other schools in Acworth
- Allatoona High SchoolHigh · 1,560 students
- Clark Creek Elementary SchoolElementary · 1,108 students
- Durham Middle SchoolMiddle · 984 students
- Crossroads Middle SchoolMiddle · 908 students
- Pitner Elementary SchoolElementary · 802 students
- Barber Middle SchoolMiddle · 790 students
Nearby schools
- Durham Middle School0.2 mi · 984
- Lewis Elementary School1.8 mi · 550
- Pickett's Mill Elementary School1.9 mi · 753
- Allatoona High School2.0 mi · 1,560
- Roland W. Russom Elementary2.6 mi · 982
- Ford Elementary School2.8 mi · 750
Frequently asked questions
About Frey Elementary SchoolHow many students attend Frey Elementary School?
Frey Elementary School enrolls approximately 691 students in grades PK-05.
What grades does Frey Elementary School serve?
Frey Elementary School serves grades PK-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Frey Elementary School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Frey Elementary School is approximately 12.0:1 (58 FTE teachers).
How diverse is Frey Elementary School?
Frey Elementary School reports a student body of 57% White, 12% Hispanic, 17% Black, 4% Asian, 9% Two or more.
Is Frey Elementary School public or private?
Frey Elementary School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Cobb County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.