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Which teacher or staff member at King Springs Elementary School deserves more recognition?
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Enrollment
1,101
Elementary
DISTRICT 691 · STATE 605
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·COBB COUNTY·NCES 130129000523
King Springs Elementary School
1041 Reed Rd SE, Smyrna, GA 30082 · (678) 842-6944 · Cobb County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL1,101 STUDENTS
B+
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Scored higher than 69% of Georgia public elementary schools
- ATest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- B-Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- C+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
13.6:1
81 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.0:1 · STATE 13.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
26%
287 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 | 20 | 2% |
| Kindergarten | 165 | 15% |
| Grade 1 | 175 | 16% |
| Grade 2 | 212 | 19% |
| Grade 3 | 186 | 17% |
| Grade 4 | 190 | 17% |
| Grade 5 | 153 | 14% |
This year's kindergarten class (165) is 8% larger than its 5th grade class (153).
Student demographics
69%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
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
61.8%
GA avg 40.1% . -4.7pp since 2021
Math
64.5%
GA avg 44.6% . +6.3pp since 2021
What this means: On the Georgia Milestones, Georgia's statewide test, about 62 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 64 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Georgia schools, those numbers are about 40 and 45. Reading and writing scores are down about 5 points since 2021, while math scores are up about 6 points.
Georgia Milestones results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 61.8% | 64.5% |
| 2023-24 | 64.1% | 64.4% |
| 2022-23 | 64.1% | 57.4% |
| 2021-22 | 66.5% | 58.2% |
% 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
63.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
63.9%
based on GA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-0.6pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 63% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 64% 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 King Springs Elementary School
King Springs Elementary School's state test result (63.3% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| King Springs Elementary School this school | 1,101 | 26.1% | 63.3% |
| GLOBE Academy Charter School I Atlanta | 1,093 | 29.6% | 61.5% |
| Kemp Elementary School Powder Springs | 894 | 21.5% | 65.0% |
| Floyd L. Shelton Elementary School at Crossroad Dallas | 1,389 | 27.9% | 50.0% |
| Roland W. Russom Elementary Dallas | 982 | 34.1% | 49.0% |
| Morris Brandon Elementary School Atlanta | 911 | 19.2% | 71.6% |
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 King Springs Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Georgia | In Cobb County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 63.3% | #165 of 1,208 | #19 of 72 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 64.5% | #192 of 1,215 ▲ 1 | #19 of 72 ▲ 2 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 61.8% | #127 of 1,215 ▲ 8 | #14 of 72 ▲ 4 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +0.8pp | #690 of 1,183 | #32 of 72 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 1,101 | #48 of 1,324 | #3 of 78 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.6:1 | #698 of 1,301 | #67 of 77 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 68.9% | #154 of 1,301 | #21 of 77 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 26.1% | #1,201 of 1,312 | #62 of 78 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +5.6% | #268 of 386 | #10 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 2024-25Enrollment
1,101
+47 (+4%) vs 2020
+72% since 1990-91, when it was 640
Student : Teacher
13.6:1
was 13.7:1
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 | 1,101 | 81.1 | 13.6:1 | 26% (287) |
| 2023-24 | 1,103 | 83.1 | 13.3:1 | 29% (318) |
| 2022-23 | 1,111 | 82.7 | 13.4:1 | 21% (230) |
| 2020-21 | 1,054 | 77 | 13.7:1 | 20% (207) |
| 2017-18 | 1,043 | 66 | 15.8:1 | 24% (252) |
| 2015-16 | 892 | 56 | 15.9:1 | 31% (275) |
| 2010-11 | 676 | 44 | 15.4:1 | 42% (283) |
| 2000-01 | 634 | 44 | 14.4:1 | 29% (183) |
| 1990-91 | 640 | 36 | 17.8:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for King Springs Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students up 6% (1,043 to 1,101); teachers up 23% (66 to 81.1).
About King Springs Elementary School
King Springs Elementary School is classified as an elementary school. It is located in Smyrna, Georgia. Its enrollment is 1,101 students, spread over pre-K through 5. That compares with an average of about 605 students for elementary schools in Georgia.
The district, Cobb County, has 105,738 students enrolled across 110 schools.
Of every 100 students at King Springs Elementary School, about 45 are White, the largest group. It is also 29% Black, 11% Hispanic, 9% multiracial, and 6% Asian. On a 0 to 100 scale, the school's diversity index is 69, compared with 70 nationally.
The school's 81.1 full-time-equivalent teachers translate to a student-to-teacher ratio of 13.6:1. It is about the same as the 13.3:1 average for elementary schools in Georgia. At King Springs Elementary School, 26% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch in 2024-25. On average, public schools in Cobb County report 53%.
Among Georgia public elementary schools, King Springs Elementary School outscored 69%, which works out to a B+ on the allk12 Grade.
On a poverty-adjusted basis, King Springs Elementary School falls in the middle 80% of Georgia schools: 63.3% actual against 63.9% predicted.
The county, Cobb County, is where the school is located. Median household income comes to about $102,738, about 51% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 6% of residents are in poverty. The county has 129 public schools and about 116,609 students.
Of the public schools around it, King Springs Elementary School is closest to Griffin Middle School, about 0.2 miles away. The count of other public schools within five miles is at least 8. Compared with its nearest neighbors, King Springs Elementary School ranks 1st of 9 on average proficiency.
NCES describes the area around King Springs Elementary School as Suburb: Large, meaning in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Federal enrollment counts increased from 1,054 (2020-21) to 1,101 (2024-25).
King Springs Elementary School has a community page on allk12 for topics such as special education services, counseling, and support programs. You can also rate the school on this page.
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 Smyrna
- Campbell High SchoolHigh · 3,085 students
- Campbell Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,368 students
- Nickajack Elementary SchoolElementary · 1,260 students
- Griffin Middle SchoolMiddle · 991 students
- Teasley Elementary SchoolElementary · 974 students
- Smyrna Elementary SchoolElementary · 870 students
Nearby schools
- Griffin Middle School0.2 mi · 991
- Nickajack Elementary School0.9 mi · 1,260
- Campbell Middle School1.9 mi · 1,368
- Teasley Elementary School2.3 mi · 974
- Norton Park Elementary School2.3 mi · 643
- Campbell High School2.4 mi · 3,085
Frequently asked questions
About King Springs Elementary SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at King Springs Elementary School?
King Springs Elementary School enrolls approximately 1,101 students in grades PK-05.
What grades does King Springs Elementary School serve?
King Springs Elementary School serves grades PK-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at King Springs Elementary School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at King Springs Elementary School is approximately 13.6:1 (81 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at King Springs Elementary School?
At King Springs Elementary School, the student body is approximately 45% White, 11% Hispanic, 29% Black, 6% Asian, 9% Two or more.
Is King Springs Elementary School public or private?
King Springs 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.