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What's the most underrated thing about Lewis Elementary School that outsiders don't know?
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Enrollment
550
Elementary
DISTRICT 691 · STATE 605
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·COBB COUNTY·NCES 130129001973
Lewis Elementary School
4179 Jim Owens Rd NW, Kennesaw, GA 30152 · (770) 975-6673 · Cobb County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL550 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
11.8:1
47 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.0:1 · STATE 13.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
55%
304 students
DISTRICT 56% · STATE 74%
Community
3
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade
Student demographics
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. 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
Lewis Elementary School→McClure 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
50.4%
GA avg 40.1% . +0.3pp since 2021
Math
57.9%
GA avg 44.6% . +6.9pp since 2021
What this means: On the Georgia Milestones, Georgia's statewide test, about 50 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 58 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Georgia schools, those numbers are about 40 and 45. Reading and writing scores have held steady since 2021, while math scores are up about 7 points.
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
50.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
48.8%
based on GA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+2.0pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 51% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 49% 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 →
7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
550
+4 (+1%) vs 2017
Student : Teacher
11.8:1
was 12.1:1
% White
38%
was 47%
% Hispanic
23%
was 20%
% Black
24%
was 23%
% Asian
4%
was 5%
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
About Lewis Elementary School
Set in Kennesaw, Georgia, Lewis Elementary School is a medium-sized primary school, one of the schools within Cobb County. It educates 550 students across grades pre-K through 5.
Cobb County comprises 110 schools with combined enrollment of 105,738 students; Lewis Elementary School is among them.
Demographically, Lewis Elementary School records that the most-represented group is White (38%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. The remainder looks like 24% Black, 23% Hispanic, 12% multiracial, 4% Asian. The wider county runs roughly 49% White, putting the school's mix noticeably less White than the area baseline.
Looking at school resources, Lewis Elementary School logs 47 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 11.8:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 13.3:1 average. An estimated 55% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.
Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Lewis Elementary School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 48.8%, the actual is 50.8%, a residual of +2.0 points.
Around the school, ACS estimates for Cobb County put the typical household earns roughly $102,738 per year, roughly 51% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 6%. Across Cobb County's 129 public schools (combined enrollment of about 116,609 students), Lewis Elementary School is one campus in the mix.
Nearest neighbor: McClure Middle School, around 1.2 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, Lewis Elementary School comes 6th of 7 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 56.1%.
The school occupies a commuter-belt site.
Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count remained close to its prior level: 546 students in 2018 compared to 550 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 47% to 38% across the same window.
On allk12, the feed for Lewis Elementary School typically covers science fair prep, picture-day reminders, and bus-route questions. Anyone with firsthand experience at this school can post or comment.
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 Kennesaw
- North Cobb High SchoolHigh · 2,463 students
- Harrison High SchoolHigh · 2,224 students
- Kennesaw Mountain High SchoolHigh · 1,695 students
- McClure Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,030 students
- Lost Mountain Middle SchoolMiddle · 979 students
- Palmer Middle SchoolMiddle · 803 students
Nearby schools
- McClure Middle School1.2 mi · 1,030
- Bullard Elementary School1.3 mi · 799
- Durham Middle School1.8 mi · 984
- Frey Elementary School1.8 mi · 691
- Northwest Classical Academy2.1 mi · 798
- North Cobb High School2.3 mi · 2,463
Frequently asked questions
About Lewis Elementary SchoolHow large is Lewis Elementary School?
Lewis Elementary School enrolls approximately 550 students in grades PK-05.
Is Lewis Elementary School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Lewis Elementary School is an elementary school covering grades PK-05.
How many teachers does Lewis Elementary School have?
Lewis Elementary School employs 47 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 11.8:1.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Lewis Elementary School?
At Lewis Elementary School, the student body is approximately 38% White, 23% Hispanic, 24% Black, 4% Asian, 12% Two or more.
Who oversees Lewis Elementary School?
Lewis Elementary School is overseen by Cobb County in Cobb County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.