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Which teacher or staff member at Lewis Elementary School deserves more recognition?
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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
B+
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Scored higher than 68% of Georgia public elementary schools
- B+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- BBeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- BThree-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
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
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 | 16 | 3% |
| Kindergarten | 81 | 15% |
| Grade 1 | 99 | 18% |
| Grade 2 | 75 | 14% |
| Grade 3 | 92 | 17% |
| Grade 4 | 92 | 17% |
| Grade 5 | 95 | 17% |
This year's kindergarten class (81) is 15% smaller than its 5th grade class (95).
Student demographics
73%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
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.
Georgia Milestones results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 50.4% | 57.9% |
| 2023-24 | 49.6% | 56.6% |
| 2022-23 | 49.1% | 54.3% |
| 2021-22 | 50.0% | 51.0% |
% 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
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 →
Schools most like Lewis Elementary School
Lewis Elementary School's state test result (50.8% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lewis Elementary School this school | 550 | 55.3% | 50.8% |
| Kennesaw Elementary School Kennesaw | 560 | 51.3% | N/A |
| Brookwood Elementary School Grovetown | 559 | 59.0% | 57.8% |
| Big Shanty Elementary School Kennesaw | 511 | 50.9% | 47.8% |
| Blackwell Elementary School Marietta | 580 | 53.6% | 42.1% |
| Cartersville Elementary School Cartersville | 629 | 61.4% | 44.4% |
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 Lewis Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Georgia | In Cobb County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 50.8% | #336 of 1,208 | #29 of 72 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 57.9% | #272 of 1,215 ▲ 33 | #23 of 72 ▲ 2 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 50.4% | #271 of 1,215 ▲ 56 | #26 of 72 ▲ 7 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +3.6pp | #488 of 1,183 | #23 of 72 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 550 | #733 of 1,324 | #54 of 78 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 11.8:1 | #237 of 1,301 | #35 of 77 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 73.4% | #46 of 1,301 | #6 of 77 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 55.3% | #992 of 1,312 | #39 of 78 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +0.7% | #370 of 386 | #18 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
550
0 (0%) vs 2020
-52% since 1990-91, when it was 1,156
Student : Teacher
11.8:1
was 12.8:1
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 | 550 | 46.6 | 11.8:1 | 55% (304) |
| 2023-24 | 552 | 43.1 | 12.8:1 | 59% (325) |
| 2022-23 | 531 | 57.1 | 9.3:1 | 45% (237) |
| 2020-21 | 550 | 43 | 12.8:1 | 39% (214) |
| 2017-18 | 546 | 45 | 12.1:1 | 40% (217) |
| 2015-16 | 648 | 50 | 13.0:1 | 46% (295) |
| 2010-11 | 869 | 60 | 14.5:1 | 34% (295) |
| 2000-01 | 940 | 61 | 15.4:1 | 6% (57) |
| 1990-91 | 1,156 | 56 | 20.6:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Lewis Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students up 1% (546 to 550); teachers up 4% (45 to 46.6).
About Lewis Elementary School
A medium-sized elementary school in Kennesaw, Georgia, Lewis Elementary School is part of Cobb County. Enrollment is 550 students in 2024-25, and the school serves pre-K through 5.
The district, Cobb County, operates 110 schools serving 105,738 students.
Lewis Elementary School's enrollment has no majority group, and White students are the largest at 38%. It is also 24% Black, 23% Hispanic, 12% multiracial, and 4% Asian. Cobb County's residents are about 49% White, 11 points above the school's share. By the diversity index, Lewis Elementary School comes in at 73%.
Lewis Elementary School's 46.6 full-time-equivalent teachers put its ratio at 11.8:1. That ratio is under the 13.3:1 average for elementary schools in Georgia. The school's rate of free or reduced-price lunch eligibility is 55%. Across public schools in Cobb County, the average is about the same, 53%.
Measured against Georgia public elementary schools, Lewis Elementary School receives a B+. The grade weighs proficiency most heavily, then how results compare with what the school's low-income share predicts, then the three-year change.
Test results at Lewis Elementary School are 2.0 points above what its free or reduced-price lunch share predicts (50.8% actual, 48.8% predicted).
Census Bureau estimates for Cobb County show that median household income is about $102,738, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 51%, and about 6% of people live in poverty. A total of 129 public schools operate in Cobb County, serving about 116,609 students.
The closest public school to Lewis Elementary School is McClure Middle School, about 1.2 miles away. Within five miles of Lewis Elementary School, there are at least 8 other public schools. On proficiency, Lewis Elementary School is behind the 56.1% nearby average, ranking 6th of 7.
For locale, NCES codes Lewis Elementary School as Suburb: Large.
In 2020-21, Lewis Elementary School enrolled 550; in 2024-25, 550.
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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
Other Lewis Elementary schools
9 other US public schools in 7 states are named Lewis Elementary. Lewis Elementary School is the 3rd largest of the 10.
- Lewis Elementary SchoolSparta, GA · 293 students
- Lewis Elementary SchoolFORNEY, TX · 738 students
- Lewis Elementary SchoolHOUSTON, TX · 675 students
- LEWIS ELEMENTARY SCHOOLTEMPLE TERRACE, FL · 546 students
- Lewis Elementary SchoolSAN ANTONIO, TX · 437 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.
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