Mashburn Elementary School

As a roomy elementary-level community in Cumming, Georgia, Mashburn Elementary School enrolls 976 students from grades pre-K through 5, overseen by Forsyth County. That puts it 61% larger than the typical public school in Georgia, which averages around 605 students.

Within Forsyth County, which oversees 42 schools and 54,864 students, Mashburn Elementary School is one campus in the system.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Mashburn Elementary School logs that the most-represented group is Asian (43%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. The remainder looks like 33% White, 16% Hispanic, 4% multiracial, 3% Black. The wider county runs roughly 20% Asian, putting the school's mix visibly more Asian than the area baseline.

On the resource side, Staff filings list 62 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 15.7:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 13.3:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. Roughly 23% of students at Mashburn Elementary School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.

After controlling for student poverty, Mashburn Elementary School tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 65.4% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 65.4%.

Zooming out to the county, Forsyth County reports that the typical household earns roughly $143,784 per year, roughly 57% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 3% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Forsyth County runs 42 public schools (combined enrollment of about 54,864 students), of which Mashburn Elementary School is one.

Nearest neighbor: Haw Creek Elementary, around 0.5 miles off. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Mashburn Elementary School at 9th of 9; the average score across the group is 74.6%.

The campus sits in a suburban setting.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count climbed 43%: 682 students in 2018 compared to 976 in 2025. The Asian share of enrollment expanded from 12% to 43% over that span. Class-load math has grew: from 14.7:1 in 2018 to 15.7:1 in 2025.

In the discussion threads here, recent activity here tends to focus on sports schedules, lunch menu changes, and school spirit week. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.