Miles Ahead Charter School

Miles Ahead Charter School operates as a small elementary-level community in Powder Springs, Georgia, operated by State Specialty Schools II- Miles Ahead Charter School. Current enrollment sits at 261 students spanning grades K through 5. Compared to the state average of about 605 students per school, that is 57% below typical.

Miles Ahead Charter School is a school of State Specialty Schools II- Miles Ahead Charter School, the district that handles curriculum, staffing, and budget for the campus.

In terms of who attends, Miles Ahead Charter School reports that the student body is overwhelmingly Black (84%); the rest consists of 8% Hispanic, 7% White. The wider county runs roughly 27% Black, putting the school's mix meaningfully more Black than the area baseline.

Looking at school resources, On paper, Miles Ahead Charter School has 23 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 11.6:1. The state averages around 13.3:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Roughly 46% of students at Miles Ahead Charter School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy.

In the broader community, the surrounding county (Cobb County) records that median household earnings sit near $102,738, about 51% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 6% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Cobb County's 129 public schools (combined enrollment of about 116,609 students), Miles Ahead Charter School is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is Varner Elementary School, roughly 0.4 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

Geographically, the school is in an outer-ring area. Miles Ahead Charter School is a charter school, which puts it inside the public-school system but outside the standard district-managed model.

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