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Enrollment
753
Elementary
DISTRICT 691 · STATE 605
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·COBB COUNTY·NCES 130129003732
Pickett's Mill Elementary School
6400 Old Stilesboro Rd NW, Acworth, GA 30101 · (770) 975-7172 · Cobb County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL753 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
13.1:1
58 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.0:1 · STATE 13.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
32%
243 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 | 14 | 2% |
| Kindergarten | 94 | 12% |
| Grade 1 | 103 | 14% |
| Grade 2 | 114 | 15% |
| Grade 3 | 123 | 16% |
| Grade 4 | 141 | 19% |
| Grade 5 | 164 | 22% |
This year's kindergarten class (94) is 43% smaller than its 5th grade class (164).
Student demographics
58%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
Test scores
Georgia Milestones 2024-25 . % Proficient or DistinguishedEnglish Language Arts
56.6%
GA avg 40.1% . -1.8pp since 2021
Math
66.7%
GA avg 44.6% . +2.5pp since 2021
What this means: On the Georgia Milestones, Georgia's statewide test, about 57 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 67 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 2 points since 2021, while math scores are up about 3 points.
Georgia Milestones results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 56.6% | 66.7% |
| 2023-24 | 62.6% | 74.8% |
| 2022-23 | 62.8% | 70.4% |
| 2021-22 | 58.4% | 64.2% |
% 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
64.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
60.7%
based on GA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+3.6pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 64% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 61% 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 Pickett's Mill Elementary School
Pickett's Mill Elementary School's state test result (64.3% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pickett's Mill Elementary School this school | 753 | 32.3% | 64.3% |
| Frey Elementary School Acworth | 691 | 29.8% | 58.3% |
| Willis Road Elementary Sharpsburg | 664 | 35.4% | 52.6% |
| South Effingham Elementary School Guyton | 863 | 33.4% | 67.6% |
| Bullard Elementary School Kennesaw | 799 | 27.9% | 54.3% |
| Brooks Elementary Newnan | 835 | 28.0% | 68.4% |
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 Pickett's Mill Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Georgia | In Cobb County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 64.3% | #152 of 1,208 | #17 of 72 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 66.7% | #167 of 1,215 ▼ 78 | #16 of 72 ▼ 5 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 56.6% | #175 of 1,215 ▼ 25 | #23 of 72 ▼ 4 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +0.4pp | #720 of 1,183 | #37 of 72 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 753 | #297 of 1,324 | #25 of 78 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.1:1 | #548 of 1,301 | #57 of 77 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 58.0% | #558 of 1,301 | #49 of 77 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 32.3% | #1,168 of 1,312 | #56 of 78 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +1.9% | #337 of 386 | #15 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
753
+86 (+13%) vs 2020
+5% since 2010-11, when it was 719
Student : Teacher
13.1:1
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 | 753 | 57.6 | 13.1:1 | 32% (243) |
| 2023-24 | 734 | 54.5 | 13.5:1 | 32% (234) |
| 2022-23 | 686 | 55.5 | 12.4:1 | 18% (124) |
| 2020-21 | 667 | 52 | 12.8:1 | 19% (125) |
| 2017-18 | 739 | 48 | 15.4:1 | 19% (138) |
| 2015-16 | 732 | 44 | 16.6:1 | 18% (133) |
| 2010-11 | 719 | 45 | 16.0:1 | 16% (117) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Pickett's Mill Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students up 2% (739 to 753); teachers up 20% (48 to 57.6).
About Pickett's Mill Elementary School
Pickett's Mill Elementary School is an elementary school in Acworth, Georgia, according to federal school records. It covers pre-K through 5, with a total enrollment of 753 students. Enrollment is 24% higher than the average for elementary schools in Georgia, which is about 605.
Cobb County is the local district for Pickett's Mill Elementary School. It runs 110 schools with 105,738 students.
At 61%, White students outnumber all other groups at Pickett's Mill Elementary School combined. Other students are 16% Hispanic, 14% Black, 6% multiracial, and 4% Asian. By comparison, Cobb County residents are about 49% White. Pickett's Mill Elementary School has a diversity index of 58%, compared with 70% for all US public school students.
A ratio of 13.1:1 comes from the school's 57.6 full-time-equivalent teachers. Elementary schools in Georgia have a similar average ratio of 13.3:1. The lunch program counts 32% of students at Pickett's Mill Elementary School as eligible for free or reduced-price meals. The 53% average for public schools in Cobb County is 21 points higher.
The model predicts 60.7% for a school in Georgia with Pickett's Mill Elementary School's free or reduced-price lunch share. Pickett's Mill Elementary School posts 64.3%.
Within Cobb County, median household income is about $102,738, 51% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 6% of people live in poverty. The public schools of Cobb County number 129 and enroll about 116,609.
Nearby, Allatoona High School is about 0.5 miles away. Pickett's Mill Elementary School is one of several public schools in the area, with at least 8 others within five miles. Pickett's Mill Elementary School's average proficiency of 64.3% compares with 56.5% for its nearest scored neighbors.
The NCES locale for Pickett's Mill Elementary School is Suburb: Large, which covers schools in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Enrollment was 667 in 2020-21 and 753 in 2024-25, a rise of 86 students.
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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 Acworth
- Allatoona High SchoolHigh · 1,560 students
- Clark Creek Elementary SchoolElementary · 1,108 students
- Durham Middle SchoolMiddle · 984 students
- Crossroads Middle SchoolMiddle · 908 students
- Pitner Elementary SchoolElementary · 802 students
- Barber Middle SchoolMiddle · 790 students
Nearby schools
- Allatoona High School0.5 mi · 1,560
- Roland W. Russom Elementary0.8 mi · 982
- Crossroads Middle School1.7 mi · 908
- Frey Elementary School1.9 mi · 691
- Durham Middle School2.0 mi · 984
- Floyd L. Shelton Elementary School at Crossroad2.3 mi · 1,389
Frequently asked questions
About Pickett's Mill Elementary SchoolHow large is Pickett's Mill Elementary School?
Pickett's Mill Elementary School enrolls approximately 753 students in grades PK-05.
Is Pickett's Mill Elementary School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Pickett's Mill Elementary School is an elementary school covering grades PK-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Pickett's Mill Elementary School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Pickett's Mill Elementary School is approximately 13.1:1 (58 FTE teachers).
What is the student diversity at Pickett's Mill Elementary School?
Student demographics at Pickett's Mill Elementary School are roughly 61% White, 16% Hispanic, 14% Black, 4% Asian, 6% Two or more.
What district is Pickett's Mill Elementary School in?
Pickett's Mill Elementary School is part of Cobb County.
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