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Enrollment
626
Elementary
DISTRICT 691 · STATE 605
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·COBB COUNTY·NCES 130129002150
Sanders Elementary School
1550 Anderson Mill Rd, Austell, GA 30106 · (770) 819-2568 · Cobb County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL626 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
11.6:1
54 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.0:1 · STATE 13.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
100%
626 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 | 17 | 3% |
| Kindergarten | 99 | 16% |
| Grade 1 | 96 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 124 | 20% |
| Grade 3 | 94 | 15% |
| Grade 4 | 105 | 17% |
| Grade 5 | 91 | 15% |
This year's kindergarten class (99) is 9% larger than its 5th grade class (91).
Student demographics
56%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
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
32.1%
GA avg 40.1% . +11.5pp since 2021
Math
35.1%
GA avg 44.6% . +14.4pp since 2021
What this means: On the Georgia Milestones, Georgia's statewide test, about 32 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 35 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Georgia schools, those numbers are about 40 and 45. Reading and writing scores are up about 11 points since 2021, while math scores are up about 14 points.
Georgia Milestones results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 32.1% | 35.1% |
| 2023-24 | 31.1% | 33.5% |
| 2022-23 | 24.6% | 24.9% |
| 2021-22 | 20.6% | 20.7% |
% 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
32.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
25.7%
based on GA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+6.7pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 32% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 26% 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 Sanders Elementary School
Sanders Elementary School's state test result (32.4% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sanders Elementary School this school | 626 | 100.0% | 32.4% |
| Tara Elementary School Morrow | 570 | 100.0% | 19.8% |
| Compton Elementary School Powder Springs | 593 | 100.0% | 24.6% |
| Harper Elementary School Riverdale | 690 | 100.0% | 16.3% |
| Ethel W. Kight Elementary School Lagrange | 656 | 97.3% | 30.3% |
| Goodyear Elementary School Brunswick | 515 | 100.0% | 21.9% |
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 Sanders Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Georgia | In Cobb County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 32.4% | #737 of 1,208 | #52 of 72 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 35.1% | #730 of 1,215 ▲ 26 | #54 of 72 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 32.1% | #659 of 1,215 ▲ 85 | #52 of 72 ▲ 2 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +12.9pp | #64 of 1,183 | #3 of 72 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 626 | #536 of 1,324 | #41 of 78 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 11.6:1 | #196 of 1,301 | #31 of 77 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 55.6% | #635 of 1,301 | #56 of 77 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 100% | #124 of 1,312 | #12 of 78 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -12.4% | #455 of 854 | #33 of 57 |
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
626
-47 (-7%) vs 2020
-31% since 2000-01, when it was 906
Student : Teacher
11.6:1
was 12.7:1
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 | 626 | 54 | 11.6:1 | 100% (626) |
| 2023-24 | 619 | 54.2 | 11.4:1 | 91% (564) |
| 2022-23 | 620 | 53.9 | 11.5:1 | 82% (509) |
| 2020-21 | 673 | 53 | 12.7:1 | 81% (545) |
| 2017-18 | 715 | 54.5 | 13.1:1 | 83% (594) |
| 2015-16 | 761 | 62 | 12.3:1 | 88% (670) |
| 2010-11 | 859 | 69 | 12.4:1 | 79% (680) |
| 2000-01 | 906 | 65 | 13.9:1 | 45% (409) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Sanders Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 12% (715 to 626); teachers down 1% (54.5 to 54).
About Sanders Elementary School
Sanders Elementary School is a mid-sized elementary school with its address in Austell, Georgia. Enrollment stands at 626 students, covering pre-K through 5.
Cobb County runs 110 schools with a combined 105,738 students. Sanders Elementary School is one of them.
At Sanders Elementary School, 56% of students are Black. Smaller groups are 35% Hispanic, 4% White, and 4% multiracial. For comparison, the population of Cobb County is roughly 27% Black. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, Sanders Elementary School scores 56%.
For every teacher at Sanders Elementary School, there are about 11.6 students; the school has 54 full-time-equivalent teachers. Statewide, elementary schools in Georgia average 13.3:1. The eligibility rate for free or reduced-price meals is 100%. On average, public schools in Cobb County report 53%.
Based on student poverty, the model expects 25.7% at Sanders Elementary School; the school's average proficiency rate across its state test results is 32.4%.
Five-year Census Bureau estimates for Cobb County show that median household income comes to about $102,738, roughly 51% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 6%. The county's public schools total 129, with about 116,609 students.
South Cobb High School is about 1.1 miles from Sanders Elementary School, the shortest distance to any other public school. Other public schools within five miles: at least 8. Sanders Elementary School comes in 4th of 9 nearby schools on average proficiency.
The federal government classifies Sanders Elementary School's location as Suburb: Large.
The school's enrollment decreased 7% from 2020-21 to 2024-25. Over the same period, the student-to-teacher ratio dropped to 11.6:1, from 12.7:1.
This page collects posts and questions about Sanders Elementary School, such as athletics, class schedules, and weather closures. Members of the school community can share what they know.
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 Austell
- South Cobb High SchoolHigh · 2,081 students
- Cooper Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,000 students
- Garrett Middle SchoolMiddle · 891 students
- Clarkdale Elementary SchoolElementary · 785 students
- Austell Elementary SchoolElementary · 367 students
Other Sanders Elementary schools
4 other US public schools in 5 states are named Sanders Elementary. Sanders Elementary School is the largest of the 5.
- Sanders ElementaryLouisville, KY · 394 students
- Sanders Elementary SchoolCORPUS CHRISTI, TX · 279 students
- Sanders Elementary SchoolSanders, AZ · 267 students
- Sanders Elementary SchoolHollandale, MS · 246 students
Nearby schools
- South Cobb High School1.1 mi · 2,081
- Floyd Middle School1.6 mi · 776
- Russell Elementary School1.9 mi · 568
- Mableton Elementary School1.9 mi · 945
- Clarkdale Elementary School2.0 mi · 785
- Cooper Middle School2.1 mi · 1,000
Frequently asked questions
About Sanders Elementary SchoolHow many students attend Sanders Elementary School?
Sanders Elementary School enrolls approximately 626 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does Sanders Elementary School serve?
Sanders Elementary School serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Sanders Elementary School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Sanders Elementary School is approximately 11.6:1 (54 FTE teachers).
How diverse is Sanders Elementary School?
Sanders Elementary School reports a student body of 4% White, 35% Hispanic, 56% Black, 1% Asian, 4% Two or more.
Who oversees Sanders Elementary School?
Sanders 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.