Sanders Elementary School

Sanders Elementary School is a mid-tier K-5 school in Austell, Georgia, part of Cobb County. The school works with 626 students in grades pre-K through 5.

Cobb County runs 110 schools in total, collectively educating 105,738 students. Sanders Elementary School is one of those campuses.

On demographics, Sanders Elementary School logs that 56% of the student body identifies as Black. The remainder comes out to 35% Hispanic, 4% White, 4% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 27% Black, putting the school's mix noticeably more Black than the area baseline.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Staff filings list 54 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 11.6:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 13.3:1, putting Sanders Elementary School tighter than the state norm the norm. An estimated 100% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. Set against Cobb County (around 53%), the school's rate is north of typical.

With demographic context factored in, Sanders Elementary School tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 25.7% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 32.4%.

Across the wider county, Cobb County reports that median household earnings sit near $102,738, roughly 51% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 6% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Cobb County runs 129 public schools (combined enrollment of about 116,609 students), of which Sanders Elementary School is one.

The closest other public school is South Cobb High School, roughly 1.1 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, Sanders Elementary School comes 4th of 9 in the immediate cluster, behind the nearby-schools average of 32.5%.

Geographically, the school is in an outer-ring area.

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count declined 12%: 715 students in 2018 compared to 626 in 2025. Over the same period, the Hispanic share climbed from 23% to 35%. Class-load math has narrowed: from 13.1:1 in 2018 to 11.6:1 in 2025.

Within the allk12 community for this school, posts here usually surface around science fair prep, picture-day reminders, and bus-route questions. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.