Sawnee Elementary School

Sawnee Elementary School is a K-5 school of sprawling scale in Cumming, Georgia, overseen by Forsyth County, teacheing 1,591 students in grades pre-K through 5. By comparison, Georgia's public schools average about 605 students each, so Sawnee Elementary School sits 163% bigger than that benchmark.

Forsyth County runs 42 schools in total, collectively educating 54,864 students. Sawnee Elementary School is one of those campuses.

Looking at the student body, Sawnee Elementary School reports that the most-represented group is Asian (41%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. Beyond that, the school records 37% White, 14% Hispanic, 3% Black, 3% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 20% Asian, putting the school's mix visibly more Asian than the area baseline.

In terms of school funding signals, The school employs 100 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 15.9:1. The state averages around 13.3:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. Around 21% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Sawnee Elementary School tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 66.2% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 59.2%.

In the surrounding community, community-level numbers for Forsyth County indicate median household income runs about $143,784, roughly 57% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 3% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Sawnee Elementary School is one of 42 public schools in Forsyth County (combined enrollment of about 54,864 students).

The closest other public school is Kelly Mill Elementary, roughly 2.4 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Sawnee Elementary School ranks 4th on composite proficiency, above the local average of 55.7%.

Sawnee Elementary School operates from a commuter-belt location.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count rose 13%: 1,404 students in 2018 compared to 1,591 in 2025. Asian enrollment moved from 6% to 41% across the same window.

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