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If you could change one rule at Sawyer Road Elementary School, what would it be?
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Enrollment
533
Elementary
DISTRICT 456 · STATE 605
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·MARIETTA CITY·NCES 130351003479
Sawyer Road Elementary School
840 Sawyer Rd, Marietta, GA 30062 · (770) 429-9923 · Cobb County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY13-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL533 STUDENTS
B-
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Scored higher than 54% of Georgia public elementary schools
- B-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- BBeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- A-Three-year trend Change in reading and math proficiency over the last three test years.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Georgia public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
9.1:1
58 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 10.8:1 · STATE 13.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
83%
442 students
DISTRICT 62% · 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 83 | 16% |
| Grade 1 | 112 | 21% |
| Grade 2 | 96 | 18% |
| Grade 3 | 77 | 14% |
| Grade 4 | 76 | 14% |
| Grade 5 | 89 | 17% |
This year's kindergarten class (83) is 7% smaller than its 5th grade class (89).
Student demographics
62%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 69% · 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
37.4%
GA avg 40.1% . +7.4pp since 2021
Math
46.0%
GA avg 44.6% . +5.1pp since 2021
What this means: On the Georgia Milestones, Georgia's statewide test, about 37 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 46 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 7 points since 2021, while math scores are up about 5 points.
Georgia Milestones results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 37.4% | 46.0% |
| 2023-24 | 33.5% | 37.6% |
| 2022-23 | 31.8% | 38.7% |
| 2021-22 | 30.0% | 40.9% |
% 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
36.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
34.5%
based on GA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+2.0pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 36% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 35% 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 Sawyer Road Elementary School
Sawyer Road Elementary School's state test result (36.5% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sawyer Road Elementary School this school | 533 | 82.9% | 36.5% |
| Lithia Springs Elementary School Lithia Springs | 500 | 85.4% | 34.1% |
| New Holland Leadership Academy Gainesville | 573 | 83.9% | 30.2% |
| Dunleith Elementary School Marietta | 554 | 82.9% | 42.9% |
| Powers Ferry Elementary School Marietta | 475 | 90.3% | 27.5% |
| Beulah Elementary School Douglasville | 428 | 83.9% | 34.8% |
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 Sawyer Road Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Georgia | In Cobb County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 36.5% | #625 of 1,208 | #48 of 72 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 46.0% | #491 of 1,215 ▲ 169 | #36 of 72 ▲ 13 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 37.4% | #524 of 1,215 ▲ 160 | #43 of 72 ▲ 9 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +6.3pp | #297 of 1,183 | #9 of 72 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 533 | #786 of 1,324 | #56 of 78 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 9.1:1 | #18 of 1,301 | #7 of 77 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 62.0% | #414 of 1,301 | #34 of 77 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 82.9% | #677 of 1,312 | #27 of 78 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -29.7% | #90 of 854 | #2 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
533
-60 (-10%) vs 2020
-18% since 2010-11, when it was 649
Student : Teacher
9.1:1
was 10.8:1
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 | 533 | 58.3 | 9.1:1 | 83% (442) |
| 2023-24 | 546 | 62.5 | 8.7:1 | 86% (467) |
| 2022-23 | 583 | 58 | 10.1:1 | 77% (451) |
| 2020-21 | 593 | 55 | 10.8:1 | 72% (424) |
| 2017-18 | 758 | 61.4 | 12.3:1 | 72% (548) |
| 2015-16 | 780 | 62 | 12.6:1 | 74% (578) |
| 2010-11 | 649 | 44 | 14.8:1 | 73% (475) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Sawyer Road Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 30% (758 to 533); teachers down 5% (61.4 to 58.3).
About Sawyer Road Elementary School
Sawyer Road Elementary School serves students in Marietta, Georgia, as a mid-sized elementary school. Enrollment totals 533 students across pre-K through 5.
Marietta City enrolls 8,664 students in 13 schools, including Sawyer Road Elementary School.
Of every 100 students at Sawyer Road Elementary School, about 52 are Hispanic. Beyond that, enrollment is 31% Black, 10% White, 4% multiracial, and 2% Asian. The Hispanic share of the county population is lower, at 15%. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, Sawyer Road Elementary School scores 62%.
Sawyer Road Elementary School reported 58.3 full-time-equivalent teachers in 2024-25, a ratio of 9.1:1. Elementary schools in Georgia average 13.3:1, 4.2 more students per teacher than here. There are 442 students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, 83% of enrollment. That rate is above the 53% average among public schools in Cobb County.
On the allk12 Grade, Sawyer Road Elementary School lands at B-, ahead of 54% of Georgia public elementary schools.
The model predicts 34.5% for a school in Georgia with Sawyer Road Elementary School's free or reduced-price lunch share. Sawyer Road Elementary School posts 36.5%.
For Cobb County, Census Bureau data show median household income comes to about $102,738, about 51% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 6%. The county has 129 public schools and about 116,609 students.
Lockheed Elementary School sits about 1.1 miles from Sawyer Road Elementary School. There are at least 8 other public schools within five miles. Sawyer Road Elementary School places 6th of 8 on proficiency among the closest schools that report scores.
NCES assigns Sawyer Road Elementary School the locale City: Small, meaning inside a principal city with a population under 100,000.
From 593 students in 2020-21, enrollment fell to 533 by 2024-25. From 2020-21 to 2024-25, the ratio dropped from 10.8:1 to 9.1:1.
This page is set up for the Sawyer Road Elementary School community to discuss homework, tutoring, and testing dates. Current and former families are welcome to add their experience.
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 Marietta City
- Marietta High SchoolHigh · 2,526 students
- Marietta Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,352 students
- Lockheed Elementary SchoolElementary · 734 students
- Marietta Sixth Grade AcademyMiddle · 678 students
- West Side Elementary SchoolElementary · 556 students
- Dunleith Elementary SchoolElementary · 554 students
Other schools in Marietta
- Osborne High SchoolHigh · 2,790 students
- Walton High SchoolHigh · 2,705 students
- Marietta High SchoolHigh · 2,526 students
- Wheeler High SchoolHigh · 2,401 students
- Lassiter High SchoolHigh · 2,005 students
- Pope High SchoolHigh · 1,793 students
Nearby schools
- Lockheed Elementary School1.1 mi · 734
- Kincaid Elementary School1.4 mi · 603
- George W. Hartmann Center2.3 mi · 4
- Bells Ferry Elementary School2.4 mi · 704
- Sprayberry High School2.4 mi · 1,769
- Daniell Middle School2.5 mi · 884
Frequently asked questions
About Sawyer Road Elementary SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Sawyer Road Elementary School?
Sawyer Road Elementary School enrolls approximately 533 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does Sawyer Road Elementary School serve?
Sawyer Road Elementary School serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
How many students per teacher at Sawyer Road Elementary School?
Approximately 9.1:1 students per teacher at Sawyer Road Elementary School.
How diverse is Sawyer Road Elementary School?
Sawyer Road Elementary School reports a student body of 10% White, 52% Hispanic, 31% Black, 2% Asian, 4% Two or more.
Who oversees Sawyer Road Elementary School?
Sawyer Road Elementary School is overseen by Marietta City in Cobb County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.