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Enrollment
705
Elementary
DISTRICT 691 · STATE 605
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·COBB COUNTY·NCES 130129002107
Varner Elementary School
4761 Gaydon Rd, Powder Springs, GA 30127 · (770) 222-3775 · Cobb County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL705 STUDENTS
C
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Scored higher than 34% of Georgia public elementary schools
- BTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- CBeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- DThree-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
12.4:1
57 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.0:1 · STATE 13.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
61%
428 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 | 2% |
| Kindergarten | 93 | 13% |
| Grade 1 | 107 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 108 | 15% |
| Grade 3 | 119 | 17% |
| Grade 4 | 126 | 18% |
| Grade 5 | 135 | 19% |
This year's kindergarten class (93) is 31% smaller than its 5th grade class (135).
Student demographics
65%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
36.0%
GA avg 40.1% . -9.1pp since 2021
Math
43.6%
GA avg 44.6% . +0.0pp since 2021
What this means: On the Georgia Milestones, Georgia's statewide test, about 36 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 44 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 9 points since 2021, while math scores have held steady.
Georgia Milestones results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 36.0% | 43.6% |
| 2023-24 | 45.0% | 45.1% |
| 2022-23 | 37.7% | 37.9% |
| 2021-22 | 45.0% | 43.6% |
% 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
40.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
46.0%
based on GA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-5.3pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 41% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 46% 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 Varner Elementary School
Varner Elementary School's state test result (40.6% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Varner Elementary School this school | 705 | 60.7% | 40.6% |
| Bay Creek Elementary School Loganville | 776 | 69.5% | 42.6% |
| New Life Academy of Excellence Duluth | 645 | 66.2% | 43.3% |
| North Fayette Elementary School Fayetteville | 616 | 67.9% | 50.4% |
| Robert J. Burch Elementary School Tyrone | 528 | 53.2% | 54.2% |
| Hiram Elementary School Hiram | 797 | 71.5% | 28.6% |
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 Varner Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Georgia | In Cobb County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 40.6% | #537 of 1,208 | #44 of 72 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 43.6% | #545 of 1,215 ▼ 46 | #42 of 72 ▼ 4 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 36.0% | #562 of 1,215 ▼ 150 | #46 of 72 ▼ 5 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -4.5pp | #158 of 1,183 | #16 of 72 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 705 | #364 of 1,324 | #30 of 78 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.4:1 | #380 of 1,301 | #47 of 77 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 65.1% | #303 of 1,301 | #29 of 77 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 60.7% | #936 of 1,312 | #34 of 78 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -8.2% | #595 of 854 | #42 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
705
-119 (-14%) vs 2020
+22% since 1990-91, when it was 576
Student : Teacher
12.4:1
was 12.5:1
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 | 705 | 56.7 | 12.4:1 | 61% (428) |
| 2023-24 | 761 | 57.6 | 13.2:1 | 65% (497) |
| 2022-23 | 766 | 61.2 | 12.5:1 | 55% (421) |
| 2020-21 | 824 | 66 | 12.5:1 | 50% (416) |
| 2017-18 | 768 | 54 | 14.2:1 | 58% (446) |
| 2015-16 | 695 | 50 | 13.9:1 | 54% (378) |
| 2010-11 | 803 | 58 | 13.8:1 | 42% (335) |
| 2000-01 | 1,200 | 67 | 17.9:1 | 9% (110) |
| 1990-91 | 576 | 35 | 16.5:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Varner Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 8% (768 to 705); teachers up 5% (54 to 56.7).
About Varner Elementary School
Varner Elementary School is a medium-sized elementary school with an address in Powder Springs, Georgia. Enrollment is 705 students in 2024-25, and the school serves pre-K through 5.
Enrollment across the 110 schools in Cobb County totals 105,738 students.
At Varner Elementary School, Black students make up 52% of the student body. Next come 22% Hispanic, 13% White, 9% multiracial, and 3% Asian. The county population is about 27% Black. The school's diversity index is 65%, meaning two students picked at random have a 65% chance of belonging to different racial or ethnic groups.
Federal records show a student-to-teacher ratio of 12.4:1 at Varner Elementary School, with 56.7 full-time-equivalent teachers. This ratio sits 0.9 below the 13.3:1 average for elementary schools in Georgia. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility, a common measure of family income, is 61%.
Varner Elementary School is graded C by allk12, scoring above 34% of Georgia public elementary schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
After adjusting for student poverty, Varner Elementary School lands between the top and bottom 10% of Georgia schools. Its average proficiency rate on state tests is 40.6%; the prediction is 46.0%.
In the county around the school, Cobb County, the median household income is $102,738, about 51% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 6% of residents are in poverty. Cobb County is home to 129 public schools and about 116,609 public school students.
Nearest public school: Miles Ahead Charter School, about 0.4 miles away. A five-mile radius around the school includes at least 8 other public schools. Varner Elementary School ranks 5th of 8 among nearby schools on average proficiency, with 40.6% against a local average of 47.8%.
The school's setting, by NCES definition, is Suburb: Large: in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Enrollment declined 14% from its 2020-21 level of 824.
Discussions about Varner Elementary School may include science fairs, picture day, and bus routes. Alumni can share how the school prepared them.
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 Powder Springs
- Hillgrove High SchoolHigh · 2,282 students
- McEachern High SchoolHigh · 2,175 students
- Lovinggood Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,209 students
- Kemp Elementary SchoolElementary · 894 students
- Tapp Middle SchoolMiddle · 809 students
- Powder Springs Elementary SchoolElementary · 805 students
Nearby schools
- Miles Ahead Charter School0.4 mi · 261
- McEachern High School0.8 mi · 2,175
- Compton Elementary School1.8 mi · 593
- Tapp Middle School1.9 mi · 809
- Kemp Elementary School2.5 mi · 894
- Hillgrove High School2.6 mi · 2,282
Frequently asked questions
About Varner Elementary SchoolHow many students attend Varner Elementary School?
Varner Elementary School enrolls approximately 705 students in grades PK-05.
Is Varner Elementary School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Varner Elementary School is an elementary school covering grades PK-05.
How many teachers does Varner Elementary School have?
Varner Elementary School employs 57 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 12.4:1.
What is the student diversity at Varner Elementary School?
Student demographics at Varner Elementary School are roughly 13% White, 22% Hispanic, 52% Black, 3% Asian, 9% Two or more.
Who oversees Varner Elementary School?
Varner 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.