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Enrollment
600
Elementary
DISTRICT 691 · STATE 605
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·COBB COUNTY·NCES 130129001479
Vaughan Elementary School
5950 Nichols Rd, Powder Springs, GA 30127 · (678) 594-8298 · Cobb County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL600 STUDENTS
B
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Scored higher than 61% of Georgia public elementary schools
- ATest 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.
- C-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
12.4:1
48 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.0:1 · STATE 13.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
18%
108 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 | 7 | 1% |
| Kindergarten | 69 | 12% |
| Grade 1 | 96 | 16% |
| Grade 2 | 87 | 14% |
| Grade 3 | 133 | 22% |
| Grade 4 | 118 | 20% |
| Grade 5 | 90 | 15% |
This year's kindergarten class (69) is 23% smaller than its 5th grade class (90).
Student demographics
58%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
57.1%
GA avg 40.1% . -5.9pp since 2021
Math
66.3%
GA avg 44.6% . -1.2pp since 2021
What this means: On the Georgia Milestones, Georgia's statewide test, about 57 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 66 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 6 points since 2021, while math scores are down about 1 points.
Georgia Milestones results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 57.1% | 66.3% |
| 2023-24 | 66.7% | 69.9% |
| 2022-23 | 62.6% | 65.7% |
| 2021-22 | 63.0% | 67.5% |
% 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
64.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
68.0%
based on GA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-3.8pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 64% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 68% 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 Vaughan Elementary School
Vaughan Elementary School's state test result (64.3% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vaughan Elementary School this school | 600 | 18.0% | 64.3% |
| Due West Elementary School Marietta | 626 | 16.3% | 70.9% |
| Virginia-Highland Elementary School Atlanta | 649 | 15.4% | 79.3% |
| Rocky Mount Elementary School Marietta | 576 | 16.8% | 66.4% |
| Talley Street Upper Elementary School Decatur | 623 | 21.2% | 71.0% |
| Riverside Elementary School Evans | 640 | 24.7% | 71.0% |
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 Vaughan Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Georgia | In Cobb County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 64.3% | #151 of 1,208 | #16 of 72 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 66.3% | #171 of 1,215 ▼ 38 | #17 of 72 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 57.1% | #166 of 1,215 ▼ 58 | #21 of 72 ▼ 5 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -3.5pp | #197 of 1,183 | #24 of 72 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 600 | #601 of 1,324 | #43 of 78 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.4:1 | #389 of 1,301 | #48 of 77 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 58.2% | #551 of 1,301 | #48 of 77 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 18.0% | #1,240 of 1,312 | #65 of 78 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -21.8% | #200 of 854 | #13 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
600
-46 (-7%) vs 2020
-39% since 2000-01, when it was 986
Student : Teacher
12.4:1
was 12.2:1
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 | 600 | 48.2 | 12.4:1 | 18% (108) |
| 2023-24 | 632 | 48.1 | 13.1:1 | 22% (137) |
| 2022-23 | 634 | 47.1 | 13.5:1 | 13% (84) |
| 2020-21 | 646 | 53 | 12.2:1 | 15% (98) |
| 2017-18 | 767 | 61.6 | 12.4:1 | 17% (127) |
| 2015-16 | 665 | 46 | 14.5:1 | 15% (100) |
| 2010-11 | 739 | 50 | 14.8:1 | 10% (77) |
| 2000-01 | 986 | 57 | 17.3:1 | 2% (18) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Vaughan Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 22% (767 to 600); teachers down 22% (61.6 to 48.2).
About Vaughan Elementary School
Vaughan Elementary School is a mid-sized elementary school for students in Powder Springs, Georgia. It has an enrollment of 600 students in pre-K through 5.
In Cobb County, 110 schools enroll a combined 105,738 students.
Of every 100 students at Vaughan Elementary School, about 61 are White. The rest of enrollment is 17% Black, 9% Hispanic, 9% multiracial, and 4% Asian. Among all residents of Cobb County, the White share is about 49%. Measured by the diversity index, the student body scores 58%.
The school has 48.2 full-time-equivalent teachers and a ratio of 12.4 students per teacher. Statewide, elementary schools in Georgia average 13.3:1. Of all students at Vaughan Elementary School, 18% are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. Across public schools in Cobb County, the average is 53%.
Vaughan Elementary School earns a B on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 61% of Georgia public elementary schools.
Vaughan Elementary School sits between the top and bottom 10% of Georgia schools on BeatsExpectations, with an actual average proficiency rate across its state test results of 64.3% and a predicted 68.0%.
American Community Survey estimates for Cobb County show that median household income comes to about $102,738, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 51% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 6%. Cobb County counts 129 public schools with about 116,609 students.
About 1.8 miles separate Vaughan Elementary School from the closest public school, Ford Elementary School. Other public schools within five miles: at least 8. The average proficiency across nearby scored schools is 58.3%; Vaughan Elementary School's is 64.3%, ranking 5th of 9.
Locale: Suburb: Large. In NCES terms, the school is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Over the 4 years from 2020-21 to 2024-25, enrollment fell 7%.
On allk12, people connected to Vaughan Elementary School can post about pickup and drop-off, after-school programs, and teacher feedback. 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 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
Other Vaughan Elementary schools
One other US public school is named Vaughan Elementary. Vaughan Elementary School is the largest of the 2.
- Vaughan ElementaryMacon, NC · 158 students
Nearby schools
- Ford Elementary School1.8 mi · 750
- East Paulding High School1.9 mi · 1,985
- Lost Mountain Middle School2.1 mi · 979
- East Paulding Middle School2.3 mi · 630
- Harrison High School2.4 mi · 2,224
- Kemp Elementary School2.5 mi · 894
Frequently asked questions
About Vaughan Elementary SchoolHow large is Vaughan Elementary School?
Vaughan Elementary School enrolls approximately 600 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does Vaughan Elementary School serve?
Vaughan Elementary School serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Vaughan Elementary School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Vaughan Elementary School is approximately 12.4:1 (48 FTE teachers).
What is the student diversity at Vaughan Elementary School?
Student demographics at Vaughan Elementary School are roughly 61% White, 9% Hispanic, 17% Black, 4% Asian, 9% Two or more.
Is Vaughan Elementary School public or private?
Vaughan Elementary School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Cobb County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.