NCES CCD 2024-25 13 schools GA

Best-Resourced Schools in Acworth, GA

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13 public K-12 schools in Acworth from NCES Common Core of Data: enrollment, grade span, demographics, and Civil Rights Data Collection statistics for every active campus.

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13
Schools
9,876
Students
46.6/100
Avg Resource Index
12.9:1
Avg Student-Teacher Ratio

National city placement

Middle-of-corpus city profile

According to NCES CCD 2024-25, Acworth has more public-school enrollment than 80% of the 4,487 US cities in this directory. Acworth sits in the broad middle of the national city distribution rather than at a single obvious extreme. Its scale, average Resource Investment Index, and staffing position need to be read together: a middle placement on one measure does not cancel a stronger or weaker result on another. The percentile panel makes those dimensions explicit, and the school table shows where the city aggregate breaks into materially different campus profiles.

Combined-grade campuses shape the local portfolio

9 of Acworth's 13 listed schools use NCES's combined or “other” grade-level classification. Citywide averages therefore blend campuses serving unusually broad or nonstandard grade spans with conventional elementary, middle, and high schools. Grade configuration is a first-order comparison here, not a minor label.

Campus spread matters more than the city mean

The 20-point gap between Oak Grove Elementary School and Allatoona Elementary School shows the range hidden by Acworth's average Resource Investment Index. The city figure is useful for national placement, but families ultimately choose among campuses with different grade spans, enrollment, district affiliations, and reported support fields. Start with schools serving the relevant grade level, then compare the index components rather than assuming the city average describes any one classroom.

City enrollment
Top 20%
School count
Top 28%
Resource Index average
76th percentile
Teacher staffing
80th percentile

Allatoona High School accounts for 15.8% of all Acworth public-school enrollment

That concentration means Acworth-wide averages can mask substantial variation outside the largest entity. Grade level: High. The share measures enrollment concentration only; it does not establish how districts allocate programs, capital, or staff. Enrollment-weighted aggregates give this entity more weight than any smaller peer, while an unweighted entity average treats every record equally.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data

Acworth school enrollment varies 5.9× across entities

Acworth school enrollment ranges from 265 students (lowest) to 1,560 students (highest), a spread of 1,295 students. That relatively narrow ratio reflects an unusually homogeneous school portfolio for a city this size. Per-school staffing and program breadth can differ sharply at opposite ends of that enrollment range, so the city average should not be treated as a typical campus.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data

Acworth student-teacher ratio is 12.9:1 — low (typically associated with smaller schools or per-school staffing investment that often correlates with stronger per-student supports)

student-teacher ratio is the simplest comparative metric but it does not capture the full picture: the ratio counts FTE classroom teachers against total enrollment, push-in specialists, English-language aides, special-education co-teachers, and counselors are not included in most reporting Lower values often correlate with smaller scale and population characteristics rather than higher resource budgets per se.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data, Public School Universe

# School Score
1. Oak Grove Elementary School 59
2. Ford Elementary School 54
3. Mccall Primary School 50
4. Clark Creek Elementary School 48
5. Baker Elementary School 48
6. Acworth Intermediate School 48
7. Pickett's Mill Elementary School 46
8. Allatoona High School 45
9. Frey Elementary School 45
10. Pitner Elementary School 42
11. Durham Middle School 41
12. Barber Middle School 41
13. Allatoona Elementary School 39

Most racially and ethnically mixed schools in Acworth

Ranked by the Simpson student-body diversity index (0-100) from NCES race and ethnicity data, where higher means a more evenly mixed student body. It measures mix, not quality.

  1. 1 Baker Elementary School 74.5/100
  2. 2 Pitner Elementary School 73.6/100
  3. 3 Clark Creek Elementary School 72.7/100
  4. 4 Acworth Intermediate School 72.4/100
  5. 5 Barber Middle School 71.8/100

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Which Acworth school has the highest Resource Investment Index? ▼

Oak Grove Elementary School has the highest Resource Investment Index among the Acworth schools in this federal-data comparison at 59/100. The index summarizes reported staffing, counseling, gifted-program, and attendance inputs; it is not an academic rating.

How many schools are in Acworth, GA? ▼

Acworth has 13 public schools with a total enrollment of 9,876 students. Average student-teacher ratio: 12.9:1.

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Data from NCES Common Core of Data (CCD) 2024-25 and Civil Rights Data Collection (CRDC) 2021-22. The Resource Investment Index uses reported student-teacher ratio, counselor access, gifted programs, and attendance; it is not an academic rating. Cities must include at least five schools to be listed. This public-data comparison is for informational purposes: verify current enrollment, attendance boundaries, and programs with the school district before acting. See the guide to understanding NCES data.