NCES CCD 2024-25 16 schools GA

Best-Resourced Schools in Kennesaw, GA

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

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16
Schools
15,046
Students
45.4/100
Avg Resource Index
13.9:1
Avg Student-Teacher Ratio

National city placement

Middle-of-corpus city profile

According to NCES CCD 2024-25, Kennesaw has more public-school enrollment than 89% of the 4,487 US cities in this directory. Kennesaw 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.

A full K–12 ladder sits inside the city boundary

Kennesaw's list includes 2 elementary, 5 middle, and 3 high-school campuses, plus 6 combined-grade records. The city average spans every major grade stage, so the ranked table is more informative when read within level than as one interchangeable queue.

Campus spread matters more than the city mean

The 31-point gap between Devereux Ackerman Academy and Palmer Middle School shows the range hidden by Kennesaw'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 11%
School count
Top 21%
Resource Index average
72nd percentile
Teacher staffing
68th percentile

North Cobb High School accounts for 16.4% of all Kennesaw public-school enrollment

That concentration means Kennesaw-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

Kennesaw school enrollment varies 46× across entities

Kennesaw school enrollment ranges from 54 students (lowest) to 2,463 students (highest), a spread of 2,409 students. That ratio is among the widest observed and reflects extreme heterogeneity inside a single city, with small specialty programs listed alongside large comprehensive campuses. 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

Kennesaw student-teacher ratio is 13.9:1 — 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. Devereux Ackerman Academy 68
2. Lewis Elementary School 57
3. Big Shanty Elementary School 51
4. Pine Mountain Middle School 49
5. Kennesaw Mountain High School 48
6. Chalker Elementary School 45
7. Awtrey Middle School 45
8. Northwest Classical Academy 44
9. Kennesaw Elementary School 43
10. Bullard Elementary School 42
11. Harrison High School 40
12. Mcclure Middle School 40
13. Lost Mountain Middle School 40
14. North Cobb High School 39
15. Hayes Elementary School 39
16. Palmer Middle School 37

Most racially and ethnically mixed schools in Kennesaw

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 Kennesaw Mountain High School 73.8/100
  2. 2 Lewis Elementary School 73.5/100
  3. 3 Kennesaw Elementary School 73.4/100
  4. 4 Palmer Middle School 73.2/100
  5. 5 Awtrey Middle School 72.8/100

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Which Kennesaw school has the highest Resource Investment Index? ▼

Devereux Ackerman Academy has the highest Resource Investment Index among the Kennesaw schools in this federal-data comparison at 68/100. The index summarizes reported staffing, counseling, gifted-program, and attendance inputs; it is not an academic rating.

How many schools are in Kennesaw, GA? ▼

Kennesaw has 16 public schools with a total enrollment of 15,046 students. 1 are charter schools. Average student-teacher ratio: 13.9:1.

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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.