NCES CCD 2024-25 17 schools GA

Best-Resourced Schools in Roswell, GA

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

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17
Schools
13,061
Students
44.6/100
Avg Resource Index
13.3:1
Avg Student-Teacher Ratio

National city placement

Middle-of-corpus city profile

According to NCES CCD 2024-25, Roswell has more public-school enrollment than 86% of the 4,487 US cities in this directory. Roswell 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

10 of Roswell's 17 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 29-point gap between International Charter School of Atlanta and Jackson Elementary School shows the range hidden by Roswell'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 14%
School count
Top 19%
Resource Index average
68th percentile
Teacher staffing
76th percentile

Roswell High School accounts for 15.6% of all Roswell public-school enrollment

That concentration means Roswell-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

Roswell school enrollment varies 16× across entities

Roswell school enrollment ranges from 129 students (lowest) to 2,035 students (highest), a spread of 1,906 students. That spread reflects typical urban portfolio variation between specialty programs and large neighbourhood schools. 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

Roswell student-teacher ratio is 13.3:1 — 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

2 of Roswell's 17 listed schools are charters

12% of the city's listed public-school campuses are reported as charter schools in NCES CCD. Charter status identifies a different governance arrangement; it does not establish admissions availability, academic quality, or the share of city students enrolled in those campuses. Open each school record to compare enrollment and staffing directly.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data

# School Score
1. International Charter School of Atlanta 59
2. Independence High School 54
3. Mountain Park Elementary School 51
4. Northwood Elementary School 49
5. Crabapple Middle School 47
6. Fulton Academy of Science and Technology 47
7. Sweet Apple Elementary School 46
8. River Eves Elementary School 46
9. Hembree Springs Elementary School 44
10. Hillside Elementary School 44
11. Roswell High School 43
12. Elkins Pointe Middle School 43
13. Mimosa Elementary School 41
14. Centennial High School 40
15. Vickery Mill Elementary 39
16. Roswell North Elementary School 36
17. Jackson Elementary School 30

Most racially and ethnically mixed schools in Roswell

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 Fulton Academy of Science and Technology 76.2/100
  2. 2 International Charter School of Atlanta 74.8/100
  3. 3 Hillside Elementary School 73.2/100
  4. 4 River Eves Elementary School 70.6/100
  5. 5 Hembree Springs Elementary School 69.5/100

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Which Roswell school has the highest Resource Investment Index? ▼

International Charter School of Atlanta has the highest Resource Investment Index among the Roswell 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 Roswell, GA? ▼

Roswell has 17 public schools with a total enrollment of 13,061 students. 2 are charter schools. Average student-teacher ratio: 13.3:1.

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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.