Sawnee Elementary School

Regular School · Cumming, GA

Sawnee Elementary School is a regular school school in Cumming, Georgia, serving grades PK–05 with 1,591 students enrolled (SY 2024-2025). The student-teacher ratio is 15.9:1.

Level

Elementary

Grades

PK – 05

Enrollment

1,591

Teachers (FTE)

99.9

Student–Teacher Ratio

15.9:1

Status

Open

Lunch Program Participation

Yes participating without using any Provision or the CEO

Student Demographics (SY 2024-2025)

Race / Ethnicity	Students	Share
Asian	659	41%
White	594	37%
Hispanic/Latino	223	14%
Black or African American	50	3%
Two or more races	50	3%
American Indian / Alaska Native	15	1%
Total enrollment	1,591	825M / 766F

English Language Learners: 187 (12% of enrollment) · SY 2021–22

Academic Performance (SY 2021-2022)

Metric	This School	State Avg	Tested
Math Proficiency	55.0% +18.6pp	36.4%	684
Reading Proficiency	46.0% +6.6pp	39.4%	685
Science Proficiency	47.0%	—	218

Source: EDFacts, SY 2020–2021. Suppressed values (e.g. <=10%) indicate fewer than the minimum reportable threshold.

Stanford Achievement Estimate

Pooled score across SY 2009–2022 (grades 3–8), expressed in grade levels relative to the national average. Positive = above average.

Overall (Math + ELA)

+0.45 grade levels

Math

+0.04 grade levels

Programs & Discipline

Gifted & Talented

Program offered

89 students enrolled

Out-of-School Suspensions

0.3% of enrollment · SY 2021–22

Chronically Absent

139

8.7% of enrollment · SY 2019–20

Source: Civil Rights Data Collection (CRDC), Office for Civil Rights & EDFacts.

Lunch Program (SY 2024-2025)

Category	Students	% of School
Total enrollment (est.)	1,591	100%

Contact & Location

1616 Canton Hwy

Cumming, GA 30040

Phone: (770)887-6161

http://www.forsyth.k12.ga.us/sawneeelementary/site/default.asp

District

Forsyth County

Per-pupil expenditure: $13,658

District enrollment: 54,077

Other Schools in District

Big Creek Elementary School Elementary
Brandywine Elementary School Elementary
Brookwood Elementary Elementary
Chattahoochee Elementary School Elementary
Chestatee Elementary Elementary
Coal Mountain Elementary School Elementary
Cumming Elementary School Elementary
Daves Creek Elementary School Elementary

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Related Data

Neighborhood demographics (ZIP 30040) → CensusDepth.com
Georgia population & income data → CensusDepth.com
Georgia teacher salaries → WageDepth.com

NCES ID

130222002173

Data sources: NCES CCD SY 2024-2025 (directory, staff, lunch), EDFacts SY 2020-21 (assessments), CRDC SY 2021-22 (programs & discipline), SEDA v6.0 (achievement estimates). Updated annually. NCES CCD