Sawyer Road Elementary School

Sawyer Road Elementary School

Public Elementary School | Grade K-5
840 Sawyer Rd,  Marietta, GA
Marietta City Schools
4.9
570 Students
B+
Niche Grade
Sawyer Road Elementary School has a mission statement of education based on inquiry and life experience. The school provides International Baccalaureate Primary Years Programme to all students. Arts and world language programs are offered in order to create well-rounded students. The school’s programs integrate technology into learning — a STEAM lab called the Starfish Exploratorium makes learning about science, technology, engineering, arts and mathematics fun for students. Each student is exposed to art, music, drama and Spanish through daily programming. Outside the classroom, Sawyer Road Elementary School has a student garden and observational beehive where students can learn about nature and gardening. Two playgrounds and a soccer field provide opportunities to play and have fun, along with a gaga ball pit – an alternative to dodge ball – that was built by community volunteers. Before and after-school programs offer supervised homework, games and arts. The school’s teachers have earned Marietta City Schools Teacher of the Year Awards and Atlanta Braves Most Valuable Teacher Awards. Sawyer Road Elementary School, home to the mascot Sawyer Road Starfish, is a place for children to start the path to lifelong learning.

School Details

Head of School
Susan Graves
Student Teacher Ratio
10:1
Math Proficiency
41%
Reading Proficiency
31%

Niche Grade

B
Academics
B+
Teachers
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Academics
Reading Proficiency
31%
Math Proficiency
41%
Teachers
Student Teacher Ratio
10:1
Teachers
58
Full Time Teachers
58
Teachers in First or Second Year
1.6%

GreatSchools Rating

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Test Scores

Math
7.2%
State Average
13%
Science
1.1%
State Average
9.3%
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Teachers and Staff

Students Per Counselor
296:1

Student Diversity

Male
52%
Female
48%
Hispanic
47.7%
Black
35%
White
8.6%
Two or more races
5.8%
Asian or Pacific Islander
1.9%
Native American
1%
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Specialty School Programs

Free/Reduced Lunch Offered

This School’s Reviews

GreatSchools Reviews
4.9 24 Reviews
5.0 parent
10/2/2020
I would recommend any & all parents trust their kids education & life experience at this school. Honestly, I'm stunned it's only a "4" on Great Schools at the time of this writing.
5.0 parent
5/27/2017
Love SRE! My oldest son just ended 5th grade and my second son 3rd grade. Teachers are amazing always challenging the kids, they give special homework depending on the student, love their clubs science/chess/pe/coding/etc. Work very hard on reading and also using technology(emails, online presentati...
5.0 other
4/18/2017
Go Sawyer !!!!!!!!!! great awesome achieveable loving best school in marietta city. I'm a IB mom and my kid do nothing but excell Mrs. Averill Mr Spreling awsone wouldn't have it any other way.
5.0 other
3/27/2017
One word, Amazing and the students love to be there.

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