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Schools in Zip Code 30127

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Schools

13,512

Students

Districts

5-star schools

Top rankedLovinggood Middle School54^th of 578 Georgia middle schools

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Biggest riser

Powder Springs Elementary School up 91 spots statewide this year

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Smallest classes

Praise Academy 8.2 students per teacher

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4 schools without a SchoolDigger rating (private or too few tested students)

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Summary:

ZIP code 30127, covering the Powder Springs area of Georgia, is home to 14 schools serving Pre-K through 12th grade across the Cobb County, Paulding County, and State Specialty Schools II districts, with total enrollment of about 12,200 students.

For parents, the standout options in this area are clear. Hillgrove High School leads the high schools by a wide margin, ranking in the 91st percentile statewide with a 96.4% graduation rate, while McEachern High School trails significantly—Hillgrove outperforms McEachern by over 33 percentage points in Algebra I and Biology. At the middle school level, Lovinggood Middle School is the top choice, ranking in the 91st percentile with a perfect 100% Algebra I proficiency rate, far ahead of Tapp Middle School and J. A. Dobbins Middle School. Among elementary schools, Kemp Elementary School and Vaughan Elementary School are the strongest, with Vaughan posting the lowest chronic absenteeism rate in the ZIP code at just 3.7%.

Families should be aware of significant disparities. Compton Elementary School ranks in the 11th percentile with 100% of students qualifying for free/reduced lunch, and Miles Ahead Charter School has dropped from the 41st to 18th percentile in one year with a 22.5% chronic absenteeism rate. Notably, per-student spending does not predict success—Compton spends the most ($20,218 per student) yet performs lowest, while Hillgrove spends the least ($12,833) and achieves the best results. Chronic absenteeism is a strong indicator of performance: top schools all stay below 10% absenteeism, while struggling schools exceed 16%. The Paulding County schools in this area also lag their Cobb County counterparts, even when serving similar demographics.

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School													Students/Teachers											Ranking (2026)				Ranking (2025)				Milestones Assessment Algebra I (2026)	Milestones Assessment Biology (2026)	Milestones Assessment United States History (2026)	Milestones Assessment Mathematics (2026)						Milestones Assessment Science (2026)		Milestones Assessment Social Studies (2026)	Milestones Assessment HS Physical Science (2026)	Per Pupil Expenditures (2025)
Name	Type	Grades	Address	City	Zip	County	District	Is Charter	Is Magnet	Is Virtual	Is Title I	Phone	Enrollment	Full-time Teachers	Student/ Teacher Ratio	Free/Discounted Lunch Recipients	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Average Standard Score (2026)	Statewide Rank (2026)	State Percentile (2026)	SchoolDigger Rating (2026)	Average Standard Score (2025)	Statewide Rank (2025)	State Percentile (2025)	Rank Change from Previous Year	Milestones Assessment Algebra I End of Course	Milestones Assessment Biology End of Course	Milestones Assessment United States History End of Course	Milestones Assessment Mathematics 3rd Grade	Milestones Assessment Mathematics 4th Grade	Milestones Assessment Mathematics 5th Grade	Milestones Assessment Mathematics 6th Grade	Milestones Assessment Mathematics 7th Grade	Milestones Assessment Mathematics 8th Grade	Milestones Assessment Science 5th Grade	Milestones Assessment Science 8th Grade	Milestones Assessment Social Studies 8th Grade	Milestones Assessment HS Physical Science 8th Grade	Per Pupil Expenditures Total	Sub-total from Federal Funds	Sub-total from State/Local Funds
Still Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	870 Casteel Rd	Powder Springs	30127	Cobb County	Cobb County	No	No	No	No	(678) 594-8287	755	62	12.1	32.2%	330 (43.7%)	209 (27.7%)	122 (16.2%)	29 (3.8%)	1 (0.1%)	0 (0.0%)	64 (8.5%)	73.9	284^th of 1219 public elementary schools	76.7%		70.8	321^st of 1238 public elementary schools	74.1%	37				64.7	63.8	56.9				44.6				$17,191	$390	$16,800
Hendricks Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	5243 Meadows Rd	Powder Springs	30127	Cobb County	Cobb County	No	No	No	Yes	(770) 819-2387	538	42	12.9	98.5%	39 (7.2%)	319 (59.3%)	133 (24.7%)	9 (1.7%)	2 (0.4%)	1 (0.2%)	35 (6.5%)	32.8	786^th of 1219 public elementary schools	35.5%		37.8	715^th of 1238 public elementary schools	42.2%	71				32.9	37.1	38.5				32.5				$18,892	$785	$18,107
McEachern High School	Public	9-12	2400 New Macland Rd	Powder Springs	30127	Cobb County	Cobb County	No	No	No	No	(770) 222-3710	2,175	126	17.2	69.3%	123 (5.7%)	1,433 (65.9%)	509 (23.4%)	12 (0.6%)	3 (0.1%)	0 (0.0%)	95 (4.4%)	44.9	192^nd of 455 public high schools	57.8%		42.3	211^th of 451 public high schools	53.2%	19	33.6	35.7	51.1											$13,650	$366	$13,284
Tapp Middle School	Public	6-8	3900 Macedonia Rd	Powder Springs	30127	Cobb County	Cobb County	No	No	No	Yes	(770) 222-3758	809	54	14.8	87.4%	48 (5.9%)	466 (57.6%)	237 (29.3%)	12 (1.5%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	46 (5.7%)	50.8	258^th of 578 public middle schools	55.4%		57.3	226^th of 585 public middle schools	61.4%	32	95.5						36.8	46.3	36.6		20.3	45.4	52.9	$15,365	$841	$14,524
Compton Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	3450 New Macland Rd	Powder Springs	30127	Cobb County	Cobb County	No	No	No	Yes	(770) 222-3700	593	60	9.8	100.0%	42 (7.1%)	295 (49.7%)	231 (39.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	25 (4.2%)	14.9	1079^th of 1219 public elementary schools	11.5%		22.5	967^th of 1238 public elementary schools	21.9%	112				25.0	28.9	24.7				14.5				$20,218	$977	$19,241
Vaughan Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	5950 Nichols Rd	Powder Springs	30127	Cobb County	Cobb County	No	No	No	No	(678) 594-8298	600	48	12.4	18.0%	366 (61.0%)	101 (16.8%)	56 (9.3%)	22 (3.7%)	2 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	53 (8.8%)	81.7	204^th of 1219 public elementary schools	83.3%		86.4	167^th of 1238 public elementary schools	86.5%	37				56.7	63.7	65.0				62.5				$17,981	$420	$17,561
Powder Springs Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	4570 Grady Grier Dr	Powder Springs	30127	Cobb County	Cobb County	No	No	No	Yes	(770) 222-3746	805	66	12.2	94.8%	62 (7.7%)	495 (61.5%)	169 (21.0%)	5 (0.6%)	2 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	72 (8.9%)	44.2	628^th of 1219 public elementary schools	48.5%		37.5	719^th of 1238 public elementary schools	41.9%	91				34.8	51.1	46.6				33.6				$16,913	$794	$16,119
Varner Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	4761 Gaydon Rd	Powder Springs	30127	Cobb County	Cobb County	No	No	No	Yes	(770) 222-3775	705	57	12.4	60.7%	93 (13.2%)	368 (52.2%)	157 (22.3%)	19 (2.7%)	2 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	66 (9.4%)	47.6	580^th of 1219 public elementary schools	52.4%		45.8	617^th of 1238 public elementary schools	50.2%	37				44.6	49.6	41.6				36.0				$18,612	$716	$17,896
Kemp Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	865 Corner Rd	Powder Springs	30127	Cobb County	Cobb County	No	No	No	No	(678) 594-8158	894	65	13.8	21.5%	391 (43.7%)	316 (35.3%)	89 (10.0%)	28 (3.1%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	70 (7.8%)	85.2	177^th of 1219 public elementary schools	85.5%		89.3	132^nd of 1238 public elementary schools	89.3%	45				73.9	67.4	65.4				55.2				$16,458	$496	$15,961
Lovinggood Middle School	Public	6-8	3825 Luther Ward Rd	Powder Springs	30127	Cobb County	Cobb County	No	No	No	No	(678) 331-3015	1,209	71	16.9	32.3%	494 (40.9%)	377 (31.2%)	197 (16.3%)	51 (4.2%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	90 (7.4%)	88.3	54^th of 578 public middle schools	90.7%		88.5	61^st of 585 public middle schools	89.6%	7	100.0						52.7	62.1	66.0		61.4	69.4	88.6	$13,392	$351	$13,041
Hillgrove High School	Public	9-12	4165 Luther Ward Rd	Powder Springs	30127	Cobb County	Cobb County	No	No	No	No	(678) 331-3961	2,282	125	18.2	30.3%	890 (39.0%)	822 (36.0%)	360 (15.8%)	79 (3.5%)	4 (0.2%)	3 (0.1%)	124 (5.4%)	79.4	40^th of 455 public high schools	91.2%		83	41^st of 451 public high schools	90.9%	1	67.1	69.8	56.8											$12,833	$380	$12,452
J. A. Dobbins Middle School	Public	6-8	637 Williams Lake Rd	Powder Springs	30127	Paulding County	Paulding County	No	No	No	No	(770) 443-4835	531	41	12.9	71.4%	130 (24.5%)	205 (38.6%)	157 (29.6%)	2 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.2%)	36 (6.8%)	47	283^rd of 578 public middle schools	51.0%		41.7	326^th of 585 public middle schools	44.3%	43	100.0						25.7	30.2	46.7		29.6	39.7		$16,471	$722	$15,749
Bessie L. Baggett Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	948 Williams Lake Rd	Powder Springs	30127	Paulding County	Paulding County	No	No	No	Yes	(678) 460-1570	549	46	11.9	70.3%	174 (31.7%)	202 (36.8%)	127 (23.1%)	7 (1.3%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	39 (7.1%)	24.7	921^st of 1219 public elementary schools	24.4%		28.1	873^rd of 1238 public elementary schools	29.5%	48				35.3	26.4	32.2				26.9				$16,107	$644	$15,462
Miles Ahead Charter School	Public, Charter	K-5	4665 Macland Road	Powder Springs	30127	Cobb County	State Specialty Schools II- Miles Ahead Charter School	Yes	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(770) 313-4841	261	23	11.6	46.0%	18 (6.9%)	218 (83.5%)	20 (7.7%)	1 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	4 (1.5%)	19.6	999^th of 1219 public elementary schools	18.0%		36.5	729^th of 1238 public elementary schools	41.1%	270				34.2	30.8	19.0				19.0				$16,834	$729	$16,104
Praise Academy	Private, Christian (no specific denomination)	PK, KG-12	4052 Hiram Lithia Springs Rd	Powder Springs	30127	Cobb County		(n/a)	(n/a)	(n/a)	(n/a)	(770) 943-2484	304	32	8.2		177 (58.2%)	53 (17.4%)	7 (2.3%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	30 (9.9%)								(n/a)
Jubilee Christian Preparatory Academy	Private, Christian (no specific denomination)	K-3	3000 Macedonia Rd	Powder Springs	30127	Cobb County		(n/a)	(n/a)	(n/a)	(n/a)	(678) 384-0656	24	3	8.0		0 (0.0%)	23 (95.8%)	1 (4.2%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)								(n/a)
Midway Covenant Christian School	Private, Christian (no specific denomination)	PK, KG-8	4635 Dallas Hwy	Powder Springs	30127	Cobb County		(n/a)	(n/a)	(n/a)	(n/a)	(770) 590-1866	257	27	9.1		0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)								(n/a)
Cumberland Christian Academy	Private, Christian (no specific denomination)	PK, KG-12	5350 Holloman Rd	Powder Springs	30127	Cobb County		(n/a)	(n/a)	(n/a)	(n/a)	(678) 426-1600	221	24	8.6		47 (21.3%)	139 (62.9%)	3 (1.4%)	9 (4.1%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	7 (3.2%)								(n/a)

Cities Near Zip Code 30127

City	Distance	# of Schools	Statewide Rank
Powder Springs	0.78 mi	14	148^th
Marietta	3.43 mi	60	91^st
Hiram	3.73 mi	4	224^th
Austell	4.22 mi	6	191^st
Dallas	4.86 mi	21	178^th

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SchoolDigger data sources: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education, the U.S. Census Bureau and the Georgia Department of Education.

IMPORTANT DISCLAIMERS: Not all boundaries are included. We make every effort to ensure that boundaries are up-to-date. But it's important to note that these are approximations and are for general informational purposes only. To verify legal descriptions of boundaries or school locations, contact your local tax assessor's office and/or school district.