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What's something Alford Elementary does better than most schools?
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Enrollment
828
Elementary
DISTRICT 956 · STATE 605
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·GWINNETT COUNTY·NCES 130255002904
Alford Elementary
2625 Lawrenceville Hwy, Lawrenceville, GA 30044 · (678) 924-5300 · Gwinnett County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL828 STUDENTS
C-
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Scored higher than 22% of Georgia public elementary schools
- CTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- C-Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- C+Three-year trend Change in reading and math proficiency over the last three test years.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Georgia public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
12.4:1
67 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.9:1 · STATE 13.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
83%
688 students
DISTRICT 63% · STATE 74%
Community
6
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 24 | 3% |
| Kindergarten | 124 | 15% |
| Grade 1 | 102 | 12% |
| Grade 2 | 149 | 18% |
| Grade 3 | 154 | 19% |
| Grade 4 | 136 | 16% |
| Grade 5 | 139 | 17% |
This year's kindergarten class (124) is 11% smaller than its 5th grade class (139).
Student demographics
58%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 73% · STATE 71% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
School pathway
Students here typically continue to
Based on published attendance-zone data from Gwinnett County. Zones change; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
Georgia Milestones 2024-25 . % Proficient or DistinguishedEnglish Language Arts
27.4%
GA avg 40.1% . -1.2pp since 2021
Math
35.8%
GA avg 44.6% . +4.1pp since 2021
What this means: On the Georgia Milestones, Georgia's statewide test, about 27 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 36 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Georgia schools, those numbers are about 40 and 45. Reading and writing scores are down about 1 points since 2021, while math scores are up about 4 points.
Georgia Milestones results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 27.4% | 35.8% |
| 2023-24 | 21.6% | 27.0% |
| 2022-23 | 23.2% | 24.7% |
| 2021-22 | 28.6% | 31.7% |
% Proficient or Distinguished, all students and all tested grades.
Source: Georgia Milestones. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
28.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
34.4%
based on GA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-6.1pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 28% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 34% typical for Georgia schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among Georgia's top nor bottom 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like Alford Elementary
Alford Elementary's state test result (28.3% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alford Elementary this school | 828 | 83.1% | 28.3% |
| Minor Elementary School Lilburn | 952 | 81.0% | 26.8% |
| Ferguson Elementary School Duluth | 856 | 83.5% | 29.1% |
| Kanoheda Elementary School Lawrenceville | 925 | 84.4% | 35.7% |
| Baggett Elementary School Lawrenceville | 1,019 | 89.0% | 30.6% |
| Bethesda Elementary School Lawrenceville | 1,083 | 82.1% | 39.1% |
Matched among Georgia elementary schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where Alford Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Georgia | In Gwinnett County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 28.3% | #850 of 1,208 | #73 of 84 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 35.8% | #714 of 1,215 ▲ 191 | #64 of 84 ▲ 13 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 27.4% | #810 of 1,215 ▲ 207 | #67 of 84 ▲ 9 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +1.4pp | #645 of 1,183 | #24 of 83 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 828 | #201 of 1,324 | #54 of 88 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.4:1 | #382 of 1,301 | #28 of 87 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 58.1% | #555 of 1,301 | #61 of 87 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 83.1% | #674 of 1,312 | #13 of 88 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -11.1% | #491 of 854 | #23 of 53 |
Ranked against other public elementary schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
828
-41 (-5%) vs 2020
-14% since 2010-11, when it was 964
Student : Teacher
12.4:1
was 13.0:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 828 | 66.6 | 12.4:1 | 83% (688) |
| 2023-24 | 822 | 71.5 | 11.5:1 | 85% (700) |
| 2022-23 | 896 | 65.5 | 13.7:1 | 79% (709) |
| 2020-21 | 869 | 67 | 13.0:1 | 73% (634) |
| 2017-18 | 931 | 66 | 14.1:1 | 83% (771) |
| 2015-16 | 921 | 63 | 14.6:1 | 81% (749) |
| 2010-11 | 964 | 75 | 12.8:1 | 76% (732) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Alford Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 11% (931 to 828); teachers up 1% (66 to 66.6).
About Alford Elementary
Alford Elementary is a medium-sized elementary school in Gwinnett County, located in Lawrenceville, Georgia. A federal count lists 828 students at the school, in pre-K through 5. An average school in this group (elementary schools in Georgia) has about 605 students.
The Gwinnett County system has 141 schools and 182,518 students.
A majority of students at Alford Elementary, 60%, are Hispanic. Beyond that, enrollment is 21% Black, 10% Asian, 7% White, and 2% multiracial. The Hispanic share of the county population is lower, at 24%. By the diversity index, Alford Elementary comes in at 58%.
With 66.6 full-time-equivalent teachers in 2024-25, the ratio at Alford Elementary was 12.4:1. Among elementary schools in Georgia, the typical ratio is 13.3:1. Alford Elementary's free or reduced-price lunch eligibility rate is 83%. Compared with the 60% average for public schools in Gwinnett County, the school's rate is higher.
Alford Elementary is graded C- by allk12, scoring above 22% of Georgia public elementary schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
BeatsExpectations compares each school's average proficiency rate on state tests with a prediction based on free or reduced-price lunch eligibility. For Alford Elementary, the prediction is 34.4% and the result is 28.3%.
Federal survey data for Gwinnett County show that median household income is about $87,890, about 39% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 9%. A total of 150 public schools operate in Gwinnett County, serving about 196,924 students.
The nearest other public school, Bethesda Elementary School, is about 0.9 miles away. The count of other public schools within five miles is at least 8. Ranked by average proficiency, Alford Elementary places 8th out of 9 schools in its immediate area.
The school's setting, by NCES definition, is Suburb: Large: in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
The number of students dropped from 869 to 828 over 4 years.
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Gwinnett County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
979,864
Census ACS
Median income
$87,890
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
39%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
9%
Below federal line
Schools in county
150
196,924 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Gwinnett County
- Brookwood High SchoolHigh · 3,803 students
- Grayson High SchoolHigh · 3,627 students
- Parkview High SchoolHigh · 3,216 students
- Peachtree Ridge High SchoolHigh · 3,155 students
- Archer High SchoolHigh · 3,058 students
- North Gwinnett High SchoolHigh · 3,033 students
Other schools in Lawrenceville
- Archer High SchoolHigh · 3,058 students
- Discovery High SchoolHigh · 2,703 students
- Central Gwinnett High SchoolHigh · 2,414 students
- Mountain View High SchoolHigh · 2,221 students
- Gwinnett Online CampusCombined · 1,996 students
- Richards Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,974 students
Nearby schools
- Bethesda Elementary School0.9 mi · 1,083
- Kanoheda Elementary School1.4 mi · 925
- Baggett Elementary School1.7 mi · 1,019
- Gwinnett School of Mathematics- Science and Technology2.0 mi · 1,304
- Gwin Oaks Elementary School2.1 mi · 1,077
- Sweetwater Middle School2.1 mi · 1,470
Frequently asked questions
About Alford ElementaryWhat is the total enrollment at Alford Elementary?
Alford Elementary enrolls approximately 828 students in grades PK-05.
Is Alford Elementary an elementary, middle, or high school?
Alford Elementary is an elementary school covering grades PK-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Alford Elementary?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Alford Elementary is approximately 12.4:1 (67 FTE teachers).
How diverse is Alford Elementary?
Alford Elementary reports a student body of 7% White, 60% Hispanic, 21% Black, 10% Asian, 2% Two or more.
Who oversees Alford Elementary?
Alford Elementary is overseen by Gwinnett County in Gwinnett County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.