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Enrollment
905
Elementary
DISTRICT 956 · STATE 605
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·GWINNETT COUNTY·NCES 130255001902
Arcado Elementary School
5150 Arcado Rd SW, Lilburn, GA 30047 · (770) 925-2100 · Gwinnett County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL905 STUDENTS
A
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 94% of Georgia public elementary schools
- A-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- A-Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- AThree-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
13.2:1
69 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.9:1 · STATE 13.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
61%
554 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 | 2 | 0% |
| Kindergarten | 128 | 14% |
| Grade 1 | 133 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 161 | 18% |
| Grade 3 | 163 | 18% |
| Grade 4 | 165 | 18% |
| Grade 5 | 153 | 17% |
This year's kindergarten class (128) is 16% smaller than its 5th grade class (153).
Student demographics
74%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
47.7%
GA avg 40.1% . -0.3pp since 2021
Math
62.6%
GA avg 44.6% . +17.4pp since 2021
What this means: On the Georgia Milestones, Georgia's statewide test, about 48 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 63 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Georgia schools, those numbers are about 40 and 45. Reading and writing scores have held steady since 2021, while math scores are up about 17 points.
Georgia Milestones results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 47.7% | 62.6% |
| 2023-24 | 52.8% | 63.7% |
| 2022-23 | 48.3% | 50.2% |
| 2021-22 | 48.0% | 45.2% |
% 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
57.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
45.7%
based on GA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+12.0pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 58% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 46% 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 Arcado Elementary School
Arcado Elementary School's state test result (57.7% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Arcado Elementary School this school | 905 | 61.2% | 57.7% |
| Patrick Elementary School Buford | 999 | 49.5% | 50.2% |
| Chattahoochee Elementary School Duluth | 1,133 | 48.4% | 54.6% |
| Woodland Elementary School Atlanta | 851 | 46.5% | 54.9% |
| Mountain Park Elementary School Lilburn | 652 | 65.8% | 57.2% |
| Mason Elementary School Duluth | 913 | 45.6% | 53.4% |
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 Arcado Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Georgia | In Gwinnett County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 57.7% | #222 of 1,208 | #29 of 84 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 62.6% | #216 of 1,215 ▼ 16 | #26 of 84 ▼ 3 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 47.7% | #304 of 1,215 ▼ 36 | #33 of 84 ▼ 3 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +8.5pp | #195 of 1,183 | #4 of 83 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 905 | #134 of 1,324 | #45 of 88 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.2:1 | #599 of 1,301 | #56 of 87 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 73.8% | #40 of 1,301 | #23 of 87 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 61.2% | #930 of 1,312 | #49 of 88 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -9.8% | #540 of 854 | #25 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
905
-6 (-1%) vs 2020
+4% since 1990-91, when it was 870
Student : Teacher
13.2:1
was 15.2:1
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 | 905 | 68.5 | 13.2:1 | 61% (554) |
| 2023-24 | 933 | 71.4 | 13.1:1 | 65% (602) |
| 2022-23 | 977 | 72.1 | 13.6:1 | 52% (509) |
| 2020-21 | 911 | 60 | 15.2:1 | 50% (457) |
| 2017-18 | 1,003 | 67.8 | 14.8:1 | 55% (553) |
| 2015-16 | 1,196 | 77 | 15.5:1 | 50% (597) |
| 2010-11 | 992 | 69 | 14.4:1 | 49% (491) |
| 2000-01 | 822 | 57 | 14.4:1 | 17% (139) |
| 1990-91 | 870 | 51 | 17.1:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Arcado Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 10% (1,003 to 905); teachers up 1% (67.8 to 68.5).
About Arcado Elementary School
Arcado Elementary School is classified as an elementary school. It is located in Lilburn, Georgia. It is open to students in pre-K through 5 and enrolls 905 students. Elementary schools in Georgia have about 605 students on average; enrollment here is 50% higher.
Within Gwinnett County, Arcado Elementary School is one of 141 schools. The district enrolls 182,518 students.
Of every 100 students at Arcado Elementary School, about 35 are Hispanic, the largest group. It is also 28% Asian, 22% Black, 11% White, and 3% multiracial. For comparison, the population of Gwinnett County is roughly 24% Hispanic. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 74%.
Arcado Elementary School lists 68.5 full-time-equivalent teachers; that is about 13.2 students per teacher. The average ratio among elementary schools in Georgia is similar, at 13.3:1. About 61% of students at Arcado Elementary School are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. Public schools in Gwinnett County average a similar 60%.
Among Georgia public elementary schools, Arcado Elementary School outscored 94%, which works out to an A on the allk12 Grade.
Arcado Elementary School sits between the top and bottom 10% of Georgia schools on BeatsExpectations, with an actual average proficiency rate across its state test results of 57.7% and a predicted 45.7%.
In Gwinnett County, where the school is located, the median household earns about $87,890 a year, roughly 39% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 9% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Counting Arcado Elementary School, Gwinnett County has 150 public schools.
About 1.1 miles separate Arcado Elementary School from the closest public school, Lilburn Middle School. A five-mile radius around the school includes at least 8 other public schools. Arcado Elementary School ranks 4th of 9 among nearby schools on average proficiency, with 57.7% against a local average of 45.0%.
The school's federal locale classification is Suburb: Large.
There was little change in enrollment from 2020-21 (911) to 2024-25 (905). The ratio of students to teachers went from 15.2:1 to 13.2:1 over the same 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 Lilburn
- Parkview High SchoolHigh · 3,216 students
- Berkmar High SchoolHigh · 2,975 students
- Trickum Middle SchoolMiddle · 2,204 students
- Lilburn Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,636 students
- Camp Creek Elementary SchoolElementary · 1,425 students
- Lilburn Elementary SchoolElementary · 1,249 students
Nearby schools
- Lilburn Middle School1.1 mi · 1,636
- Trickum Middle School1.5 mi · 2,204
- Camp Creek Elementary School1.5 mi · 1,425
- Lilburn Elementary School1.6 mi · 1,249
- Parkview High School1.7 mi · 3,216
- Berkmar Middle School2.3 mi · 1,039
Frequently asked questions
About Arcado Elementary SchoolHow many students attend Arcado Elementary School?
Arcado Elementary School enrolls approximately 905 students in grades PK-05.
What grades does Arcado Elementary School serve?
Arcado Elementary School serves grades PK-05.
How many teachers does Arcado Elementary School have?
Arcado Elementary School employs 69 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 13.2:1.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Arcado Elementary School?
At Arcado Elementary School, the student body is approximately 11% White, 35% Hispanic, 22% Black, 28% Asian, 3% Two or more.
Who oversees Arcado Elementary School?
Arcado Elementary School is overseen by Gwinnett County in Gwinnett County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.