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Teachers: what resource would make the biggest difference at Baggett Elementary School this year?
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Enrollment
1,019
Elementary
DISTRICT 956 · STATE 605
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·GWINNETT COUNTY·NCES 130255004181
Baggett Elementary School
2136 Old Norcross Rd, Lawrenceville, GA 30044 · (678) 518-6652 · Gwinnett County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL1,019 STUDENTS
C+
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Scored higher than 42% 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.
- B-Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- A-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
82 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.9:1 · STATE 13.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
89%
907 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 | 39 | 4% |
| Kindergarten | 161 | 16% |
| Grade 1 | 132 | 13% |
| Grade 2 | 161 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 191 | 19% |
| Grade 4 | 162 | 16% |
| Grade 5 | 173 | 17% |
This year's kindergarten class (161) is 7% smaller than its 5th grade class (173).
Student demographics
54%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
26.1%
GA avg 40.1% . +4.7pp since 2021
Math
33.5%
GA avg 44.6% . +9.3pp since 2021
What this means: On the Georgia Milestones, Georgia's statewide test, about 26 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 34 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Georgia schools, those numbers are about 40 and 45. Reading and writing scores are up about 5 points since 2021, while math scores are up about 9 points.
Georgia Milestones results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 26.1% | 33.5% |
| 2023-24 | 26.0% | 32.6% |
| 2022-23 | 28.5% | 31.6% |
| 2021-22 | 21.4% | 24.2% |
% 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
30.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
31.4%
based on GA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-0.7pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 31% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 31% 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 Baggett Elementary School
Baggett Elementary School's state test result (30.6% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Baggett Elementary School this school | 1,019 | 89.0% | 30.6% |
| Kanoheda Elementary School Lawrenceville | 925 | 84.4% | 35.7% |
| Ferguson Elementary School Duluth | 856 | 83.5% | 29.1% |
| Bethesda Elementary School Lawrenceville | 1,083 | 82.1% | 39.1% |
| Minor Elementary School Lilburn | 952 | 81.0% | 26.8% |
| Beaver Ridge Elementary School Norcross | 984 | 81.9% | 25.8% |
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 Baggett Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Georgia | In Gwinnett County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 30.6% | #784 of 1,208 | #69 of 84 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 33.5% | #777 of 1,215 ▲ 1 | #68 of 84 ▼ 3 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 26.1% | #843 of 1,215 ▲ 49 | #71 of 84 ▼ 1 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +7.0pp | #260 of 1,183 | #6 of 83 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 1,019 | #72 of 1,324 | #33 of 88 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.4:1 | #374 of 1,301 | #26 of 87 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 54.3% | #676 of 1,301 | #70 of 87 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 89.0% | #592 of 1,312 | #3 of 88 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -12.7% | #447 of 854 | #21 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
1,019
+20 (+2%) vs 2020
Student : Teacher
12.4:1
was 14.3:1
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 | 1,019 | 82.2 | 12.4:1 | 89% (907) |
| 2023-24 | 994 | 83.5 | 11.9:1 | 87% (865) |
| 2022-23 | 1,020 | 83 | 12.3:1 | 84% (860) |
| 2020-21 | 999 | 70 | 14.3:1 | 83% (829) |
| 2017-18 | 1,167 | 82.9 | 14.1:1 | 84% (978) |
| 2015-16 | 1,117 | 77 | 14.5:1 | 85% (946) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Baggett Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 13% (1,167 to 1,019); teachers down 1% (82.9 to 82.2).
About Baggett Elementary School
Baggett Elementary School is a large elementary school with its address in Lawrenceville, Georgia. Enrollment is 1,019 students in 2024-25, and the school serves pre-K through 5. Against the 605-student average for elementary schools in Georgia, enrollment here is 68% higher.
Enrollment across the 141 schools in Gwinnett County totals 182,518 students.
Baggett Elementary School's enrollment is 62% Hispanic. The next largest groups are 26% Black, 6% Asian, 4% White, and 3% multiracial. The school's Hispanic share is 38 points above the 24% share among Gwinnett County residents. Baggett Elementary School has a diversity index of 54%, compared with 70% for all US public school students.
The school employs the equivalent of 82.2 full-time teachers, for a ratio of 12.4:1. Among elementary schools in Georgia, the typical ratio is 13.3:1. The free or reduced-price lunch share, often used to gauge student poverty, is 89%. The rate at public schools in Gwinnett County averages 60%, lower than here.
Measured against Georgia public elementary schools, Baggett Elementary School receives a C+. The grade weighs proficiency most heavily, then how results compare with what the school's low-income share predicts, then the three-year change.
On the allk12 BeatsExpectations measure, Baggett Elementary School is within a point of the average proficiency rate on state tests predicted for its free or reduced-price lunch share: 30.6% actual, 31.4% predicted. That is outside both the top and bottom 10% in Georgia.
In Gwinnett County (population about 979,864), median household income is about $87,890, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 39%, and about 9% of people live in poverty. A total of 150 public schools operate in Gwinnett County, serving about 196,924 students.
The nearest other public school, Gwinnett School of Mathematics- Science and Technology, is about 0.4 miles away. In all, at least 8 other public schools sit within five miles of Baggett Elementary School. By average proficiency, Baggett Elementary School is 7th among 9 schools close by.
The school is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more, according to its NCES locale (Suburb: Large).
Baggett Elementary School had 999 students in 2020-21 and 1,019 in 2024-25, nearly the same. The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 14.3:1 in 2020-21 to 12.4:1 in 2024-25.
Conversations here can range across science fairs, picture day, and bus routes. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.
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
- Gwinnett School of Mathematics- Science and Technology0.4 mi · 1,304
- Kanoheda Elementary School1.1 mi · 925
- Alford Elementary1.7 mi · 828
- Discovery High School1.9 mi · 2,703
- Bethesda Elementary School2.0 mi · 1,083
- Benefield Elementary School2.1 mi · 1,209
Frequently asked questions
About Baggett Elementary SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Baggett Elementary School?
Baggett Elementary School enrolls approximately 1,019 students in grades PK-05.
Is Baggett Elementary School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Baggett Elementary School is an elementary school covering grades PK-05.
How many students per teacher at Baggett Elementary School?
Approximately 12.4:1 students per teacher at Baggett Elementary School.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Baggett Elementary School?
At Baggett Elementary School, the student body is approximately 4% White, 62% Hispanic, 26% Black, 6% Asian, 3% Two or more.
Who oversees Baggett Elementary School?
Baggett Elementary School is overseen by Gwinnett County in Gwinnett County.
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