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Baldwin Elementary
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Test scores
Georgia Milestones 2024-25 . % Proficient or DistinguishedWhat this means: On the Georgia Milestones, Georgia's statewide test, about 15 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 29 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 9 points since 2021, while math scores are down about 4 points.
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyWhat this means: About 24% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 36% 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%.
7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25About Baldwin Elementary
Located at 123 Price Pl, in Norcross, Georgia, Baldwin Elementary is a high-enrollment elementary school that hosts 914 students (grades pre-K through 5), operated by Gwinnett County. By comparison, Georgia's public schools average about 605 students each, so Baldwin Elementary sits 51% larger than that benchmark.
Gwinnett County comprises 141 schools with combined enrollment of 182,518 students; Baldwin Elementary is among them.
Demographically, Baldwin Elementary shows that the student body is overwhelmingly Hispanic (86%). Other groups include 8% Black, 3% Asian. That is considerably more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 24%.
Looking at the economic backdrop, The school reports having 75 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 12.2:1. The state averages around 13.3:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Roughly 81% of students at Baldwin Elementary qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. That share is noticeably above Gwinnett County's rate of about 60%.
On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Baldwin Elementary tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 35.7% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 24.0%.
In the broader community, census data for Gwinnett County shows median household earnings sit near $87,890, about 39% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 9%. In all, Gwinnett County runs 150 public schools (combined enrollment of about 196,924 students), of which Baldwin Elementary is one.
The closest other public school is Summerour Middle School, roughly 0.2 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Baldwin Elementary at 6th of 8; the average score across the group is 29.1%.
Baldwin Elementary operates from a suburban location.
Over the past 7-year window. Baldwin Elementary's enrollment has contracted 17% since 2018, when it stood at 1,096 (now 914). The Hispanic share of enrollment increased from 78% to 86% over that span. Class-load math has pulled in: from 15.2:1 in 2018 to 12.2:1 in 2025.
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