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Enrollment
672
Elementary
DISTRICT 616 · STATE 605
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·FULTON COUNTY·NCES 130228001979
Barnwell Elementary School
9425 Barnwell Rd, Alpharetta, GA 30022 · (470) 254-4960 · Fulton County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL672 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
13.6:1
50 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.2:1 · STATE 13.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
16%
106 students
DISTRICT 58% · 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 | 44 | 7% |
| Kindergarten | 79 | 12% |
| Grade 1 | 94 | 14% |
| Grade 2 | 96 | 14% |
| Grade 3 | 124 | 18% |
| Grade 4 | 116 | 17% |
| Grade 5 | 119 | 18% |
This year's kindergarten class (79) is 34% smaller than its 5th grade class (119).
Student demographics
71%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 72% · 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 Fulton County. Zones change; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
Georgia Milestones 2024-25 . % Proficient or DistinguishedEnglish Language Arts
82.3%
GA avg 40.1% . +4.4pp since 2021
Math
85.6%
GA avg 44.6% . +6.3pp since 2021
What this means: On the Georgia Milestones, Georgia's statewide test, about 82 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 86 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 4 points since 2021, while math scores are up about 6 points.
Georgia Milestones results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 82.3% | 85.6% |
| 2023-24 | 78.8% | 81.9% |
| 2022-23 | 79.6% | 83.2% |
| 2021-22 | 77.9% | 79.3% |
% 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
82.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
69.2%
based on GA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+13.1pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 82% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 69% 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 Barnwell Elementary School
Barnwell Elementary School's state test result (82.3% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Barnwell Elementary School this school | 672 | 15.8% | 82.3% |
| Mountain View Elementary School Marietta | 837 | 18.6% | 79.0% |
| Kedron Elementary School Peachtree City | 843 | 21.0% | 75.6% |
| Murdock Elementary School Marietta | 847 | 11.5% | 78.7% |
| Montgomery Elementary School Brookhaven | 728 | 14.7% | 72.2% |
| Britt David Elementary Computer Magnet Academy Columbus | 552 | 16.8% | 94.7% |
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 Barnwell Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Georgia | In Fulton County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 82.3% | #18 of 1,208 | #6 of 113 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 85.6% | #16 of 1,215 ▲ 15 | #7 of 113 ▲ 2 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 82.3% | #7 of 1,215 ▲ 19 | #2 of 113 ▲ 9 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +5.3pp | #364 of 1,183 | #49 of 110 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 672 | #427 of 1,324 | #34 of 120 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.6:1 | #699 of 1,301 | #74 of 118 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 70.7% | #100 of 1,301 | #15 of 118 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 15.8% | #1,256 of 1,312 | #102 of 119 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -11.9% | #465 of 854 | #56 of 92 |
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
672
+7 (+1%) vs 2020
-46% since 1990-91, when it was 1,239
Student : Teacher
13.6:1
was 13.8:1
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 | 672 | 49.5 | 13.6:1 | 16% (106) |
| 2023-24 | 693 | 50.3 | 13.8:1 | 18% (123) |
| 2022-23 | 719 | 48.5 | 14.8:1 | 10% (72) |
| 2020-21 | 665 | 48 | 13.8:1 | 8% (54) |
| 2017-18 | 763 | 50.1 | 15.2:1 | 9% (68) |
| 2015-16 | 774 | 48 | 16.1:1 | 9% (67) |
| 2010-11 | 779 | 54 | 14.4:1 | 12% (93) |
| 2000-01 | 964 | 60 | 16.1:1 | 3% (27) |
| 1990-91 | 1,239 | 66 | 18.8:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Barnwell Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 12% (763 to 672); teachers down 1% (50.1 to 49.5).
About Barnwell Elementary School
Barnwell Elementary School is a medium-sized elementary school in Alpharetta, Georgia, administered by Fulton County. It serves 672 students in pre-K through 5.
Barnwell Elementary School falls under Fulton County, which has 107 schools enrolling 87,563 students.
White students form the largest group at Barnwell Elementary School, 47% of enrollment. The remaining shares are 17% Asian, 14% Black, 14% Hispanic, and 8% multiracial. Census estimates put the White share of Fulton County's population at about 38%. Barnwell Elementary School has a diversity index of 71%, compared with 70% for all US public school students.
A ratio of 13.6:1 comes from the school's 49.5 full-time-equivalent teachers. Elementary schools in Georgia have a similar average ratio of 13.3:1. The lunch program counts 16% of students at Barnwell Elementary School as eligible for free or reduced-price meals. The average for public schools in Fulton County is 62%.
Barnwell Elementary School is 13.1 points above its predicted average proficiency rate on state tests (82.3% versus 69.2%), which places it in neither the top nor the bottom 10% in Georgia.
According to the American Community Survey, in Fulton County, median household income is about $95,292, 59% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 8% of residents live below the federal poverty line. A total of 205 public schools operate in Fulton County, serving about 138,270 students.
The nearest public school is Autrey Mill Middle School, at about 0.8 miles. There are at least 8 other public schools within five miles. By average proficiency, Barnwell Elementary School is 1st among 9 schools close by.
Barnwell Elementary School is coded as Suburb: Large in federal locale data.
Enrollment at Barnwell Elementary School was 665 in 2020-21 and 672 in 2024-25, a change of less than 3%.
Threads on this page can be about enrollment questions, class placement, and PTA news. Alumni can share how the school prepared them.
Fulton County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
1,076,561
Census ACS
Median income
$95,292
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
59%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
8%
Below federal line
Schools in county
205
138,270 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Fulton County
- Westlake High SchoolHigh · 2,056 students
- Roswell High SchoolHigh · 2,035 students
- Alpharetta High SchoolHigh · 2,024 students
- Milton High SchoolHigh · 1,999 students
- Langston Hughes High SchoolHigh · 1,891 students
- Johns Creek High SchoolHigh · 1,789 students
Other schools in Alpharetta
- Denmark High SchoolHigh · 2,527 students
- Alpharetta High SchoolHigh · 2,024 students
- Milton High SchoolHigh · 1,999 students
- Chattahoochee High SchoolHigh · 1,730 students
- Innovation AcademyHigh · 1,511 students
- DeSana Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,278 students
Other Barnwell Elementary schools
One other US public school is named Barnwell Elementary. Barnwell Elementary School is the largest of the 2.
- Barnwell ElementaryBarnwell, SC · 425 students
Nearby schools
- Autrey Mill Middle School0.8 mi · 1,256
- Simpson Elementary School1.5 mi · 881
- Dolvin Elementary School2.0 mi · 642
- Pinckneyville Middle School2.2 mi · 1,157
- Holcomb Bridge Middle School2.3 mi · 598
- Centennial High School2.3 mi · 1,643
Frequently asked questions
About Barnwell Elementary SchoolHow many students attend Barnwell Elementary School?
Barnwell Elementary School enrolls approximately 672 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does Barnwell Elementary School serve?
Barnwell Elementary School serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Barnwell Elementary School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Barnwell Elementary School is approximately 13.6:1 (50 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Barnwell Elementary School?
At Barnwell Elementary School, the student body is approximately 47% White, 14% Hispanic, 14% Black, 17% Asian, 8% Two or more.
Is Barnwell Elementary School public or private?
Barnwell Elementary School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Fulton County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.