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What's the most underrated thing about Beaver Ridge Elementary School that outsiders don't know?
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Enrollment
984
Elementary
DISTRICT 956 · STATE 605
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·GWINNETT COUNTY·NCES 130255001903
Beaver Ridge Elementary School
1978 Beaver Ruin Rd, Norcross, GA 30071 · (770) 447-6307 · Gwinnett County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL984 STUDENTS
D
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Scored higher than 12% of Georgia public elementary schools
- C-Test 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.
- CThree-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
12.8:1
77 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.9:1 · STATE 13.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
82%
806 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 | 42 | 4% |
| Kindergarten | 153 | 16% |
| Grade 1 | 174 | 18% |
| Grade 2 | 157 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 150 | 15% |
| Grade 4 | 152 | 15% |
| Grade 5 | 156 | 16% |
This year's kindergarten class (153) is about the same size as its 5th grade class (156).
Student demographics
45%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
17.6%
GA avg 40.1% . -5.7pp since 2021
Math
28.0%
GA avg 44.6% . +3.1pp since 2021
What this means: On the Georgia Milestones, Georgia's statewide test, about 18 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 28 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 6 points since 2021, while math scores are up about 3 points.
Georgia Milestones results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 17.6% | 28.0% |
| 2023-24 | 24.4% | 28.6% |
| 2022-23 | 20.7% | 26.5% |
| 2021-22 | 23.3% | 24.9% |
% 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
25.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
35.0%
based on GA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-9.2pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 26% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 35% 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 Beaver Ridge Elementary School
Beaver Ridge Elementary School's state test result (25.8% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Beaver Ridge Elementary School this school | 984 | 81.9% | 25.8% |
| 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% |
| Corley Elementary School Lawrenceville | 1,119 | 80.1% | 29.2% |
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 Beaver Ridge Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Georgia | In Gwinnett County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 25.8% | #910 of 1,208 | #76 of 84 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 28.0% | #903 of 1,215 ▼ 32 | #77 of 84 ▼ 4 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 17.6% | #1,071 of 1,215 ▼ 131 | #78 of 84 ▼ 7 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -1.3pp | #333 of 1,183 | #40 of 83 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 984 | #91 of 1,324 | #37 of 88 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.8:1 | #469 of 1,301 | #42 of 87 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 44.7% | #873 of 1,301 | #78 of 87 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 81.9% | #693 of 1,312 | #19 of 88 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -18.1% | #274 of 854 | #9 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
984
+46 (+5%) vs 2020
-11% since 1990-91, when it was 1,111
Student : Teacher
12.8:1
was 13.2:1
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 | 984 | 76.8 | 12.8:1 | 82% (806) |
| 2023-24 | 981 | 75 | 13.1:1 | 85% (836) |
| 2022-23 | 983 | 74.7 | 13.2:1 | 79% (780) |
| 2020-21 | 938 | 71 | 13.2:1 | 81% (762) |
| 2017-18 | 1,201 | 81 | 14.8:1 | 86% (1,036) |
| 2015-16 | 1,362 | 89 | 15.3:1 | 90% (1,231) |
| 2010-11 | 1,262 | 91 | 13.9:1 | 90% (1,133) |
| 2000-01 | 966 | 73 | 13.2:1 | 54% (520) |
| 1990-91 | 1,111 | 61 | 18.2:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Beaver Ridge Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 18% (1,201 to 984); teachers down 5% (81 to 76.8).
About Beaver Ridge Elementary School
Beaver Ridge Elementary School is a large elementary school found in Norcross, Georgia. The school enrolls 984 students, from pre-K through 5. Average enrollment for elementary schools in Georgia is about 605, so this school runs 63% bigger than that.
Beaver Ridge Elementary School is in Gwinnett County, a district with 182,518 students across 141 schools.
Roughly 72% of students at Beaver Ridge Elementary School are Hispanic. Other reported shares: 18% Black, 5% Asian, 3% multiracial, and 2% White. Gwinnett County's residents are about 24% Hispanic, 48 points below the school's share. Pick two students at random and there is a 45% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.
At Beaver Ridge Elementary School, 76.8 full-time-equivalent teachers work with students, a ratio of about 12.8:1. That is close to the 13.3:1 average for elementary schools in Georgia. Students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch make up 82% of enrollment. That is higher than the 60% average for public schools in Gwinnett County.
allk12 grades Beaver Ridge Elementary School a D. The grade compares the school only with Georgia public elementary schools, because each state gives its own test.
BeatsExpectations compares each school's average proficiency rate on state tests with a prediction based on free or reduced-price lunch eligibility. For Beaver Ridge Elementary School, the prediction is 35.0% and the result is 25.8%.
Census estimates describe Gwinnett County this way: the median household income is $87,890, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 39%, and about 9% of people live in poverty. Besides Beaver Ridge Elementary School, Gwinnett County has 149 other public schools.
The nearest public school is Meadowcreek Elementary School, at about 1.0 miles. Inside a five-mile radius, there are at least 8 other public schools. The nearest schools with test data average 27.3%, higher than Beaver Ridge Elementary School's 25.8%.
Beaver Ridge Elementary School is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more, a location NCES labels Suburb: Large.
Over 4 years, Beaver Ridge Elementary School's enrollment climbed 5%, to 984.
Conversations here can range across school safety, transportation, and start times. 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 Norcross
- Meadowcreek High SchoolHigh · 2,609 students
- Norcross High SchoolHigh · 2,317 students
- Paul Duke STEM High SchoolHigh · 1,509 students
- Summerour Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,319 students
- Graves Elementary SchoolElementary · 1,076 students
- Rockbridge Elementary SchoolElementary · 990 students
Nearby schools
- Meadowcreek Elementary School1.0 mi · 806
- Meadowcreek High School1.6 mi · 2,609
- Summerour Middle School1.7 mi · 1,319
- Baldwin Elementary1.8 mi · 914
- Radloff Middle School2.1 mi · 1,315
- Norcross Elementary School2.1 mi · 751
Frequently asked questions
About Beaver Ridge Elementary SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Beaver Ridge Elementary School?
Beaver Ridge Elementary School enrolls approximately 984 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does Beaver Ridge Elementary School serve?
Beaver Ridge Elementary School serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
How many students per teacher at Beaver Ridge Elementary School?
Approximately 12.8:1 students per teacher at Beaver Ridge Elementary School.
What is the student diversity at Beaver Ridge Elementary School?
Student demographics at Beaver Ridge Elementary School are roughly 2% White, 72% Hispanic, 18% Black, 5% Asian, 3% Two or more.
Who oversees Beaver Ridge Elementary School?
Beaver Ridge 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.