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Enrollment
745
Elementary
DISTRICT 1,008 · STATE 605
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·FORSYTH COUNTY·NCES 130222000954
Big Creek Elementary School
1994 Peachtree Pkwy, Cumming, GA 30041 · (770) 887-4584 · Forsyth County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL745 STUDENTS
A-
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 82% 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.
- 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.
- FThree-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
14.6:1
51 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.6:1 · STATE 13.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
16%
117 students
DISTRICT 22% · 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 | 4 | 1% |
| Kindergarten | 94 | 13% |
| Grade 1 | 124 | 17% |
| Grade 2 | 91 | 12% |
| Grade 3 | 153 | 21% |
| Grade 4 | 130 | 17% |
| Grade 5 | 149 | 20% |
This year's kindergarten class (94) is 37% smaller than its 5th grade class (149).
Student demographics
59%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 68% · 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
Big Creek Elementary School→Piney Grove Middle School
Based on published attendance-zone data from Forsyth County. Zones change; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
Georgia Milestones 2024-25 . % Proficient or DistinguishedEnglish Language Arts
71.2%
GA avg 40.1% . -12.1pp since 2021
Math
82.8%
GA avg 44.6% . -6.5pp since 2021
What this means: On the Georgia Milestones, Georgia's statewide test, about 71 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 83 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 12 points since 2021, while math scores are down about 7 points.
Georgia Milestones results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 71.2% | 82.8% |
| 2023-24 | 76.5% | 86.0% |
| 2022-23 | 77.4% | 82.9% |
| 2021-22 | 83.4% | 89.3% |
% 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
77.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
69.2%
based on GA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+8.6pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 78% 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 Big Creek Elementary School
Big Creek Elementary School's state test result (77.8% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Big Creek Elementary School this school | 745 | 15.7% | 77.8% |
| Settles Bridge Elementary School Suwanee | 741 | 15.4% | 77.1% |
| Medlock Bridge Elementary School Alpharetta | 620 | 14.2% | 73.4% |
| Shakerag Elementary School Johns Creek | 590 | 12.9% | 81.4% |
| Creek View Elementary School Alpharetta | 765 | 5.1% | 87.1% |
| Shiloh Point Elementary Cumming | 955 | 12.3% | 71.5% |
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 Big Creek Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Georgia | In Forsyth County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 77.8% | #40 of 1,208 | #4 of 23 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 82.8% | #32 of 1,215 ▼ 15 | #4 of 23 ▼ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 71.2% | #64 of 1,215 ▼ 21 | #5 of 23 ▼ 1 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -9.3pp | #35 of 1,183 | #1 of 22 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 745 | #309 of 1,324 | #22 of 23 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.6:1 | #1,006 of 1,301 | #11 of 23 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 59.5% | #504 of 1,301 | #16 of 23 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 15.7% | #1,258 of 1,312 | #13 of 23 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -3.5% | #760 of 854 | #13 of 14 |
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
745
+133 (+22%) vs 2020
+120% since 1990-91, when it was 338
Student : Teacher
14.6:1
was 13.6:1
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 | 745 | 51 | 14.6:1 | 16% (117) |
| 2023-24 | 661 | 47 | 14.1:1 | 13% (89) |
| 2022-23 | 693 | 46.1 | 15.0:1 | 6% (41) |
| 2020-21 | 612 | 45 | 13.6:1 | 5% (28) |
| 2017-18 | 772 | 49 | 15.8:1 | 4% (32) |
| 2015-16 | 1,104 | 53 | 20.8:1 | 6% (63) |
| 2010-11 | 628 | 36 | 17.4:1 | 7% (47) |
| 2000-01 | 1,056 | 65 | 16.3:1 | 5% (58) |
| 1990-91 | 338 | 28 | 12.1:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Big Creek Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 3% (772 to 745); teachers up 4% (49 to 51).
About Big Creek Elementary School
Big Creek Elementary School is a public medium-sized elementary school in Cumming, Georgia. A total of 745 students attend the school, which covers pre-K through 5. The average for elementary schools in Georgia is about 605 students, so this school is 23% larger than average.
In Forsyth County, 42 schools enroll a combined 54,864 students.
At Big Creek Elementary School, Asian students make up 58% of the student body. Next come 24% White, 7% Hispanic, 7% Black, and 3% multiracial. The county population is about 20% Asian. Big Creek Elementary School's diversity index is 59%, against a US figure of 70%.
Big Creek Elementary School counts 51 full-time-equivalent teachers, about 14.6 students for each one. On average, elementary schools in Georgia have 13.3:1, compared with 14.6:1 here. About 16% of enrolled students meet the income rules for free or reduced-price lunch.
The allk12 Grade for Big Creek Elementary School is A-. Compared with Georgia public elementary schools, the school scored higher than 82% on a mix of test scores, poverty-adjusted results, and recent trend.
Big Creek Elementary School is 8.6 points above its predicted average proficiency rate on state tests (77.8% versus 69.2%), which places it in neither the top nor the bottom 10% in Georgia.
Forsyth County has these Census figures: the median household income is $143,784, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 57% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 3%. Forsyth County is home to 42 public schools and about 54,864 public school students.
South Forsyth Middle School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 1.4 miles away. Within five miles of Big Creek Elementary School, there are at least 8 other public schools. Its average proficiency rate of 77.8% is below the 79.3% average for nearby schools.
By NCES locale, the school is Suburb: Large, or in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Over 4 years, Big Creek Elementary School's enrollment grew 22%, to 745. Staffing shifted too: the ratio moved from 13.6:1 to 14.6:1.
Discussions about Big Creek Elementary School may include science fairs, picture day, and bus routes. Alumni can share how the school prepared them.
Forsyth County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
267,287
Census ACS
Median income
$143,784
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
57%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
3%
Below federal line
Schools in county
42
54,864 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Forsyth County
- Lambert High SchoolHigh · 3,249 students
- South Forsyth High SchoolHigh · 2,634 students
- Denmark High SchoolHigh · 2,527 students
- West Forsyth High SchoolHigh · 2,503 students
- Forsyth Central High SchoolHigh · 2,457 students
- North Forsyth High SchoolHigh · 2,151 students
Other schools in Cumming
- South Forsyth High SchoolHigh · 2,634 students
- West Forsyth High SchoolHigh · 2,503 students
- Forsyth Central High SchoolHigh · 2,457 students
- North Forsyth High SchoolHigh · 2,151 students
- Sawnee Elementary SchoolElementary · 1,591 students
- Lakeside Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,513 students
Other Big Creek Elementary schools
4 other US public schools in 5 states are named Big Creek Elementary. Big Creek Elementary School is the largest of the 5.
- Big Creek Elementary SchoolMiddleburg Hts, OH · 555 students
- Big Creek ElementaryPolk City, IA · 357 students
- Big Creek ElementaryOneida, KY · 136 students
- Big Creek ElementaryBig Creek, CA · 21 students
Nearby schools
- South Forsyth Middle School1.4 mi · 1,319
- Brookwood Elementary1.5 mi · 810
- Shiloh Point Elementary2.1 mi · 955
- Piney Grove Middle School2.2 mi · 1,024
- Lambert High School2.3 mi · 3,249
- Sharon Elementary School2.5 mi · 865
Frequently asked questions
About Big Creek Elementary SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Big Creek Elementary School?
Big Creek Elementary School enrolls approximately 745 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does Big Creek Elementary School serve?
Big Creek Elementary School serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
How many students per teacher at Big Creek Elementary School?
Approximately 14.6:1 students per teacher at Big Creek Elementary School.
What is the student diversity at Big Creek Elementary School?
Student demographics at Big Creek Elementary School are roughly 24% White, 7% Hispanic, 7% Black, 58% Asian, 3% Two or more.
What district is Big Creek Elementary School in?
Big Creek Elementary School is part of Forsyth County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.