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Enrollment
968
Elementary
DISTRICT 1,008 · STATE 605
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·FORSYTH COUNTY·NCES 130222004233
Brandywine Elementary School
175 Martin Drive, Alpharetta, GA 30004 · (770) 667-2585 · Forsyth County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL968 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
13.9:1
70 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.6:1 · STATE 13.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
36%
350 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 | 16 | 2% |
| Kindergarten | 139 | 14% |
| Grade 1 | 151 | 16% |
| Grade 2 | 161 | 17% |
| Grade 3 | 163 | 17% |
| Grade 4 | 176 | 18% |
| Grade 5 | 162 | 17% |
This year's kindergarten class (139) is 14% smaller than its 5th grade class (162).
Student demographics
72%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
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
54.1%
GA avg 40.1% . +0.2pp since 2021
Math
65.5%
GA avg 44.6% . +2.3pp since 2021
What this means: On the Georgia Milestones, Georgia's statewide test, about 54 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 66 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Georgia schools, those numbers are about 40 and 45. Reading and writing scores have held steady since 2021, while math scores are up about 2 points.
Georgia Milestones results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 54.1% | 65.5% |
| 2023-24 | 54.2% | 65.0% |
| 2022-23 | 55.2% | 62.9% |
| 2021-22 | 53.9% | 63.2% |
% 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
58.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
58.6%
based on GA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-0.1pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 59% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 59% 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 Brandywine Elementary School
Brandywine Elementary School's state test result (58.5% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Brandywine Elementary School this school | 968 | 36.2% | 58.5% |
| George W. Whitlow Elementary Cumming | 1,247 | 32.6% | 66.3% |
| Manning Oaks Elementary School Alpharetta | 764 | 29.8% | 57.0% |
| Mason Elementary School Duluth | 913 | 45.6% | 53.4% |
| Mashburn Elementary School Cumming | 976 | 23.2% | 65.4% |
| Suwanee Elementary School Suwanee | 637 | 31.7% | 75.4% |
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 Brandywine Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Georgia | In Forsyth County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 58.5% | #208 of 1,208 | #17 of 23 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 65.5% | #183 of 1,215 no change | #17 of 23 ▼ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 54.1% | #208 of 1,215 ▲ 42 | #17 of 23 ▼ 1 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +1.3pp | #653 of 1,183 | #8 of 22 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 968 | #99 of 1,324 | #12 of 23 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.9:1 | #811 of 1,301 | #6 of 23 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 72.3% | #70 of 1,301 | #1 of 23 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 36.2% | #1,144 of 1,312 | #4 of 23 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -13.2% | #428 of 854 | #9 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
968
-280 (-22%) vs 2020
Student : Teacher
13.9:1
was 16.0:1
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 | 968 | 69.6 | 13.9:1 | 36% (350) |
| 2023-24 | 1,173 | 78.7 | 14.9:1 | 34% (398) |
| 2022-23 | 1,203 | 75.9 | 15.8:1 | 25% (302) |
| 2020-21 | 1,248 | 78 | 16.0:1 | 25% (312) |
| 2017-18 | 1,115 | 67.5 | 16.5:1 | 33% (371) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Brandywine Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 13% (1,115 to 968); teachers up 3% (67.5 to 69.6).
About Brandywine Elementary School
Brandywine Elementary School sits in Alpharetta, Georgia, and is classified as an elementary school. Students in pre-K through 5 make up the school's enrollment of 968 students. That compares with an average of about 605 students for elementary schools in Georgia.
Forsyth County serves 54,864 students across 42 schools.
The student body at Brandywine Elementary School has no majority group. Asian students lead at 38%. Other groups include 29% Hispanic, 20% White, 8% Black, and 4% multiracial. The county population is about 20% Asian. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 72%.
Its ratio of 13.9:1 is based on 69.6 full-time-equivalent teachers. The 13.3:1 average for elementary schools in Georgia is close to this figure. The share of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch is 36%. That rate is above the 21% average among public schools in Forsyth County.
Predicted from its free or reduced-price lunch share, Brandywine Elementary School would score about 58.6%. It scores 58.5%, within a point of that figure.
The county, Forsyth County, is where the school is located. The median household earns about $143,784 a year, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 57% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 3%. The county has 42 public schools and about 54,864 students.
Of the public schools around it, Brandywine Elementary School is closest to DeSana Middle School, about 0.6 miles away. The count of other public schools within five miles is at least 8. Brandywine Elementary School is 9th of 9 nearby schools by average proficiency rate.
Brandywine 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.
From 2020-21 to 2024-25, enrollment decreased from 1,248 to 968, a 22% decline. There were fewer students per teacher in 2024-25 (13.9:1) than in 2020-21 (16.0:1).
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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 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 Brandywine Elementary schools
4 other US public schools in 5 states are named Brandywine Elementary. Brandywine Elementary School is the largest of the 5.
- Brandywine ElementaryBrandywine, MD · 572 students
- Brandywine Elementary SchoolNILES, MI · 379 students
- Brandywine Elementary SchoolGreenfield, IN · 338 students
- Brandywine Elementary SchoolBrandywine, WV · 114 students
Nearby schools
- DeSana Middle School0.6 mi · 1,278
- Denmark High School1.4 mi · 2,527
- Midway Elementary School1.6 mi · 1,022
- Cambridge High School1.9 mi · 1,602
- Cogburn Woods Elementary School2.8 mi · 786
- Hopewell Middle School2.9 mi · 1,265
Frequently asked questions
About Brandywine Elementary SchoolHow many students attend Brandywine Elementary School?
Brandywine Elementary School enrolls approximately 968 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does Brandywine Elementary School serve?
Brandywine Elementary School serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
How many students per teacher at Brandywine Elementary School?
Approximately 13.9:1 students per teacher at Brandywine Elementary School.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Brandywine Elementary School?
At Brandywine Elementary School, the student body is approximately 20% White, 29% Hispanic, 8% Black, 38% Asian, 4% Two or more.
Is Brandywine Elementary School public or private?
Brandywine Elementary School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Forsyth County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.