Buford Academy

Buford Academy is a mid-sized elementary school in Buford, Georgia, run under Buford City. The school works with 816 students in grades 1 through 2. By comparison, Georgia's public schools average about 605 students each, so Buford Academy sits 35% above that benchmark.

Buford City comprises 5 schools with combined enrollment of 6,007 students; Buford Academy is among them.

In terms of who attends, Buford Academy shows that 44% of students identify as White, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. The remainder reads as 30% Hispanic, 11% Asian, 10% Black, 5% multiracial. By comparison, Gwinnett County as a whole is about 33% White, so the school skews noticeably more White than its surroundings.

On the income-and-resources front, Staff filings list 61 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 13.4:1 students per teacher. That tracks the state average closely. About 40% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. That share is noticeably below Gwinnett County's rate of about 60%.

With demographic context factored in, Buford Academy sits in the top 10% of Georgia schools after the BeatsExpectations adjustment. Predicted proficiency for the school's FRL share is roughly 56.8%; actual is 73.2%, +16.4 points clear of the demographic baseline.

In the area at large, ACS estimates for Gwinnett County put the typical household earns roughly $87,890 per year, roughly 39% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 9% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Gwinnett County's 150 public schools (combined enrollment of about 196,924 students), Buford Academy is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: Buford Senior Academy, around 0.1 miles off. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Buford Academy at 2nd of 8; the average score across the group is 58.6%.

The campus sits in a residential setting.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count decreased 45%: 1,493 students in 2018 compared to 816 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 51% to 44% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 16.2:1 in 2018 to 13.4:1 today.

On the community side, posts here usually surface around enrollment questions, classroom assignments, and PTA news. The community welcomes input from current and former families.