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What's one thing Burnette Elementary School gets right about preparing students for what comes next?
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Enrollment
664
Elementary
DISTRICT 956 · STATE 605
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·GWINNETT COUNTY·NCES 130255003979
Burnette Elementary School
3221 McGinnis Ferry Road, Suwanee, GA 30024 · (678) 546-2170 · Gwinnett County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL664 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
12.7:1
53 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.9:1 · STATE 13.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
44%
293 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 | 17 | 3% |
| Kindergarten | 90 | 14% |
| Grade 1 | 94 | 14% |
| Grade 2 | 107 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 113 | 17% |
| Grade 4 | 126 | 19% |
| Grade 5 | 117 | 18% |
This year's kindergarten class (90) is 23% smaller than its 5th grade class (117).
Student demographics
78%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
58.4%
GA avg 40.1% . -1.5pp since 2021
Math
69.7%
GA avg 44.6% . +0.6pp since 2021
What this means: On the Georgia Milestones, Georgia's statewide test, about 58 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 70 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 1 points since 2021, while math scores have held steady.
Georgia Milestones results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 58.4% | 69.7% |
| 2023-24 | 62.7% | 66.7% |
| 2022-23 | 58.4% | 62.5% |
| 2021-22 | 59.9% | 69.1% |
% 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
64.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
54.5%
based on GA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+9.8pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 64% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 55% 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 Burnette Elementary School
Burnette Elementary School's state test result (64.3% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Burnette Elementary School this school | 664 | 44.1% | 64.3% |
| Amana Academy School Alpharetta | 667 | 47.5% | 64.4% |
| Harmony Elementary School Buford | 614 | 38.9% | 61.2% |
| Head Elementary School Lilburn | 720 | 44.2% | 72.4% |
| Fort Daniel Elementary School Dacula | 645 | 45.4% | 62.7% |
| Patrick Elementary School Buford | 999 | 49.5% | 50.2% |
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 Burnette Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Georgia | In Gwinnett County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 64.3% | #150 of 1,208 | #19 of 84 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 69.7% | #136 of 1,215 ▲ 25 | #16 of 84 ▲ 4 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 58.4% | #152 of 1,215 ▼ 3 | #19 of 84 no change |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -0.4pp | #397 of 1,183 | #51 of 83 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 664 | #449 of 1,324 | #75 of 88 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.7:1 | #432 of 1,301 | #38 of 87 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 77.5% | #2 of 1,301 | #2 of 87 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 44.1% | #1,087 of 1,312 | #71 of 88 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +5.6% | #271 of 386 | #26 of 31 |
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
664
+8 (+1%) vs 2020
-5% since 2010-11, when it was 696
Student : Teacher
12.7:1
was 12.4:1
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 | 664 | 52.5 | 12.7:1 | 44% (293) |
| 2023-24 | 700 | 53.2 | 13.2:1 | 46% (323) |
| 2022-23 | 721 | 51.5 | 14.0:1 | 35% (251) |
| 2020-21 | 656 | 53 | 12.4:1 | 31% (206) |
| 2017-18 | 629 | 47.7 | 13.2:1 | 30% (187) |
| 2015-16 | 721 | 52 | 13.9:1 | 28% (203) |
| 2010-11 | 696 | 41 | 17.0:1 | 26% (183) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Burnette Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students up 6% (629 to 664); teachers up 10% (47.7 to 52.5).
About Burnette Elementary School
As a medium-sized elementary school, Burnette Elementary School serves students in Suwanee, Georgia. The school counts 664 students across pre-K through 5.
Burnette Elementary School is one of the 141 schools that make up Gwinnett County (182,518 students in total).
Burnette Elementary School has no majority group; Black students are the largest, at 30%. Other students are 23% Asian, 21% Hispanic, 19% White, and 8% multiracial. The county population is about 28% Black, within a few points of the school. The school's diversity index is 78%, meaning two students picked at random have a 78% chance of belonging to different racial or ethnic groups.
Burnette Elementary School's 52.5 full-time-equivalent teachers put its ratio at 12.7:1. That is close to the 13.3:1 average for elementary schools in Georgia. Eligibility for subsidized school meals is 44%. Compared with the 60% average for public schools in Gwinnett County, the school's rate is lower.
Compared with Georgia schools that have similar shares of low-income students, Burnette Elementary School's results are 9.8 points above predicted: 64.3% against 54.5%.
County data help place the school in context: in Gwinnett County, the median household income is $87,890, about 39% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 9% of residents are in poverty. In all, Gwinnett County has 150 public schools and roughly 196,924 students.
The closest public school, Suwanee Elementary School, is about 1.3 miles from Burnette Elementary School. There are at least 8 other public schools within five miles. Among the 8 closest schools with test data, this one included, Burnette Elementary School ranks 3rd on average proficiency.
Burnette Elementary School is coded as Suburb: Large in federal locale data.
Compared with 2020-21, when it had 656 students, enrollment in 2024-25 was about the same at 664.
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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 Suwanee
- Lambert High SchoolHigh · 3,249 students
- Peachtree Ridge High SchoolHigh · 3,155 students
- North Gwinnett High SchoolHigh · 3,033 students
- Collins Hill High SchoolHigh · 2,485 students
- Riverwatch Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,455 students
- Level Creek Elementary SchoolElementary · 1,051 students
Nearby schools
- Suwanee Elementary School1.3 mi · 637
- Northbrook Middle School1.8 mi · 944
- Peachtree Ridge High School1.9 mi · 3,155
- Parsons Elementary School2.1 mi · 882
- Walnut Grove Elementary School2.4 mi · 819
- Collins Hill High School2.6 mi · 2,485
Frequently asked questions
About Burnette Elementary SchoolHow large is Burnette Elementary School?
Burnette Elementary School enrolls approximately 664 students in grades PK-05.
Is Burnette Elementary School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Burnette Elementary School is an elementary school covering grades PK-05.
How many students per teacher at Burnette Elementary School?
Approximately 12.7:1 students per teacher at Burnette Elementary School.
What is the student diversity at Burnette Elementary School?
Student demographics at Burnette Elementary School are roughly 19% White, 21% Hispanic, 30% Black, 23% Asian, 8% Two or more.
What district is Burnette Elementary School in?
Burnette Elementary School is part of Gwinnett County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.