Burnette Elementary School

Burnette Elementary School operates as a middle-of-the-pack elementary school in Suwanee, Georgia, one of the schools within Gwinnett County. Current enrollment sits at 664 students spanning grades pre-K through 5.

Within Gwinnett County, which oversees 141 schools and 182,518 students, Burnette Elementary School is one campus in the system.

Looking at the student body, Burnette Elementary School reports that the largest single group is Black at 30%, but no single group is in the majority. The remainder breaks down as 23% Asian, 21% Hispanic, 19% White, 8% multiracial. That mix tracks the wider county fairly closely.

Looking at school resources, Burnette Elementary School records 53 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 12.7:1. That tracks the state average closely. Roughly 44% of students at Burnette Elementary School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. Set against Gwinnett County (around 60%), the school's rate is noticeably below typical.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Burnette Elementary School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 54.5%, the actual is 64.3%, a residual of +9.8 points.

Across the wider county, the surrounding county (Gwinnett County) shows that the typical household earns roughly $87,890 per year, 39% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 9%. Burnette Elementary School is one of 150 public schools in Gwinnett County (combined enrollment of about 196,924 students).

Suwanee Elementary School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 1.3 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Burnette Elementary School at 3rd of 8; the average score across the group is 59.2%.

Burnette Elementary School operates from a commuter-belt location.

Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Burnette Elementary School has rose 6%, going from 629 students in 2018 to 664 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share fell from 29% to 19%.

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