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Enrollment
896
Elementary
DISTRICT 956 · STATE 605
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·GWINNETT COUNTY·NCES 130255002041
Cedar Hill Elementary School
3615 Sugarloaf Pkwy, Lawrenceville, GA 30044 · (770) 962-5015 · Gwinnett County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL896 STUDENTS
C
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 28% of Georgia public elementary schools
- C+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- CBeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- CThree-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
12.2:1
74 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.9:1 · STATE 13.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
82%
736 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 | 11 | 1% |
| Kindergarten | 131 | 15% |
| Grade 1 | 129 | 14% |
| Grade 2 | 148 | 17% |
| Grade 3 | 148 | 17% |
| Grade 4 | 140 | 16% |
| Grade 5 | 189 | 21% |
This year's kindergarten class (131) is 31% smaller than its 5th grade class (189).
Student demographics
65%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
29.7%
GA avg 40.1% . -2.4pp since 2021
Math
36.7%
GA avg 44.6% . +0.9pp since 2021
What this means: On the Georgia Milestones, Georgia's statewide test, about 30 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 37 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 2 points since 2021, while math scores have held steady.
Georgia Milestones results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 29.7% | 36.7% |
| 2023-24 | 24.2% | 31.8% |
| 2022-23 | 30.2% | 35.1% |
| 2021-22 | 32.1% | 35.8% |
% 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
31.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
34.9%
based on GA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-3.6pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 31% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 35% 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 Cedar Hill Elementary School
Cedar Hill Elementary School's state test result (31.3% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cedar Hill Elementary School this school | 896 | 82.1% | 31.3% |
| Winn Holt Elementary School Lawrenceville | 1,046 | 80.3% | 35.3% |
| Simonton Elementary School Lawrenceville | 702 | 79.5% | 33.4% |
| Dowell Elementary School Marietta | 898 | 87.4% | 33.4% |
| Jenkins Elementary School Lawrenceville | 775 | 82.8% | 31.6% |
| Alford Elementary Lawrenceville | 828 | 83.1% | 28.3% |
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 Cedar Hill Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Georgia | In Gwinnett County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 31.3% | #765 of 1,208 | #67 of 84 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 36.7% | #693 of 1,215 ▲ 104 | #62 of 84 ▲ 5 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 29.7% | #728 of 1,215 ▲ 217 | #61 of 84 ▲ 11 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -0.8pp | #363 of 1,183 | #44 of 83 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 896 | #141 of 1,324 | #46 of 88 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.2:1 | #314 of 1,301 | #22 of 87 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 65.0% | #307 of 1,301 | #48 of 87 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 82.1% | #690 of 1,312 | #17 of 88 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -16.3% | #327 of 854 | #13 of 53 |
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
896
+2 (+0%) vs 2020
-37% since 1990-91, when it was 1,425
Student : Teacher
12.2:1
was 14.2:1
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 | 896 | 73.5 | 12.2:1 | 82% (736) |
| 2023-24 | 867 | 71 | 12.2:1 | 84% (724) |
| 2022-23 | 900 | 65.5 | 13.7:1 | 78% (704) |
| 2020-21 | 894 | 63 | 14.2:1 | 71% (634) |
| 2017-18 | 1,071 | 69.1 | 15.5:1 | 81% (863) |
| 2015-16 | 1,078 | 68 | 15.8:1 | 75% (813) |
| 2010-11 | 1,344 | 95 | 14.2:1 | 75% (1,002) |
| 2000-01 | 1,148 | 74 | 15.5:1 | 26% (296) |
| 1990-91 | 1,425 | 77 | 18.5:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Cedar Hill Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 16% (1,071 to 896); teachers up 6% (69.1 to 73.5).
About Cedar Hill Elementary School
Cedar Hill Elementary School runs as a mid-sized elementary school in Lawrenceville, Georgia. The school teaches pre-K through 5 and enrolls 896 students. That is 48% bigger than the average of about 605 students for elementary schools in Georgia.
Gwinnett County, which runs Cedar Hill Elementary School, has 141 schools and 182,518 students.
The largest group at Cedar Hill Elementary School is Hispanic students, at 46%. Other students are 36% Black, 8% Asian, 7% White, and 3% multiracial. That is higher than the 24% Hispanic share among all Gwinnett County residents. Measured by the diversity index, the student body scores 65%.
Cedar Hill Elementary School reports a ratio of 12.2 students per teacher, from 73.5 full-time-equivalent teachers. The gap from the 13.3:1 average for elementary schools in Georgia is 1.2 students per teacher. Student poverty is often measured by lunch eligibility; at Cedar Hill Elementary School, 82% qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. The 60% average for public schools in Gwinnett County is 22 points lower.
Cedar Hill Elementary School holds a C allk12 Grade, placing it above 28% of Georgia public elementary schools.
Schools in Georgia with a similar free or reduced-price lunch share are predicted to score about 34.9%. Cedar Hill Elementary School scores 31.3%.
In Gwinnett County, where the school is located, median household income comes to about $87,890, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 39%, and about 9% of people live in poverty. There are 150 public schools in the county, enrolling about 196,924, Cedar Hill Elementary School among them.
Richards Middle School, about 0.1 miles away, is the closest public school. A five-mile radius around the school includes at least 8 other public schools. By average proficiency, Cedar Hill Elementary School is 7th among 9 schools close by.
The NCES locale for Cedar Hill Elementary School is Suburb: Large, which covers schools in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Compared with 2020-21, when it had 894 students, enrollment in 2024-25 was about the same at 896. In 2020-21, the student-to-teacher ratio was 14.2:1; by 2024-25 it was 12.2:1.
This page is a place to ask questions and share updates about athletics, class schedules, and weather closures at Cedar Hill Elementary School. Parents, students, alumni, and staff are welcome to post.
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 Lawrenceville
- Archer High SchoolHigh · 3,058 students
- Discovery High SchoolHigh · 2,703 students
- Central Gwinnett High SchoolHigh · 2,414 students
- Mountain View High SchoolHigh · 2,221 students
- Gwinnett Online CampusCombined · 1,996 students
- Richards Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,974 students
Other Cedar Hill Elementary schools
2 other US public schools in 3 states are named Cedar Hill Elementary. Cedar Hill Elementary School is the largest of the 3.
- Cedar Hill Elementary SchoolArdmore, AL · 576 students
- CEDAR HILL ELEM.JEFFERSON CITY, MO · 313 students
Nearby schools
- Richards Middle School0.1 mi · 1,974
- Moore Middle School0.8 mi · 971
- Oakland Meadow School1.3 mi · 68
- Winn Holt Elementary School1.3 mi · 1,046
- Crews Middle School1.6 mi · 1,443
- Craig Elementary School1.7 mi · 1,045
Frequently asked questions
About Cedar Hill Elementary SchoolHow many students attend Cedar Hill Elementary School?
Cedar Hill Elementary School enrolls approximately 896 students in grades PK-05.
Is Cedar Hill Elementary School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Cedar Hill Elementary School is an elementary school covering grades PK-05.
How many teachers does Cedar Hill Elementary School have?
Cedar Hill Elementary School employs 74 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 12.2:1.
How diverse is Cedar Hill Elementary School?
Cedar Hill Elementary School reports a student body of 7% White, 46% Hispanic, 36% Black, 8% Asian, 3% Two or more.
Is Cedar Hill Elementary School public or private?
Cedar Hill Elementary School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Gwinnett County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.