Corley Elementary School

Corley Elementary School is one of the roomy primary schools in Lawrenceville, Georgia, overseen by Gwinnett County, with 1,119 students on its rolls from grades pre-K through 5. By comparison, Georgia's public schools average about 605 students each, so Corley Elementary School sits 85% bigger than that benchmark.

Gwinnett County comprises 141 schools with combined enrollment of 182,518 students; Corley Elementary School is among them.

Demographically, Corley Elementary School reports that Hispanic students make up the majority at 80%. Other groups include 14% Black, 3% Asian, 3% White. That is meaningfully more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 24%.

In terms of school funding signals, Corley Elementary School records 86 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 12.9:1. That tracks the state average closely. Roughly 80% of students at Corley Elementary School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. By comparison, Gwinnett County runs at roughly 60%, so the school's eligibility rate is meaningfully above the surrounding baseline.

After controlling for student poverty, Corley Elementary School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 36.0%, the actual is 29.2%, a residual of -6.8 points.

Around the school, census data for Gwinnett County shows median household earnings sit near $87,890, about 39% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 9%. Corley Elementary School is one of 150 public schools in Gwinnett County (combined enrollment of about 196,924 students).

McClure Health Science High School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.9 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Corley Elementary School. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Corley Elementary School at 4th of 9; the average score across the group is 29.3%.

The school occupies a suburban site.

Looking at the recent track record. Corley Elementary School's enrollment has edged down 14% since 2018, when it stood at 1,298 (now 1,119). Hispanic enrollment moved from 62% to 80% across the same window. Class-load math has pulled in: from 14.1:1 in 2018 to 12.9:1 in 2025.

Within the allk12 community for this school, recent activity here tends to focus on open house dates, ride-share offers, and field-trip permission slips. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.