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Corley Elementary School
- CTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- C-Beats 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
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 35 | 3% |
| Kindergarten | 181 | 16% |
| Grade 1 | 163 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 194 | 17% |
| Grade 3 | 187 | 17% |
| Grade 4 | 188 | 17% |
| Grade 5 | 171 | 15% |
This year's kindergarten class (181) is 6% larger than its 5th grade class (171).
School pathway
Test scores
Georgia Milestones 2024-25 . % Proficient or DistinguishedWhat this means: On the Georgia Milestones, Georgia's statewide test, about 25 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 39 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 6 points since 2021, while math scores are up about 5 points.
Georgia Milestones results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 25.1% | 38.8% |
| 2023-24 | 22.2% | 31.4% |
| 2022-23 | 26.5% | 38.7% |
| 2021-22 | 31.1% | 33.8% |
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyWhat this means: About 29% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 36% 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%.
Schools most like Corley Elementary School
Corley Elementary School's state test result (29.2% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Corley Elementary School this school | 1,119 | 80.1% | 29.2% |
| Graves Elementary School Norcross | 1,076 | 82.8% | 21.3% |
| Nesbit Elementary School Tucker | 1,191 | 85.6% | 18.3% |
| Beaver Ridge Elementary School Norcross | 984 | 81.9% | 25.8% |
| Baldwin Elementary Norcross | 914 | 80.6% | 24.0% |
| Hopkins Elementary School Lilburn | 1,113 | 87.6% | 24.3% |
Where Corley Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Georgia | In Gwinnett County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 29.2% | #824 of 1,208 | #71 of 84 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 38.8% | #641 of 1,215 ▲ 165 | #58 of 84 ▲ 11 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 25.1% | #871 of 1,215 ▲ 126 | #72 of 84 ▲ 2 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -0.5pp | #389 of 1,183 | #49 of 83 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 1,119 | #39 of 1,324 | #20 of 88 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.9:1 | #511 of 1,301 | #48 of 87 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 34.6% | #1,013 of 1,301 | #82 of 87 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 80.1% | #717 of 1,312 | #26 of 88 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -13.8% | #408 of 854 | #19 of 53 |
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 1,119 | 86.4 | 12.9:1 | 80% (896) |
| 2023-24 | 1,093 | 90 | 12.1:1 | 90% (980) |
| 2022-23 | 1,096 | 85.6 | 12.8:1 | 87% (957) |
| 2020-21 | 1,075 | 83 | 12.9:1 | 87% (930) |
| 2017-18 | 1,298 | 92.1 | 14.1:1 | 91% (1,180) |
| 2015-16 | 1,300 | 90 | 14.4:1 | 93% (1,214) |
| 2010-11 | 1,270 | 100 | 12.7:1 | 93% (1,180) |
Since 2017-18: students down 14% (1,298 to 1,119); teachers down 6% (92.1 to 86.4).
About Corley Elementary School
Students in Lawrenceville, Georgia, attend Corley Elementary School, a high-enrollment elementary school. Enrollment stands at 1,119 students, covering pre-K through 5. The school is 85% above the average for elementary schools in Georgia.
Corley Elementary School is one of 141 schools in Gwinnett County, which enrolls 182,518 students in total.
More than half of the students at Corley Elementary School are Hispanic (80%). Next come 14% Black, 3% Asian, and 3% White. That compares with about 24% Hispanic among all Gwinnett County residents. Measured by the diversity index, the student body scores 35%.
The school has 86.4 full-time-equivalent teachers and a ratio of 12.9 students per teacher. That is in line with the 13.3:1 average for elementary schools in Georgia. Of all students at Corley Elementary School, 80% are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. By comparison, the figure for public schools in Gwinnett County is 60%.
Corley Elementary School earns a C- on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 19% of Georgia public elementary schools.
Corley Elementary School sits between the top and bottom 10% of Georgia schools on BeatsExpectations, with an actual average proficiency rate across its state test results of 29.2% and a predicted 36.0%.
Five-year Census Bureau estimates for Gwinnett County show that median household income comes to about $87,890, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 39% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 9%. Gwinnett County counts 150 public schools with about 196,924 students.
Corley Elementary School is about 0.9 miles from McClure Health Science High School, its nearest public school. There are at least 8 other public schools within five miles. Local comparison: Corley Elementary School ranks 4th of 9 nearby schools, at 29.2% versus a 29.3% average.
The NCES locale for Corley 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.
The school's student count rose 4% between the 2020-21 and 2024-25 school years.
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