Dyer Elementary School

Dyer Elementary School operates as a substantial primary school in Dacula, Georgia, run under Gwinnett County. Current enrollment sits at 944 students spanning grades pre-K through 5. By comparison, Georgia's public schools average about 605 students each, so Dyer Elementary School sits 56% larger than that benchmark.

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

Looking at the student body, Dyer Elementary School lists that 38% of students identify as Black, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups; the rest reads as 25% Hispanic, 20% White, 11% Asian, 6% multiracial. By comparison, Gwinnett County as a whole is about 28% Black, so the school skews noticeably more Black than its surroundings.

In terms of school funding signals, The school lists 72 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 13.2:1. That tracks the state average closely. Around 58% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

With demographic context factored in, Dyer Elementary School tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 47.5% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 60.7%.

Zooming out to the county, ACS estimates for Gwinnett County put median household earnings sit near $87,890, roughly 39% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 9% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Dyer Elementary School is one of 150 public schools in Gwinnett County (combined enrollment of about 196,924 students).

The closest other public school is Dacula Elementary School, roughly 2.0 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, Dyer Elementary School comes 2nd of 6 in the immediate cluster, above the nearby-schools average of 48.7%.

The school occupies a bedroom-community site.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Dyer Elementary School has ticked up 6%, going from 888 students in 2018 to 944 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share ticked down from 34% to 20%. Class-load math has tightened: from 14.7:1 in 2018 to 13.2:1 in 2025.

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