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Enrollment
856
Elementary
DISTRICT 956 · STATE 605
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·GWINNETT COUNTY·NCES 130255003989
Ferguson Elementary School
1755 Centerview Dr, Duluth, GA 30096 · (678) 245-5450 · Gwinnett County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL856 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
11.6:1
74 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.9:1 · STATE 13.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
84%
715 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 | 42 | 5% |
| Kindergarten | 119 | 14% |
| Grade 1 | 136 | 16% |
| Grade 2 | 133 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 139 | 16% |
| Grade 4 | 146 | 17% |
| Grade 5 | 141 | 16% |
This year's kindergarten class (119) is 16% smaller than its 5th grade class (141).
Student demographics
49%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
27.9%
GA avg 40.1% . +5.7pp since 2021
Math
31.9%
GA avg 44.6% . +6.5pp since 2021
What this means: On the Georgia Milestones, Georgia's statewide test, about 28 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 32 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Georgia schools, those numbers are about 40 and 45. Reading and writing scores are up about 6 points since 2021, while math scores are up about 7 points.
Georgia Milestones results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 27.9% | 31.9% |
| 2023-24 | 28.5% | 30.7% |
| 2022-23 | 28.5% | 27.7% |
| 2021-22 | 22.2% | 25.4% |
% 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
29.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
34.2%
based on GA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-5.1pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 29% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 34% 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 Ferguson Elementary School
Ferguson Elementary School's state test result (29.1% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ferguson Elementary School this school | 856 | 83.5% | 29.1% |
| Kanoheda Elementary School Lawrenceville | 925 | 84.4% | 35.7% |
| Pleasantdale Elementary School Doraville | 794 | 86.3% | 20.8% |
| Beaver Ridge Elementary School Norcross | 984 | 81.9% | 25.8% |
| Stripling Elementary School Norcross | 799 | 86.1% | 17.8% |
| Minor Elementary School Lilburn | 952 | 81.0% | 26.8% |
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 Ferguson Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Georgia | In Gwinnett County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 29.1% | #829 of 1,208 | #72 of 84 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 31.9% | #818 of 1,215 ▲ 6 | #70 of 84 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 27.9% | #800 of 1,215 ▲ 27 | #66 of 84 ▲ 2 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +6.1pp | #310 of 1,183 | #8 of 83 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 856 | #172 of 1,324 | #52 of 88 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 11.6:1 | #210 of 1,301 | #11 of 87 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 49.5% | #802 of 1,301 | #76 of 87 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 83.5% | #668 of 1,312 | #10 of 88 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -2.6% | #789 of 854 | #45 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
856
+44 (+5%) vs 2020
-7% since 2010-11, when it was 919
Student : Teacher
11.6:1
was 13.5:1
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 | 856 | 73.6 | 11.6:1 | 84% (715) |
| 2023-24 | 838 | 73.7 | 11.4:1 | 85% (711) |
| 2022-23 | 819 | 66.9 | 12.2:1 | 80% (655) |
| 2020-21 | 812 | 60 | 13.5:1 | 75% (608) |
| 2017-18 | 879 | 71 | 12.4:1 | 89% (786) |
| 2015-16 | 945 | 68 | 13.9:1 | 88% (831) |
| 2010-11 | 919 | 62 | 14.8:1 | 89% (819) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Ferguson Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 3% (879 to 856); teachers up 4% (71 to 73.6).
About Ferguson Elementary School
Ferguson Elementary School is an elementary school in Duluth, Georgia, and it is part of Gwinnett County. Its enrollment is 856 students, spread over pre-K through 5. On average, elementary schools in Georgia enroll around 605, and this school is 41% above that mark.
Gwinnett County has 141 schools; together they serve 182,518 students.
Of every 100 students at Ferguson Elementary School, about 67 are Hispanic. Other reported shares: 22% Black, 5% Asian, 3% multiracial, and 3% White. Gwinnett County's residents are about 24% Hispanic, 44 points below the school's share. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, Ferguson Elementary School scores 49%.
Ferguson Elementary School reports a ratio of 11.6 students per teacher, from 73.6 full-time-equivalent teachers. By comparison, the average for elementary schools in Georgia is 13.3:1. Student poverty is often measured by lunch eligibility; at Ferguson Elementary School, 84% qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. That is higher than the 60% average for public schools in Gwinnett County.
After adjusting for student poverty, Ferguson Elementary School lands between the top and bottom 10% of Georgia schools. Its average proficiency rate across its state test results is 29.1%; the prediction is 34.2%.
Looking at the county, Gwinnett County, median household income comes to about $87,890, about 39% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 9%. The county's public schools total 150, with about 196,924 students.
Of the public schools around it, Ferguson Elementary School is closest to Corley Elementary School, about 1.0 miles away. Inside a five-mile radius, there are at least 8 other public schools. On average proficiency, Ferguson Elementary School is 6th of 9 nearby schools with test data.
Its location is classified as Suburb: Large by the National Center for Education Statistics.
By 2024-25, enrollment had risen to 856, from 812 in 2020-21. The school's ratio dropped from 13.5:1 to 11.6:1 between 2020-21 and 2024-25.
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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 Duluth
- Georgia Connections Academy (Virtual)Combined · 7,148 students
- Duluth High SchoolHigh · 2,556 students
- Northview High SchoolHigh · 1,591 students
- Radloff Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,315 students
- Hull Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,267 students
- McClure Health Science High SchoolHigh · 1,237 students
Other Ferguson Elementary schools
One other US public school is named Ferguson Elementary. Ferguson Elementary School is the largest of the 2.
- Ferguson Elementary SchoolKlamath Falls, OR · 524 students
Nearby schools
- Corley Elementary School1.0 mi · 1,119
- McClure Health Science High School1.0 mi · 1,237
- Radloff Middle School1.1 mi · 1,315
- Chesney Elementary School1.5 mi · 1,165
- Sweetwater Middle School1.9 mi · 1,470
- Kanoheda Elementary School2.3 mi · 925
Frequently asked questions
About Ferguson Elementary SchoolHow large is Ferguson Elementary School?
Ferguson Elementary School enrolls approximately 856 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does Ferguson Elementary School serve?
Ferguson Elementary School serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
How many teachers does Ferguson Elementary School have?
Ferguson Elementary School employs 74 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 11.6:1.
What is the student diversity at Ferguson Elementary School?
Student demographics at Ferguson Elementary School are roughly 3% White, 67% Hispanic, 22% Black, 5% Asian, 3% Two or more.
What district is Ferguson Elementary School in?
Ferguson Elementary School is part of Gwinnett County.
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