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Enrollment
645
Elementary
DISTRICT 956 · STATE 605
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·GWINNETT COUNTY·NCES 130255000972
Fort Daniel Elementary School
1725 Auburn Rd, Dacula, GA 30019 · (770) 932-7400 · Gwinnett County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL645 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
11.9:1
54 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.9:1 · STATE 13.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
45%
293 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 | 25 | 4% |
| Kindergarten | 94 | 15% |
| Grade 1 | 98 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 102 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 114 | 18% |
| Grade 4 | 98 | 15% |
| Grade 5 | 114 | 18% |
This year's kindergarten class (94) is 18% smaller than its 5th grade class (114).
Student demographics
78%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
56.5%
GA avg 40.1% . -4.2pp since 2021
Math
66.1%
GA avg 44.6% . +1.0pp since 2021
What this means: On the Georgia Milestones, Georgia's statewide test, about 56 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 66 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 4 points since 2021, while math scores are up about 1 points.
Georgia Milestones results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 56.5% | 66.1% |
| 2023-24 | 61.2% | 64.6% |
| 2022-23 | 58.8% | 65.5% |
| 2021-22 | 60.7% | 65.0% |
% 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
62.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
53.9%
based on GA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+8.8pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 63% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 54% 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 Fort Daniel Elementary School
Fort Daniel Elementary School's state test result (62.7% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fort Daniel Elementary School this school | 645 | 45.4% | 62.7% |
| Head Elementary School Lilburn | 720 | 44.2% | 72.4% |
| Harmony Elementary School Buford | 614 | 38.9% | 61.2% |
| Burnette Elementary School Suwanee | 664 | 44.1% | 64.3% |
| Eastvalley Elementary School Marietta | 679 | 42.1% | 52.5% |
| Walnut Grove Elementary School Suwanee | 819 | 57.3% | 58.2% |
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 Fort Daniel Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Georgia | In Gwinnett County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 62.7% | #171 of 1,208 | #21 of 84 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 66.1% | #174 of 1,215 ▲ 18 | #21 of 84 ▲ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 56.5% | #178 of 1,215 ▼ 17 | #22 of 84 ▼ 1 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -1.6pp | #310 of 1,183 | #35 of 83 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 645 | #496 of 1,324 | #78 of 88 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 11.9:1 | #248 of 1,301 | #14 of 87 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 77.6% | #1 of 1,301 | #1 of 87 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 45.4% | #1,078 of 1,312 | #68 of 88 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -3.2% | #772 of 854 | #43 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
645
-16 (-2%) vs 2020
-48% since 2000-01, when it was 1,235
Student : Teacher
11.9:1
was 13.0:1
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 | 645 | 54.3 | 11.9:1 | 45% (293) |
| 2023-24 | 697 | 58.7 | 11.9:1 | 51% (358) |
| 2022-23 | 691 | 55 | 12.6:1 | 37% (256) |
| 2020-21 | 661 | 51 | 13.0:1 | 33% (219) |
| 2017-18 | 666 | 50.4 | 13.2:1 | 29% (196) |
| 2015-16 | 655 | 48 | 13.7:1 | 25% (166) |
| 2010-11 | 624 | 48 | 13.0:1 | 26% (163) |
| 2000-01 | 1,235 | 78 | 15.8:1 | 6% (78) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Fort Daniel Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 3% (666 to 645); teachers up 8% (50.4 to 54.3).
About Fort Daniel Elementary School
Fort Daniel Elementary School is a public medium-sized elementary school in Dacula, Georgia. It serves 645 students in pre-K through 5.
In Gwinnett County, 141 schools enroll a combined 182,518 students.
Fort Daniel Elementary School's enrollment has no majority group, and White students are the largest at 27%. The school is also 25% Hispanic, 24% Black, 15% Asian, and 9% multiracial. The chance that two students picked at random at Fort Daniel Elementary School belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 78%.
With 54.3 full-time-equivalent teachers in 2024-25, the ratio at Fort Daniel Elementary School was 11.9:1. The 13.3:1 average for elementary schools in Georgia is higher than this school's figure. A measure often used for student poverty, free or reduced-price lunch eligibility, stands at 45%. For comparison, public schools in Gwinnett County average 60%.
On BeatsExpectations, Fort Daniel Elementary School is 8.8 points above its prediction, a result in the middle 80% of Georgia schools.
Among Gwinnett County residents, median household income is about $87,890, about 39% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 9% of residents are in poverty. Fort Daniel Elementary School is one of 150 public schools in Gwinnett County, which together enroll about 196,924 students.
Nearby, Twin Rivers Middle School is about 1.3 miles away. Other public schools within five miles number at least 8. Compared with its nearest neighbors, Fort Daniel Elementary School ranks 5th of 9 on average proficiency.
In the federal locale system, Fort Daniel Elementary School is coded Suburb: Large, for schools in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Enrollment was essentially flat over 4 years: 661 in 2020-21, 645 in 2024-25. Federal data show the ratio falling from 13.0:1 to 11.9:1.
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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 Dacula
- Dacula High SchoolHigh · 2,481 students
- Dacula Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,866 students
- Alcova Elementary SchoolElementary · 1,467 students
- Harbins Elementary SchoolElementary · 1,320 students
- Dacula Elementary SchoolElementary · 1,159 students
- Dyer Elementary SchoolElementary · 944 students
Nearby schools
- Twin Rivers Middle School1.3 mi · 1,669
- Freeman's Mill Elementary School1.3 mi · 1,011
- Puckett's Mill Elementary School1.5 mi · 794
- Mountain View High School1.7 mi · 2,221
- Seckinger High School2.5 mi · 2,318
- Dacula Elementary School3.3 mi · 1,159
Frequently asked questions
About Fort Daniel Elementary SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Fort Daniel Elementary School?
Fort Daniel Elementary School enrolls approximately 645 students in grades PK-05.
Is Fort Daniel Elementary School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Fort Daniel Elementary School is an elementary school covering grades PK-05.
How many students per teacher at Fort Daniel Elementary School?
Approximately 11.9:1 students per teacher at Fort Daniel Elementary School.
What is the student diversity at Fort Daniel Elementary School?
Student demographics at Fort Daniel Elementary School are roughly 27% White, 25% Hispanic, 24% Black, 15% Asian, 9% Two or more.
Is Fort Daniel Elementary School public or private?
Fort Daniel 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.