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Alumni: what's one memory from Gainesville Exploration Academy that still sticks with you?
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Enrollment
536
Elementary
DISTRICT 685 · STATE 605
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·GAINESVILLE CITY·NCES 130231003049
Gainesville Exploration Academy
1145 McEver Rd, Gainesville, GA 30504 · (770) 287-1223 · Hall County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY13-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL536 STUDENTS
D
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 11% of Georgia public elementary schools
- C-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- DBeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- B-Three-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
Student : Teacher
13.7:1
39 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.6:1 · STATE 13.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
84%
450 students
DISTRICT 75% · 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 | 35 | 7% |
| Kindergarten | 80 | 15% |
| Grade 1 | 78 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 90 | 17% |
| Grade 3 | 81 | 15% |
| Grade 4 | 73 | 14% |
| Grade 5 | 99 | 18% |
This year's kindergarten class (80) is 19% smaller than its 5th grade class (99).
Student demographics
47%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 56% · 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
Test scores
Georgia Milestones 2024-25 . % Proficient or DistinguishedEnglish Language Arts
20.8%
GA avg 40.1% . +1.8pp since 2021
Math
25.6%
GA avg 44.6% . +2.4pp since 2021
What this means: On the Georgia Milestones, Georgia's statewide test, about 21 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 26 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 2 points since 2021, while math scores are up about 2 points.
Georgia Milestones results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 20.8% | 25.6% |
| 2023-24 | 21.1% | 22.3% |
| 2022-23 | 14.8% | 21.9% |
| 2021-22 | 18.9% | 23.2% |
% 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
22.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
34.0%
based on GA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-11.9pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 22% 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 Gainesville Exploration Academy
Gainesville Exploration Academy's state test result (22.1% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gainesville Exploration Academy this school | 536 | 84.0% | 22.1% |
| New Holland Leadership Academy Gainesville | 573 | 83.9% | 30.2% |
| House Elementary School Conyers | 623 | 91.5% | 28.9% |
| Park Street Elementary School Marietta | 476 | 92.4% | 29.4% |
| Fair Street International Academy Gainesville | 651 | 91.1% | 14.6% |
| Garden City Elementary School Garden City | 597 | 90.6% | 31.5% |
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 Gainesville Exploration Academy ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Georgia | In Hall County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 22.1% | #988 of 1,208 | #21 of 26 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 25.6% | #952 of 1,215 ▲ 46 | #22 of 26 ▲ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 20.8% | #991 of 1,215 ▲ 40 | #21 of 26 ▼ 1 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +2.1pp | #595 of 1,183 | #14 of 24 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 536 | #781 of 1,324 | #20 of 27 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.7:1 | #732 of 1,301 | #5 of 27 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 47.5% | #829 of 1,301 | #16 of 27 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 84.0% | #660 of 1,312 | #9 of 27 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -29.0% | #96 of 854 | #2 of 11 |
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
536
-16 (-3%) vs 2020
-45% since 2010-11, when it was 967
Student : Teacher
13.7:1
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 | 536 | 39.2 | 13.7:1 | 84% (450) |
| 2023-24 | 523 | 39.2 | 13.3:1 | 84% (438) |
| 2022-23 | 554 | 39.3 | 14.1:1 | 84% (464) |
| 2020-21 | 552 | 41 | 13.5:1 | 84% (463) |
| 2017-18 | 755 | 50.3 | 15.0:1 | 91% (689) |
| 2015-16 | 1,029 | 67 | 15.4:1 | 91% (938) |
| 2010-11 | 967 | 55 | 17.6:1 | 93% (902) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Gainesville Exploration Academy.
Since 2017-18: students down 29% (755 to 536); teachers down 22% (50.3 to 39.2).
About Gainesville Exploration Academy
Gainesville Exploration Academy is a medium-sized elementary school in Gainesville, Georgia. It serves 536 students in pre-K through 5.
Gainesville City is made up of 10 schools with 8,480 students in all.
Gainesville Exploration Academy's enrollment is 70% Hispanic. The next largest groups are 19% Black, 7% White, and 3% multiracial. In Hall County overall, about 29% of residents are Hispanic. The chance that two students picked at random at Gainesville Exploration Academy belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 47%.
The ratio of students to teachers is 13.7:1, with 39.2 full-time-equivalent teachers on staff. Elementary schools in Georgia average about 13.3:1, a similar figure. The percentage of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch is 84%. Among public schools in Hall County, the average eligibility rate is 64%.
The allk12 Grade for Gainesville Exploration Academy is D. Compared with Georgia public elementary schools, the school scored higher than 11% on a mix of test scores, poverty-adjusted results, and recent trend.
Gainesville Exploration Academy's average proficiency rate on state tests of 22.1% is 11.9 points below the 34.0% the model predicts from its lunch-eligibility share.
In Hall County (population about 212,705), median household income is about $80,901, 27% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 9% of residents live below the federal poverty line. A total of 49 public schools operate in Hall County, serving about 36,525 students.
The next-closest public school is Gainesville Middle School West, about 0.6 miles away. In all, at least 8 other public schools sit within five miles of Gainesville Exploration Academy. In a group of 8 nearby schools with scores, Gainesville Exploration Academy ranks 6th on average proficiency.
By NCES locale, the school is City: Small, or inside a principal city with a population under 100,000.
Enrollment was 552 in 2020-21 and 536 in 2024-25, a decrease of 16 students.
Discussions about Gainesville Exploration Academy may include school safety, transportation, and start times. Alumni can share how the school prepared them.
Hall County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
212,705
Census ACS
Median income
$80,901
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
27%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
9%
Below federal line
Schools in county
49
36,525 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Gainesville City
- Gainesville High SchoolHigh · 2,077 students
- Gainesville Middle School WestMiddle · 931 students
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- Centennial Arts AcademyElementary · 760 students
Other schools in Gainesville
- Gainesville High SchoolHigh · 2,077 students
- East Forsyth High SchoolHigh · 1,588 students
- Johnson High SchoolHigh · 1,318 students
- East Hall High SchoolHigh · 1,287 students
- Chestatee High SchoolHigh · 1,245 students
- North Hall High SchoolHigh · 1,164 students
Nearby schools
- Gainesville Middle School West0.6 mi · 931
- Gainesville High School1.3 mi · 2,077
- Centennial Arts Academy1.5 mi · 760
- McEver Elementary School1.5 mi · 487
- Lyman Hall Elementary School1.8 mi · 785
- Horizon Academy School2.1 mi · 464
Frequently asked questions
About Gainesville Exploration AcademyHow large is Gainesville Exploration Academy?
Gainesville Exploration Academy enrolls approximately 536 students in grades PK-05.
Is Gainesville Exploration Academy an elementary, middle, or high school?
Gainesville Exploration Academy is an elementary school covering grades PK-05.
How many teachers does Gainesville Exploration Academy have?
Gainesville Exploration Academy employs 39 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 13.7:1.
How diverse is Gainesville Exploration Academy?
Gainesville Exploration Academy reports a student body of 7% White, 70% Hispanic, 19% Black, 1% Asian, 3% Two or more.
Who oversees Gainesville Exploration Academy?
Gainesville Exploration Academy is overseen by Gainesville City in Hall County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.