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How has Graves Elementary School changed in the last five years, for better or worse?
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Enrollment
1,076
Elementary
DISTRICT 956 · STATE 605
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·GWINNETT COUNTY·NCES 130255004210
Graves Elementary School
1700 Graves Rd, Norcross, GA 30093 · (770) 326-8000 · Gwinnett County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL1,076 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
12.8:1
84 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.9:1 · STATE 13.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
83%
891 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 | 18 | 2% |
| Kindergarten | 139 | 13% |
| Grade 1 | 186 | 17% |
| Grade 2 | 196 | 18% |
| Grade 3 | 185 | 17% |
| Grade 4 | 180 | 17% |
| Grade 5 | 172 | 16% |
This year's kindergarten class (139) is 19% smaller than its 5th grade class (172).
Student demographics
28%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
15.8%
GA avg 40.1% . -8.7pp since 2021
Math
27.9%
GA avg 44.6% . +1.7pp since 2021
What this means: On the Georgia Milestones, Georgia's statewide test, about 16 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 28 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 9 points since 2021, while math scores are up about 2 points.
Georgia Milestones results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 15.8% | 27.9% |
| 2023-24 | 20.7% | 23.7% |
| 2022-23 | 18.3% | 25.8% |
| 2021-22 | 24.6% | 26.2% |
% 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
21.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
34.6%
based on GA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-13.3pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 21% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 35% 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 Graves Elementary School
Graves Elementary School's state test result (21.3% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Graves Elementary School this school | 1,076 | 82.8% | 21.3% |
| Corley Elementary School Lawrenceville | 1,119 | 80.1% | 29.2% |
| Nesbit Elementary School Tucker | 1,191 | 85.6% | 18.3% |
| Baldwin Elementary Norcross | 914 | 80.6% | 24.0% |
| Rockbridge Elementary School Norcross | 990 | 87.8% | 17.1% |
| Hopkins Elementary School Lilburn | 1,113 | 87.6% | 24.3% |
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 Graves Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Georgia | In Gwinnett County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 21.3% | #1,014 of 1,208 | #80 of 84 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 27.9% | #909 of 1,215 ▲ 61 | #79 of 84 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 15.8% | #1,112 of 1,215 ▼ 75 | #79 of 84 ▼ 1 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -3.5pp | #201 of 1,183 | #24 of 83 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 1,076 | #55 of 1,324 | #26 of 88 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.8:1 | #470 of 1,301 | #43 of 87 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 28.3% | #1,093 of 1,301 | #85 of 87 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 82.8% | #681 of 1,312 | #15 of 88 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -17.1% | #306 of 854 | #11 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
1,076
-46 (-4%) vs 2020
Student : Teacher
12.8:1
was 13.8:1
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 | 1,076 | 84 | 12.8:1 | 83% (891) |
| 2023-24 | 1,051 | 82 | 12.8:1 | 87% (916) |
| 2022-23 | 1,071 | 80.5 | 13.3:1 | 88% (940) |
| 2020-21 | 1,122 | 81 | 13.8:1 | 83% (933) |
| 2017-18 | 1,298 | 93 | 14.0:1 | 92% (1,191) |
| 2015-16 | 1,281 | 90 | 14.2:1 | 92% (1,177) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Graves Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 17% (1,298 to 1,076); teachers down 10% (93 to 84).
About Graves Elementary School
In Norcross, Georgia, part of Gwinnett County, Graves Elementary School is an elementary school. The school serves 1,076 students in pre-K through 5 in 2024-25. The average among elementary schools in Georgia is roughly 605 students; this school is 78% above that.
Graves Elementary School is run by Gwinnett County, whose 141 schools enroll 182,518 students.
About 84% of the student body at Graves Elementary School is Hispanic. Beyond that, enrollment is 11% Black and 2% Asian. In Gwinnett County overall, about 24% of residents are Hispanic. Graves Elementary School's diversity index is 28%, against a US figure of 70%.
A ratio of 12.8:1 comes from the school's 84 full-time-equivalent teachers. For comparison, elementary schools in Georgia average 13.3:1. The lunch program counts 83% of students at Graves Elementary School as eligible for free or reduced-price meals. Among public schools in Gwinnett County, the average eligibility rate is 60%.
Predicted from its free or reduced-price lunch share, Graves Elementary School would score about 34.6%. It scores 21.3%, 13.3 points below that figure.
Federal survey data for Gwinnett County show that the median household income is $87,890, about 39% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 9% of residents are in poverty. Gwinnett County is home to 150 public schools and about 196,924 public school students.
The shortest distance from Graves Elementary School to another public school is about 1.0 miles, to Pleasantdale Elementary School. Counting only straight-line distance, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. On state test proficiency, Graves Elementary School ranks 4th in a group of 7 nearby schools.
Graves Elementary School is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more, a location NCES labels Suburb: Large.
The school enrolled 1,076 students in 2024-25, 46 fewer than the 1,122 it had in 2020-21. There were fewer students per teacher in 2024-25 (12.8:1) than in 2020-21 (13.8:1).
Conversations here can range across enrollment questions, class placement, and PTA news. Reviews and ratings from people who know the school are welcome.
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 Norcross
- Meadowcreek High SchoolHigh · 2,609 students
- Norcross High SchoolHigh · 2,317 students
- Paul Duke STEM High SchoolHigh · 1,509 students
- Summerour Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,319 students
- Rockbridge Elementary SchoolElementary · 990 students
- Beaver Ridge Elementary SchoolElementary · 984 students
Other Graves Elementary schools
One other US public school is named Graves Elementary. Graves Elementary School is the largest of the 2.
- Graves ElementarySalinas, CA · 32 students
Nearby schools
- Pleasantdale Elementary School1.0 mi · 794
- Georgia Fugees Academy Charter School1.4 mi · 165
- Rockbridge Elementary School1.6 mi · 990
- Oakcliff Elementary School2.0 mi · 621
- Evansdale Elementary School2.2 mi · 504
- Nesbit Elementary School2.2 mi · 1,191
Frequently asked questions
About Graves Elementary SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Graves Elementary School?
Graves Elementary School enrolls approximately 1,076 students in grades PK-05.
What grades does Graves Elementary School serve?
Graves Elementary School serves grades PK-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Graves Elementary School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Graves Elementary School is approximately 12.8:1 (84 FTE teachers).
What is the student diversity at Graves Elementary School?
Student demographics at Graves Elementary School are roughly 2% White, 84% Hispanic, 11% Black, 2% Asian, 1% Two or more.
What district is Graves Elementary School in?
Graves Elementary School is part of Gwinnett County.
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