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Enrollment
1,095
Elementary
DISTRICT 956 · STATE 605
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·GWINNETT COUNTY·NCES 130255001139
Grayson Elementary School
460 Grayson Pkwy, Grayson, GA 30017 · (770) 963-7189 · Gwinnett County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL1,095 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
13.1:1
84 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.9:1 · STATE 13.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
56%
617 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 | 1 | 0% |
| Kindergarten | 147 | 13% |
| Grade 1 | 194 | 18% |
| Grade 2 | 182 | 17% |
| Grade 3 | 173 | 16% |
| Grade 4 | 177 | 16% |
| Grade 5 | 221 | 20% |
This year's kindergarten class (147) is 33% smaller than its 5th grade class (221).
Student demographics
68%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
55.3%
GA avg 40.1% . -0.1pp since 2021
Math
58.3%
GA avg 44.6% . +3.7pp since 2021
What this means: On the Georgia Milestones, Georgia's statewide test, about 55 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 58 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Georgia schools, those numbers are about 40 and 45. Reading and writing scores have held steady since 2021, while math scores are up about 4 points.
Georgia Milestones results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 55.3% | 58.3% |
| 2023-24 | 54.0% | 56.2% |
| 2022-23 | 52.8% | 57.1% |
| 2021-22 | 55.5% | 54.6% |
% 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
57.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
48.2%
based on GA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+8.8pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 57% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 48% 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 Grayson Elementary School
Grayson Elementary School's state test result (57.1% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Grayson Elementary School this school | 1,095 | 56.3% | 57.1% |
| Starling Elementary School Grayson | 1,340 | 57.4% | 59.0% |
| Dyer Elementary School Dacula | 944 | 57.8% | 60.7% |
| Harbins Elementary School Dacula | 1,320 | 55.6% | 48.4% |
| Welch Elementary School Newnan | 1,012 | 58.7% | 43.4% |
| Godley Station School Savannah | 1,585 | 60.8% | 37.1% |
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 Grayson Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Georgia | In Gwinnett County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 57.1% | #230 of 1,208 | #31 of 84 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 58.3% | #268 of 1,215 ▲ 45 | #31 of 84 ▲ 2 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 55.3% | #200 of 1,215 ▲ 53 | #25 of 84 ▲ 2 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +1.8pp | #617 of 1,183 | #21 of 83 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 1,095 | #49 of 1,324 | #23 of 88 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.1:1 | #562 of 1,301 | #51 of 87 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 68.1% | #177 of 1,301 | #41 of 87 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 56.3% | #983 of 1,312 | #57 of 88 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +22.5% | #88 of 386 | #7 of 31 |
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
1,095
+233 (+27%) vs 2020
+6% since 1990-91, when it was 1,029
Student : Teacher
13.1:1
was 13.3:1
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 | 1,095 | 83.6 | 13.1:1 | 56% (617) |
| 2023-24 | 1,051 | 78.6 | 13.4:1 | 57% (604) |
| 2022-23 | 1,009 | 71.9 | 14.0:1 | 48% (481) |
| 2020-21 | 862 | 65 | 13.3:1 | 33% (288) |
| 2017-18 | 894 | 59.7 | 15.0:1 | 39% (348) |
| 2015-16 | 835 | 59 | 14.2:1 | 35% (293) |
| 2010-11 | 795 | 54 | 14.7:1 | 30% (242) |
| 2000-01 | 1,307 | 82 | 15.9:1 | 8% (104) |
| 1990-91 | 1,029 | 58 | 17.7:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Grayson Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students up 22% (894 to 1,095); teachers up 40% (59.7 to 83.6).
About Grayson Elementary School
This page covers Grayson Elementary School, a high-enrollment elementary school in Grayson, Georgia. It reports enrollment of 1,095 students in pre-K through 5. On average, elementary schools in Georgia enroll around 605, and this school is 81% above that mark.
Enrollment across the 141 schools in Gwinnett County totals 182,518 students.
The biggest share of students at Grayson Elementary School, 50%, is Black. Next come 19% Hispanic, 15% White, 9% Asian, and 7% multiracial. That compares with about 28% Black among all Gwinnett County residents. Measured by the diversity index, the student body scores 68%.
For every teacher at Grayson Elementary School, there are about 13.1 students; the school has 83.6 full-time-equivalent teachers. The ratio is within a point of the 13.3:1 average for elementary schools in Georgia. There are 617 students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, 56% of enrollment.
Grayson Elementary School is 8.8 points above its predicted average proficiency rate across its state test results (57.1% versus 48.2%), which places it in neither the top nor the bottom 10% in Georgia.
In the surrounding county, Gwinnett County, the median household earns about $87,890 a year, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 39%, and about 9% of people live in poverty. Counting Grayson Elementary School, Gwinnett County has 150 public schools.
A public school about 0.9 miles away, Couch Middle School, is the closest to Grayson Elementary School. Inside a five-mile radius, there are at least 8 other public schools. Nearby schools with test data average 59.2% proficiency; Grayson Elementary School posts 57.1%.
On the NCES locale scale, the school is Suburb: Large.
Enrollment rose by 27% across 4 years, from 862 in 2020-21 to 1,095 in 2024-25.
Use the discussion section to ask about homework, tutoring, and testing dates at Grayson Elementary School. Current and former families are welcome to add their experience.
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 Grayson
- Trip Elementary SchoolElementary · 1,589 students
- Bay Creek Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,510 students
- Starling Elementary SchoolElementary · 1,340 students
- Couch Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,147 students
Other Grayson Elementary schools
3 other US public schools in 4 states are named Grayson Elementary. Grayson Elementary School is the largest of the 4.
- Grayson ElementaryWATERFORD, MI · 437 students
- Grayson ElementaryWestley, CA · 266 students
- Grayson Elementary SchoolGrayson, LA · 212 students
Nearby schools
- Couch Middle School0.9 mi · 1,147
- Starling Elementary School0.9 mi · 1,340
- Bay Creek Middle School1.3 mi · 1,510
- Trip Elementary School1.4 mi · 1,589
- McConnell Middle School2.5 mi · 2,009
- Grayson High School2.5 mi · 3,627
Frequently asked questions
About Grayson Elementary SchoolHow many students attend Grayson Elementary School?
Grayson Elementary School enrolls approximately 1,095 students in grades PK-05.
Is Grayson Elementary School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Grayson Elementary School is an elementary school covering grades PK-05.
How many teachers does Grayson Elementary School have?
Grayson Elementary School employs 84 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 13.1:1.
How diverse is Grayson Elementary School?
Grayson Elementary School reports a student body of 15% White, 19% Hispanic, 50% Black, 9% Asian, 7% Two or more.
What district is Grayson Elementary School in?
Grayson Elementary School is part of Gwinnett County.
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