Grayson Elementary School

Grayson Elementary School, a well-populated elementary campus in Grayson, Georgia, one of the schools within Gwinnett County, educates 1,095 students, covering grades pre-K through 5. Enrollment runs roughly 81% above the state mean of about 605.

Across the 141 schools in Gwinnett County (182,518 students total), Grayson Elementary School accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

On demographics, Grayson Elementary School shows that the most-represented group is Black (50%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. Other groups include 19% Hispanic, 15% White, 9% Asian, 7% multiracial. That is noticeably more Black than the county at large, where the share is closer to 28%.

On the income-and-resources front, Staff filings list 84 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 13.1:1 students per teacher. The state averages about 13.3:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. An estimated 56% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Grayson Elementary School tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 48.2% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 57.1%.

Across the wider county, the surrounding county (Gwinnett County) logs that median household income runs about $87,890, roughly 39% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 9% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Gwinnett County runs 150 public schools (combined enrollment of about 196,924 students), of which Grayson Elementary School is one.

Couch Middle School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.9 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Grayson Elementary School. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Grayson Elementary School at 6th of 9; the average score across the group is 59.2%.

The campus sits in a bedroom-community setting.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count rose 22%: 894 students in 2018 compared to 1,095 in 2025. The White share of enrollment ticked down from 37% to 15% over that span. Class-load math has tightened: from 15.0:1 in 2018 to 13.1:1 in 2025.

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