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Enrollment
926
Elementary
DISTRICT 1,008 · STATE 605
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·FORSYTH COUNTY·NCES 130222003825
Haw Creek Elementary
2555 Echols Rd, Cumming, GA 30041 · (678) 965-5070 · Forsyth County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL926 STUDENTS
B+
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 72% of Georgia public elementary schools
- ATest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- B-Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- C-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
14.2:1
65 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.6:1 · STATE 13.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
12%
111 students
DISTRICT 22% · 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 | 117 | 13% |
| Grade 1 | 113 | 12% |
| Grade 2 | 161 | 17% |
| Grade 3 | 167 | 18% |
| Grade 4 | 175 | 19% |
| Grade 5 | 175 | 19% |
This year's kindergarten class (117) is 33% smaller than its 5th grade class (175).
Student demographics
63%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 68% · 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 Forsyth County. Zones change; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
Georgia Milestones 2024-25 . % Proficient or DistinguishedEnglish Language Arts
63.7%
GA avg 40.1% . -5.7pp since 2021
Math
78.5%
GA avg 44.6% . +2.2pp since 2021
What this means: On the Georgia Milestones, Georgia's statewide test, about 64 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 79 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 6 points since 2021, while math scores are up about 2 points.
Georgia Milestones results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 63.7% | 78.5% |
| 2023-24 | 66.0% | 79.3% |
| 2022-23 | 68.4% | 81.0% |
| 2021-22 | 69.3% | 76.3% |
% 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
71.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
71.1%
based on GA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+0.6pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 72% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 71% 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 Haw Creek Elementary
Haw Creek Elementary's state test result (71.7% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Haw Creek Elementary this school | 926 | 12.0% | 71.7% |
| Sharon Elementary School Suwanee | 865 | 14.3% | 78.5% |
| Level Creek Elementary School Suwanee | 1,051 | 15.1% | 85.5% |
| Kelly Mill Elementary Cumming | 1,104 | 14.9% | 64.6% |
| Brookwood Elementary Cumming | 810 | 13.8% | 75.7% |
| Riverside Elementary School Suwanee | 919 | 22.6% | 82.3% |
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 Haw Creek Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Georgia | In Forsyth County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 71.7% | #82 of 1,208 | #8 of 23 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 78.5% | #59 of 1,215 ▼ 9 | #9 of 23 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 63.7% | #109 of 1,215 ▲ 9 | #10 of 23 ▼ 1 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -1.7pp | #300 of 1,183 | #11 of 22 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 926 | #119 of 1,324 | #14 of 23 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.2:1 | #896 of 1,301 | #7 of 23 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 63.2% | #370 of 1,301 | #12 of 23 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 12.0% | #1,281 of 1,312 | #21 of 23 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -15.2% | #360 of 854 | #7 of 14 |
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
926
-30 (-3%) vs 2020
-1% since 2010-11, when it was 932
Student : Teacher
14.2:1
was 14.5:1
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 | 926 | 65.2 | 14.2:1 | 12% (111) |
| 2023-24 | 837 | 61.2 | 13.7:1 | 15% (126) |
| 2022-23 | 916 | 62.4 | 14.7:1 | 7% (60) |
| 2020-21 | 956 | 66 | 14.5:1 | 6% (60) |
| 2017-18 | 1,092 | 65.5 | 16.7:1 | 7% (77) |
| 2015-16 | 978 | 59 | 16.6:1 | 9% (92) |
| 2010-11 | 932 | 49 | 19.0:1 | 7% (62) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Haw Creek Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 15% (1,092 to 926); teachers unchanged (65.5 to 65.2).
About Haw Creek Elementary
At 2555 Echols Rd in Cumming, Georgia, Haw Creek Elementary operates as a large elementary school. Grades offered run from pre-K through 5, with 926 students enrolled. The average among elementary schools in Georgia is roughly 605 students; this school is 53% above that.
Forsyth County has 42 schools and 54,864 students, and Haw Creek Elementary is one of those schools.
By race and ethnicity, the largest group at Haw Creek Elementary is White (46%). Enrollment also includes 39% Asian, 8% Hispanic, 4% Black, and 4% multiracial. The school's White share is 18 points below the 64% share among Forsyth County residents. By the diversity index, Haw Creek Elementary comes in at 63%.
The school reports 65.2 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to about 14.2 students per teacher. The 13.3:1 average for elementary schools in Georgia is lower than this school's figure. The free or reduced-price lunch share, often used to gauge student poverty, is 12%. Among public schools in Forsyth County, the average eligibility rate is 21%.
The allk12 Grade for Haw Creek Elementary is B+. Compared with Georgia public elementary schools, the school scored higher than 72% on a mix of test scores, poverty-adjusted results, and recent trend.
Based on its free or reduced-price lunch share, the BeatsExpectations model predicts an average proficiency rate on state tests of 71.1% for Haw Creek Elementary. The school posts 71.7%, within a point of the prediction.
Forsyth County census figures show that median household income is about $143,784, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 57% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 3%. A total of 42 public schools operate in Forsyth County, serving about 54,864 students.
Lakeside Middle School is the public school closest to Haw Creek Elementary, about 0.1 miles away. Haw Creek Elementary has at least 8 other public schools within five miles. Local comparison: Haw Creek Elementary ranks 5th of 9 nearby schools, at 71.7% versus a 76.7% average.
Haw Creek Elementary has an NCES locale of Suburb: Large.
Haw Creek Elementary saw enrollment fall 3% between 2020-21 and 2024-25.
Conversations here can range across science fairs, picture day, and bus routes. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.
Forsyth County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
267,287
Census ACS
Median income
$143,784
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
57%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
3%
Below federal line
Schools in county
42
54,864 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Forsyth County
- Lambert High SchoolHigh · 3,249 students
- South Forsyth High SchoolHigh · 2,634 students
- Denmark High SchoolHigh · 2,527 students
- West Forsyth High SchoolHigh · 2,503 students
- Forsyth Central High SchoolHigh · 2,457 students
- North Forsyth High SchoolHigh · 2,151 students
Other schools in Cumming
- South Forsyth High SchoolHigh · 2,634 students
- West Forsyth High SchoolHigh · 2,503 students
- Forsyth Central High SchoolHigh · 2,457 students
- North Forsyth High SchoolHigh · 2,151 students
- Sawnee Elementary SchoolElementary · 1,591 students
- Lakeside Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,513 students
Other Haw Creek Elementary schools
One other US public school is named Haw Creek Elementary. Haw Creek Elementary is the largest of the 2.
- Haw Creek ElementaryAsheville, NC · 402 students
Nearby schools
- Lakeside Middle School0.1 mi · 1,513
- Mashburn Elementary School0.5 mi · 976
- Lanier Middle School2.2 mi · 1,369
- White Oak Elementary School2.2 mi · 722
- Riverwatch Middle School2.8 mi · 1,455
- Settles Bridge Elementary School2.8 mi · 741
Frequently asked questions
About Haw Creek ElementaryWhat is the total enrollment at Haw Creek Elementary?
Haw Creek Elementary enrolls approximately 926 students in grades PK-05.
Is Haw Creek Elementary an elementary, middle, or high school?
Haw Creek Elementary is an elementary school covering grades PK-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Haw Creek Elementary?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Haw Creek Elementary is approximately 14.2:1 (65 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Haw Creek Elementary?
At Haw Creek Elementary, the student body is approximately 46% White, 8% Hispanic, 4% Black, 39% Asian, 4% Two or more.
Who oversees Haw Creek Elementary?
Haw Creek Elementary is overseen by Forsyth County in Forsyth County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.