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Enrollment
720
Elementary
DISTRICT 956 · STATE 605
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·GWINNETT COUNTY·NCES 130255001909
Head Elementary School
1801 Hewatt Rd SW, Lilburn, GA 30047 · (770) 972-8050 · Gwinnett County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL720 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
13.8:1
52 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.9:1 · STATE 13.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
44%
318 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 | 6 | 1% |
| Kindergarten | 93 | 13% |
| Grade 1 | 100 | 14% |
| Grade 2 | 130 | 18% |
| Grade 3 | 121 | 17% |
| Grade 4 | 148 | 21% |
| Grade 5 | 122 | 17% |
This year's kindergarten class (93) is 24% smaller than its 5th grade class (122).
Student demographics
77%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
67.4%
GA avg 40.1% . +5.7pp since 2021
Math
72.8%
GA avg 44.6% . +6.6pp since 2021
What this means: On the Georgia Milestones, Georgia's statewide test, about 67 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 73 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 6 points since 2021, while math scores are up about 7 points.
Georgia Milestones results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 67.4% | 72.8% |
| 2023-24 | 66.5% | 74.9% |
| 2022-23 | 66.3% | 71.3% |
| 2021-22 | 61.7% | 66.2% |
% 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
OUTPERFORMING
Top 10% of GA schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
72.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
54.5%
based on GA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+17.8pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 72% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 55% typical for Georgia schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations ranks schools against others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school can post high scores and still fall short of its prediction, or post lower scores and still beat it. This school clears its prediction by about 18 points, placing it in Georgia's top 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 Head Elementary School
Head Elementary School's state test result (72.4% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Head Elementary School this school | 720 | 44.2% | 72.4% |
| Fort Daniel Elementary School Dacula | 645 | 45.4% | 62.7% |
| Harmony Elementary School Buford | 614 | 38.9% | 61.2% |
| Newnan Crossing Elementary School Newnan | 912 | 46.6% | 42.0% |
| Burnette Elementary School Suwanee | 664 | 44.1% | 64.3% |
| Craig Elementary School Lawrenceville | 1,045 | 47.8% | 70.1% |
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 Head Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Georgia | In Gwinnett County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 72.4% | #77 of 1,208 | #8 of 84 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 72.8% | #99 of 1,215 ▼ 12 | #8 of 84 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 67.4% | #86 of 1,215 ▲ 28 | #8 of 84 ▲ 4 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +6.1pp | #309 of 1,183 | #7 of 83 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 720 | #338 of 1,324 | #68 of 88 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.8:1 | #780 of 1,301 | #70 of 87 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 77.1% | #7 of 1,301 | #7 of 87 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 44.2% | #1,086 of 1,312 | #70 of 88 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +17.8% | #114 of 386 | #9 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
720
+28 (+4%) vs 2020
-15% since 1990-91, when it was 844
Student : Teacher
13.8:1
was 16.1:1
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 | 720 | 52.1 | 13.8:1 | 44% (318) |
| 2023-24 | 738 | 55.7 | 13.3:1 | 48% (355) |
| 2022-23 | 752 | 51.4 | 14.6:1 | 38% (284) |
| 2020-21 | 692 | 43 | 16.1:1 | 29% (200) |
| 2017-18 | 611 | 41.8 | 14.6:1 | 34% (209) |
| 2015-16 | 543 | 39 | 13.9:1 | 34% (187) |
| 2010-11 | 572 | 45 | 12.7:1 | 28% (162) |
| 2000-01 | 646 | 45 | 14.4:1 | 8% (50) |
| 1990-91 | 844 | 50 | 16.9:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Head Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students up 18% (611 to 720); teachers up 25% (41.8 to 52.1).
About Head Elementary School
Head Elementary School operates as a medium-sized elementary school in Lilburn, Georgia. Enrollment in 2024-25 was 720 students in pre-K through 5.
Head Elementary School is part of Gwinnett County, where 141 schools serve 182,518 students.
Head Elementary School has no majority group; White students are the largest, at 29%. The remaining students are 28% Black, 19% Hispanic, 16% Asian, and 7% multiracial. The county population is about 33% White, within a few points of the school. Pick two students at random and there is a 77% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.
Head Elementary School employs 52.1 full-time-equivalent teachers. That gives a ratio of about 13.8:1. For comparison, elementary schools in Georgia average 13.3:1. Head Elementary School's free or reduced-price lunch eligibility rate is 44%. That is lower than the 60% average for public schools in Gwinnett County.
Head Elementary School is a top-10% school in Georgia on BeatsExpectations, beating its predicted average proficiency rate on state tests of 54.5% with an actual 72.4%.
Census estimates describe Gwinnett County this way: the median household income is $87,890, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 39% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 9%. In all, Gwinnett County has 150 public schools and roughly 196,924 students.
The nearest public school is Shiloh Elementary School, at about 1.9 miles. Inside a five-mile radius, there are at least 8 other public schools. Head Elementary School comes in 1st of 9 nearby schools on average proficiency.
Its NCES locale code is Suburb: Large: the school is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Enrollment has grown by 28 students since 2020-21, to 720. The school's ratio fell from 16.1:1 to 13.8:1 between 2020-21 and 2024-25.
Parents and students can post about sports schedules, lunch menus, and spirit week at Head Elementary School. Questions from prospective families are welcome too.
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 Lilburn
- Parkview High SchoolHigh · 3,216 students
- Berkmar High SchoolHigh · 2,975 students
- Trickum Middle SchoolMiddle · 2,204 students
- Lilburn Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,636 students
- Camp Creek Elementary SchoolElementary · 1,425 students
- Lilburn Elementary SchoolElementary · 1,249 students
Nearby schools
- Shiloh Elementary School1.9 mi · 711
- Shiloh Middle School2.0 mi · 1,592
- Five Forks Middle School2.1 mi · 1,239
- Shiloh High School2.1 mi · 2,096
- Brookwood Elementary School2.2 mi · 1,422
- Brookwood High School2.5 mi · 3,803
Frequently asked questions
About Head Elementary SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Head Elementary School?
Head Elementary School enrolls approximately 720 students in grades PK-05.
What grades does Head Elementary School serve?
Head Elementary School serves grades PK-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Head Elementary School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Head Elementary School is approximately 13.8:1 (52 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Head Elementary School?
At Head Elementary School, the student body is approximately 29% White, 19% Hispanic, 28% Black, 16% Asian, 7% Two or more.
Is Head Elementary School public or private?
Head Elementary School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Gwinnett County.
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