Hopkins Elementary School

Hopkins Elementary School, a well-populated elementary school in Lilburn, Georgia, run under Gwinnett County, serves 1,113 students, covering grades pre-K through 5. By comparison, Georgia's public schools average about 605 students each, so Hopkins Elementary School sits 84% above that benchmark.

Gwinnett County comprises 141 schools with combined enrollment of 182,518 students; Hopkins Elementary School is among them.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Hopkins Elementary School shows that 83% of students identify as Hispanic, making the school strongly Hispanic-majority; the rest looks like 7% Black, 6% Asian, 3% White. The wider county runs roughly 24% Hispanic, putting the school's mix considerably more Hispanic than the area baseline.

Looking at the economic backdrop, On paper, Hopkins Elementary School has 96 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 11.6:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 13.3:1, putting Hopkins Elementary School tighter than the state norm the norm. Around 88% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, often used as a Title I proxy. Set against Gwinnett County (around 60%), the school's rate is north of typical.

With demographic context factored in, Hopkins Elementary School tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 32.1% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 24.3%.

In the surrounding community, Gwinnett County reports that the typical household earns roughly $87,890 per year, roughly 39% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 9%. Hopkins Elementary School is one of 150 public schools in Gwinnett County (combined enrollment of about 196,924 students).

The closest other public school is Meadowcreek High School, roughly 1.0 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, Hopkins Elementary School comes 7th of 9 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 31.4%.

Geographically, the school is in a bedroom-community area.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count contracted 11%: 1,252 students in 2018 compared to 1,113 in 2025. Over the same period, the Black share fell from 17% to 7%. The student-to-teacher ratio pulled in from 13.9:1 in 2018 to 11.6:1 today.

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