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What's something Hopkins Elementary School does better than most schools?
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Enrollment
1,113
Elementary
DISTRICT 956 · STATE 605
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·GWINNETT COUNTY·NCES 130255001938
Hopkins Elementary School
1315 Dickens Rd NW, Lilburn, GA 30047 · (770) 564-2661 · Gwinnett County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL1,113 STUDENTS
D
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Scored higher than 12% of Georgia public elementary schools
- C-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- C-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
11.6:1
96 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.9:1 · STATE 13.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
88%
975 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 | 44 | 4% |
| Kindergarten | 162 | 15% |
| Grade 1 | 161 | 14% |
| Grade 2 | 194 | 17% |
| Grade 3 | 192 | 17% |
| Grade 4 | 166 | 15% |
| Grade 5 | 194 | 17% |
This year's kindergarten class (162) is 16% smaller than its 5th grade class (194).
Student demographics
31%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
15.5%
GA avg 40.1% . -2.6pp since 2021
Math
25.3%
GA avg 44.6% . -1.7pp since 2021
What this means: On the Georgia Milestones, Georgia's statewide test, about 16 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 25 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 3 points since 2021, while math scores are down about 2 points.
Georgia Milestones results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 15.5% | 25.3% |
| 2023-24 | 21.5% | 28.1% |
| 2022-23 | 21.3% | 29.1% |
| 2021-22 | 18.1% | 27.0% |
% 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
24.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
32.1%
based on GA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-7.8pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 24% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 32% 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 Hopkins Elementary School
Hopkins Elementary School's state test result (24.3% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hopkins Elementary School this school | 1,113 | 87.6% | 24.3% |
| Rockbridge Elementary School Norcross | 990 | 87.8% | 17.1% |
| Nesbit Elementary School Tucker | 1,191 | 85.6% | 18.3% |
| Graves Elementary School Norcross | 1,076 | 82.8% | 21.3% |
| Corley Elementary School Lawrenceville | 1,119 | 80.1% | 29.2% |
| Baldwin Elementary Norcross | 914 | 80.6% | 24.0% |
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 Hopkins Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Georgia | In Gwinnett County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 24.3% | #947 of 1,208 | #77 of 84 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 25.3% | #964 of 1,215 ▼ 78 | #80 of 84 ▼ 4 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 15.5% | #1,118 of 1,215 ▼ 97 | #80 of 84 ▼ 3 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -2.2pp | #273 of 1,183 | #30 of 83 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 1,113 | #42 of 1,324 | #21 of 88 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 11.6:1 | #215 of 1,301 | #12 of 87 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 30.6% | #1,059 of 1,301 | #84 of 87 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 87.6% | #616 of 1,312 | #6 of 88 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -11.1% | #490 of 854 | #22 of 53 |
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
1,113
+22 (+2%) vs 2020
-8% since 1990-91, when it was 1,212
Student : Teacher
11.6:1
was 14.4:1
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 | 1,113 | 95.6 | 11.6:1 | 88% (975) |
| 2023-24 | 1,117 | 90.5 | 12.3:1 | 90% (1,004) |
| 2022-23 | 1,085 | 85.7 | 12.7:1 | 85% (925) |
| 2020-21 | 1,091 | 76 | 14.4:1 | 85% (932) |
| 2017-18 | 1,252 | 90 | 13.9:1 | 90% (1,128) |
| 2015-16 | 1,322 | 93 | 14.2:1 | 94% (1,249) |
| 2010-11 | 1,756 | 127 | 13.8:1 | 94% (1,658) |
| 2000-01 | 1,011 | 76 | 13.3:1 | 52% (524) |
| 1990-91 | 1,212 | 70 | 17.3:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Hopkins Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 11% (1,252 to 1,113); teachers up 6% (90 to 95.6).
About Hopkins Elementary School
Hopkins Elementary School is a high-enrollment elementary school in Lilburn, Georgia, one of the schools in Gwinnett County. Its enrollment is 1,113 students, spread over pre-K through 5. That compares with an average of about 605 students for elementary schools in Georgia.
Gwinnett County has 182,518 students in 141 schools, and Hopkins Elementary School is one of those schools.
By race and ethnicity, Hopkins Elementary School is 83% Hispanic. Other groups include 7% Black, 6% Asian, and 3% White. The county population is about 24% Hispanic. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 31%.
Hopkins Elementary School reports a ratio of 11.6 students per teacher, from 95.6 full-time-equivalent teachers. The school's 11.6:1 compares with an average of 13.3:1 for elementary schools in Georgia. Lunch program data show 88% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price meals. That rate is above the 60% average among public schools in Gwinnett County.
Hopkins Elementary School holds a D allk12 Grade, placing it above 12% of Georgia public elementary schools.
BeatsExpectations compares each school's average proficiency rate across its state test results with a prediction based on free or reduced-price lunch eligibility. For Hopkins Elementary School, the prediction is 32.1% and the result is 24.3%.
Census data for Gwinnett County show median household income comes to about $87,890, about 39% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 9% of residents are in poverty. There are 150 public schools in the county, enrolling about 196,924, Hopkins Elementary School among them.
Among nearby public schools, Meadowcreek High School is closest at about 1.0 miles. In all, at least 8 other public schools sit within five miles of Hopkins Elementary School. By average proficiency, Hopkins Elementary School is 7th among 9 schools close by.
NCES describes the area around Hopkins Elementary School as Suburb: Large, meaning in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
The school's size has been steady, with 1,091 students in 2020-21 and 1,113 in 2024-25. Over the same period, the student-to-teacher ratio dropped to 11.6:1, from 14.4:1.
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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
Other Hopkins Elementary schools
9 other US public schools in 9 states are named Hopkins Elementary. Hopkins Elementary School is the largest of the 10.
- Hopkins Elementary SchoolSomerset, KY · 750 students
- Hopkins Elementary SchoolSAN ANTONIO, TX · 707 students
- Hopkins Elementary SchoolHopkinton, MA · 682 students
- Hopkins Elementary SchoolMentor, OH · 466 students
- Hopkins Elementary SchoolVICTORIA, TX · 439 students
Nearby schools
- Meadowcreek High School1.0 mi · 2,609
- Berkmar Middle School1.1 mi · 1,039
- Lilburn Elementary School1.2 mi · 1,249
- Minor Elementary School1.2 mi · 952
- Lilburn Middle School1.4 mi · 1,636
- Meadowcreek Elementary School1.4 mi · 806
Frequently asked questions
About Hopkins Elementary SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Hopkins Elementary School?
Hopkins Elementary School enrolls approximately 1,113 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does Hopkins Elementary School serve?
Hopkins Elementary School serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
How many students per teacher at Hopkins Elementary School?
Approximately 11.6:1 students per teacher at Hopkins Elementary School.
How diverse is Hopkins Elementary School?
Hopkins Elementary School reports a student body of 3% White, 83% Hispanic, 7% Black, 6% Asian, 1% Two or more.
Is Hopkins Elementary School public or private?
Hopkins Elementary School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Gwinnett County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.