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What's something Ivy Creek Elementary School does better than most schools?
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Enrollment
1,507
Elementary
DISTRICT 956 · STATE 605
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·GWINNETT COUNTY·NCES 130255002899
Ivy Creek Elementary School
3443 Ridge Rd, Buford, GA 30519 · (678) 714-3655 · Gwinnett County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL1,507 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
15.2:1
99 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.9:1 · STATE 13.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
40%
598 students
DISTRICT 63% · STATE 74%
Community
5
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 | 14 | 1% |
| Kindergarten | 178 | 12% |
| Grade 1 | 226 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 239 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 276 | 18% |
| Grade 4 | 285 | 19% |
| Grade 5 | 289 | 19% |
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
63.6%
GA avg 40.1% . -4.2pp since 2021
Math
74.5%
GA avg 44.6% . +1.8pp 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 75 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 4 points since 2021, while math scores are up about 2 points.
Georgia Milestones results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 63.6% | 74.5% |
| 2023-24 | 66.7% | 74.6% |
| 2022-23 | 69.8% | 74.5% |
| 2021-22 | 67.8% | 72.7% |
% 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
72.2%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
56.8%
based on GA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+15.4pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 72% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 57% 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 15 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 →
Where Ivy Creek Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Georgia | In Gwinnett County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 72.2% | #78 of 1,208 | #9 of 84 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 74.5% | #88 of 1,215 | #7 of 84 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 63.6% | #110 of 1,215 | #12 of 84 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -1.2pp | #341 of 1,183 | #41 of 83 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 1,507 | #8 of 1,324 | #4 of 88 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.2:1 | #1,140 of 1,301 | #84 of 87 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 76.8% | #11 of 1,301 | #11 of 87 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +32.2% | #49 of 386 | #3 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.
7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
1,507
+367 (+32%) vs 2017
Student : Teacher
15.2:1
was 16.8:1
% White
28%
was 51%
% Hispanic
19%
was 17%
% Black
20%
was 16%
% Asian
27%
was 11%
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free or reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 1,507 | 99 | 15.2:1 | 40% (598) |
| 2023-24 | 1,559 | 104.5 | 14.9:1 | 42% (652) |
| 2022-23 | 1,572 | 96.6 | 16.3:1 | 30% (475) |
| 2017-18 | 1,140 | 67.7 | 16.8:1 | 32% (364) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Ivy Creek Elementary School.
About Ivy Creek Elementary School
Ivy Creek Elementary School is a large elementary school in Georgia, located in Buford. The student body numbers 1,507 students, from pre-K through 5. An average school in this group (elementary schools in Georgia) has about 605 students.
Ivy Creek Elementary School is one school in a 141-school district, Gwinnett County, which enrolls 182,518 students.
Ivy Creek Elementary School has no majority group; White students are the largest, at 28%. The remaining students are 27% Asian, 20% Black, 19% Hispanic, and 6% multiracial. 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.
Federal records show a student-to-teacher ratio of 15.2:1 at Ivy Creek Elementary School, with 99 full-time-equivalent teachers. On average, elementary schools in Georgia have 13.3:1, compared with 15.2:1 here. The count of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch equals 40% of enrollment. It compares with 60% for public schools in Gwinnett County.
In Georgia, Ivy Creek Elementary School is one of the top 10% of schools on BeatsExpectations, with an average proficiency rate on state tests of 72.2% compared with a predicted 56.8%.
Gwinnett County census figures show that the median household income is $87,890, about 39% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 9% of residents are in poverty. Gwinnett County is home to 150 public schools and about 196,924 public school students.
Jones Middle School is the public school closest to Ivy Creek Elementary School, about 0.4 miles away. The count of other public schools within five miles is at least 8. Ranked by average proficiency, Ivy Creek Elementary School places 3rd out of 9 schools in its immediate area.
Ivy Creek Elementary School falls in the Suburb: Large locale category, used for schools in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Ivy Creek Elementary School's enrollment climbed from 1,140 in 2017-18 to 1,507 in 2024-25. White enrollment as a share of the school decreased from 51% to 28%. From 2017-18 to 2024-25, the ratio fell from 16.8:1 to 15.2:1.
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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 Buford
- Seckinger High SchoolHigh · 2,318 students
- Buford High SchoolHigh · 1,966 students
- Jones Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,758 students
- Twin Rivers Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,669 students
- Buford Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,426 students
- Buford Senior AcademyElementary · 1,368 students
Nearby schools
- Jones Middle School0.4 mi · 1,758
- Patrick Elementary School1.3 mi · 999
- Seckinger High School1.9 mi · 2,318
- Puckett's Mill Elementary School2.2 mi · 794
- Harmony Elementary School2.5 mi · 614
- Friendship Elementary School2.5 mi · 673
Frequently asked questions
About Ivy Creek Elementary SchoolHow large is Ivy Creek Elementary School?
Ivy Creek Elementary School enrolls approximately 1,507 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does Ivy Creek Elementary School serve?
Ivy Creek Elementary School serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Ivy Creek Elementary School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Ivy Creek Elementary School is approximately 15.2:1 (99 FTE teachers).
What is the student diversity at Ivy Creek Elementary School?
Student demographics at Ivy Creek Elementary School are roughly 28% White, 19% Hispanic, 20% Black, 27% Asian, 6% Two or more.
Is Ivy Creek Elementary School public or private?
Ivy Creek Elementary School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Gwinnett County.
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