Kanoheda Elementary School

Set in Lawrenceville, Georgia, Kanoheda Elementary School is an expansive elementary campus, one of the schools within Gwinnett County. It enrolls 925 students across grades pre-K through 5. Compared to the state average of about 605 students per school, that is 53% larger than typical.

Gwinnett County runs 141 schools in total, collectively educating 182,518 students. Kanoheda Elementary School is one of those campuses.

In terms of who attends, Kanoheda Elementary School lists that the largest single group is Hispanic, at 67% of enrollment; the rest looks like 21% Black, 5% Asian, 4% White, 3% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 24% Hispanic, putting the school's mix considerably more Hispanic than the area baseline.

Looking at school resources, On paper, Kanoheda Elementary School has 73 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 12.6:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 13.3:1 average. About 84% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. That share is above Gwinnett County's rate of about 60%.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Kanoheda Elementary School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 33.7%, the actual is 35.7%, a residual of +2.0 points.

In the surrounding community, ACS estimates for Gwinnett County put 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%. Across Gwinnett County's 150 public schools (combined enrollment of about 196,924 students), Kanoheda Elementary School is one campus in the mix.

Baggett Elementary School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 1.1 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Kanoheda Elementary School. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Kanoheda Elementary School ranks 3rd on composite proficiency, behind the local average of 40.2%.

Geographically, the school is in a commuter-belt area.

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count climbed 6%: 871 students in 2018 compared to 925 in 2025. Over the same period, the Black share shrank from 33% to 21%.

On this page, the page collects discussion, questions, and updates around open house dates, ride-share offers, and field-trip permission slips. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.