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Which teacher or staff member at Kanoheda Elementary School deserves more recognition?
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Enrollment
925
Elementary
DISTRICT 956 · STATE 605
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·GWINNETT COUNTY·NCES 130255000992
Kanoheda Elementary School
1025 Herrington Rd, Lawrenceville, GA 30044 · (770) 682-4221 · Gwinnett County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL925 STUDENTS
B-
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Scored higher than 49% of Georgia public elementary schools
- B-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- BBeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- B-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
12.6:1
73 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.9:1 · STATE 13.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
84%
781 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 | 16 | 2% |
| Kindergarten | 170 | 18% |
| Grade 1 | 150 | 16% |
| Grade 2 | 159 | 17% |
| Grade 3 | 151 | 16% |
| Grade 4 | 134 | 14% |
| Grade 5 | 145 | 16% |
This year's kindergarten class (170) is 17% larger than its 5th grade class (145).
Student demographics
50%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
31.5%
GA avg 40.1% . -1.1pp since 2021
Math
41.3%
GA avg 44.6% . +5.0pp since 2021
What this means: On the Georgia Milestones, Georgia's statewide test, about 31 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 41 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 1 points since 2021, while math scores are up about 5 points.
Georgia Milestones results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 31.5% | 41.3% |
| 2023-24 | 33.0% | 38.3% |
| 2022-23 | 28.0% | 35.3% |
| 2021-22 | 32.6% | 36.3% |
% 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
35.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
33.7%
based on GA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+2.0pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 36% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 34% 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 Kanoheda Elementary School
Kanoheda Elementary School's state test result (35.7% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kanoheda Elementary School this school | 925 | 84.4% | 35.7% |
| Ferguson Elementary School Duluth | 856 | 83.5% | 29.1% |
| Beaver Ridge Elementary School Norcross | 984 | 81.9% | 25.8% |
| Pleasantdale Elementary School Doraville | 794 | 86.3% | 20.8% |
| Baggett Elementary School Lawrenceville | 1,019 | 89.0% | 30.6% |
| Minor Elementary School Lilburn | 952 | 81.0% | 26.8% |
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 Kanoheda Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Georgia | In Gwinnett County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 35.7% | #649 of 1,208 | #57 of 84 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 41.3% | #597 of 1,215 ▲ 48 | #55 of 84 ▲ 2 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 31.5% | #675 of 1,215 ▲ 25 | #57 of 84 ▲ 1 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +2.0pp | #601 of 1,183 | #19 of 83 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 925 | #120 of 1,324 | #41 of 88 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.6:1 | #417 of 1,301 | #33 of 87 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 49.8% | #794 of 1,301 | #75 of 87 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 84.4% | #651 of 1,312 | #9 of 88 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +6.2% | #256 of 386 | #24 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
925
+79 (+9%) vs 2020
-35% since 2000-01, when it was 1,419
Student : Teacher
12.6:1
was 11.6:1
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 | 925 | 73.4 | 12.6:1 | 84% (781) |
| 2023-24 | 850 | 75.9 | 11.2:1 | 86% (733) |
| 2022-23 | 890 | 72.5 | 12.3:1 | 83% (738) |
| 2020-21 | 846 | 73 | 11.6:1 | 84% (709) |
| 2017-18 | 871 | 72 | 12.1:1 | 90% (782) |
| 2015-16 | 993 | 77 | 12.9:1 | 92% (913) |
| 2010-11 | 1,012 | 84 | 12.1:1 | 93% (937) |
| 2000-01 | 1,419 | 94 | 15.1:1 | 47% (669) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Kanoheda Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students up 6% (871 to 925); teachers up 2% (72 to 73.4).
About Kanoheda Elementary School
Federal records list Kanoheda Elementary School as an elementary school in Lawrenceville, Georgia. Its 925 students are spread across pre-K through 5. The typical figure for elementary schools in Georgia is about 605 students.
Besides Kanoheda Elementary School, Gwinnett County runs 140 other schools. The district enrolls 182,518 students.
Hispanic students make up a majority at Kanoheda Elementary School, at 67%. Smaller groups are 21% Black, 5% Asian, 4% White, and 3% multiracial. For comparison, the population of Gwinnett County is roughly 24% Hispanic. The school's diversity index is 50%, meaning two students picked at random have a 50% chance of belonging to different racial or ethnic groups.
The school has about 12.6 students per teacher and 73.4 full-time-equivalent teachers. This ratio sits 0.7 below the 13.3:1 average for elementary schools in Georgia. Federal records put free or reduced-price lunch eligibility at 84%. That rate is above the 60% average among public schools in Gwinnett County.
Measured against Georgia public elementary schools, Kanoheda Elementary School receives a B-. The grade weighs proficiency most heavily, then how results compare with what the school's low-income share predicts, then the three-year change.
The school's average proficiency rate on state tests is 35.7%. For its free or reduced-price lunch share, the predicted value is 33.7%.
Kanoheda Elementary School is located in Gwinnett County, where the median household income is $87,890, roughly 39% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 9%. Kanoheda Elementary School is one of 150 public schools in the county.
The shortest distance from Kanoheda Elementary School to another public school is about 1.1 miles, to Baggett Elementary School. Other public schools within five miles: at least 8. The school's 35.7% average proficiency ranks 3rd among 9 nearby schools.
The NCES locale for Kanoheda Elementary School is Suburb: Large, which covers schools in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Enrollment grew 9% from its 2020-21 level of 846. The ratio of students to teachers went from 11.6:1 to 12.6:1 over the same years.
Threads on this page can be about sports schedules, lunch menus, and spirit week. Alumni can share how the school prepared them.
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 Lawrenceville
- Archer High SchoolHigh · 3,058 students
- Discovery High SchoolHigh · 2,703 students
- Central Gwinnett High SchoolHigh · 2,414 students
- Mountain View High SchoolHigh · 2,221 students
- Gwinnett Online CampusCombined · 1,996 students
- Richards Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,974 students
Nearby schools
- Baggett Elementary School1.1 mi · 1,019
- Bethesda Elementary School1.2 mi · 1,083
- Alford Elementary1.4 mi · 828
- Gwinnett School of Mathematics- Science and Technology1.5 mi · 1,304
- Sweetwater Middle School1.8 mi · 1,470
- Ferguson Elementary School2.3 mi · 856
Frequently asked questions
About Kanoheda Elementary SchoolHow many students attend Kanoheda Elementary School?
Kanoheda Elementary School enrolls approximately 925 students in grades PK-05.
Is Kanoheda Elementary School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Kanoheda Elementary School is an elementary school covering grades PK-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Kanoheda Elementary School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Kanoheda Elementary School is approximately 12.6:1 (73 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Kanoheda Elementary School?
At Kanoheda Elementary School, the student body is approximately 4% White, 67% Hispanic, 21% Black, 5% Asian, 3% Two or more.
Is Kanoheda Elementary School public or private?
Kanoheda 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.