Knight Elementary School

Knight Elementary School operates as a moderately sized K-5 school in Lilburn, Georgia, one of the schools within Gwinnett County. Current enrollment sits at 876 students spanning grades pre-K through 5. Enrollment runs roughly 45% above the state mean of about 605.

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

For racial and ethnic makeup, Knight Elementary School lists that the most-represented group is Hispanic (50%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. Other groups include 15% Black, 15% White, 15% Asian, 5% multiracial. By comparison, Gwinnett County as a whole is about 24% Hispanic, so the school skews considerably more Hispanic than its surroundings.

Looking at school resources, Knight Elementary School shows 70 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 12.4:1. The state averages around 13.3:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Roughly 70% of students at Knight Elementary School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. That share is higher than Gwinnett County's rate of about 60%.

With demographic context factored in, Knight Elementary School tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 41.4% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 49.1%.

In the broader community, ACS estimates for Gwinnett County put median household earnings sit near $87,890, about 39% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 9% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Gwinnett County runs 150 public schools (combined enrollment of about 196,924 students), of which Knight Elementary School is one.

Nearest neighbor: Trickum Middle School, around 1.1 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Knight Elementary School. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Knight Elementary School at 7th of 9; the average score across the group is 56.5%.

Knight Elementary School operates from a suburban location.

Looking at the recent track record. Knight Elementary School's enrollment has stayed largely flat since 2018, when it stood at 884 (now 876). The White share of enrollment declined from 19% to 15% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 15.5:1 in 2018 to 12.4:1 today.

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