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What tradition at Lanier Elementary School should never be changed?
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Enrollment
557
Elementary
DISTRICT 618 · STATE 605
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·HALL COUNTY·NCES 130261001158
Lanier Elementary School
4782 Thompson Bridge Rd, Gainesville, GA 30506 · (770) 532-8781 · Hall County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY41-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL557 STUDENTS
C+
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Scored higher than 35% 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.
- 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.
- 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
15.7:1
36 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.8:1 · STATE 13.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
62%
346 students
DISTRICT 65% · 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 | 7 | 1% |
| Kindergarten | 87 | 16% |
| Grade 1 | 89 | 16% |
| Grade 2 | 99 | 18% |
| Grade 3 | 99 | 18% |
| Grade 4 | 99 | 18% |
| Grade 5 | 77 | 14% |
This year's kindergarten class (87) is 13% larger than its 5th grade class (77).
Student demographics
56%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 58% · 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
Test scores
Georgia Milestones 2024-25 . % Proficient or DistinguishedEnglish Language Arts
40.1%
GA avg 40.1% . +9.9pp since 2021
Math
43.1%
GA avg 44.6% . +1.3pp since 2021
What this means: On the Georgia Milestones, Georgia's statewide test, about 40 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 43 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Georgia schools, those numbers are about 40 and 45. Reading and writing scores are up about 10 points since 2021, while math scores are up about 1 points.
Georgia Milestones results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 40.1% | 43.1% |
| 2023-24 | 34.0% | 41.3% |
| 2022-23 | 25.8% | 38.3% |
| 2021-22 | 30.2% | 41.8% |
% 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
36.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
45.3%
based on GA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-9.2pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 36% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 45% 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 Lanier Elementary School
Lanier Elementary School's state test result (36.1% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lanier Elementary School this school | 557 | 62.1% | 36.1% |
| Sardis Elementary School Gainesville | 556 | 63.8% | 41.0% |
| Mountain View Elementary Ellijay | 668 | 57.5% | 44.9% |
| County Line Elementary School Winder | 573 | 62.0% | 37.7% |
| Hamilton Crossing Elementary School Cartersville | 653 | 63.1% | 41.9% |
| North Jackson Elementary School Talmo | 517 | 63.1% | 43.5% |
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 Lanier Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Georgia | In Hall County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 36.1% | #636 of 1,208 | #8 of 26 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 43.1% | #555 of 1,215 ▲ 15 | #10 of 26 ▼ 3 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 40.1% | #467 of 1,215 ▲ 201 | #7 of 26 ▲ 2 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +5.6pp | #344 of 1,183 | #4 of 24 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 557 | #711 of 1,324 | #17 of 27 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.7:1 | #1,196 of 1,301 | #21 of 27 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 55.8% | #630 of 1,301 | #8 of 27 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 62.1% | #916 of 1,312 | #21 of 27 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +15.3% | #129 of 386 | #6 of 13 |
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
557
+98 (+21%) vs 2020
-8% since 1990-91, when it was 603
Student : Teacher
15.7:1
was 14.8:1
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 | 557 | 35.5 | 15.7:1 | 62% (346) |
| 2023-24 | 560 | 34.2 | 16.4:1 | 66% (370) |
| 2022-23 | 535 | 31.2 | 17.1:1 | 55% (293) |
| 2020-21 | 459 | 31 | 14.8:1 | 50% (228) |
| 2017-18 | 483 | 31 | 15.6:1 | 53% (254) |
| 2015-16 | 569 | 32 | 17.8:1 | 57% (325) |
| 2010-11 | 683 | 43 | 15.9:1 | 55% (374) |
| 2000-01 | 603 | 38 | 15.9:1 | 30% (179) |
| 1990-91 | 603 | 35 | 17.2:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Lanier Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students up 15% (483 to 557); teachers up 15% (31 to 35.5).
About Lanier Elementary School
Lanier Elementary School is an elementary school in Gainesville, Georgia, reachable at (770) 532-8781. Students in pre-K through 5 attend, and enrollment is 557 students.
Across its 38 schools, Hall County enrolls 28,028 students. Lanier Elementary School is one of those schools.
White students are the majority at Lanier Elementary School, with 57% of enrollment. After that, the student body is 34% Hispanic, 5% multiracial, and 3% Black. Pick two students at random and there is a 56% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.
The teaching staff at Lanier Elementary School is 35.5 full-time-equivalent teachers, and the ratio is 15.7:1. The school has more students per teacher than the 13.3:1 average for elementary schools in Georgia. About 62% of students, or 346, qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. That tracks the 64% average for public schools in Hall County.
Lanier Elementary School is graded C+ by allk12, scoring above 35% of Georgia public elementary schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
Compared with Georgia schools that have similar shares of low-income students, Lanier Elementary School's results are 9.2 points below predicted: 36.1% against 45.3%.
Recent Census Bureau figures for Hall County show that the median household income is $80,901, roughly 27% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 9%. Lanier Elementary School is one of 49 public schools in the county.
North Hall Middle School is located about 2.7 miles from Lanier Elementary School. The five-mile area around Lanier Elementary School holds 6 other public schools. Lanier Elementary School comes in 6th of 9 nearby schools on average proficiency.
The National Center for Education Statistics classifies the school's location as Rural: Fringe, meaning it is in rural territory close to an urban area.
Enrollment has grown by 98 students since 2020-21, to 557.
If you have questions about enrollment questions, class placement, and PTA news at Lanier Elementary School, you can post them here. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.
Hall County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
212,705
Census ACS
Median income
$80,901
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
27%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
9%
Below federal line
Schools in county
49
36,525 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Hall County
- Johnson High SchoolHigh · 1,318 students
- Flowery Branch HighHigh · 1,304 students
- East Hall High SchoolHigh · 1,287 students
- West Hall High SchoolHigh · 1,274 students
- Chestatee High SchoolHigh · 1,245 students
- Cherokee Bluff High SchoolHigh · 1,202 students
Other schools in Gainesville
- Gainesville High SchoolHigh · 2,077 students
- East Forsyth High SchoolHigh · 1,588 students
- Johnson High SchoolHigh · 1,318 students
- East Hall High SchoolHigh · 1,287 students
- Chestatee High SchoolHigh · 1,245 students
- North Hall High SchoolHigh · 1,164 students
Other Lanier Elementary schools
3 other US public schools in 4 states are named Lanier Elementary. Lanier Elementary School is the largest of the 4.
- Lanier ElementaryMaryville, TN · 333 students
- Lanier Elementary SchoolTulsa, OK · 322 students
- LANIER ELEMENTARY SCHOOLTAMPA, FL · 282 students
Nearby schools
- North Hall Middle School2.7 mi · 826
- North Hall High School2.9 mi · 1,164
- Mount Vernon Elementary School3.2 mi · 650
- Chestatee High School3.6 mi · 1,245
- Chestatee Middle School3.9 mi · 834
- Sardis Elementary School4.0 mi · 556
Frequently asked questions
About Lanier Elementary SchoolHow large is Lanier Elementary School?
Lanier Elementary School enrolls approximately 557 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does Lanier Elementary School serve?
Lanier Elementary School serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
How many students per teacher at Lanier Elementary School?
Approximately 15.7:1 students per teacher at Lanier Elementary School.
How diverse is Lanier Elementary School?
Lanier Elementary School reports a student body of 57% White, 34% Hispanic, 3% Black, 1% Asian, 5% Two or more.
What district is Lanier Elementary School in?
Lanier Elementary School is part of Hall County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.