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Enrollment
382
Elementary
DISTRICT 618 · STATE 605
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·HALL COUNTY·NCES 130261001172
Lula Elementary School
6130 Chattahoochee St, Lula, GA 30554 · (770) 869-3261 · Hall County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY41-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL382 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
13.5:1
28 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.8:1 · STATE 13.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
66%
254 students
DISTRICT 65% · STATE 74%
Community
1
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 | 2 | 1% |
| Kindergarten | 67 | 18% |
| Grade 1 | 60 | 16% |
| Grade 2 | 53 | 14% |
| Grade 3 | 70 | 18% |
| Grade 4 | 66 | 17% |
| Grade 5 | 64 | 17% |
This year's kindergarten class (67) is about the same size as its 5th grade class (64).
Student demographics
53%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
22.6%
GA avg 40.1% . -3.9pp since 2021
Math
38.1%
GA avg 44.6% . +3.1pp since 2021
What this means: On the Georgia Milestones, Georgia's statewide test, about 23 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 38 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 3 points.
Georgia Milestones results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 22.6% | 38.1% |
| 2023-24 | 26.3% | 40.5% |
| 2022-23 | 23.3% | 38.6% |
| 2021-22 | 26.4% | 35.0% |
% 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
32.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
43.0%
based on GA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-10.3pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 33% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 43% 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 Lula Elementary School
Lula Elementary School's state test result (32.7% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lula Elementary School this school | 382 | 66.5% | 32.7% |
| Emerson Elementary School Emerson | 385 | 77.9% | 33.6% |
| Sardis Elementary School Gainesville | 556 | 63.8% | 41.0% |
| Arnco-Sargent Elementary School Newnan | 357 | 71.1% | 33.7% |
| Kingston Elementary School Kingston | 473 | 72.9% | 30.1% |
| Lanier Elementary School Gainesville | 557 | 62.1% | 36.1% |
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 Lula Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Georgia | In Hall County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 32.7% | #728 of 1,208 | #10 of 26 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 38.1% | #658 of 1,215 ▼ 67 | #11 of 26 ▼ 2 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 22.6% | #943 of 1,215 ▼ 59 | #17 of 26 ▼ 1 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -0.4pp | #398 of 1,183 | #6 of 24 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 382 | #1,128 of 1,324 | #26 of 27 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.5:1 | #680 of 1,301 | #3 of 27 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 53.0% | #712 of 1,301 | #14 of 27 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 66.5% | #867 of 1,312 | #16 of 27 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -14.0% | #404 of 854 | #6 of 11 |
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
382
-21 (-5%) vs 2020
+29% since 1990-91, when it was 297
Student : Teacher
13.5:1
was 16.1:1
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 | 382 | 28.3 | 13.5:1 | 66% (254) |
| 2023-24 | 390 | 26.3 | 14.8:1 | 72% (279) |
| 2022-23 | 401 | 25.5 | 15.7:1 | 54% (218) |
| 2020-21 | 403 | 25 | 16.1:1 | 58% (234) |
| 2017-18 | 444 | 28.5 | 15.6:1 | 52% (232) |
| 2015-16 | 505 | 30 | 16.8:1 | 61% (309) |
| 2010-11 | 552 | 32 | 17.3:1 | 58% (322) |
| 2000-01 | 420 | 26 | 16.1:1 | 27% (114) |
| 1990-91 | 297 | 20 | 14.8:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Lula Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 14% (444 to 382); teachers down 1% (28.5 to 28.3).
About Lula Elementary School
Lula Elementary School is an elementary school in Lula, Georgia, reachable at (770) 869-3261. It reported 382 students in pre-K through 5 in 2024-25. By comparison, elementary schools in Georgia enroll about 605 students on average.
The Hall County system has 38 schools and 28,028 students.
White students are 61% of those enrolled at Lula Elementary School. The rest of enrollment is 31% Hispanic, 4% multiracial, and 3% Black. That is in line with Hall County, where about 63% of residents are White. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 53%.
The school has 28.3 full-time-equivalent teachers and a ratio of 13.5 students per teacher. The average ratio among elementary schools in Georgia is similar, at 13.3:1. Of all students at Lula Elementary School, 66% are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. The average for public schools in Hall County is similar, at 64%.
Lula Elementary School's actual average proficiency rate across its state test results (32.7%) and its predicted rate (43.0%) put it outside the top and bottom 10% of Georgia schools.
For the population of Hall County, the median household earns about $80,901 a year, about 27% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 9% of residents are in poverty. Across Hall County, 49 public schools serve about 36,525 students.
A public school about 6.0 miles away, East Hall High School, is the closest to Lula Elementary School. The count of other public schools within ten miles is at least 8. Its average proficiency rate of 32.7% is above the 27.3% average for nearby schools.
NCES lists the school's locale as Rural: Fringe. That means it sits in rural territory close to an urban area.
Enrollment was 382 in 2024-25. In 2020-21, it was 403. The ratio was 16.1:1 in 2020-21 and 13.5:1 in 2024-25.
On allk12, people connected to Lula Elementary School can post about pickup and drop-off, after-school programs, and teacher feedback. Members of the school community can share what they know.
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
Nearby schools
- East Hall High School6.0 mi · 1,287
- Sandra Dunagan Deal Elementary7.3 mi · 762
- East Hall Middle School7.3 mi · 775
- White Sulphur Elementary School8.5 mi · 441
- Wauka Mountain Elementary School8.9 mi · 546
- Gainesville Regional Youth Detention Center8.9 mi · 17
Frequently asked questions
About Lula Elementary SchoolHow many students attend Lula Elementary School?
Lula Elementary School enrolls approximately 382 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does Lula Elementary School serve?
Lula Elementary School serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Lula Elementary School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Lula Elementary School is approximately 13.5:1 (28 FTE teachers).
How diverse is Lula Elementary School?
Lula Elementary School reports a student body of 61% White, 31% Hispanic, 3% Black, 1% Asian, 4% Two or more.
Who oversees Lula Elementary School?
Lula Elementary School is overseen by Hall County in Hall County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.