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Enrollment
785
Elementary
DISTRICT 618 · STATE 605
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·HALL COUNTY·NCES 130261001166
Lyman Hall Elementary School
2150 Memorial Park Dr, Gainesville, GA 30504 · (770) 534-7044 · Hall County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY22-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL785 STUDENTS
D
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Scored higher than 5% of Georgia public elementary schools
- DTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- DBeats 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
13.6:1
58 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.8:1 · STATE 13.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
96%
755 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 | 55 | 7% |
| Kindergarten | 131 | 17% |
| Grade 1 | 134 | 17% |
| Grade 2 | 96 | 12% |
| Grade 3 | 119 | 15% |
| Grade 4 | 116 | 15% |
| Grade 5 | 134 | 17% |
This year's kindergarten class (131) is about the same size as its 5th grade class (134).
Student demographics
8%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
13.1%
GA avg 40.1% . +1.8pp since 2021
Math
19.7%
GA avg 44.6% . +2.6pp since 2021
What this means: On the Georgia Milestones, Georgia's statewide test, about 13 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 20 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 2 points since 2021, while math scores are up about 3 points.
Georgia Milestones results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 13.1% | 19.7% |
| 2023-24 | 13.4% | 18.9% |
| 2022-23 | 10.2% | 18.4% |
| 2021-22 | 11.3% | 17.1% |
% 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
15.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
27.7%
based on GA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-12.3pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 15% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 28% 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 Lyman Hall Elementary School
Lyman Hall Elementary School's state test result (15.4% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lyman Hall Elementary School this school | 785 | 96.2% | 15.4% |
| Chicopee Elementary School Gainesville | 809 | 92.5% | 11.8% |
| Fair Oaks Elementary School Marietta | 703 | 100.0% | 30.1% |
| John Robert Lewis Elementary School Brookhaven | 840 | 87.9% | 17.2% |
| Doraville United Elementary School Atlanta | 1,003 | 99.6% | 14.6% |
| Dresden Elementary School Chamblee | 606 | 92.4% | 10.4% |
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 Lyman Hall Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Georgia | In Hall County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 15.4% | #1,139 of 1,208 | #24 of 26 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 19.7% | #1,068 of 1,215 ▼ 8 | #26 of 26 ▼ 2 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 13.1% | #1,172 of 1,215 ▼ 12 | #25 of 26 no change |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +2.2pp | #591 of 1,183 | #13 of 24 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 785 | #251 of 1,324 | #5 of 27 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.6:1 | #718 of 1,301 | #4 of 27 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 7.9% | #1,292 of 1,301 | #27 of 27 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 96.2% | #506 of 1,312 | #1 of 27 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +3.3% | #308 of 386 | #9 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
785
+71 (+10%) vs 2020
+104% since 1990-91, when it was 384
Student : Teacher
13.6:1
was 12.8:1
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 | 785 | 57.6 | 13.6:1 | 96% (755) |
| 2023-24 | 712 | 55.5 | 12.8:1 | 97% (693) |
| 2022-23 | 698 | 58.6 | 11.9:1 | 93% (650) |
| 2020-21 | 714 | 56 | 12.8:1 | 94% (674) |
| 2017-18 | 760 | 59.8 | 12.7:1 | 99% (752) |
| 2015-16 | 840 | 59 | 14.2:1 | 98% (824) |
| 2010-11 | 844 | 64 | 13.2:1 | 99% (832) |
| 2000-01 | 599 | 48 | 12.5:1 | 93% (560) |
| 1990-91 | 384 | 28 | 13.7:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Lyman Hall Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students up 3% (760 to 785); teachers down 4% (59.8 to 57.6).
About Lyman Hall Elementary School
The public elementary school Lyman Hall Elementary School is located in Gainesville, Georgia. Enrollment totals 785 students across pre-K through 5. On average, elementary schools in Georgia enroll around 605, and this school is 30% larger than that mark.
Lyman Hall Elementary School is run by Hall County, whose 38 schools enroll 28,028 students.
The share of students at Lyman Hall Elementary School who are Hispanic is 96%. Other groups include 3% White. By comparison, Hall County residents are about 29% Hispanic. A diversity index of 8% means there is an 8% chance two randomly chosen students at Lyman Hall Elementary School are from different groups.
With 57.6 full-time-equivalent teachers, the student-to-teacher ratio is about 13.6:1. The ratio is within a point of the 13.3:1 average for elementary schools in Georgia. Student poverty is often measured by lunch eligibility; at Lyman Hall Elementary School, 96% qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. The rate at public schools in Hall County averages 64%, lower than here.
Lyman Hall Elementary School earns a D on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 5% of Georgia public elementary schools.
Predicted from its free or reduced-price lunch share, Lyman Hall Elementary School would score about 27.7%. It scores 15.4%, 12.3 points below that figure.
Census data for Hall County show the median household earns about $80,901 a year, 27% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 9% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Public schools in Hall County number 49, with about 36,525 students.
Gainesville Middle School West, about 1.5 miles away, is the closest public school. Within five miles of Lyman Hall Elementary School, there are at least 8 other public schools. Lyman Hall Elementary School is 7th of 9 nearby schools by average proficiency rate.
The National Center for Education Statistics classifies the school's location as Suburb: Mid-size, meaning it is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population between 100,000 and 250,000.
Over the 4 years from 2020-21 to 2024-25, enrollment rose 10%.
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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 Lyman Hall Elementary schools
One other US public school is named Lyman Hall Elementary. Lyman Hall Elementary School is the largest of the 2.
- Lyman Hall Elementary SchoolHinesville, GA · 588 students
Nearby schools
- Gainesville Middle School West1.5 mi · 931
- Mundy Mill Arts Academy1.5 mi · 825
- The Foundry1.8 mi · 28
- Lanier College and Career Academy1.8 mi · 169
- Gainesville Exploration Academy1.8 mi · 536
- McEver Elementary School2.0 mi · 487
Frequently asked questions
About Lyman Hall Elementary SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Lyman Hall Elementary School?
Lyman Hall Elementary School enrolls approximately 785 students in grades PK-05.
What grades does Lyman Hall Elementary School serve?
Lyman Hall Elementary School serves grades PK-05.
How many students per teacher at Lyman Hall Elementary School?
Approximately 13.6:1 students per teacher at Lyman Hall Elementary School.
How diverse is Lyman Hall Elementary School?
Lyman Hall Elementary School reports a student body of 3% White, 96% Hispanic, 1% Black, 0% Asian.
Is Lyman Hall Elementary School public or private?
Lyman Hall Elementary School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Hall County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.