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Teachers: what resource would make the biggest difference at Meadowcreek Elementary School this year?
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Enrollment
806
Elementary
DISTRICT 956 · STATE 605
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·GWINNETT COUNTY·NCES 130255002267
Meadowcreek Elementary School
5025 Georgia Belle Ct, Norcross, GA 30093 · (770) 931-5701 · Gwinnett County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL806 STUDENTS
D
allk12 Grade
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.
- 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.
- DThree-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
11.1:1
73 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.9:1 · STATE 13.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
94%
756 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 | 35 | 4% |
| Kindergarten | 120 | 15% |
| Grade 1 | 141 | 17% |
| Grade 2 | 129 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 148 | 18% |
| Grade 4 | 124 | 15% |
| Grade 5 | 109 | 14% |
This year's kindergarten class (120) is 10% larger than its 5th grade class (109).
Student demographics
39%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
13.2%
GA avg 40.1% . -6.5pp since 2021
Math
22.1%
GA avg 44.6% . -4.5pp 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 22 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 6 points since 2021, while math scores are down about 4 points.
Georgia Milestones results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 13.2% | 22.1% |
| 2023-24 | 16.8% | 22.7% |
| 2022-23 | 14.0% | 27.1% |
| 2021-22 | 19.7% | 26.6% |
% 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
19.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
28.9%
based on GA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-9.1pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 20% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 29% 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 Meadowcreek Elementary School
Meadowcreek Elementary School's state test result (19.8% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Meadowcreek Elementary School this school | 806 | 93.8% | 19.8% |
| Norcross Elementary School Norcross | 751 | 88.5% | 26.5% |
| Fair Street International Academy Gainesville | 651 | 91.1% | 14.6% |
| Pleasantdale Elementary School Doraville | 794 | 86.3% | 20.8% |
| Chicopee Elementary School Gainesville | 809 | 92.5% | 11.8% |
| Rockbridge Elementary School Norcross | 990 | 87.8% | 17.1% |
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 Meadowcreek Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Georgia | In Gwinnett County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 19.8% | #1,058 of 1,208 | #81 of 84 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 22.1% | #1,022 of 1,215 ▼ 35 | #81 of 84 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 13.2% | #1,166 of 1,215 ▼ 60 | #84 of 84 ▼ 3 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -5.5pp | #113 of 1,183 | #17 of 83 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 806 | #224 of 1,324 | #58 of 88 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 11.1:1 | #125 of 1,301 | #1 of 87 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 39.3% | #964 of 1,301 | #80 of 87 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 93.8% | #537 of 1,312 | #1 of 88 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -18.0% | #279 of 854 | #10 of 53 |
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
806
-70 (-8%) vs 2020
-38% since 2000-01, when it was 1,303
Student : Teacher
11.1:1
was 13.7:1
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 | 806 | 72.9 | 11.1:1 | 94% (756) |
| 2023-24 | 852 | 78.8 | 10.8:1 | 91% (778) |
| 2022-23 | 839 | 75.9 | 11.1:1 | 90% (755) |
| 2020-21 | 876 | 64 | 13.7:1 | 85% (747) |
| 2017-18 | 983 | 74.9 | 13.1:1 | 96% (939) |
| 2015-16 | 1,055 | 83 | 12.7:1 | 95% (997) |
| 2010-11 | 1,117 | 91 | 12.3:1 | 93% (1,042) |
| 2000-01 | 1,303 | 91 | 14.3:1 | 63% (827) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Meadowcreek Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 18% (983 to 806); teachers down 3% (74.9 to 72.9).
About Meadowcreek Elementary School
Meadowcreek Elementary School is a mid-sized elementary school with its address in Norcross, Georgia. The school covers pre-K through 5 and reported 806 students in 2024-25. Across elementary schools in Georgia, the average enrollment is about 605.
Meadowcreek Elementary School is run by Gwinnett County, whose 141 schools enroll 182,518 students.
Of every 100 students at Meadowcreek Elementary School, about 76 are Hispanic. Beyond that, enrollment is 17% Black and 3% Asian. The Hispanic share of the county population is lower, at 24%. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, Meadowcreek Elementary School scores 39%.
Meadowcreek Elementary School has 72.9 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of about 11.1:1. Elementary schools in Georgia have an average ratio of 13.3:1. Eligibility for free or reduced-price lunch, often used to gauge student poverty, is 94%. That is higher than the 60% average for public schools in Gwinnett County.
Meadowcreek Elementary School holds a D allk12 Grade, placing it above 5% of Georgia public elementary schools.
Compared with Georgia schools that have similar shares of low-income students, Meadowcreek Elementary School's results are 9.1 points below predicted: 19.8% against 28.9%.
Census data for Gwinnett County show the median household earns about $87,890 a year, 39% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 9% of people live in poverty. Counting Meadowcreek Elementary School, Gwinnett County has 150 public schools.
Meadowcreek Elementary School is about 1.0 miles from Beaver Ridge Elementary School, its nearest public school. Meadowcreek Elementary School has at least 8 other public schools within five miles. Meadowcreek Elementary School ranks 8th of 9 among nearby schools on average proficiency, with 19.8% against a local average of 26.7%.
Federal data place Meadowcreek Elementary School in the Suburb: Large locale, which means it is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
By 2024-25, enrollment had dropped to 806, from 876 in 2020-21. The ratio of students to teachers went from 13.7:1 to 11.1:1 over the same years.
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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 Norcross
- Meadowcreek High SchoolHigh · 2,609 students
- Norcross High SchoolHigh · 2,317 students
- Paul Duke STEM High SchoolHigh · 1,509 students
- Summerour Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,319 students
- Graves Elementary SchoolElementary · 1,076 students
- Rockbridge Elementary SchoolElementary · 990 students
Other Meadowcreek Elementary schools
One other US public school is named Meadowcreek Elementary. Meadowcreek Elementary School is the largest of the 2.
- Meadowcreek Elementary SchoolFORT WORTH, TX · 480 students
Nearby schools
- Beaver Ridge Elementary School1.0 mi · 984
- Meadowcreek High School1.0 mi · 2,609
- Hopkins Elementary School1.4 mi · 1,113
- Minor Elementary School2.1 mi · 952
- Lilburn Elementary School2.2 mi · 1,249
- Rockbridge Elementary School2.2 mi · 990
Frequently asked questions
About Meadowcreek Elementary SchoolHow large is Meadowcreek Elementary School?
Meadowcreek Elementary School enrolls approximately 806 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does Meadowcreek Elementary School serve?
Meadowcreek Elementary School serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
How many teachers does Meadowcreek Elementary School have?
Meadowcreek Elementary School employs 73 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 11.1:1.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Meadowcreek Elementary School?
At Meadowcreek Elementary School, the student body is approximately 2% White, 76% Hispanic, 17% Black, 3% Asian, 2% Two or more.
Who oversees Meadowcreek Elementary School?
Meadowcreek Elementary School is overseen by Gwinnett County in Gwinnett County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.