1
Enrollment
952
Elementary
DISTRICT 956 · STATE 605
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·GWINNETT COUNTY·NCES 130255002005
Minor Elementary School
4129 Shady Dr NW, Lilburn, GA 30047 · (770) 925-9543 · Gwinnett County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL952 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
12.2:1
78 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.9:1 · STATE 13.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
81%
771 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 | 36 | 4% |
| Kindergarten | 138 | 14% |
| Grade 1 | 154 | 16% |
| Grade 2 | 149 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 172 | 18% |
| Grade 4 | 140 | 15% |
| Grade 5 | 163 | 17% |
This year's kindergarten class (138) is 15% smaller than its 5th grade class (163).
Student demographics
51%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
22.5%
GA avg 40.1% . -10.2pp since 2021
Math
29.8%
GA avg 44.6% . -7.9pp since 2021
What this means: On the Georgia Milestones, Georgia's statewide test, about 22 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 30 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 10 points since 2021, while math scores are down about 8 points.
Georgia Milestones results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 22.5% | 29.8% |
| 2023-24 | 21.9% | 25.3% |
| 2022-23 | 27.1% | 31.0% |
| 2021-22 | 32.7% | 37.7% |
% 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
26.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
35.5%
based on GA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-8.7pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 27% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 36% 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 Minor Elementary School
Minor Elementary School's state test result (26.8% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Minor Elementary School this school | 952 | 81.0% | 26.8% |
| Bethesda Elementary School Lawrenceville | 1,083 | 82.1% | 39.1% |
| Kanoheda Elementary School Lawrenceville | 925 | 84.4% | 35.7% |
| Beaver Ridge Elementary School Norcross | 984 | 81.9% | 25.8% |
| Alford Elementary Lawrenceville | 828 | 83.1% | 28.3% |
| Ferguson Elementary School Duluth | 856 | 83.5% | 29.1% |
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 Minor Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Georgia | In Gwinnett County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 26.8% | #888 of 1,208 | #74 of 84 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 29.8% | #863 of 1,215 ▲ 72 | #74 of 84 ▲ 4 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 22.5% | #946 of 1,215 ▲ 63 | #76 of 84 ▼ 1 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -9.1pp | #40 of 1,183 | #6 of 83 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 952 | #108 of 1,324 | #38 of 88 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.2:1 | #313 of 1,301 | #21 of 87 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 51.2% | #760 of 1,301 | #72 of 87 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 81.0% | #703 of 1,312 | #22 of 88 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -13.1% | #430 of 854 | #20 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
952
+32 (+3%) vs 2020
-26% since 1990-91, when it was 1,288
Student : Teacher
12.2:1
was 13.0:1
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 | 952 | 78.1 | 12.2:1 | 81% (771) |
| 2023-24 | 886 | 76.2 | 11.6:1 | 88% (783) |
| 2022-23 | 899 | 76.4 | 11.8:1 | 80% (718) |
| 2020-21 | 920 | 71 | 13.0:1 | 74% (677) |
| 2017-18 | 1,096 | 81.7 | 13.4:1 | 87% (953) |
| 2015-16 | 1,104 | 86 | 12.8:1 | 87% (957) |
| 2010-11 | 1,110 | 88 | 12.6:1 | 87% (968) |
| 2000-01 | 1,380 | 98 | 14.1:1 | 42% (586) |
| 1990-91 | 1,288 | 75 | 17.2:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Minor Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 13% (1,096 to 952); teachers down 4% (81.7 to 78.1).
About Minor Elementary School
Minor Elementary School runs as a large elementary school in Lilburn, Georgia. Enrollment totals 952 students across pre-K through 5. The school is 57% larger than the average for elementary schools in Georgia.
Minor Elementary School is one school in Gwinnett County, a system of 141 schools with 182,518 students.
The largest group at Minor Elementary School is Hispanic students, at 67%. The remaining students are 18% Black, 9% Asian, and 4% White. Among people living in Gwinnett County, the Hispanic share is about 24%. The diversity index for Minor Elementary School is 51%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.
The student-to-teacher ratio at Minor Elementary School is 12.2:1, based on 78.1 full-time-equivalent teachers. Compared with the 13.3:1 average for elementary schools in Georgia, this school's ratio is lower. Lunch program data show 81% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price meals. The average for public schools in Gwinnett County is 60%.
BeatsExpectations compares each school's average proficiency rate across its state test results with a prediction based on free or reduced-price lunch eligibility. For Minor Elementary School, the prediction is 35.5% and the result is 26.8%.
In the wider Gwinnett County area, median household income comes to about $87,890, roughly 39% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 9% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Gwinnett County's 150 public schools enroll about 196,924 students and include Minor Elementary School.
A public school about 1.0 miles away, Berkmar Middle School, is the closest to Minor Elementary School. The count of other public schools within five miles is at least 8. In a group of 9 nearby schools with scores, Minor Elementary School ranks 6th on average proficiency.
The federal government classifies Minor Elementary School's location as Suburb: Large.
Enrollment rose 3% over 4 years, reaching 952 in 2024-25.
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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 Lilburn
- Parkview High SchoolHigh · 3,216 students
- Berkmar High SchoolHigh · 2,975 students
- Trickum Middle SchoolMiddle · 2,204 students
- Lilburn Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,636 students
- Camp Creek Elementary SchoolElementary · 1,425 students
- Lilburn Elementary SchoolElementary · 1,249 students
Other Minor Elementary schools
One other US public school is named Minor Elementary. Minor Elementary School is the largest of the 2.
- Minor Elementary SchoolBirmingham, AL · 441 students
Nearby schools
- Berkmar Middle School1.0 mi · 1,039
- Berkmar High School1.1 mi · 2,975
- Meadowcreek High School1.2 mi · 2,609
- Hopkins Elementary School1.2 mi · 1,113
- Corley Elementary School1.3 mi · 1,119
- Sweetwater Middle School1.4 mi · 1,470
Frequently asked questions
About Minor Elementary SchoolHow many students attend Minor Elementary School?
Minor Elementary School enrolls approximately 952 students in grades PK-05.
Is Minor Elementary School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Minor Elementary School is an elementary school covering grades PK-05.
How many teachers does Minor Elementary School have?
Minor Elementary School employs 78 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 12.2:1.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Minor Elementary School?
At Minor Elementary School, the student body is approximately 4% White, 67% Hispanic, 18% Black, 9% Asian, 1% Two or more.
What district is Minor Elementary School in?
Minor Elementary School is part of Gwinnett County.
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