Mulberry Elementary School

Mulberry Elementary School operates as a middle-of-the-pack K-5 school in Auburn, Georgia, one of the schools within Gwinnett County. Current enrollment sits at 763 students spanning grades pre-K through 5. Compared to the state average of about 605 students per school, that is 26% larger than typical.

Mulberry Elementary School is one of 141 schools operated by Gwinnett County, a district that educates 182,518 students overall.

Demographically, Mulberry Elementary School records that the most-represented group is Black (39%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. Beyond that, the school records 25% White, 23% Hispanic, 7% Asian, 6% multiracial. By comparison, Gwinnett County as a whole is about 28% Black, so the school skews considerably more Black than its surroundings.

In terms of school funding signals, Staff filings list 62 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 12.4:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 13.3:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Roughly 51% of students at Mulberry Elementary School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. Set against Gwinnett County (around 60%), the school's rate is noticeably below typical.

After controlling for student poverty, Mulberry Elementary School tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 50.9% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 60.7%.

Around the school, the surrounding county (Gwinnett County) logs that median household income runs about $87,890, roughly 39% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 9% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Mulberry Elementary School is one of 150 public schools in Gwinnett County (combined enrollment of about 196,924 students).

Auburn Elementary School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 2.7 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Mulberry Elementary School at 4th of 9; the average score across the group is 50.2%.

The campus sits in an outlying setting.

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count increased 6%: 717 students in 2018 compared to 763 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share decreased from 47% to 25%. The student-to-teacher ratio tightened from 14.3:1 in 2018 to 12.4:1 today.

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