Norton Elementary School

As a substantial elementary school in Snellville, Georgia, Norton Elementary School serves 1,042 students from grades pre-K through 5, run under Gwinnett County. Enrollment runs roughly 72% bigger than the state mean of about 605.

Within Gwinnett County, which oversees 141 schools and 182,518 students, Norton Elementary School is one campus in the system.

Looking at the student body, Norton Elementary School records that Black students make up the majority at 64%; the rest comes out to 23% Hispanic, 5% multiracial, 5% White, 2% Asian. By comparison, Gwinnett County as a whole is about 28% Black, so the school skews meaningfully more Black than its surroundings.

Looking at school resources, Norton Elementary School reports 80 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 13.0:1. The state averages about 13.3:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. An estimated 81% of students are eligible 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 meaningfully above typical.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Norton Elementary School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 35.4%, the actual is 32.2%, a residual of -3.2 points.

Across the wider county, Gwinnett County reports that median household earnings sit near $87,890, roughly 39% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 9%. Norton Elementary School is one of 150 public schools in Gwinnett County (combined enrollment of about 196,924 students).

Snellville Middle School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 1.7 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Norton Elementary School. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Norton Elementary School at 7th of 9; the average score across the group is 38.4%.

The school occupies a residential site.

Trend over the last 7 years. Norton Elementary School's enrollment has declined 9% since 2018, when it stood at 1,143 (now 1,042). The Hispanic share of enrollment rose from 16% to 23% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 15.8:1 in 2018 to 13.0:1 today.

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