Parsons Elementary School

Located at 1615 Old Peachtree Rd NW, in Suwanee, Georgia, Parsons Elementary School is a moderately sized elementary campus that teaches 882 students (grades pre-K through 5), part of Gwinnett County. By comparison, Georgia's public schools average about 605 students each, so Parsons Elementary School sits 46% bigger than that benchmark.

Across the 141 schools in Gwinnett County (182,518 students total), Parsons Elementary School accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

On the student-mix side, Parsons Elementary School lists that the largest single group is Asian at 50%, but no single group is in the majority. The remainder breaks down as 21% Black, 12% Hispanic, 11% White, 6% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 13% Asian, putting the school's mix meaningfully more Asian than the area baseline.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Parsons Elementary School logs 67 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 13.2:1. That tracks the state average closely. An estimated 34% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. By comparison, Gwinnett County runs at roughly 60%, so the school's eligibility rate is meaningfully below the surrounding baseline.

After controlling for student poverty, Parsons Elementary School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 59.8%, the actual is 68.8%, a residual of +9.0 points.

Across the wider county, census data for Gwinnett County shows the typical household earns roughly $87,890 per year, 39% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 9%. In all, Gwinnett County runs 150 public schools (combined enrollment of about 196,924 students), of which Parsons Elementary School is one.

The closest other public school is Peachtree Ridge High School, roughly 0.2 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Parsons Elementary School ranks 2nd on composite proficiency, ahead of the local average of 59.3%.

Parsons Elementary School operates from a residential location.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Parsons Elementary School has expanded 19%, going from 743 students in 2018 to 882 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share declined from 23% to 11%.

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