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Enrollment
999
Elementary
DISTRICT 956 · STATE 605
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·GWINNETT COUNTY·NCES 130255003393
Patrick Elementary School
2707 Kilgore Rd, Buford, GA 30519 · (678) 765-5260 · Gwinnett County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL999 STUDENTS
B-
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 50% of Georgia public elementary schools
- B+Test 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.
- FThree-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
14.3:1
70 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.9:1 · STATE 13.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
50%
495 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 | 17 | 2% |
| Kindergarten | 145 | 15% |
| Grade 1 | 154 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 155 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 159 | 16% |
| Grade 4 | 182 | 18% |
| Grade 5 | 187 | 19% |
This year's kindergarten class (145) is 22% smaller than its 5th grade class (187).
Student demographics
77%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
44.6%
GA avg 40.1% . -8.5pp since 2021
Math
53.7%
GA avg 44.6% . -7.5pp since 2021
What this means: On the Georgia Milestones, Georgia's statewide test, about 45 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 54 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 9 points since 2021, while math scores are down about 8 points.
Georgia Milestones results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 44.6% | 53.7% |
| 2023-24 | 49.8% | 49.4% |
| 2022-23 | 53.9% | 58.9% |
| 2021-22 | 53.1% | 61.2% |
% 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
50.2%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
51.7%
based on GA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-1.5pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 50% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 52% 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 Patrick Elementary School
Patrick Elementary School's state test result (50.2% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Patrick Elementary School this school | 999 | 49.5% | 50.2% |
| Chattahoochee Elementary School Duluth | 1,133 | 48.4% | 54.6% |
| Gwin Oaks Elementary School Lawrenceville | 1,077 | 45.1% | 69.9% |
| Craig Elementary School Lawrenceville | 1,045 | 47.8% | 70.1% |
| Freeman's Mill Elementary School Lawrenceville | 1,011 | 56.9% | 68.1% |
| Sugar Hill Elementary School Sugar Hill | 1,156 | 49.0% | 60.3% |
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 Patrick Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Georgia | In Gwinnett County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 50.2% | #347 of 1,208 | #40 of 84 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 53.7% | #339 of 1,215 ▲ 93 | #37 of 84 ▲ 6 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 44.6% | #361 of 1,215 ▼ 40 | #42 of 84 ▼ 6 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -8.0pp | #52 of 1,183 | #8 of 83 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 999 | #81 of 1,324 | #35 of 88 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.3:1 | #921 of 1,301 | #76 of 87 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 76.6% | #14 of 1,301 | #14 of 87 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 49.5% | #1,040 of 1,312 | #62 of 88 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +33.4% | #44 of 386 | #2 of 31 |
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
999
+218 (+28%) vs 2020
+17% since 2010-11, when it was 854
Student : Teacher
14.3:1
was 15.0:1
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 | 999 | 70 | 14.3:1 | 50% (495) |
| 2023-24 | 962 | 69 | 13.9:1 | 57% (546) |
| 2022-23 | 891 | 58.9 | 15.1:1 | 44% (395) |
| 2020-21 | 781 | 52 | 15.0:1 | 38% (298) |
| 2017-18 | 749 | 48.7 | 15.4:1 | 37% (279) |
| 2015-16 | 858 | 53 | 16.2:1 | 34% (293) |
| 2010-11 | 854 | 52 | 16.4:1 | 36% (304) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Patrick Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students up 33% (749 to 999); teachers up 44% (48.7 to 70).
About Patrick Elementary School
Patrick Elementary School is a high-enrollment elementary school in Gwinnett County, located in Buford, Georgia. Its grade span covers pre-K through 5, with 999 students on the rolls. Elementary schools in Georgia average about 605 students, which makes this school 65% larger than average.
Gwinnett County runs Patrick Elementary School along with 140 other schools, enrolling 182,518 students in total.
The largest racial or ethnic group at Patrick Elementary School is Black, with 31% of students. Other groups make up 24% Hispanic, 23% Asian, 16% White, and 6% multiracial. In Gwinnett County overall, the Black share is about 28%. Measured by the diversity index, the student body scores 77%.
Patrick Elementary School has a student-to-teacher ratio of 14.3:1, with 70 full-time-equivalent teachers. Compared with the 13.3:1 average for elementary schools in Georgia, this school's ratio is higher. The school has 50% of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. By comparison, the figure for public schools in Gwinnett County is 60%.
On the allk12 Grade, Patrick Elementary School lands at B-, ahead of 50% of Georgia public elementary schools.
Patrick Elementary School scores 50.2% on state tests, averaged across results. The predicted figure, based on its student poverty level, is 51.7%.
Five-year Census Bureau estimates for Gwinnett County show that 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 counts 150 public schools with about 196,924 students.
About 1.3 miles separate Patrick Elementary School from the closest public school, Ivy Creek Elementary School. The five-mile area around Patrick Elementary School holds at least 8 other public schools. Nearby schools average 67.2% on proficiency, and Patrick Elementary School is below that at 50.2%.
The school's setting, by NCES definition, is Suburb: Large: in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Enrollment was 999 in 2024-25. In 2020-21, it was 781.
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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 Buford
- Seckinger High SchoolHigh · 2,318 students
- Buford High SchoolHigh · 1,966 students
- Jones Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,758 students
- Twin Rivers Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,669 students
- Ivy Creek Elementary SchoolElementary · 1,507 students
- Buford Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,426 students
Other Patrick Elementary schools
2 other US public schools in 3 states are named Patrick Elementary. Patrick Elementary School is the largest of the 3.
- Patrick Elementary SchoolGRAND PRAIRIE, TX · 496 students
- Patrick Elementary SchoolGold Hill, OR · 255 students
Nearby schools
- Ivy Creek Elementary School1.3 mi · 1,507
- Harmony Elementary School1.4 mi · 614
- Jones Middle School1.5 mi · 1,758
- Puckett's Mill Elementary School2.2 mi · 794
- Mountain View High School2.6 mi · 2,221
- Seckinger High School2.7 mi · 2,318
Frequently asked questions
About Patrick Elementary SchoolHow large is Patrick Elementary School?
Patrick Elementary School enrolls approximately 999 students in grades PK-05.
Is Patrick Elementary School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Patrick Elementary School is an elementary school covering grades PK-05.
How many students per teacher at Patrick Elementary School?
Approximately 14.3:1 students per teacher at Patrick Elementary School.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Patrick Elementary School?
At Patrick Elementary School, the student body is approximately 16% White, 24% Hispanic, 31% Black, 23% Asian, 6% Two or more.
Is Patrick Elementary School public or private?
Patrick Elementary School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Gwinnett County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.