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Enrollment
816
Elementary
DISTRICT 956 · STATE 605
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·GWINNETT COUNTY·NCES 130255002176
Pharr Elementary School
1500 North Rd, Snellville, GA 30078 · (770) 985-0244 · Gwinnett County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL816 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
11.6:1
71 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.9:1 · STATE 13.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
64%
524 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 | 52 | 6% |
| Kindergarten | 118 | 14% |
| Grade 1 | 125 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 132 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 141 | 17% |
| Grade 4 | 126 | 15% |
| Grade 5 | 122 | 15% |
This year's kindergarten class (118) is about the same size as its 5th grade class (122).
Student demographics
69%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
59.2%
GA avg 40.1% . -5.6pp since 2021
Math
68.5%
GA avg 44.6% . +0.6pp since 2021
What this means: On the Georgia Milestones, Georgia's statewide test, about 59 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 69 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 6 points since 2021, while math scores have held steady.
Georgia Milestones results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 59.2% | 68.5% |
| 2023-24 | 58.0% | 60.3% |
| 2022-23 | 65.6% | 65.0% |
| 2021-22 | 64.7% | 67.9% |
% 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
OUTPERFORMING
Top 10% of GA schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
63.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
44.2%
based on GA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+19.3pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 63% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 44% typical for Georgia schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations ranks schools against others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school can post high scores and still fall short of its prediction, or post lower scores and still beat it. This school clears its prediction by about 19 points, placing it in Georgia's top 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 Pharr Elementary School
Pharr Elementary School's state test result (63.4% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pharr Elementary School this school | 816 | 64.2% | 63.4% |
| Taylor Elementary School Lawrenceville | 883 | 63.0% | 52.4% |
| Rock Springs Elementary School Lawrenceville | 801 | 62.9% | 45.6% |
| Dyer Elementary School Dacula | 944 | 57.8% | 60.7% |
| Bells Ferry Elementary School Marietta | 704 | 61.5% | 42.3% |
| Bay Creek Elementary School Loganville | 776 | 69.5% | 42.6% |
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 Pharr Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Georgia | In Gwinnett County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 63.4% | #162 of 1,208 | #20 of 84 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 68.5% | #147 of 1,215 ▲ 98 | #20 of 84 ▲ 10 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 59.2% | #148 of 1,215 ▲ 51 | #18 of 84 ▲ 5 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -2.5pp | #258 of 1,183 | #29 of 83 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 816 | #210 of 1,324 | #57 of 88 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 11.6:1 | #194 of 1,301 | #9 of 87 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 69.5% | #133 of 1,301 | #33 of 87 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 64.2% | #894 of 1,312 | #45 of 88 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +28.1% | #60 of 386 | #4 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
816
+143 (+21%) vs 2020
-29% since 2000-01, when it was 1,147
Student : Teacher
11.6:1
was 12.0:1
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 | 816 | 70.5 | 11.6:1 | 64% (524) |
| 2023-24 | 807 | 68.4 | 11.8:1 | 66% (535) |
| 2022-23 | 790 | 62.1 | 12.7:1 | 52% (413) |
| 2020-21 | 673 | 56 | 12.0:1 | 43% (291) |
| 2017-18 | 637 | 52.9 | 12.0:1 | 48% (306) |
| 2015-16 | 654 | 50 | 13.1:1 | 41% (271) |
| 2010-11 | 782 | 60 | 13.0:1 | 39% (304) |
| 2000-01 | 1,147 | 74 | 15.5:1 | 10% (117) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Pharr Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students up 28% (637 to 816); teachers up 33% (52.9 to 70.5).
About Pharr Elementary School
Pharr Elementary School is a mid-sized elementary school in Snellville, Georgia, one of the schools in Gwinnett County. It had 816 students in 2024-25, spanning pre-K through 5. That compares with an average of about 605 students for elementary schools in Georgia.
Gwinnett County counts 141 schools and 182,518 students, including Pharr Elementary School.
The largest group at Pharr Elementary School is Black students, at 42%. Smaller groups are 31% Hispanic, 14% White, 9% Asian, and 3% multiracial. For comparison, the population of Gwinnett County is roughly 28% Black. On a 0 to 100 scale, the school's diversity index is 69, compared with 70 nationally.
The school has 70.5 full-time-equivalent teachers and a ratio of 11.6 students per teacher. The average for elementary schools in Georgia is 13.3:1, so this school has fewer students per teacher. The school reported 64% of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch in 2024-25.
BeatsExpectations compares each school's average proficiency rate across its state test results with a prediction based on free or reduced-price lunch eligibility. Pharr Elementary School beats its 44.2% prediction with 63.4%, a top-10% result in Georgia.
The school is in Gwinnett County, where the median household earns about $87,890 a year, about 39% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 9%. Pharr Elementary School shares Gwinnett County with 149 other public schools.
Measured in a straight line, Craig Elementary School is about 1.1 miles from Pharr Elementary School. Around the school, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. In a group of 9 nearby schools with scores, Pharr Elementary School ranks 4th on average proficiency.
The National Center for Education Statistics classifies the school's location as Suburb: Large, meaning it is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
The school's enrollment increased 21% from 2020-21 to 2024-25.
The allk12 page for Pharr Elementary School lets the school community talk about special education services, counseling, and support programs. Current and former families are welcome to add their experience.
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 Snellville
- Brookwood High SchoolHigh · 3,803 students
- South Gwinnett High SchoolHigh · 2,639 students
- Shiloh High SchoolHigh · 2,096 students
- Shiloh Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,592 students
- Brookwood Elementary SchoolElementary · 1,422 students
- Norton Elementary SchoolElementary · 1,042 students
Nearby schools
- Craig Elementary School1.1 mi · 1,045
- Crews Middle School1.2 mi · 1,443
- Brookwood High School2.0 mi · 3,803
- Brookwood Elementary School2.2 mi · 1,422
- Couch Middle School2.3 mi · 1,147
- Starling Elementary School2.4 mi · 1,340
Frequently asked questions
About Pharr Elementary SchoolHow large is Pharr Elementary School?
Pharr Elementary School enrolls approximately 816 students in grades PK-05.
What grades does Pharr Elementary School serve?
Pharr Elementary School serves grades PK-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Pharr Elementary School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Pharr Elementary School is approximately 11.6:1 (71 FTE teachers).
How diverse is Pharr Elementary School?
Pharr Elementary School reports a student body of 14% White, 31% Hispanic, 42% Black, 9% Asian, 3% Two or more.
Who oversees Pharr Elementary School?
Pharr Elementary School is overseen by Gwinnett County in Gwinnett County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.