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Alumni: what's one memory from Rock Springs Elementary School that still sticks with you?
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Enrollment
801
Elementary
DISTRICT 956 · STATE 605
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·GWINNETT COUNTY·NCES 130255002322
Rock Springs Elementary School
888 Rock Springs Rd, Lawrenceville, GA 30043 · (770) 932-7474 · Gwinnett County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL801 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.
- B-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
13.1:1
61 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.9:1 · STATE 13.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
63%
504 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 | 21 | 3% |
| Kindergarten | 109 | 14% |
| Grade 1 | 142 | 18% |
| Grade 2 | 127 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 132 | 16% |
| Grade 4 | 121 | 15% |
| Grade 5 | 149 | 19% |
This year's kindergarten class (109) is 27% smaller than its 5th grade class (149).
Student demographics
74%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
36.8%
GA avg 40.1% . -16.6pp since 2021
Math
45.2%
GA avg 44.6% . -14.5pp since 2021
What this means: On the Georgia Milestones, Georgia's statewide test, about 37 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 45 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 17 points since 2021, while math scores are down about 15 points.
Georgia Milestones results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 36.8% | 45.2% |
| 2023-24 | 46.1% | 55.5% |
| 2022-23 | 50.0% | 60.5% |
| 2021-22 | 53.4% | 59.7% |
% 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
45.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
44.8%
based on GA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+0.8pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 46% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 45% 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 Rock Springs Elementary School
Rock Springs Elementary School's state test result (45.6% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rock Springs Elementary School this school | 801 | 62.9% | 45.6% |
| Taylor Elementary School Lawrenceville | 883 | 63.0% | 52.4% |
| Walnut Grove Elementary School Suwanee | 819 | 57.3% | 58.2% |
| Pharr Elementary School Snellville | 816 | 64.2% | 63.4% |
| Sycamore Elementary School Sugar Hill | 751 | 61.7% | 45.8% |
| Dyer Elementary School Dacula | 944 | 57.8% | 60.7% |
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 Rock Springs Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Georgia | In Gwinnett County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 45.6% | #423 of 1,208 | #46 of 84 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 45.2% | #517 of 1,215 ▼ 188 | #49 of 84 ▼ 15 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 36.8% | #546 of 1,215 ▼ 160 | #50 of 84 ▼ 6 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -15.6pp | #3 of 1,183 | #1 of 83 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 801 | #233 of 1,324 | #59 of 88 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.1:1 | #576 of 1,301 | #52 of 87 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 74.0% | #36 of 1,301 | #21 of 87 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 62.9% | #907 of 1,312 | #47 of 88 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -3.0% | #778 of 854 | #44 of 53 |
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
801
+39 (+5%) vs 2020
-29% since 2000-01, when it was 1,124
Student : Teacher
13.1:1
was 13.4:1
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 | 801 | 61 | 13.1:1 | 63% (504) |
| 2023-24 | 765 | 63.4 | 12.1:1 | 61% (467) |
| 2022-23 | 749 | 57.9 | 12.9:1 | 48% (357) |
| 2020-21 | 762 | 57 | 13.4:1 | 39% (298) |
| 2017-18 | 826 | 58.4 | 14.1:1 | 49% (405) |
| 2015-16 | 859 | 62 | 13.8:1 | 47% (400) |
| 2010-11 | 895 | 65 | 13.8:1 | 43% (382) |
| 2000-01 | 1,124 | 70 | 16.1:1 | 8% (91) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Rock Springs Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 3% (826 to 801); teachers up 4% (58.4 to 61).
About Rock Springs Elementary School
Rock Springs Elementary School is a medium-sized elementary school in Lawrenceville, Georgia, one of the schools in Gwinnett County. A federal count lists 801 students at the school, in pre-K through 5. An average school in this group (elementary schools in Georgia) has about 605 students.
Gwinnett County counts 141 schools and 182,518 students, including Rock Springs Elementary School.
Hispanic students form the largest group at Rock Springs Elementary School, 35% of enrollment. Other groups include 31% Black, 16% White, 12% Asian, and 6% multiracial. By comparison, Gwinnett County residents are about 24% Hispanic. The chance that two students picked at random at Rock Springs Elementary School belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 74%.
Staffing totals 61 full-time-equivalent teachers, and the student-to-teacher ratio is 13.1:1. Elementary schools in Georgia average about 13.3:1, a similar figure. A measure often used for student poverty, free or reduced-price lunch eligibility, stands at 63%. That is close to the 60% average for public schools in Gwinnett County.
The allk12 Grade for Rock Springs Elementary School is B-. Compared with Georgia public elementary schools, the school scored higher than 50% on a mix of test scores, poverty-adjusted results, and recent trend.
Compared with Georgia schools that have similar shares of low-income students, Rock Springs Elementary School's results are within a point of predicted: 45.6% against 44.8%.
In Gwinnett County (population about 979,864), median household income is 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. Rock Springs Elementary School is one of 150 public schools in Gwinnett County, which together enroll about 196,924 students.
Woodward Mill Elementary School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 2.0 miles away. Counting only straight-line distance, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. Its average proficiency rate of 45.6% is below the 58.2% average for nearby schools.
The school's federal locale classification is Suburb: Large.
Enrollment was 762 in 2020-21 and 801 in 2024-25, a rise of 39 students.
Topics for discussion here include school safety, transportation, and start times. Anyone with firsthand experience at this school can post or comment.
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 Lawrenceville
- Archer High SchoolHigh · 3,058 students
- Discovery High SchoolHigh · 2,703 students
- Central Gwinnett High SchoolHigh · 2,414 students
- Mountain View High SchoolHigh · 2,221 students
- Gwinnett Online CampusCombined · 1,996 students
- Richards Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,974 students
Other Rock Springs Elementary schools
5 other US public schools in 5 states are named Rock Springs Elementary. Rock Springs Elementary School is the 2nd largest of the 6.
- Rock Springs ElementaryLavergne, TN · 1,193 students
- ROCK SPRINGS ELEMENTARYAPOPKA, FL · 682 students
- Rock Springs ElementaryDenver, NC · 639 students
- Rock Springs ElementaryEscondido, CA · 498 students
- Rock Springs ElementaryKingsport, TN · 402 students
Nearby schools
- Woodward Mill Elementary School2.0 mi · 1,106
- Walnut Grove Elementary School2.4 mi · 819
- Collins Hill High School2.5 mi · 2,485
- Suwanee Elementary School2.7 mi · 637
- Taylor Elementary School2.8 mi · 883
- Lanier High School2.9 mi · 1,871
Frequently asked questions
About Rock Springs Elementary SchoolHow many students attend Rock Springs Elementary School?
Rock Springs Elementary School enrolls approximately 801 students in grades PK-05.
What grades does Rock Springs Elementary School serve?
Rock Springs Elementary School serves grades PK-05.
How many teachers does Rock Springs Elementary School have?
Rock Springs Elementary School employs 61 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 13.1:1.
What is the student diversity at Rock Springs Elementary School?
Student demographics at Rock Springs Elementary School are roughly 16% White, 35% Hispanic, 31% Black, 12% Asian, 6% Two or more.
Who oversees Rock Springs Elementary School?
Rock Springs 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.