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What's the most underrated thing about Sharon Elementary School that outsiders don't know?
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Enrollment
865
Elementary
DISTRICT 1,008 · STATE 605
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·FORSYTH COUNTY·NCES 130222002880
Sharon Elementary School
3595 Old Atlanta Rd, Suwanee, GA 30024 · (770) 888-7511 · Forsyth County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL865 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
14.8:1
59 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.6:1 · STATE 13.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
14%
124 students
DISTRICT 22% · 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 | 10 | 1% |
| Kindergarten | 117 | 14% |
| Grade 1 | 119 | 14% |
| Grade 2 | 119 | 14% |
| Grade 3 | 174 | 20% |
| Grade 4 | 156 | 18% |
| Grade 5 | 170 | 20% |
This year's kindergarten class (117) is 31% smaller than its 5th grade class (170).
Student demographics
64%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 68% · 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
Sharon Elementary School→South Forsyth Middle School
Based on published attendance-zone data from Forsyth County. Zones change; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
Georgia Milestones 2024-25 . % Proficient or DistinguishedEnglish Language Arts
71.7%
GA avg 40.1% . -1.7pp since 2021
Math
81.2%
GA avg 44.6% . -2.7pp since 2021
What this means: On the Georgia Milestones, Georgia's statewide test, about 72 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 81 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 2 points since 2021, while math scores are down about 3 points.
Georgia Milestones results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 71.7% | 81.2% |
| 2023-24 | 77.2% | 84.3% |
| 2022-23 | 73.7% | 84.4% |
| 2021-22 | 73.4% | 83.9% |
% 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
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
78.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
69.9%
based on GA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+8.5pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 78% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 70% 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 Sharon Elementary School
Sharon Elementary School's state test result (78.5% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sharon Elementary School this school | 865 | 14.3% | 78.5% |
| Haw Creek Elementary Cumming | 926 | 12.0% | 71.7% |
| Level Creek Elementary School Suwanee | 1,051 | 15.1% | 85.5% |
| Kelly Mill Elementary Cumming | 1,104 | 14.9% | 64.6% |
| Lake Windward Elementary School Alpharetta | 672 | 11.6% | 84.7% |
| Riverside Elementary School Suwanee | 919 | 22.6% | 82.3% |
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 Sharon Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Georgia | In Forsyth County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 78.5% | #37 of 1,208 | #3 of 23 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 81.2% | #39 of 1,215 ▼ 18 | #6 of 23 ▼ 2 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 71.7% | #60 of 1,215 ▼ 25 | #4 of 23 ▼ 2 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -2.2pp | #270 of 1,183 | #9 of 22 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 865 | #169 of 1,324 | #18 of 23 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.8:1 | #1,038 of 1,301 | #13 of 23 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 64.2% | #331 of 1,301 | #9 of 23 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 14.3% | #1,272 of 1,312 | #17 of 23 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -10.0% | #532 of 854 | #10 of 14 |
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
865
-15 (-2%) vs 2020
-13% since 2010-11, when it was 995
Student : Teacher
14.8:1
was 16.0:1
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 | 865 | 58.6 | 14.8:1 | 14% (124) |
| 2023-24 | 871 | 55.1 | 15.8:1 | 15% (132) |
| 2022-23 | 928 | 54.1 | 17.1:1 | 5% (43) |
| 2020-21 | 880 | 55 | 16.0:1 | 3% (30) |
| 2017-18 | 961 | 55 | 17.5:1 | 5% (51) |
| 2015-16 | 1,025 | 58 | 17.7:1 | 4% (39) |
| 2010-11 | 995 | 52 | 19.1:1 | 4% (39) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Sharon Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 10% (961 to 865); teachers up 7% (55 to 58.6).
About Sharon Elementary School
Sharon Elementary School is a medium-sized elementary school in Suwanee, Georgia, one of the schools in Forsyth County. The latest federal count shows 865 students in pre-K through 5. The average for elementary schools in Georgia is about 605 students, so this school is 43% bigger than average.
Sharon Elementary School is one school in a 42-school district, Forsyth County, which enrolls 54,864 students.
Sharon Elementary School has no majority group; White students are the largest, at 46%. Other reported shares: 37% Asian, 9% Hispanic, 5% multiracial, and 3% Black. That compares with about 64% White among all Forsyth County residents. Pick two students at random and there is a 64% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.
The ratio of students to teachers is 14.8:1, with 58.6 full-time-equivalent teachers on staff. The school has more students per teacher than the 13.3:1 average for elementary schools in Georgia. Lunch subsidy eligibility at Sharon Elementary School is 14%.
Sharon Elementary School sits between the top and bottom 10% of Georgia schools on BeatsExpectations, with an actual average proficiency rate on state tests of 78.5% and a predicted 69.9%.
In the county around the school, Forsyth County, the median household income is $143,784, about 57% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 3% of residents are in poverty. Forsyth County is home to 42 public schools and about 54,864 public school students.
The shortest distance from Sharon Elementary School to another public school is about 0.2 miles, to Lambert High School. Other public schools within five miles: at least 8. The school's 78.5% average proficiency ranks 7th among 9 nearby schools.
Federal data place Sharon Elementary School in the Suburb: Large locale, which means it is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
The student count changed little between 2020-21 (880) and 2024-25 (865). Over the same period, the student-to-teacher ratio fell to 14.8:1, from 16.0:1.
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Forsyth County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
267,287
Census ACS
Median income
$143,784
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
57%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
3%
Below federal line
Schools in county
42
54,864 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Forsyth County
- Lambert High SchoolHigh · 3,249 students
- South Forsyth High SchoolHigh · 2,634 students
- Denmark High SchoolHigh · 2,527 students
- West Forsyth High SchoolHigh · 2,503 students
- Forsyth Central High SchoolHigh · 2,457 students
- North Forsyth High SchoolHigh · 2,151 students
Other schools in Suwanee
- Lambert High SchoolHigh · 3,249 students
- Peachtree Ridge High SchoolHigh · 3,155 students
- North Gwinnett High SchoolHigh · 3,033 students
- Collins Hill High SchoolHigh · 2,485 students
- Riverwatch Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,455 students
- Level Creek Elementary SchoolElementary · 1,051 students
Other Sharon Elementary schools
7 other US public schools in 6 states are named Sharon Elementary. Sharon Elementary School is the largest of the 8.
- Sharon Elementary SchoolLoganville, GA · 712 students
- Sharon Elementary SchoolNewburgh, IN · 724 students
- Sharon ElementaryCharlotte, NC · 688 students
- Sharon Elementary SchoolWadsworth, OH · 627 students
- Sharon ElementaryStatesville, NC · 251 students
Nearby schools
- Lambert High School0.2 mi · 3,249
- South Forsyth Middle School1.3 mi · 1,319
- Riverwatch Middle School2.1 mi · 1,455
- Settles Bridge Elementary School2.2 mi · 741
- Riverside Elementary School2.3 mi · 919
- Daves Creek Elementary School2.3 mi · 881
Frequently asked questions
About Sharon Elementary SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Sharon Elementary School?
Sharon Elementary School enrolls approximately 865 students in grades PK-05.
What grades does Sharon Elementary School serve?
Sharon Elementary School serves grades PK-05.
How many students per teacher at Sharon Elementary School?
Approximately 14.8:1 students per teacher at Sharon Elementary School.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Sharon Elementary School?
At Sharon Elementary School, the student body is approximately 46% White, 9% Hispanic, 3% Black, 37% Asian, 5% Two or more.
Is Sharon Elementary School public or private?
Sharon Elementary School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Forsyth County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.