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Enrollment
955
Elementary
DISTRICT 1,008 · STATE 605
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·FORSYTH COUNTY·NCES 130222003353
Shiloh Point Elementary
8145 Majors Rd, Cumming, GA 30041 · (678) 341-6481 · Forsyth County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL955 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
14.5:1
66 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.6:1 · STATE 13.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
12%
117 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 | 14 | 1% |
| Kindergarten | 89 | 9% |
| Grade 1 | 142 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 165 | 17% |
| Grade 3 | 163 | 17% |
| Grade 4 | 184 | 19% |
| Grade 5 | 198 | 21% |
This year's kindergarten class (89) is 55% smaller than its 5th grade class (198).
Student demographics
55%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
Shiloh Point Elementary→Piney Grove 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
64.9%
GA avg 40.1% . -3.2pp since 2021
Math
79.8%
GA avg 44.6% . +4.7pp since 2021
What this means: On the Georgia Milestones, Georgia's statewide test, about 65 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 80 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 3 points since 2021, while math scores are up about 5 points.
Georgia Milestones results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 64.9% | 79.8% |
| 2023-24 | 67.5% | 76.7% |
| 2022-23 | 66.4% | 74.5% |
| 2021-22 | 68.1% | 75.1% |
% 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
71.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
71.0%
based on GA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+0.5pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 71% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 71% 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 Shiloh Point Elementary
Shiloh Point Elementary's state test result (71.5% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Shiloh Point Elementary this school | 955 | 12.3% | 71.5% |
| Wilson Creek Elementary School Duluth | 854 | 14.9% | 83.1% |
| Big Creek Elementary School Cumming | 745 | 15.7% | 77.8% |
| Settles Bridge Elementary School Suwanee | 741 | 15.4% | 77.1% |
| New Hope Elementary School Comming | 1,175 | 14.6% | 72.9% |
| Creek View Elementary School Alpharetta | 765 | 5.1% | 87.1% |
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 Shiloh Point Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Georgia | In Forsyth County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 71.5% | #87 of 1,208 | #10 of 23 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 79.8% | #52 of 1,215 ▲ 18 | #7 of 23 ▲ 3 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 64.9% | #101 of 1,215 ▼ 3 | #9 of 23 ▼ 1 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +0.7pp | #701 of 1,183 | #10 of 22 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 955 | #107 of 1,324 | #13 of 23 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.5:1 | #967 of 1,301 | #9 of 23 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 55.4% | #638 of 1,301 | #18 of 23 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 12.3% | #1,279 of 1,312 | #20 of 23 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -25.9% | #138 of 854 | #2 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
955
-368 (-28%) vs 2020
-17% since 2010-11, when it was 1,149
Student : Teacher
14.5:1
was 15.6:1
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 | 955 | 66 | 14.5:1 | 12% (117) |
| 2023-24 | 1,069 | 71.7 | 14.9:1 | 12% (131) |
| 2022-23 | 1,140 | 70.5 | 16.2:1 | 6% (73) |
| 2020-21 | 1,323 | 85 | 15.6:1 | 7% (89) |
| 2017-18 | 1,289 | 79.2 | 16.3:1 | 8% (100) |
| 2015-16 | 1,331 | 83 | 16.0:1 | 13% (169) |
| 2010-11 | 1,149 | 70 | 16.4:1 | 14% (162) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Shiloh Point Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 26% (1,289 to 955); teachers down 17% (79.2 to 66).
About Shiloh Point Elementary
Shiloh Point Elementary is a large elementary school. Its address is in Cumming, Georgia. Students in pre-K through 5 attend, and enrollment is 955 students. The school's enrollment is 58% larger than the 605 average for elementary schools in Georgia.
Forsyth County enrolls 54,864 students, and its 42 schools include Shiloh Point Elementary.
Asian students are the majority at Shiloh Point Elementary, with 63% of enrollment. The school is also 20% White, 9% Hispanic, 4% Black, and 3% multiracial. The Asian share of the county population is lower, at 20%. Shiloh Point Elementary's diversity index is 55%, against a US figure of 70%.
The ratio of students to teachers is 14.5:1, with 66 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 Shiloh Point Elementary is 12%. It compares with 21% for public schools in Forsyth County.
The allk12 BeatsExpectations score for Shiloh Point Elementary is +0.5 points: 71.5% actual, 71.0% predicted.
Across 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. In all, Forsyth County has 42 public schools and roughly 54,864 students.
The nearest other public school, Piney Grove Middle School, is about 0.2 miles away. There are at least 8 more public schools inside five miles. By average proficiency, Shiloh Point Elementary is 7th among 9 schools close by.
Shiloh Point Elementary is coded as Suburb: Large in federal locale data.
Federal data show a 28% enrollment decrease, from 1,323 in 2020-21 to 955 in 2024-25. From 2020-21 to 2024-25, the ratio fell from 15.6:1 to 14.5:1.
Questions about school safety, transportation, and start times can be posted here. Reviews and ratings from people who know the school are welcome.
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 Cumming
- South Forsyth High SchoolHigh · 2,634 students
- West Forsyth High SchoolHigh · 2,503 students
- Forsyth Central High SchoolHigh · 2,457 students
- North Forsyth High SchoolHigh · 2,151 students
- Sawnee Elementary SchoolElementary · 1,591 students
- Lakeside Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,513 students
Nearby schools
- Piney Grove Middle School0.2 mi · 1,024
- South Forsyth High School0.4 mi · 2,634
- Daves Creek Elementary School2.0 mi · 881
- Big Creek Elementary School2.1 mi · 745
- South Forsyth Middle School2.3 mi · 1,319
- New Hope Elementary School2.9 mi · 1,175
Frequently asked questions
About Shiloh Point ElementaryWhat is the total enrollment at Shiloh Point Elementary?
Shiloh Point Elementary enrolls approximately 955 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does Shiloh Point Elementary serve?
Shiloh Point Elementary serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
How many students per teacher at Shiloh Point Elementary?
Approximately 14.5:1 students per teacher at Shiloh Point Elementary.
How diverse is Shiloh Point Elementary?
Shiloh Point Elementary reports a student body of 20% White, 9% Hispanic, 4% Black, 63% Asian, 3% Two or more.
Is Shiloh Point Elementary public or private?
Shiloh Point Elementary 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.