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Enrollment
702
Elementary
DISTRICT 956 · STATE 605
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·GWINNETT COUNTY·NCES 130255000309
Simonton Elementary School
275 Simonton Rd, Lawrenceville, GA 30045 · (770) 513-6637 · Gwinnett County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL702 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
13.4:1
52 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.9:1 · STATE 13.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
79%
558 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 | 25 | 4% |
| Kindergarten | 101 | 14% |
| Grade 1 | 125 | 18% |
| Grade 2 | 122 | 17% |
| Grade 3 | 114 | 16% |
| Grade 4 | 115 | 16% |
| Grade 5 | 100 | 14% |
This year's kindergarten class (101) is about the same size as its 5th grade class (100).
Student demographics
64%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
29.3%
GA avg 40.1% . -1.5pp since 2021
Math
31.2%
GA avg 44.6% . -1.2pp since 2021
What this means: On the Georgia Milestones, Georgia's statewide test, about 29 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 31 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 1 points.
Georgia Milestones results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 29.3% | 31.2% |
| 2023-24 | 34.0% | 33.4% |
| 2022-23 | 32.6% | 36.6% |
| 2021-22 | 30.8% | 32.4% |
% 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
33.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
36.3%
based on GA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-2.9pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 33% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 36% 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 Simonton Elementary School
Simonton Elementary School's state test result (33.4% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Simonton Elementary School this school | 702 | 79.5% | 33.4% |
| Jenkins Elementary School Lawrenceville | 775 | 82.8% | 31.6% |
| Lawrenceville Elementary School Lawrenceville | 677 | 81.4% | 22.5% |
| Annistown Elementary School Snellville | 686 | 78.3% | 37.7% |
| Cedar Hill Elementary School Lawrenceville | 896 | 82.1% | 31.3% |
| Peachtree Elementary School Peachtree Corners | 689 | 74.6% | 32.9% |
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 Simonton Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Georgia | In Gwinnett County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 33.4% | #711 of 1,208 | #61 of 84 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 31.2% | #830 of 1,215 ▼ 70 | #71 of 84 ▼ 8 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 29.3% | #740 of 1,215 ▼ 77 | #62 of 84 ▼ 5 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -1.3pp | #332 of 1,183 | #39 of 83 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 702 | #368 of 1,324 | #70 of 88 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.4:1 | #651 of 1,301 | #63 of 87 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 64.1% | #339 of 1,301 | #51 of 87 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 79.5% | #723 of 1,312 | #29 of 88 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -14.1% | #400 of 854 | #18 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
702
-26 (-4%) vs 2020
-49% since 2000-01, when it was 1,375
Student : Teacher
13.4:1
was 14.9:1
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 | 702 | 52.3 | 13.4:1 | 79% (558) |
| 2023-24 | 726 | 49.4 | 14.7:1 | 84% (610) |
| 2022-23 | 749 | 51.8 | 14.5:1 | 77% (575) |
| 2020-21 | 728 | 49 | 14.9:1 | 70% (506) |
| 2017-18 | 817 | 55.6 | 14.7:1 | 79% (647) |
| 2015-16 | 869 | 61 | 14.3:1 | 79% (686) |
| 2010-11 | 863 | 70 | 12.3:1 | 79% (678) |
| 2000-01 | 1,375 | 92 | 14.9:1 | 35% (484) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Simonton Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 14% (817 to 702); teachers down 6% (55.6 to 52.3).
About Simonton Elementary School
In Lawrenceville, Georgia, Simonton Elementary School is a mid-sized elementary school. It reports enrollment of 702 students in pre-K through 5.
Gwinnett County counts 182,518 students in its 141 schools, and Simonton Elementary School is one of them.
Hispanic students make up 45% of enrollment at Simonton Elementary School, the largest share of any group. Next come 38% Black, 6% White, 5% Asian, and 4% multiracial. That compares with about 24% Hispanic among all Gwinnett County residents. A diversity index of 64% means there is a 64% chance two randomly chosen students at Simonton Elementary School are from different groups.
There are 52.3 full-time-equivalent teachers at Simonton Elementary School, giving a ratio of 13.4:1. That is in line with the 13.3:1 average for elementary schools in Georgia. A total of 558 students, or 79%, are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. The 60% average for public schools in Gwinnett County is 19 points lower.
When test results are adjusted for free or reduced-price lunch eligibility, Simonton Elementary School is 2.9 points below its prediction. Actual: 33.4%. Predicted: 36.3%.
In Gwinnett County, where the school is located, median household income comes to about $87,890, about 39% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 9% of residents are in poverty. There are 150 public schools in the county, enrolling about 196,924, Simonton Elementary School among them.
Simonton Elementary School is about 1.7 miles from Jenkins Elementary School, its nearest public school. Simonton Elementary School has at least 8 other public schools within five miles. Nearby schools average 37.3% on proficiency, and Simonton Elementary School is below that at 33.4%.
Locale data from NCES put Simonton Elementary School in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more (Suburb: Large).
In 2024-25, the school enrolled 702, down from 728 in 2020-21. Over the same period, the student-to-teacher ratio dropped to 13.4:1, from 14.9:1.
Simonton Elementary School has a community page on allk12 for topics such as athletics, class schedules, and weather closures. Teachers and staff are welcome to share updates too.
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
Nearby schools
- Jenkins Elementary School1.7 mi · 775
- Jordan Middle School1.9 mi · 757
- Lovin Elementary School2.2 mi · 856
- Lawrenceville Elementary School2.3 mi · 677
- Starling Elementary School2.4 mi · 1,340
- Winn Holt Elementary School2.5 mi · 1,046
Frequently asked questions
About Simonton Elementary SchoolHow many students attend Simonton Elementary School?
Simonton Elementary School enrolls approximately 702 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does Simonton Elementary School serve?
Simonton Elementary School serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
How many students per teacher at Simonton Elementary School?
Approximately 13.4:1 students per teacher at Simonton Elementary School.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Simonton Elementary School?
At Simonton Elementary School, the student body is approximately 6% White, 45% Hispanic, 38% Black, 5% Asian, 4% Two or more.
Is Simonton Elementary School public or private?
Simonton 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.