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Enrollment
637
Elementary
DISTRICT 956 · STATE 605
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·GWINNETT COUNTY·NCES 130255001119
Suwanee Elementary School
3875 Smithtown Rd, Suwanee, GA 30024 · (770) 945-5763 · Gwinnett County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL637 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
12.6:1
51 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.9:1 · STATE 13.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
32%
202 students
DISTRICT 63% · STATE 74%
Community
5
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 | 13 | 2% |
| Kindergarten | 71 | 11% |
| Grade 1 | 86 | 14% |
| Grade 2 | 98 | 15% |
| Grade 3 | 117 | 18% |
| Grade 4 | 123 | 19% |
| Grade 5 | 129 | 20% |
This year's kindergarten class (71) is 45% smaller than its 5th grade class (129).
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
73.0%
GA avg 40.1% . -1.3pp since 2021
Math
79.8%
GA avg 44.6% . +4.9pp since 2021
What this means: On the Georgia Milestones, Georgia's statewide test, about 73 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 1 points since 2021, while math scores are up about 5 points.
Georgia Milestones results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 73.0% | 79.8% |
| 2023-24 | 70.5% | 76.8% |
| 2022-23 | 73.3% | 72.7% |
| 2021-22 | 74.3% | 74.9% |
% 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
75.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
61.0%
based on GA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+14.4pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 75% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 61% 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 Suwanee Elementary School
Suwanee Elementary School's state test result (75.4% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Suwanee Elementary School this school | 637 | 31.7% | 75.4% |
| Manning Oaks Elementary School Alpharetta | 764 | 29.8% | 57.0% |
| Findley Oaks Elementary School Duluth | 585 | 15.6% | 74.5% |
| Riverside Elementary School Suwanee | 919 | 22.6% | 82.3% |
| Ocee Elementary School Alpharetta | 694 | 17.4% | 72.4% |
| Roberts Elementary School Suwanee | 946 | 27.1% | 79.8% |
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 Suwanee Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Georgia | In Gwinnett County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 75.4% | #49 of 1,208 | #5 of 84 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 79.8% | #51 of 1,215 ▲ 18 | #5 of 84 ▲ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 73.0% | #49 of 1,215 ▲ 31 | #5 of 84 ▲ 1 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +1.8pp | #616 of 1,183 | #20 of 83 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 637 | #513 of 1,324 | #81 of 88 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.6:1 | #422 of 1,301 | #36 of 87 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 73.8% | #41 of 1,301 | #24 of 87 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 31.7% | #1,172 of 1,312 | #80 of 88 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +3.2% | #311 of 386 | #28 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
637
-32 (-5%) vs 2020
-44% since 1990-91, when it was 1,142
Student : Teacher
12.6:1
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 | 637 | 50.5 | 12.6:1 | 32% (202) |
| 2023-24 | 651 | 51 | 12.8:1 | 33% (218) |
| 2022-23 | 672 | 47 | 14.3:1 | 23% (152) |
| 2020-21 | 669 | 43 | 15.6:1 | 21% (138) |
| 2017-18 | 617 | 37.5 | 16.4:1 | 16% (100) |
| 2015-16 | 649 | 41 | 15.8:1 | 14% (93) |
| 2010-11 | 752 | 50 | 15.0:1 | 12% (92) |
| 2000-01 | 1,202 | 76 | 15.8:1 | 4% (51) |
| 1990-91 | 1,142 | 56 | 20.4:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Suwanee Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students up 3% (617 to 637); teachers up 35% (37.5 to 50.5).
About Suwanee Elementary School
Suwanee Elementary School is the name of a mid-sized elementary school in Suwanee, Georgia. The school runs pre-K through 5 and enrolls 637 students.
Suwanee Elementary School is one school in Gwinnett County, a system of 141 schools with 182,518 students.
The largest group at Suwanee Elementary School is Asian students, at 38%. The school is also 28% White, 14% Black, 11% Hispanic, and 8% multiracial. That is higher than the 13% Asian share among all Gwinnett County residents. Measured by the diversity index, the student body scores 74%.
There are about 12.6 students for every full-time-equivalent teacher at Suwanee Elementary School, which has 50.5. Elementary schools in Georgia average 13.3:1, 0.7 more students per teacher than here. Free or reduced-price lunch eligibility at Suwanee Elementary School is about 32%. Public schools in Gwinnett County average 60%.
Test results at Suwanee Elementary School are 14.4 points above what its free or reduced-price lunch share predicts (75.4% actual, 61.0% predicted).
In the surrounding county, Gwinnett County, the median household earns about $87,890 a year, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 39%, and about 9% of people live in poverty. Counting Suwanee Elementary School, Gwinnett County has 150 public schools.
Suwanee Elementary School's closest public school neighbor is Burnette Elementary School, about 1.3 miles away. Counting only straight-line distance, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. In a group of 9 nearby schools with scores, Suwanee Elementary School ranks 4th on average proficiency.
Suwanee Elementary School falls in the Suburb: Large locale category, used for schools in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
By 2024-25, enrollment had dropped to 637, from 669 in 2020-21. The number of students per teacher dropped from 15.6 to 12.6 over 4 years.
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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 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
Nearby schools
- Burnette Elementary School1.3 mi · 664
- Roberts Elementary School1.7 mi · 946
- Level Creek Elementary School1.8 mi · 1,051
- North Gwinnett Middle School2.1 mi · 2,360
- North Gwinnett High School2.7 mi · 3,033
- Rock Springs Elementary School2.7 mi · 801
Frequently asked questions
About Suwanee Elementary SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Suwanee Elementary School?
Suwanee Elementary School enrolls approximately 637 students in grades PK-05.
What grades does Suwanee Elementary School serve?
Suwanee Elementary School serves grades PK-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Suwanee Elementary School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Suwanee Elementary School is approximately 12.6:1 (51 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Suwanee Elementary School?
At Suwanee Elementary School, the student body is approximately 28% White, 11% Hispanic, 14% Black, 38% Asian, 8% Two or more.
What district is Suwanee Elementary School in?
Suwanee Elementary School is part of Gwinnett County.
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