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Sycamore Elementary School
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Georgia Milestones 2024-25 . % Proficient or DistinguishedWhat this means: On the Georgia Milestones, Georgia's statewide test, about 43 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 50 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Georgia schools, those numbers are about 40 and 45. Reading and writing scores have held steady since 2021, while math scores are up about 4 points.
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyWhat 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%.
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SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25About Sycamore Elementary School
Set in Sugar Hill, Georgia, Sycamore Elementary School is a mid-sized K-5 school, one of the schools within Gwinnett County. It enrolls 751 students across grades pre-K through 5. Compared to the state average of about 605 students per school, that is 24% larger than typical.
Gwinnett County runs 141 schools in total, collectively educating 182,518 students. Sycamore Elementary School is one of those campuses.
In terms of who attends, Sycamore Elementary School lists that the largest single group is Hispanic at 42%, but no single group is in the majority. The remainder comes out to 26% White, 17% Black, 9% Asian, 5% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 24% Hispanic, putting the school's mix visibly more Hispanic than the area baseline.
Looking at the economic backdrop, The school employs 65 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 11.6:1. The state averages around 13.3:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. An estimated 62% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.
With demographic context factored in, Sycamore Elementary School tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 45.5% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 45.8%.
In the broader community, census data for Gwinnett County shows median household earnings sit near $87,890, roughly 39% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 9% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Gwinnett County's 150 public schools (combined enrollment of about 196,924 students), Sycamore Elementary School is one campus in the mix.
Nearest neighbor: Sugar Hill Elementary School, around 1.8 miles off. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, Sycamore Elementary School comes 8th of 8 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 64.6%.
Sycamore Elementary School operates from a commuter-belt location.
Looking at the recent track record. Sycamore Elementary School's enrollment has ticked down 4% since 2018, when it stood at 781 (now 751). White enrollment moved from 34% to 26% across the same window. Class-load math has fell: from 13.2:1 in 2018 to 11.6:1 in 2025.
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