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What's one thing Taylor Elementary School gets right about preparing students for what comes next?
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Enrollment
883
Elementary
DISTRICT 956 · STATE 605
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·GWINNETT COUNTY·NCES 130255002214
Taylor Elementary School
600 Taylor School Dr, Lawrenceville, GA 30043 · (770) 338-4680 · Gwinnett County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL883 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
12.9:1
68 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.9:1 · STATE 13.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
63%
556 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 | 3 | 0% |
| Kindergarten | 130 | 15% |
| Grade 1 | 130 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 173 | 20% |
| Grade 3 | 150 | 17% |
| Grade 4 | 137 | 16% |
| Grade 5 | 160 | 18% |
This year's kindergarten class (130) is 19% smaller than its 5th grade class (160).
Student demographics
75%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
47.3%
GA avg 40.1% . -13.7pp since 2021
Math
55.4%
GA avg 44.6% . -3.0pp since 2021
What this means: On the Georgia Milestones, Georgia's statewide test, about 47 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 55 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 14 points since 2021, while math scores are down about 3 points.
Georgia Milestones results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 47.3% | 55.4% |
| 2023-24 | 50.9% | 49.1% |
| 2022-23 | 53.0% | 54.3% |
| 2021-22 | 61.0% | 58.4% |
% 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
52.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
44.8%
based on GA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+7.5pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 52% 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%.
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 Taylor Elementary School
Taylor Elementary School's state test result (52.4% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Taylor Elementary School this school | 883 | 63.0% | 52.4% |
| Rock Springs Elementary School Lawrenceville | 801 | 62.9% | 45.6% |
| Pharr Elementary School Snellville | 816 | 64.2% | 63.4% |
| Walnut Grove Elementary School Suwanee | 819 | 57.3% | 58.2% |
| Woodward Mill Elementary School Lawrenceville | 1,106 | 60.6% | 56.5% |
| Dyer Elementary School Dacula | 944 | 57.8% | 60.7% |
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 Taylor Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Georgia | In Gwinnett County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 52.4% | #305 of 1,208 | #35 of 84 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 55.4% | #314 of 1,215 ▲ 121 | #35 of 84 ▲ 9 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 47.3% | #312 of 1,215 ▼ 8 | #36 of 84 ▼ 1 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -8.4pp | #47 of 1,183 | #7 of 83 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 883 | #150 of 1,324 | #47 of 88 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.9:1 | #499 of 1,301 | #45 of 87 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 74.9% | #24 of 1,301 | #19 of 87 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 63.0% | #906 of 1,312 | #46 of 88 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -2.1% | #799 of 854 | #47 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
883
+146 (+20%) vs 2020
-33% since 2000-01, when it was 1,309
Student : Teacher
12.9:1
was 13.7:1
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 | 883 | 68.4 | 12.9:1 | 63% (556) |
| 2023-24 | 866 | 69.5 | 12.5:1 | 63% (549) |
| 2022-23 | 873 | 62.1 | 14.1:1 | 54% (474) |
| 2020-21 | 737 | 54 | 13.7:1 | 46% (341) |
| 2017-18 | 902 | 58.5 | 15.4:1 | 50% (450) |
| 2015-16 | 911 | 59 | 15.4:1 | 51% (462) |
| 2010-11 | 1,005 | 68 | 14.8:1 | 45% (449) |
| 2000-01 | 1,309 | 87 | 15.1:1 | 7% (93) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Taylor Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 2% (902 to 883); teachers up 17% (58.5 to 68.4).
About Taylor Elementary School
At 600 Taylor School Dr in Lawrenceville, Georgia, Taylor Elementary School operates as a medium-sized elementary school. Classes run from pre-K through 5, and the school has 883 students. Against the 605-student average for elementary schools in Georgia, enrollment here is 46% higher.
Taylor Elementary School is among 141 schools run by Gwinnett County, which serves 182,518 students.
Taylor Elementary School has no majority group; Hispanic students are the largest, at 33%. The remaining students are 30% Black, 19% White, 10% Asian, and 8% multiracial. Among people living in Gwinnett County, the Hispanic share is about 24%. Pick two students at random and there is a 75% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.
The school reports 68.4 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to about 12.9 students per teacher. That is close to the 13.3:1 average for elementary schools in Georgia. The free or reduced-price lunch share, often used to gauge student poverty, is 63%. For comparison, public schools in Gwinnett County average 60%.
Taylor Elementary School's actual average proficiency rate on state tests (52.4%) and its predicted rate (44.8%) put it outside the top and bottom 10% of Georgia schools.
Census estimates describe Gwinnett County this way: the median household income is $87,890, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 39% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 9%. In all, Gwinnett County has 150 public schools and roughly 196,924 students.
The next-closest public school is Creekland Middle School, about 0.9 miles away. The count of other public schools within five miles is at least 8. Its average proficiency rate of 52.4% is above the 50.7% average for nearby schools.
For locale, NCES codes Taylor Elementary School as Suburb: Large.
Enrollment has grown by 146 students since 2020-21, to 883.
Parents and students can post about sports schedules, lunch menus, and spirit week at Taylor Elementary School. Questions from prospective families are welcome 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
Other Taylor Elementary schools
17 other US public schools in 13 states are named Taylor Elementary. Taylor Elementary School is the largest of the 18.
- Taylor Elementary SchoolCincinnati, OH · 797 students
- Taylor Elementary SchoolPLANO, TX · 744 students
- Taylor Elementary SchoolABILENE, TX · 662 students
- Taylor ElementaryArlington, VA · 530 students
- Taylor Elementary SchoolCOLLEYVILLE, TX · 511 students
Nearby schools
- Creekland Middle School0.9 mi · 1,693
- Woodward Mill Elementary School1.1 mi · 1,106
- Collins Hill High School1.5 mi · 2,485
- Walnut Grove Elementary School1.6 mi · 819
- Devereux Ackerman Academy - Gwinnett1.8 mi · 17
- Gwinnett InterVention Education (GIVE) Center East2.2 mi · 334
Frequently asked questions
About Taylor Elementary SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Taylor Elementary School?
Taylor Elementary School enrolls approximately 883 students in grades PK-05.
What grades does Taylor Elementary School serve?
Taylor Elementary School serves grades PK-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Taylor Elementary School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Taylor Elementary School is approximately 12.9:1 (68 FTE teachers).
How diverse is Taylor Elementary School?
Taylor Elementary School reports a student body of 19% White, 33% Hispanic, 30% Black, 10% Asian, 8% Two or more.
Who oversees Taylor Elementary School?
Taylor Elementary School is overseen by Gwinnett County in Gwinnett County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.