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Enrollment
1,589
Elementary
DISTRICT 956 · STATE 605
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·GWINNETT COUNTY·NCES 130255003786
Trip Elementary School
841 Cooper Rd, Grayson, GA 30017 · (678) 639-3850 · Gwinnett County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL1,589 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
15.1:1
105 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.9:1 · STATE 13.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
60%
952 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 | 5 | 0% |
| Kindergarten | 237 | 15% |
| Grade 1 | 235 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 255 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 286 | 18% |
| Grade 4 | 279 | 18% |
| Grade 5 | 292 | 18% |
This year's kindergarten class (237) is 19% smaller than its 5th grade class (292).
Student demographics
58%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
56.2%
GA avg 40.1% . -8.2pp since 2021
Math
61.2%
GA avg 44.6% . +1.8pp since 2021
What this means: On the Georgia Milestones, Georgia's statewide test, about 56 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 61 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 8 points since 2021, while math scores are up about 2 points.
Georgia Milestones results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 56.2% | 61.2% |
| 2023-24 | 63.2% | 63.2% |
| 2022-23 | 64.2% | 65.1% |
| 2021-22 | 64.4% | 59.4% |
% 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
60.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
46.4%
based on GA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+14.4pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 61% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 46% 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 Trip Elementary School
Trip Elementary School's state test result (60.8% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Trip Elementary School this school | 1,589 | 59.9% | 60.8% |
| Cooper Elementary School Loganville | 1,520 | 57.6% | 50.8% |
| Godley Station School Savannah | 1,585 | 60.8% | 37.1% |
| Starling Elementary School Grayson | 1,340 | 57.4% | 59.0% |
| Alcova Elementary School Dacula | 1,467 | 70.1% | 40.4% |
| Grayson Elementary School Grayson | 1,095 | 56.3% | 57.1% |
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 Trip Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Georgia | In Gwinnett County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 60.8% | #189 of 1,208 | #23 of 84 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 61.2% | #235 of 1,215 ▼ 25 | #29 of 84 ▼ 2 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 56.2% | #183 of 1,215 ▼ 41 | #23 of 84 ▼ 5 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -3.2pp | #221 of 1,183 | #27 of 83 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 1,589 | #4 of 1,324 | #2 of 88 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.1:1 | #1,122 of 1,301 | #83 of 87 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 58.0% | #557 of 1,301 | #62 of 87 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 59.9% | #944 of 1,312 | #51 of 88 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +39.8% | #27 of 386 | #1 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
1,589
+323 (+26%) vs 2020
+83% since 2010-11, when it was 866
Student : Teacher
15.1:1
was 16.0:1
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 | 1,589 | 105 | 15.1:1 | 60% (952) |
| 2023-24 | 1,415 | 95.6 | 14.8:1 | 62% (875) |
| 2022-23 | 1,315 | 84.6 | 15.5:1 | 55% (718) |
| 2020-21 | 1,266 | 79 | 16.0:1 | 50% (627) |
| 2017-18 | 1,137 | 70.1 | 16.2:1 | 51% (585) |
| 2015-16 | 975 | 59 | 16.5:1 | 49% (479) |
| 2010-11 | 866 | 49 | 17.7:1 | 44% (385) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Trip Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students up 40% (1,137 to 1,589); teachers up 50% (70.1 to 105).
About Trip Elementary School
In Grayson, Georgia, part of Gwinnett County, Trip Elementary School is an elementary school. School enrollment was 1,589 students in 2024-25, in pre-K through 5. The average among elementary schools in Georgia is roughly 605 students; this school is 163% bigger than that.
Trip Elementary School is one school in a 141-school district, Gwinnett County, which enrolls 182,518 students.
Roughly 62% of students at Trip Elementary School are Black. Other groups include 13% Hispanic, 10% White, 9% Asian, and 5% multiracial. By comparison, Gwinnett County residents are about 28% Black. Pick two students at random and there is a 58% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.
The count of teachers at Trip Elementary School is 105 full-time equivalents, for a ratio of 15.1:1. That is 1.8 students per teacher above the 13.3:1 average for elementary schools in Georgia. Around 60% of the school's students qualify for free or reduced-price meals. That tracks the 60% average for public schools in Gwinnett County.
Trip Elementary School's average proficiency rate on state tests of 60.8% is 14.4 points above the 46.4% the model predicts from its lunch-eligibility share.
Federal survey data for Gwinnett County show that the median household income is $87,890, roughly 39% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 9% of residents live below the federal poverty line. There are 150 public schools in Gwinnett County, enrolling about 196,924 students in all.
The closest public school to Trip Elementary School is Bay Creek Middle School, less than a tenth of a mile away. Counting only straight-line distance, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. Of 9 schools in the immediate area with test results, Trip Elementary School ranks 4th on average proficiency.
Locale: Suburb: Large. In NCES terms, the school is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Enrollment is up 26% from 2020-21, when Trip Elementary School had 1,266 students, to 2024-25, when it had 1,589.
The discussion area below is open to posts about sports tryouts, band and choir, and theater. 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 Grayson
- Bay Creek Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,510 students
- Starling Elementary SchoolElementary · 1,340 students
- Couch Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,147 students
- Grayson Elementary SchoolElementary · 1,095 students
Nearby schools
- Bay Creek Middle School0.0 mi · 1,510
- Grayson Elementary School1.4 mi · 1,095
- Couch Middle School2.0 mi · 1,147
- Starling Elementary School2.1 mi · 1,340
- Grayson High School2.1 mi · 3,627
- Grace Snell Middle School2.3 mi · 1,231
Frequently asked questions
About Trip Elementary SchoolHow many students attend Trip Elementary School?
Trip Elementary School enrolls approximately 1,589 students in grades PK-05.
What grades does Trip Elementary School serve?
Trip Elementary School serves grades PK-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Trip Elementary School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Trip Elementary School is approximately 15.1:1 (105 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Trip Elementary School?
At Trip Elementary School, the student body is approximately 10% White, 13% Hispanic, 62% Black, 9% Asian, 5% Two or more.
Is Trip Elementary School public or private?
Trip 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.