Walnut Grove Elementary School

Walnut Grove Elementary School operates as a middle-of-the-pack elementary-level community in Suwanee, Georgia, one of the schools within Gwinnett County. Current enrollment sits at 819 students spanning grades pre-K through 5. By comparison, Georgia's public schools average about 605 students each, so Walnut Grove Elementary School sits 35% larger than that benchmark.

Within Gwinnett County, which oversees 141 schools and 182,518 students, Walnut Grove Elementary School is one campus in the system.

Looking at the student body, Walnut Grove Elementary School records that the most-represented group is Hispanic (31%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. The remainder reads as 25% Black, 23% White, 14% Asian, 7% multiracial.

On the income-and-resources front, The school currently runs with 66 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 12.5:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 13.3:1, putting Walnut Grove Elementary School tighter than the state norm the norm. Around 57% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.

After controlling for student poverty, Walnut Grove Elementary School sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 47.8%; this one delivers 58.2%.

Zooming out to the county, Gwinnett County reports that median household earnings sit near $87,890, 39% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 9%. Walnut Grove Elementary School is one of 150 public schools in Gwinnett County (combined enrollment of about 196,924 students).

Nearest neighbor: Collins Hill High School, around 0.2 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Walnut Grove Elementary School ranks 3rd on composite proficiency, ahead of the local average of 51.3%.

The school occupies a bedroom-community site.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Walnut Grove Elementary School has fell 5%, going from 866 students in 2018 to 819 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share decreased from 30% to 23%. The student-to-teacher ratio narrowed from 13.5:1 in 2018 to 12.5:1 today.

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