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Enrollment
722
Elementary
DISTRICT 956 · STATE 605
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·GWINNETT COUNTY·NCES 130255003943
White Oak Elementary School
6442 Suwanee Dam Rd, Sugar Hill, GA 30518 · (678) 546-5550 · Gwinnett County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL722 STUDENTS
A-
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Scored higher than 77% of Georgia public elementary schools
- ATest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- B+Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- FThree-year trend Change in reading and math proficiency over the last three test years.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Georgia public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
12.6:1
57 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.9:1 · STATE 13.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
32%
233 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 | 24 | 3% |
| Kindergarten | 111 | 15% |
| Grade 1 | 106 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 123 | 17% |
| Grade 3 | 124 | 17% |
| Grade 4 | 120 | 17% |
| Grade 5 | 114 | 16% |
This year's kindergarten class (111) is about the same size as its 5th grade class (114).
Student demographics
71%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
61.5%
GA avg 40.1% . -11.3pp since 2021
Math
70.6%
GA avg 44.6% . -3.5pp since 2021
What this means: On the Georgia Milestones, Georgia's statewide test, about 62 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 71 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 11 points since 2021, while math scores are down about 3 points.
Georgia Milestones results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 61.5% | 70.6% |
| 2023-24 | 65.0% | 72.2% |
| 2022-23 | 66.8% | 72.1% |
| 2021-22 | 72.8% | 74.1% |
% 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
68.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
60.7%
based on GA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+7.5pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 68% 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 White Oak Elementary School
White Oak Elementary School's state test result (68.1% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| White Oak Elementary School this school | 722 | 32.3% | 68.1% |
| Coal Mountain Elementary School Cumming | 747 | 31.5% | 50.7% |
| Puckett's Mill Elementary School Dacula | 794 | 31.0% | 73.8% |
| Kincaid Elementary School Marietta | 603 | 28.7% | 63.1% |
| Northwood Elementary School Roswell | 576 | 27.6% | 69.4% |
| Buford Academy Buford | 816 | 39.8% | 73.2% |
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 White Oak Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Georgia | In Gwinnett County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 68.1% | #112 of 1,208 | #14 of 84 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 70.6% | #125 of 1,215 ▼ 16 | #13 of 84 ▲ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 61.5% | #128 of 1,215 ▼ 3 | #16 of 84 ▼ 1 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -7.4pp | #64 of 1,183 | #12 of 83 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 722 | #334 of 1,324 | #67 of 88 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.6:1 | #429 of 1,301 | #37 of 87 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 71.0% | #95 of 1,301 | #31 of 87 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 32.3% | #1,167 of 1,312 | #79 of 88 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -7.0% | #644 of 854 | #32 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
722
+76 (+12%) vs 2020
-1% since 2010-11, when it was 732
Student : Teacher
12.6:1
was 17.0:1
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 | 722 | 57.1 | 12.6:1 | 32% (233) |
| 2023-24 | 709 | 59.6 | 11.9:1 | 36% (254) |
| 2022-23 | 672 | 49.6 | 13.6:1 | 23% (155) |
| 2020-21 | 646 | 38 | 17.0:1 | 21% (138) |
| 2017-18 | 776 | 43.8 | 17.7:1 | 18% (143) |
| 2015-16 | 816 | 47 | 17.4:1 | 18% (148) |
| 2010-11 | 732 | 47 | 15.6:1 | 23% (168) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for White Oak Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 7% (776 to 722); teachers up 30% (43.8 to 57.1).
About White Oak Elementary School
This page covers White Oak Elementary School, a mid-sized elementary school in Sugar Hill, Georgia. Enrollment stands at 722 students, covering pre-K through 5.
Gwinnett County counts 182,518 students in its 141 schools, and White Oak Elementary School is one of them.
The largest racial or ethnic group at White Oak Elementary School is White, with 46% of students. Enrollment also includes 20% Hispanic, 15% Black, 12% Asian, and 7% multiracial. The school's White share is 12 points above the 33% share among Gwinnett County residents. The diversity index for White Oak Elementary School is 71%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.
For every teacher at White Oak Elementary School, there are about 12.6 students; the school has 57.1 full-time-equivalent teachers. The average for elementary schools in Georgia is 13.3:1, so this school has fewer students per teacher. There are 233 students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, 32% of enrollment. It compares with 60% for public schools in Gwinnett County.
On the allk12 Grade, White Oak Elementary School lands at A-, ahead of 77% of Georgia public elementary schools.
White Oak Elementary School is 7.5 points above its predicted average proficiency rate across its state test results (68.1% versus 60.7%), which places it in neither the top nor the bottom 10% in Georgia.
The school is in Gwinnett County, where median household income comes to about $87,890, 39% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 9% of people live in poverty. Gwinnett County's 150 public schools enroll about 196,924 students and include White Oak Elementary School.
Lanier Middle School, about 0.2 miles away, is the closest public school. Within five miles of White Oak Elementary School, there are at least 8 other public schools. Ranked by average proficiency, White Oak Elementary School places 6th out of 9 schools in its immediate area.
The National Center for Education Statistics classifies the school's location as Suburb: Large, meaning it is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
In 2020-21, White Oak Elementary School enrolled 646 students. By 2024-25, that number had grown to 722. Federal data show the ratio falling from 17.0:1 to 12.6:1.
This page is set up for the White Oak Elementary School community to discuss homework, tutoring, and testing dates. Current and former families are welcome to add their experience.
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 Sugar Hill
- North Gwinnett Middle SchoolMiddle · 2,360 students
- Lanier High SchoolHigh · 1,871 students
- Lanier Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,369 students
- Sugar Hill Elementary SchoolElementary · 1,156 students
- Sycamore Elementary SchoolElementary · 751 students
Other White Oak Elementary schools
8 other US public schools in 5 states are named White Oak Elementary. White Oak Elementary School is the 3rd largest of the 9.
- White Oak Elementary SchoolNewnan, GA · 712 students
- White Oak ElementaryApex, NC · 843 students
- White Oak ElementaryCape Carteret, NC · 784 students
- White Oak ElementaryMorris, IL · 722 students
- White Oak ElementaryEdenton, NC · 488 students
Nearby schools
- Lanier Middle School0.2 mi · 1,369
- Sycamore Elementary School1.9 mi · 751
- Haw Creek Elementary2.2 mi · 926
- Lakeside Middle School2.2 mi · 1,513
- Mashburn Elementary School2.7 mi · 976
- Settles Bridge Elementary School2.8 mi · 741
Frequently asked questions
About White Oak Elementary SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at White Oak Elementary School?
White Oak Elementary School enrolls approximately 722 students in grades PK-05.
Is White Oak Elementary School an elementary, middle, or high school?
White Oak Elementary School is an elementary school covering grades PK-05.
How many students per teacher at White Oak Elementary School?
Approximately 12.6:1 students per teacher at White Oak Elementary School.
What is the student diversity at White Oak Elementary School?
Student demographics at White Oak Elementary School are roughly 46% White, 20% Hispanic, 15% Black, 12% Asian, 7% Two or more.
Is White Oak Elementary School public or private?
White Oak 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.