Woodward Mill Elementary School

Woodward Mill Elementary School is one of the expansive elementary schools in Lawrenceville, Georgia, operated by Gwinnett County, with 1,106 students on its rolls from grades pre-K through 5. By comparison, Georgia's public schools average about 605 students each, so Woodward Mill Elementary School sits 83% above that benchmark.

Gwinnett County comprises 141 schools with combined enrollment of 182,518 students; Woodward Mill Elementary School is among them.

On the student-mix side, Woodward Mill Elementary School logs that the most-represented group is Hispanic (35%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. Beyond that, the school reports 26% Black, 21% White, 13% Asian, 5% multiracial. By comparison, Gwinnett County as a whole is about 24% Hispanic, so the school skews noticeably more Hispanic than its surroundings.

On the resource side, Staff filings list 83 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 13.4:1 students per teacher. That tracks the state average closely. An estimated 61% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Woodward Mill Elementary School tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 46.0% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 56.5%.

Around the school, community-level numbers for Gwinnett County indicate the typical household earns roughly $87,890 per year, about 39% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 9%. Across Gwinnett County's 150 public schools (combined enrollment of about 196,924 students), Woodward Mill Elementary School is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: Taylor Elementary School, around 1.1 miles off. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Woodward Mill Elementary School ranks 3rd on composite proficiency, higher than the local average of 52.7%.

Woodward Mill Elementary School operates from a suburban location.

Over the past 7-year window. Woodward Mill Elementary School's enrollment has ticked up 7% since 2018, when it stood at 1,033 (now 1,106). Over the same period, the White share declined from 36% to 21%. The student-to-teacher ratio narrowed from 16.0:1 in 2018 to 13.4:1 today.

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