Stripling Elementary School, Norcross GA

Original Research by School Decision on Stripling Elementary School

Stripling Elementary School serves prekindergarten through fifth grade in Norcross, a diverse small city northeast of Atlanta. The school sits in a community experiencing rapid residential growth and demographic transition, where a preserved historic downtown anchors civic life and suburban neighborhoods extend outward.

The school enrolls a substantial student body reflecting the area's diversity. A large share of students come from economically disadvantaged households and qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Racially and ethnically, the enrollment is predominantly Hispanic and Black, with smaller shares of white students and Asian students, and a very small number of multiracial and Native American students. The school operates as a regular public school within Gwinnett County Public Schools.

On state assessments administered in spring 2025, Stripling's proficiency results fall well below the midpoint among Gwinnett County districts. In mathematics, proficiency ranges by grade from low teens to mid-twenties. In English language arts, proficiency ranges similarly, spanning from low teens to low twenties. In fifth-grade science, proficiency sits in the high teens. These results indicate that the majority of students in tested grades are not meeting grade-level proficiency standards. A parent may want to look into further detail with the school about instructional approaches, support programs, and what the school identifies as barriers to proficiency and its plans to address them.

The school's student population carries characteristics that correlate with academic challenge. High concentrations of students from low-income households and potential language-background diversity (data on English learners was not available) are common contexts in which schools face headwinds in standardized assessment performance. What the school is doing in response, what resources it has, and how families can engage with improvement efforts are questions that would benefit from direct conversation with school leadership.

Norcross itself is a place of change. Housing costs have risen, and the city has documented that some working families and fixed-income residents are being priced out or living in extended-stay hotels. At the same time, new development continues, including affordable-housing initiatives alongside market-rate projects. The school serves a neighborhood shaped by economic pressure, demographic diversity, and the lived reality that many families here are working to stay in place. For families considering Stripling, the school's role within this context, and the specific academic supports it offers, would be important to understand directly.

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Academic performance

How students perform on state tests, by grade, set against the district.

Math

Grade 318%

School 18% · District 49% · ▼ 31 pts below district

▼ 22 pts below state median · ▼ 30 pts below county median

Grade 427%

School 27% · District 55% · ▼ 29 pts below district

▼ 18 pts below state median · ▼ 27 pts below county median

Grade 514%

School 14% · District 50% · ▼ 35 pts below district

▼ 24 pts below state median · ▼ 31 pts below county median

English language arts

Grade 317%

School 17% · District 39% · ▼ 22 pts below district

▼ 14 pts below state median · ▼ 23 pts below county median

Grade 421%

School 21% · District 43% · ▼ 22 pts below district

▼ 13 pts below state median · ▼ 21 pts below county median

Grade 515%

School 15% · District 49% · ▼ 34 pts below district

▼ 23 pts below state median · ▼ 32 pts below county median

Science

Grade 520%

School 20% · District 52% · ▼ 32 pts below district

▼ 20 pts below state median · ▼ 30 pts below county median

Social studies

Grades 3-881%

School 81% · district not reported

▼ 3 pts below state median · ▼ 10 pts below county median

This schoolGwinnett County, same grade

Graduation rate (ACGR) reflects the federally published Adjusted Cohort Graduation Rate for the most recent year available. We refresh this data annually at the close of each academic year in June. The federal source publishes a banded rate (for example, "90-94%") instead of an exact number for cohorts small enough to risk identifying individual students. The state distribution chart, where shown, plots every school in the state with a published rate or band; schools whose rate is federally suppressed are excluded. Where the federal source publishes a band rather than an exact rate, the school is placed within its band using a stable, ID-derived offset, so its position is consistent across visits.

Proficiency by household income

English language arts

Grade 3Lower-income16%Higher-income11%4 pp gap

Grade 4Lower-income12%Higher-income8%5 pp gap

Grade 5Lower-income19%Higher-income6%13 pp gap

Grades 3-8Lower-income15%Higher-income8%7 pp gap

Mathematics

Grade 3Lower-income19%Higher-income11%8 pp gap

Grade 4Lower-income22%Higher-income23%1 pp gap

Grade 5Lower-income15%Higher-income12%3 pp gap

Grades 3-8Lower-income19%Higher-income15%4 pp gap