Roberts Elementary School, Suwanee GA

Original Research by School Decision on Roberts Elementary School

Roberts Elementary School is a public school in Suwanee serving pre-kindergarten through fifth grade. It sits in a residential pocket of Gwinnett County northeast of Atlanta, in a community that has grown steadily and added significant new mixed-use development, parks, and housing in recent years. The school enrolls a student body that is diverse by race and ethnicity, with a substantial Asian population, a sizable white population, and meaningful representation from Black and Hispanic families. About a quarter of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, indicating moderate economic diversity within the catchment.

On state assessments, Roberts shows solid proficiency across tested subjects. In mathematics, the school achieved strong results in third and fourth grade, with proficiency rates in the high eighties. Fifth-grade math proficiency dipped slightly but remained above four-fifths of students. English language arts proficiency was somewhat lower than math but consistent across grades three through five, in the low to mid seventies. Science proficiency in fifth grade was a particular strength, with nearly nine in ten students meeting the standard. The school's overall proficiency index across all tested subjects and grades places it in the top quartile relative to other districts in Gwinnett County, which is a meaningful signal of academic strength.

The school enrollment is sizable for an elementary campus. Enrollment is distributed across all served grades, with larger cohorts in the upper elementary years. The student population reflects Suwanee's character as a growing suburban area with families drawn to the region for its schools, parks, and mixed-use downtown development.

Suwanee itself is a deliberately planned mixed-use suburban city with a civic center anchored by downtown parks, a historic Old Town rail district, and commercial clusters. The housing market is active, with new townhomes and multifamily construction ongoing, and home values and rents suggest an affluent, sought-after market. The city sits along I-85 about thirty miles northeast of Atlanta and is served by Gwinnett County Public Schools. Beyond the downtown, the community is car-dependent, though the downtown core and parks are walkable. Employment in the area includes PCOM Georgia, a healthcare education campus, several technology firms, and county school administration.

Roberts Elementary is a standard public neighborhood school with no charter, magnet, or alternative designation. The school website was not available in the data provided, so specific detail on programs, staffing, or operational characteristics could not be drawn from that source. State testing data was available only for recent school years, so longer trend analysis was not possible. Special education enrollment and English learner enrollment figures were not reported, leaving those populations unmeasured in this profile. A parent considering the school may want to visit the school or contact the district for more detail on curriculum, class structure, special services, and community involvement.

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Academic performance

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

Math

Grade 385%

School 85% · District 49% · ▲ 36 pts above district

▲ 45 pts above state median · ▲ 37 pts above county median

Grade 484%

School 84% · District 55% · ▲ 29 pts above district

▲ 39 pts above state median · ▲ 30 pts above county median

Grade 580%

School 80% · District 50% · ▲ 30 pts above district

▲ 42 pts above state median · ▲ 34 pts above county median

English language arts

Grade 372%

School 72% · District 39% · ▲ 33 pts above district

▲ 41 pts above state median · ▲ 32 pts above county median

Grade 475%

School 75% · District 43% · ▲ 31 pts above district

▲ 40 pts above state median · ▲ 32 pts above county median

Grade 578%

School 78% · District 49% · ▲ 29 pts above district

▲ 39 pts above state median · ▲ 30 pts above county median

Science

Grade 587%

School 87% · District 52% · ▲ 35 pts above district

▲ 48 pts above state median · ▲ 37 pts above county median

Social studies

Grades 3-896%

School 96% · district not reported

▲ 12 pts above state median · ▲ 4 pts above 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-income58%Higher-income77%19 pp gap

Grade 4Lower-income57%Higher-income81%24 pp gap

Grade 5Lower-income79%Higher-income86%7 pp gap

Grades 3-8Lower-income66%Higher-income81%15 pp gap

Mathematics

Grade 3Lower-income62%Higher-income87%24 pp gap

Grade 4Lower-income67%Higher-income89%22 pp gap

Grade 5Lower-income68%Higher-income85%17 pp gap

Grades 3-8Lower-income66%Higher-income87%21 pp gap