Lula Elementary School, Lula GA - Test Scores & Data

Original Research by School Decision on Lula Elementary School

Lula Elementary serves a small student body in the form of kindergarten through fifth grade, sitting in a rural corner of Hall County in northeast Georgia. The school is located in the town of Lula, a small city with a suburban-rural character along state highways and railroad lines, about a half hour from Gainesville and within the broader Atlanta metropolitan reach. Lula is experiencing steady residential growth driven by its affordability and proximity to employment centers; new subdivisions and housing developments are underway, bringing younger families to the area.

The enrollment at Lula Elementary is modest, with the plurality of students in the early-to-middle elementary grades. A substantial share of students qualify for free or reduced-price meals, reflecting economic circumstances in the school's attendance zone. The student body is predominantly white, with a smaller but meaningful Hispanic population and a small number of students from other backgrounds. The school does not appear to report counts for special education or English learner populations in the available data.

Academic performance at Lula Elementary is below state proficiency benchmarks across the tested subjects. In mathematics, proficiency rates in grades three through five cluster around the low to mid-thirties across percentage terms, showing similar weak performance in each grade. English language arts proficiency is lower still, ranging from the low twenties in grade four to the low twenties in grade five and the low twenty-fours in grade three. Science proficiency, reported only for grade five, sits in the low twenties. A social studies result from an earlier assessment period showed much stronger performance, but that data is over a decade old and reflects a different state assessment system.

These proficiency numbers place the school above the median proficiency level among the other elementary schools in Hall County. A parent may want to look into this further with the school to understand what instructional supports are in place and what growth trajectory the school is on, given the recent entry of new consolidated elementary buildings elsewhere in the district with dedicated STEM and specialty spaces.

Hall County Schools has undertaken major facility consolidations and construction in recent years. Two older elementary schools were closed and replaced with modern, larger facilities: Sandra Dunagan Deal Elementary opened in fall 2024, and Everwood Elementary opened in fall 2025, each with dedicated spaces for STEM, performing arts, and other specialty instruction. These changes do not directly affect Lula Elementary, which appears to remain in its existing facility, but they signal investment and modernization across the district. Voters also renewed the district's education sales tax in May 2026, a decision that allows the district to fund ongoing capital projects and avoid property tax increases for homeowners.

Lula itself is situated in a growth phase, with multiple residential developments either recently completed or under way, including large subdivisions by major builders that are expected to bring additional families and students to the area in coming years. The town retains its historic downtown centered on a renovated train depot and community center, though daily life is shaped primarily by state highways and the auto-oriented character typical of rural Georgia. Housing costs in the Lula area are somewhat below both the Georgia state benchmark and the national average, and the affordability relative to regional employment opportunities is cited as a primary driver of the growth.

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Academic performance

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

Math

Grade 338%

School 38% · District 41% · ▼ 3 pts below district

▼ 2 pts below state median · even with county median

Grade 439%

School 39% · District 43% · ▼ 5 pts below district

▼ 6 pts below state median · even with county median

Grade 538%

School 38% · District 35% · ▲ 4 pts above district

▲ 1 pts above state median · ▲ 6 pts above county median

English language arts

Grade 324%

School 24% · District 30% · ▼ 5 pts below district

▼ 6 pts below state median · even with county median

Grade 419%

School 19% · District 30% · ▼ 12 pts below district

▼ 16 pts below state median · ▼ 7 pts below county median

Grade 525%

School 25% · District 33% · ▼ 8 pts below district

▼ 13 pts below state median · ▼ 2 pts below county median

Science

Grade 528%

School 28% · District 27% · ▲ 2 pts above district

▼ 11 pts below state median · ▲ 7 pts above county median

Social studies

Grades 3-881%

School 81% · district not reported

▼ 3 pts below state median · ▲ 1 pts above county median

This schoolHall 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-income15%Higher-income28%13 pp gap

Grade 4Lower-income15%Higher-income39%24 pp gap

Grade 5Lower-income33%Higher-income55%23 pp gap

Grades 3-8Lower-income20%Higher-income41%21 pp gap

Mathematics

Grade 3Lower-income32%Higher-income61%29 pp gap

Grade 4Lower-income30%Higher-income39%9 pp gap

Grade 5Lower-income50%Higher-income50%0 pp gap

Grades 3-8Lower-income37%Higher-income50%13 pp gap