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School														Students/Teachers											Ranking (2026)				Ranking (2025)				Milestones Assessment Mathematics (2026)			Milestones Assessment Science (2026)	Per Pupil Expenditures (2025)
Name	Distance	Type	Grades	Address	City	Zip	County	District	Is Charter	Is Magnet	Is Virtual	Is Title I	Phone	Enrollment	Full-time Teachers	Student/ Teacher Ratio	Free/Discounted Lunch Recipients	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Average Standard Score (2026)	Statewide Rank (2026)	State Percentile (2026)	SchoolDigger Rating (2026)	Average Standard Score (2025)	Statewide Rank (2025)	State Percentile (2025)	Rank Change from Previous Year	Milestones Assessment Mathematics 3rd Grade	Milestones Assessment Mathematics 4th Grade	Milestones Assessment Mathematics 5th Grade	Milestones Assessment Science 5th Grade	Per Pupil Expenditures Total	Sub-total from Federal Funds	Sub-total from State/Local Funds
Cottrell Elementary School	0.0mi	Public	PK, KG-5	220 Pine Tree Way	Dahlonega	30533	Lumpkin County	Lumpkin County	No	No	No	Yes	(706) 864-3254	583	40	14.5	60.9%	503 (86.3%)	4 (0.7%)	51 (8.7%)	2 (0.3%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	22 (3.8%)	37.9	698^th of 1219 public elementary schools	42.7%		57.8	469^th of 1238 public elementary schools	62.1%	229	33.4	42.2	41.1	35.5	$14,164	$1,304	$12,860
Long Branch Elementary School	3.1mi	Public	PK, KG-5	4518 Highway 52 E	Dahlonega	30533	Lumpkin County	Lumpkin County	No	No	No	Yes	(706) 864-5361	403	29	13.8	70.0%	350 (86.8%)	8 (2.0%)	29 (7.2%)	4 (1.0%)	2 (0.5%)	0 (0.0%)	10 (2.5%)	55.2	498^th of 1219 public elementary schools	59.1%		55.8	492^nd of 1238 public elementary schools	60.3%	6	55.3	48.3	41.0	38.6	$14,820	$1,027	$13,793
Blackburn Elementary School	6.1mi	Public	PK, KG-5	45 Blackburn Rd	Dawsonville	30534	Dawson County	Lumpkin County	No	No	No	Yes	(706) 864-8180	779	56	13.8	55.1%	653 (83.8%)	9 (1.2%)	78 (10.0%)	4 (0.5%)	2 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	33 (4.2%)	65.2	377^th of 1219 public elementary schools	69.1%		71.3	315^th of 1238 public elementary schools	74.6%	62	63.2	50.7	40.8	54.6	$14,172	$938	$13,234
Lanier Elementary School	10.2mi	Public	PK, KG-5	4782 Thompson Bridge Rd	Gainesville	30506	Hall County	Hall County	No	No	No	Yes	(770) 532-8781	557	36	15.6	62.1%	318 (57.1%)	14 (2.5%)	187 (33.6%)	7 (1.3%)	2 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	29 (5.2%)	38.4	691^st of 1219 public elementary schools	43.3%		49.2	577^th of 1238 public elementary schools	53.4%	114	34.9	47.8	38.4	32.4	$13,101	$674	$12,427
Mount Vernon Elementary School	10.7mi	Public	PK, KG-5	4844 Jim Hood Rd	Gainesville	30506	Hall County	Hall County	No	No	No	No	(770) 983-1759	650	40	16.1	34.2%	551 (84.8%)	6 (0.9%)	74 (11.4%)	2 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	17 (2.6%)	68	340^th of 1219 public elementary schools	72.1%		72.6	300^th of 1238 public elementary schools	75.8%	40	57.7	64.9	47.1	44.6	$12,368	$328	$12,040
Robinson Elementary School	10.8mi	Public	PK, KG-5	1150 Perimeter Rd	Dawsonville	30534	Dawson County	Dawson County	No	No	No	Yes	(706) 265-6544	648	42	15.5	53.7%	547 (84.4%)	3 (0.5%)	77 (11.9%)	6 (0.9%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	15 (2.3%)	64.9	380^th of 1219 public elementary schools	68.8%		56.5	483^rd of 1238 public elementary schools	61.0%	103	62.4	46.0	48.1	50.9	$13,574	$521	$13,052
Wauka Mountain Elementary School	11.3mi	Public	PK, KG-5	5850 Brookton Lula Rd	Gainesville	30506	Hall County	Hall County	No	No	No	No	(770) 983-3221	546	33	16.3	44.0%	456 (83.5%)	11 (2.0%)	52 (9.5%)	0 (0.0%)	5 (0.9%)	1 (0.2%)	21 (3.8%)	60.5	426^th of 1219 public elementary schools	65.1%		61.9	415^th of 1238 public elementary schools	66.5%	11	39.8	52.3	51.7	55.3	$12,887	$324	$12,562
Tesnatee Gap Elementary (Old White County Intermediate)	11.4mi	Public	PK, KG-5	2696 Tesnatee Gap Valley Rd	Cleveland	30528	White County	White County	No	No	No	Yes	(706) 865-1037	482	38	12.7	88.4%	436 (90.5%)	4 (0.8%)	17 (3.5%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	24 (5.0%)	52.6	525^th of 1219 public elementary schools	56.9%		39.4	693^rd of 1238 public elementary schools	44.0%	168	43.2	42.4	50.0	45.0	$17,357	$1,227	$16,130
Kilough Elementary School	11.6mi	Public	PK, KG-5	1063 Kilough Church Rd	Dawsonville	30534	Dawson County	Dawson County	No	No	No	Yes	(706) 216-8595	461	32	14.4	51.0%	346 (75.1%)	17 (3.7%)	70 (15.2%)	2 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	26 (5.6%)	40.2	666^th of 1219 public elementary schools	45.4%		50.3	558^th of 1238 public elementary schools	54.9%	108	44.0	50.1	20.9	37.5	$14,225	$581	$13,644
Mossy Creek Elementary School	12.2mi	Public	PK, KG-5	128 Horace Fitzpatrick Dr	Cleveland	30528	White County	White County	No	No	No	Yes	(706) 865-5000	427	34	12.7	100.0%	354 (82.9%)	4 (0.9%)	40 (9.4%)	4 (0.9%)	1 (0.2%)	1 (0.2%)	23 (5.4%)	40.3	665^th of 1219 public elementary schools	45.4%		52.1	537^th of 1238 public elementary schools	56.6%	128	32.9	52.9	32.7	41.4	$15,716	$1,345	$14,371

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