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Friendship Elementary School

Regular School · Buford, GA

Friendship Elementary School is a regular school school in Buford, Georgia, serving grades PK–05 with 673 students enrolled (SY 2024-2025). The student-teacher ratio is 15.1:1.

Level
Elementary
Grades
PK – 05
Enrollment
673
Teachers (FTE)
44.6
Student–Teacher Ratio
15.1:1
Status
Open
Lunch Program Participation
Yes participating without using any Provision or the CEO

Student Demographics (SY 2024-2025)

Race / Ethnicity Students Share
White 295 44%
Hispanic/Latino 257 38%
Black or African American 52 8%
Two or more races 40 6%
Asian 26 4%
American Indian / Alaska Native 3 0%
Total enrollment 673 334M / 339F

English Language Learners: 137 (20% of enrollment) · SY 2021–22

Academic Performance (SY 2021-2022)

Metric This School State Avg Tested
Math Proficiency 34.0% -2.4pp 36.4% 277
Reading Proficiency 34.0% -5.4pp 39.4% 280
Science Proficiency 20-24% 99

Source: EDFacts, SY 2020–2021. Suppressed values (e.g. <=10%) indicate fewer than the minimum reportable threshold.

Stanford Achievement Estimate

Pooled score across SY 2009–2022 (grades 3–8), expressed in grade levels relative to the national average. Positive = above average.

Overall (Math + ELA)
-0.01 grade levels
Math
-0.23 grade levels

Programs & Discipline

Gifted & Talented
Program offered
60 students enrolled
Out-of-School Suspensions
6
0.9% of enrollment · SY 2021–22
Chronically Absent
81
12% of enrollment · SY 2019–20

Source: Civil Rights Data Collection (CRDC), Office for Civil Rights & EDFacts.

Lunch Program (SY 2024-2025)

Category Students % of School
Total enrollment (est.) 673 100%

Contact & Location

4450 Friendship Rd

Buford, GA 30519

Phone: (770)932-1223

http://fes.hallco.org/web/

District

Hall County

Per-pupil expenditure: $16,381

District enrollment: 27,328

NCES ID

130261001268

Data sources: NCES CCD SY 2024-2025 (directory, staff, lunch), EDFacts SY 2020-21 (assessments), CRDC SY 2021-22 (programs & discipline), SEDA v6.0 (achievement estimates). Updated annually. NCES CCD