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What's one thing Archer High School gets right about preparing students for what comes next?
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Enrollment
3,058
High
DISTRICT 2,162 · STATE 1,120
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·GWINNETT COUNTY·NCES 130255003838
Archer High School
2255 New Hope Rd, Lawrenceville, GA 30045 · (678) 407-7700 · Gwinnett County
GRADES 09–12HIGH21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL3,058 STUDENTS
B+
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Scored higher than 72% of Georgia public high schools
- B+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- B+Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Georgia public high schools
Student : Teacher
19.7:1
155 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.8:1 · STATE 15.2:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
52%
1,604 students
DISTRICT 63% · STATE 74%
Community
6
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other high schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 9 | 696 | 23% |
| Grade 10 | 808 | 26% |
| Grade 11 | 756 | 25% |
| Grade 12 | 798 | 26% |
Student demographics
61%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 73% · STATE 71% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
School pathway
Feeds from
Based on published attendance-zone data from Gwinnett County. Zones change; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
Georgia Milestones 2024-25 . % Proficient or DistinguishedMath
48.3%
GA avg 44.6% . -8.5pp since 2021
What this means: On the Georgia Milestones, Georgia's statewide test, about 48 of every 100 students at this school do math at grade level. The Georgia average is about 45 of 100. Math scores are down about 9 points since 2021.
Georgia Milestones results by year
| School year | Math |
|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 48.3% |
| 2023-24 | 57.4% |
| 2022-23 | 47.6% |
| 2021-22 | 56.8% |
% Proficient or Distinguished, all students and all tested grades.
Source: Georgia Milestones. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
51.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
50.2%
based on GA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+1.5pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 52% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 50% typical for Georgia schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among Georgia's top nor bottom 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like Archer High School
Archer High School's state test result (51.7% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Archer High School this school | 3,058 | 52.5% | 51.7% |
| Grayson High School Loganville | 3,627 | 51.6% | 55.1% |
| Dacula High School Dacula | 2,481 | 55.7% | 45.4% |
| Campbell High School Smyrna | 3,085 | 52.1% | 50.8% |
| North Cobb High School Kennesaw | 2,463 | 49.9% | 53.5% |
| Chapel Hill High School Douglasville | 1,646 | 57.4% | 38.5% |
Matched among Georgia high schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where Archer High School ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In Georgia | In Gwinnett County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 51.7% | #110 of 411 | #10 of 26 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 48.3% | #135 of 417 ▼ 55 | #11 of 26 ▼ 7 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 3,058 | #8 of 480 | #5 of 29 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 19.7:1 | #399 of 413 | #27 of 28 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 60.8% | #132 of 413 | #17 of 28 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 52.5% | #295 of 425 | #18 of 28 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +12.6% | #93 of 226 | #6 of 15 |
Ranked against other public high schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
3,058
+157 (+5%) vs 2020
+82% since 2010-11, when it was 1,684
Student : Teacher
19.7:1
was 20.0:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 3,058 | 155.4 | 19.7:1 | 52% (1,604) |
| 2023-24 | 3,073 | 159.6 | 19.3:1 | 53% (1,616) |
| 2022-23 | 3,134 | 161.4 | 19.4:1 | 43% (1,353) |
| 2020-21 | 2,901 | 145 | 20.0:1 | 36% (1,037) |
| 2017-18 | 2,716 | 138 | 19.7:1 | 37% (994) |
| 2015-16 | 2,580 | 128 | 20.2:1 | 34% (873) |
| 2010-11 | 1,684 | 87 | 19.4:1 | 39% (659) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Archer High School.
Since 2017-18: students up 13% (2,716 to 3,058); teachers up 13% (138 to 155.4).
About Archer High School
Archer High School is a high-enrollment high school in Lawrenceville, Georgia. The school reports 3,058 students in grades 9 through 12. The school's enrollment is 173% larger than the 1,120 average for high schools in Georgia.
Gwinnett County has 182,518 students in 141 schools, and Archer High School is one of those schools.
Black students are the majority at Archer High School, with 57% of enrollment. After that, the student body is 20% Hispanic, 15% White, 4% multiracial, and 4% Asian. Among all residents of Gwinnett County, the Black share is about 28%. Pick two students at random and there is a 61% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.
The count of teachers at Archer High School is 155.4 full-time equivalents, for a ratio of 19.7:1. That is higher than the 15.2:1 average for high schools in Georgia. The school counts 1,604 students as eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, or 52%. On average, public schools in Gwinnett County report 60%.
Measured against Georgia public high schools, Archer High School receives a B+. The grade weighs proficiency most heavily, then how results compare with what the school's low-income share predicts, then the three-year change.
Archer High School's average proficiency rate on state tests of 51.7% is 1.5 points above the 50.2% the model predicts from its lunch-eligibility share.
Within Gwinnett County, the median household income is $87,890, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 39% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 9%. Archer High School is one of 150 public schools in the county.
The closest public school to Archer High School is Lovin Elementary School, about 1.7 miles away. Archer High School is one of several public schools in the area, with at least 8 others within five miles. The nearest schools with test data average 47.9%, lower than Archer High School's 51.7%.
In the federal locale system, Archer High School is coded Suburb: Large, for schools in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
The school enrolled 3,058 students in 2024-25, 157 more than the 2,901 it had in 2020-21.
Parents and students can post about sports tryouts, band and choir, and theater at Archer High School. Alumni can share how the school prepared them.
Gwinnett County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
979,864
Census ACS
Median income
$87,890
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
39%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
9%
Below federal line
Schools in county
150
196,924 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Gwinnett County
- Brookwood High SchoolHigh · 3,803 students
- Grayson High SchoolHigh · 3,627 students
- Parkview High SchoolHigh · 3,216 students
- Peachtree Ridge High SchoolHigh · 3,155 students
- North Gwinnett High SchoolHigh · 3,033 students
- Berkmar High SchoolHigh · 2,975 students
Other schools in Lawrenceville
- Discovery High SchoolHigh · 2,703 students
- Central Gwinnett High SchoolHigh · 2,414 students
- Mountain View High SchoolHigh · 2,221 students
- Gwinnett Online CampusCombined · 1,996 students
- Richards Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,974 students
- Creekland Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,693 students
Nearby schools
- Lovin Elementary School1.7 mi · 856
- McConnell Middle School1.9 mi · 2,009
- Cooper Elementary School2.1 mi · 1,520
- Harbins Elementary School2.8 mi · 1,320
- Alcova Elementary School3.6 mi · 1,467
- Grayson High School3.7 mi · 3,627
Frequently asked questions
About Archer High SchoolHow large is Archer High School?
Archer High School enrolls approximately 3,058 students in grades 09-12.
What age range does Archer High School serve?
Archer High School serves students from grade 09 through grade 12.
How many teachers does Archer High School have?
Archer High School employs 155 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 19.7:1.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Archer High School?
At Archer High School, the student body is approximately 15% White, 20% Hispanic, 57% Black, 4% Asian, 4% Two or more.
Who oversees Archer High School?
Archer High School is overseen by Gwinnett County in Gwinnett County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.