Bay Creek Middle School

Set in Grayson, Georgia, Bay Creek Middle School is a well-populated middle school, part of Gwinnett County. It educates 1,510 students across grades 6 through 8. That puts it 98% above the typical public school in Georgia, which averages around 763 students.

Gwinnett County comprises 141 schools with combined enrollment of 182,518 students; Bay Creek Middle School is among them.

In terms of who attends, Bay Creek Middle School logs that Black students make up the majority at 61%; the rest breaks down as 14% Hispanic, 11% White, 9% Asian, 5% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 28% Black, putting the school's mix visibly more Black than the area baseline.

On the income-and-resources front, Staff filings list 90 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 16.7:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 14.1:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. An estimated 59% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Bay Creek Middle School ranks in the top 10% of Georgia public schools. The BeatsExpectations model, a per-state regression of composite proficiency on FRL share, predicts schools with this student profile to land around 46.9%; Bay Creek Middle School posts 72.9%, +26.1 points above that line.

Around the school, census data for Gwinnett County shows the typical household earns roughly $87,890 per year, roughly 39% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 9% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Bay Creek Middle School is one of 150 public schools in Gwinnett County (combined enrollment of about 196,924 students).

Trip Elementary School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.0 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Bay Creek Middle School at 1st of 9; the average score across the group is 53.5%.

Geographically, the school is in a commuter-belt area.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count expanded 33%: 1,138 students in 2018 compared to 1,510 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 23% to 11% across the same window. Class-load math has narrowed: from 18.5:1 in 2018 to 16.7:1 in 2025.

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