Berkmar High School

Set in Lilburn, Georgia, Berkmar High School is a substantial 9-12 campus, run under Gwinnett County. It instructs 2,975 students across grades 9 through 12. That puts it 166% bigger than the typical public school in Georgia, which averages around 1,120 students.

Berkmar High School is one of 141 schools operated by Gwinnett County, a district that enrolls 182,518 students overall.

Looking at the student body, Berkmar High School shows that 73% of the student body identifies as Hispanic. Beyond that, the school records 16% Black, 8% Asian, 2% White. By comparison, Gwinnett County as a whole is about 24% Hispanic, so the school skews meaningfully more Hispanic than its surroundings.

Looking at the economic backdrop, The school currently runs with 201 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 14.8:1. That tracks the state average closely. About 77% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. By comparison, Gwinnett County runs at roughly 60%, so the school's eligibility rate is above the surrounding baseline.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Berkmar High School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 37.8%, the actual is 27.0%, a residual of -10.7 points.

Zooming out to the county, Gwinnett County reports that median household income runs about $87,890, roughly 39% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 9% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Gwinnett County's 150 public schools (combined enrollment of about 196,924 students), Berkmar High School is one campus in the mix.

Berkmar Middle School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.9 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Berkmar High School. On composite proficiency, Berkmar High School comes 7th of 9 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 37.5%.

The school occupies a suburban site.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count stayed largely flat: 2,917 students in 2018 compared to 2,975 in 2025. Over the same period, the Hispanic share increased from 61% to 73%. Class-load math has pulled in: from 16.3:1 in 2018 to 14.8:1 in 2025.

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