Buford High School

As a sizable senior high in Buford, Georgia, Buford High School enrolls 1,966 students from grades 9 through 12, operated by Buford City. Enrollment runs roughly 76% larger than the state mean of about 1,120.

Buford City runs 5 schools in total, collectively educating 6,007 students. Buford High School is one of those campuses.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Buford High School logs that the largest single group is White at 44%, but no single group is in the majority. The remainder breaks down as 28% Hispanic, 13% Black, 9% Asian, 6% multiracial. That is noticeably more White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 33%.

Looking at school resources, The school currently runs with 115 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 17.1:1. The state averages around 15.2:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. An estimated 35% of students are eligible 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 meaningfully below the surrounding baseline.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Buford High 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 59.3%; Buford High School posts 79.2%, +19.9 points above that line.

Across the wider county, ACS estimates for Gwinnett County put median household earnings sit near $87,890, about 39% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 9% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Buford High School is one of 150 public schools in Gwinnett County (combined enrollment of about 196,924 students).

The closest other public school is Buford Senior Academy, roughly 0.7 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Buford High School ranks 1st on composite proficiency, higher than the local average of 59.8%.

Geographically, the school is in a bedroom-community area.

Trend over the last 7 years. Buford High School's enrollment has climbed 38% since 2018, when it stood at 1,426 (now 1,966). The White share of enrollment decreased from 53% to 44% over that span.

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