Buford Middle School

Buford Middle School is a middle-grades school of large scale in Buford, Georgia, part of Buford City, instructing 1,426 students in grades 6 through 8. By comparison, Georgia's public schools average about 763 students each, so Buford Middle School sits 87% larger than that benchmark.

Across the 5 schools in Buford City (6,007 students total), Buford Middle School accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

In terms of who attends, Buford Middle School records that the largest single group is White at 45%, but no single group is in the majority; the rest consists of 27% Hispanic, 12% Black, 11% Asian, 5% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 33% White, putting the school's mix considerably more White than the area baseline.

Looking at school resources, Buford Middle School records 88 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 16.2:1. The state averages around 14.1:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. Roughly 37% of students at Buford Middle School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. That share is south of Gwinnett County's rate of about 60%.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Buford Middle School sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 58.4%; this one delivers 71.0%.

Zooming out to the county, community-level numbers for Gwinnett County indicate median household income runs about $87,890, 39% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 9% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Gwinnett County runs 150 public schools (combined enrollment of about 196,924 students), of which Buford Middle School is one.

Nearest neighbor: Buford Academy, around 0.4 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Buford Middle School. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Buford Middle School at 3rd of 8; the average score across the group is 58.9%.

Buford Middle School operates from a commuter-belt location.

Over the past 7-year window. Buford Middle School's enrollment has increased 27% since 2018, when it stood at 1,124 (now 1,426). The Asian share of enrollment expanded from 3% to 11% over that span. Class-load math has fell: from 17.5:1 in 2018 to 16.2:1 in 2025.

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