Central Gwinnett High School

Located at 564 W Crogan St, in Lawrenceville, Georgia, Central Gwinnett High School is a big secondary school that educates 2,414 students (grades 9 through 12), part of Gwinnett County. Enrollment runs roughly 116% bigger than the state mean of about 1,120.

Across the 141 schools in Gwinnett County (182,518 students total), Central Gwinnett High School accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

On demographics, Central Gwinnett High School shows that the most-represented group is Black (44%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. Other groups include 39% Hispanic, 9% White, 4% Asian, 4% multiracial. That is noticeably more Black than the county at large, where the share is closer to 28%.

On the income-and-resources front, On paper, Central Gwinnett High School has 169 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 14.3:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 15.2:1, putting Central Gwinnett High School tighter than the state norm the norm. An estimated 70% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. That share is higher than Gwinnett County's rate of about 60%.

After controlling for student poverty, Central Gwinnett High School sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 41.1%; this one delivers 47.0%.

In the area at large, community-level numbers for Gwinnett County indicate median household income runs about $87,890, roughly 39% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 9%. Across Gwinnett County's 150 public schools (combined enrollment of about 196,924 students), Central Gwinnett High School is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: Lawrenceville Elementary School, around 0.4 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Central Gwinnett High School. On composite proficiency, Central Gwinnett High School comes 1st of 8 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 22.5%.

The school occupies a suburban site.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count grew 11%: 2,170 students in 2018 compared to 2,414 in 2025. The Hispanic share of enrollment increased from 33% to 39% over that span. Class-load math has pulled in: from 17.4:1 in 2018 to 14.3:1 in 2025.

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