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Enrollment
2,703
High
DISTRICT 2,162 · STATE 1,120
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·GWINNETT COUNTY·NCES 130255004212
Discovery High School
1335 Old Norcross Rd, Lawrenceville, GA 30046 · (678) 226-4250 · Gwinnett County
GRADES 09–12HIGH21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL2,703 STUDENTS
C+
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 37% of Georgia public high schools
- C+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- C+Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Georgia public high schools
Student : Teacher
16.3:1
166 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.8:1 · STATE 15.2:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
74%
1,997 students
DISTRICT 63% · STATE 74%
Community
6
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other high schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 9 | 623 | 23% |
| Grade 10 | 695 | 26% |
| Grade 11 | 682 | 25% |
| Grade 12 | 703 | 26% |
Student demographics
59%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 73% · STATE 71% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
School pathway
Feeds from
Based on published attendance-zone data from Gwinnett County. Zones change; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
Georgia Milestones 2024-25 . % Proficient or DistinguishedMath
23.6%
GA avg 44.6% . -14.5pp since 2021
What this means: On the Georgia Milestones, Georgia's statewide test, about 24 of every 100 students at this school do math at grade level. The Georgia average is about 45 of 100. Math scores are down about 15 points since 2021.
Georgia Milestones results by year
| School year | Math |
|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 23.6% |
| 2023-24 | 24.7% |
| 2022-23 | 18.0% |
| 2021-22 | 38.1% |
% Proficient or Distinguished, all students and all tested grades.
Source: Georgia Milestones. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
32.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
39.2%
based on GA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-7.2pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 32% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 39% typical for Georgia schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among Georgia's top nor bottom 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like Discovery High School
Discovery High School's state test result (32.0% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Discovery High School this school | 2,703 | 73.9% | 32.0% |
| Norcross High School Norcross | 2,317 | 72.6% | 37.2% |
| Berkmar High School Lilburn | 2,975 | 76.6% | 27.0% |
| Duluth High School Duluth | 2,556 | 61.5% | 42.7% |
| Paul Duke STEM High School Norcross | 1,509 | 61.7% | 58.3% |
| Central Gwinnett High School Lawrenceville | 2,414 | 70.1% | 47.0% |
Matched among Georgia high schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where Discovery High School ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In Georgia | In Gwinnett County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 32.0% | #246 of 411 | #21 of 26 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 23.6% | #312 of 417 ▼ 28 | #23 of 26 no change |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 2,703 | #18 of 480 | #9 of 29 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 16.3:1 | #233 of 413 | #9 of 28 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 58.9% | #158 of 413 | #19 of 28 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 73.9% | #208 of 425 | #6 of 28 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +0.3% | #223 of 226 | #15 of 15 |
Ranked against other public high schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
2,703
-77 (-3%) vs 2020
Student : Teacher
16.3:1
was 17.6:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 2,703 | 165.5 | 16.3:1 | 74% (1,997) |
| 2023-24 | 2,730 | 175 | 15.6:1 | 77% (2,110) |
| 2022-23 | 2,803 | 169.9 | 16.5:1 | 73% (2,035) |
| 2020-21 | 2,780 | 158 | 17.6:1 | 65% (1,801) |
| 2017-18 | 2,694 | 151 | 17.8:1 | 75% (2,013) |
| 2015-16 | 2,127 | 110 | 19.3:1 | 75% (1,588) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Discovery High School.
Since 2017-18: students unchanged (2,694 to 2,703); teachers up 10% (151 to 165.5).
About Discovery High School
Discovery High School is a public large high school in Lawrenceville, Georgia. The school has 2,703 students in 2024-25 across grades 9 through 12. High schools in Georgia have about 1,120 students on average; enrollment here is 141% higher.
The 141 schools of Gwinnett County, including Discovery High School, enroll 182,518 students.
Hispanic students are 57% of those enrolled at Discovery High School. Next come 29% Black, 8% Asian, 4% White, and 2% multiracial. That compares with about 24% Hispanic among all Gwinnett County residents. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 59%.
There are 165.5 full-time-equivalent teachers at the school, a ratio of 16.3:1. Across high schools in Georgia, the average ratio is 15.2:1. Of all students at Discovery High School, 74% are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. Compared with the 60% average for public schools in Gwinnett County, the school's rate is higher.
Discovery High School holds a C+ allk12 Grade, placing it above 37% of Georgia public high schools.
Discovery High School's actual average proficiency rate across its state test results (32.0%) and its predicted rate (39.2%) put it outside the top and bottom 10% of Georgia schools.
Looking at the county, Gwinnett County, the median household earns about $87,890 a year, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 39%, and roughly 9% of residents are in poverty. Gwinnett County has 150 public schools with about 196,924 students, including Discovery High School.
Of the public schools around it, Discovery High School is closest to Benefield Elementary School, about 0.3 miles away. The count of other public schools within five miles is at least 8. The average proficiency across nearby scored schools is 40.3%; Discovery High School's is 32.0%, ranking 5th of 8.
The school's locale code, Suburb: Large, means it is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
The school shrank from 2,780 students in 2020-21 to 2,703 in 2024-25. Staffing shifted too: the ratio moved from 17.6:1 to 16.3:1.
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Gwinnett County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
979,864
Census ACS
Median income
$87,890
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
39%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
9%
Below federal line
Schools in county
150
196,924 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Gwinnett County
- Brookwood High SchoolHigh · 3,803 students
- Grayson High SchoolHigh · 3,627 students
- Parkview High SchoolHigh · 3,216 students
- Peachtree Ridge High SchoolHigh · 3,155 students
- Archer High SchoolHigh · 3,058 students
- North Gwinnett High SchoolHigh · 3,033 students
Other schools in Lawrenceville
- Archer High SchoolHigh · 3,058 students
- Central Gwinnett High SchoolHigh · 2,414 students
- Mountain View High SchoolHigh · 2,221 students
- Gwinnett Online CampusCombined · 1,996 students
- Richards Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,974 students
- Creekland Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,693 students
Other Discovery High schools
8 other US public schools in 7 states are named Discovery High. Discovery High School is the largest of the 9.
- DISCOVERY HIGH SCHOOLLAKE ALFRED, FL · 898 students
- DISCOVERY HIGH SCHOOLBRONX, NY · 377 students
- Discovery High SchoolCamas, WA · 201 students
- Discovery High SchoolNewton, NC · 146 students
- Discovery HighSacramento, CA · 130 students
Nearby schools
- Benefield Elementary School0.3 mi · 1,209
- Moore Middle School1.3 mi · 971
- Gwinnett School of Mathematics- Science and Technology1.5 mi · 1,304
- McKendree Elementary School1.6 mi · 1,030
- Phoenix High School1.8 mi · 921
- International Transition Center1.8 mi · 640
Frequently asked questions
About Discovery High SchoolHow large is Discovery High School?
Discovery High School enrolls approximately 2,703 students in grades 09-12.
What age range does Discovery High School serve?
Discovery High School serves students from grade 09 through grade 12.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Discovery High School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Discovery High School is approximately 16.3:1 (166 FTE teachers).
How diverse is Discovery High School?
Discovery High School reports a student body of 4% White, 57% Hispanic, 29% Black, 8% Asian, 2% Two or more.
What district is Discovery High School in?
Discovery High School is part of Gwinnett County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.