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How has Five Forks Middle School changed in the last five years, for better or worse?
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Enrollment
1,239
Middle
DISTRICT 1,431 · STATE 763
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·GWINNETT COUNTY·NCES 130255001143
Five Forks Middle School
3250 River Dr, Lawrenceville, GA 30044 · (770) 972-1506 · Gwinnett County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL1,239 STUDENTS
A+
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 99% of Georgia public middle schools
- ATest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- ABeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- B+Three-year trend Change in reading and math proficiency over the last three test years.
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 middle schools
Student : Teacher
15.6:1
80 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.7:1 · STATE 14.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
49%
601 students
DISTRICT 63% · STATE 74%
Community
6
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other middle schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 6 | 407 | 33% |
| Grade 7 | 402 | 32% |
| Grade 8 | 430 | 35% |
Student demographics
78%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
Students here typically continue to
Five Forks Middle School→Brookwood High School
Based on published attendance-zone data from Gwinnett County. Zones change; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
Georgia Milestones 2024-25 . % Proficient or DistinguishedEnglish Language Arts
62.8%
GA avg 40.1% . +2.8pp since 2021
Math
74.8%
GA avg 44.6% . +11.7pp since 2021
What this means: On the Georgia Milestones, Georgia's statewide test, about 63 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 75 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Georgia schools, those numbers are about 40 and 45. Reading and writing scores are up about 3 points since 2021, while math scores are up about 12 points.
Georgia Milestones results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 62.8% | 74.8% |
| 2023-24 | 65.8% | 74.0% |
| 2022-23 | 59.0% | 62.8% |
| 2021-22 | 60.0% | 63.1% |
% 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
OUTPERFORMING
Top 10% of GA schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
69.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
52.3%
based on GA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+17.4pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 70% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 52% typical for Georgia schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations ranks schools against others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school can post high scores and still fall short of its prediction, or post lower scores and still beat it. This school clears its prediction by about 17 points, placing it in Georgia's top 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 Five Forks Middle School
Five Forks Middle School's state test result (69.7% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Five Forks Middle School this school | 1,239 | 48.5% | 69.7% |
| Crews Middle School Lawrenceville | 1,443 | 41.3% | 77.7% |
| Jones Middle School Buford | 1,758 | 43.6% | 68.7% |
| Coleman Middle School Duluth | 711 | 46.6% | 54.6% |
| Lanier Middle School Sugar Hill | 1,369 | 50.5% | 70.5% |
| Osborne Middle School Hoschton | 1,816 | 36.6% | 70.0% |
Matched among Georgia middle 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 Five Forks Middle School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Georgia | In Gwinnett County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 69.7% | #31 of 470 | #8 of 30 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 74.8% | #32 of 474 ▼ 4 | #5 of 30 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 62.8% | #45 of 474 ▼ 7 | #7 of 30 ▼ 3 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +7.3pp | #132 of 465 | #5 of 30 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 1,239 | #49 of 487 | #20 of 30 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.6:1 | #358 of 471 | #20 of 30 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 77.5% | #1 of 471 | #1 of 30 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 48.5% | #379 of 479 | #23 of 30 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +10.7% | #69 of 144 | #5 of 14 |
Ranked against other public middle 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
1,239
+3 (+0%) vs 2020
-9% since 1990-91, when it was 1,369
Student : Teacher
15.6:1
was 17.2:1
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 | 1,239 | 79.6 | 15.6:1 | 49% (601) |
| 2023-24 | 1,257 | 78.1 | 16.1:1 | 51% (641) |
| 2022-23 | 1,218 | 72 | 16.9:1 | 42% (515) |
| 2020-21 | 1,236 | 72 | 17.2:1 | 36% (449) |
| 2017-18 | 1,119 | 63.2 | 17.7:1 | 40% (452) |
| 2015-16 | 1,059 | 62 | 17.1:1 | 43% (452) |
| 2010-11 | 1,060 | 68 | 15.6:1 | 37% (395) |
| 2000-01 | 1,050 | 72 | 14.6:1 | 9% (92) |
| 1990-91 | 1,369 | 71 | 19.3:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Five Forks Middle School.
Since 2017-18: students up 11% (1,119 to 1,239); teachers up 26% (63.2 to 79.6).
About Five Forks Middle School
Five Forks Middle School is a large middle school serving families in Lawrenceville, Georgia. A total of 1,239 students attend the school, which covers grades 6 through 8. Against the 763-student average for middle schools in Georgia, enrollment here is 62% higher.
Gwinnett County enrolls 182,518 students, and its 141 schools include Five Forks Middle School.
By race and ethnicity, the largest group at Five Forks Middle School is Black (28%). Other groups make up 23% White, 22% Hispanic, 21% Asian, and 7% multiracial. County-wide, about 28% of residents are Black. The chance that two students picked at random at Five Forks Middle School belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 78%.
With 79.6 full-time-equivalent teachers in 2024-25, the ratio at Five Forks Middle School was 15.6:1. Among middle schools in Georgia, the typical ratio is 14.1:1. Five Forks Middle School's free or reduced-price lunch eligibility rate is 49%. It compares with 60% for public schools in Gwinnett County.
The allk12 Grade for Five Forks Middle School is A+. Compared with Georgia public middle schools, the school scored higher than 99% on a mix of test scores, poverty-adjusted results, and recent trend.
A school in Georgia with Five Forks Middle School's free or reduced-price lunch share would be expected to score about 52.3%. Five Forks Middle School scores 69.7%.
Five Forks Middle School is located in Gwinnett County, where median household income is about $87,890, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 39%, and about 9% of people live in poverty. Five Forks Middle School is one of 150 public schools in Gwinnett County, which together enroll about 196,924 students.
Of nearby public schools, Gwin Oaks Elementary School is the closest, at about 0.8 miles. Inside a five-mile radius, there are at least 8 other public schools. The school's 69.7% average proficiency ranks 3rd among 9 nearby schools.
NCES assigns Five Forks Middle School the locale Suburb: Large, meaning in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Between 2020-21 and 2024-25, enrollment moved from 1,236 to 1,239, a small change. Its ratio of students to teachers was 17.2:1 in 2020-21, and 15.6:1 in 2024-25.
If you have questions about sports schedules, lunch menus, and spirit week at Five Forks Middle School, you can post them here. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.
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
- Discovery High SchoolHigh · 2,703 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
Nearby schools
- Gwin Oaks Elementary School0.8 mi · 1,077
- Brookwood Elementary School1.6 mi · 1,422
- Brookwood High School1.7 mi · 3,803
- Knight Elementary School1.8 mi · 876
- Head Elementary School2.1 mi · 720
- Alford Elementary2.8 mi · 828
Frequently asked questions
About Five Forks Middle SchoolHow many students attend Five Forks Middle School?
Five Forks Middle School enrolls approximately 1,239 students in grades 06-08.
What age range does Five Forks Middle School serve?
Five Forks Middle School serves students from grade 06 through grade 08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Five Forks Middle School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Five Forks Middle School is approximately 15.6:1 (80 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Five Forks Middle School?
At Five Forks Middle School, the student body is approximately 23% White, 22% Hispanic, 28% Black, 21% Asian, 7% Two or more.
Is Five Forks Middle School public or private?
Five Forks Middle School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Gwinnett County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.