Five Forks Middle School

Five Forks Middle School is an intermediate school of heavily attended scale in Lawrenceville, Georgia, operated by Gwinnett County, serveing 1,239 students in grades 6 through 8. Enrollment runs roughly 62% above the state mean of about 763.

Five Forks Middle School is one of 141 schools operated by Gwinnett County, a district that educates 182,518 students overall.

On the student-mix side, Five Forks Middle School lists that the most-represented group is Black (28%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups; the rest is composed of 23% White, 22% Hispanic, 21% Asian, 7% multiracial. That composition is broadly in line with Gwinnett County as a whole.

On the income-and-resources front, On paper, Five Forks Middle School has 80 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 15.6:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 14.1:1, putting Five Forks Middle School higher than the state norm the norm. An estimated 49% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. That share is below Gwinnett County's rate of about 60%.

After controlling for student poverty, Five Forks Middle School sits in the top 10% of Georgia schools after the BeatsExpectations adjustment. Predicted proficiency for the school's FRL share is roughly 52.3%; actual is 69.7%, +17.4 points clear of the demographic baseline.

Across the wider county, Gwinnett County reports that median household income runs about $87,890, roughly 39% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 9%. In all, Gwinnett County runs 150 public schools (combined enrollment of about 196,924 students), of which Five Forks Middle School is one.

Nearest neighbor: Gwin Oaks Elementary School, around 0.8 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Five Forks Middle School. On composite proficiency, Five Forks Middle School comes 3rd of 9 in the immediate cluster, ahead of the nearby-schools average of 56.2%.

Geographically, the school is in an outer-ring area.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count climbed 11%: 1,119 students in 2018 compared to 1,239 in 2025. The White share of enrollment decreased from 31% to 23% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio narrowed from 17.7:1 in 2018 to 15.6:1 today.

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