Grace Snell Middle School

Grace Snell Middle School, a sprawling 6-8 campus in Loganville, Georgia, part of Gwinnett County, enrolls 1,231 students, covering grades 6 through 8. That puts it 61% above the typical public school in Georgia, which averages around 763 students.

Grace Snell Middle School is one of 141 schools operated by Gwinnett County, a district that works with 182,518 students overall.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Grace Snell Middle School shows that 67% of the student body identifies as Black; the rest looks like 23% Hispanic, 4% White, 4% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 28% Black, putting the school's mix considerably more Black than the area baseline.

Looking at school resources, Staff filings list 82 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 15.0:1 students per teacher. That figure is higher than the state norm's 14.1:1 average. Roughly 72% of students at Grace Snell Middle School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. Set against Gwinnett County (around 60%), the school's rate is north of typical.

After controlling for student poverty, Grace Snell Middle School sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 39.9%; this one delivers 35.9%.

Across the wider county, Gwinnett County reports that the typical household earns roughly $87,890 per year, about 39% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 9%. Grace Snell Middle School is one of 150 public schools in Gwinnett County (combined enrollment of about 196,924 students).

The closest other public school is Magill Elementary School, roughly 0.2 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Grace Snell Middle School at 8th of 9; the average score across the group is 51.5%.

The campus sits in an outer-ring setting.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Grace Snell Middle School has held roughly steady, going from 1,230 students in 2018 to 1,231 in 2025. The Hispanic share of enrollment climbed from 15% to 23% over that span. Class-load math has tightened: from 16.2:1 in 2018 to 15.0:1 in 2025.

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