International Transition Center

International Transition Center operates as a modestly sized senior high in Lawrenceville, Georgia, operated by Gwinnett County. Current enrollment sits at 640 students spanning grades 6 through 12. Enrollment runs roughly 43% leaner than the state mean of about 1,120.

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

Looking at the student body, International Transition Center reports that nearly all students (96%) are Hispanic. The remainder looks like 2% Black. By comparison, Gwinnett County as a whole is about 24% Hispanic, so the school skews noticeably more Hispanic than its surroundings.

Looking at the economic backdrop, On paper, International Transition Center has 52 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 12.4:1. The state averages around 15.2:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Roughly 92% of students at International Transition Center qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. By comparison, Gwinnett County runs at roughly 60%, so the school's eligibility rate is meaningfully above the surrounding baseline.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, International Transition Center falls in the UNDERPERFORMING tier of the BeatsExpectations residual. Given its student profile, a typical campus would land near 29.8%; this one comes in at 1.9%, -27.9 points off the demographic line.

In the broader community, census data for Gwinnett County shows the typical household earns roughly $87,890 per year, about 39% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 9%. Across Gwinnett County's 150 public schools (combined enrollment of about 196,924 students), International Transition Center is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is Phoenix High School, roughly 0.0 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around International Transition Center. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), International Transition Center ranks 8th on composite proficiency, behind the local average of 34.6%.

Geographically, the school is in a bedroom-community area.

Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at International Transition Center has increased 385%, going from 132 students in 2018 to 640 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio loosened from 8.3:1 in 2018 to 12.4:1 today.

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