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Enrollment
757
Middle
DISTRICT 1,431 · STATE 763
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·GWINNETT COUNTY·NCES 130255004184
Jordan Middle School
8 Village Way, Lawrenceville, GA 30046 · (770) 822-6500 · Gwinnett County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL757 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
12.8:1
59 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.7:1 · STATE 14.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
83%
632 students
DISTRICT 63% · STATE 74%
Community
5
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 | 249 | 33% |
| Grade 7 | 262 | 35% |
| Grade 8 | 246 | 32% |
Student demographics
62%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
Jordan Middle School→Central Gwinnett 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
38.3%
GA avg 40.1% . +6.0pp since 2021
Math
52.5%
GA avg 44.6% . +26.3pp since 2021
What this means: On the Georgia Milestones, Georgia's statewide test, about 38 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 52 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 6 points since 2021, while math scores are up about 26 points.
Georgia Milestones results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 38.3% | 52.5% |
| 2023-24 | 38.4% | 41.0% |
| 2022-23 | 35.5% | 30.3% |
| 2021-22 | 32.3% | 26.2% |
% 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
38.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
34.2%
based on GA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+3.8pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 38% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 34% 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 →
Where Jordan Middle School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Georgia | In Gwinnett County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 38.0% | #230 of 470 | #20 of 30 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 52.5% | #126 of 474 | #17 of 30 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 38.3% | #204 of 474 | #19 of 30 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +16.1pp | #7 of 465 | #1 of 30 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 757 | #224 of 487 | #29 of 30 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.8:1 | #117 of 471 | #4 of 30 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 61.8% | #152 of 471 | #19 of 30 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 83.5% | #235 of 479 | #5 of 30 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -19.6% | #60 of 305 | #2 of 16 |
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.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
757
-125 (-14%) vs 2020
Student : Teacher
12.8:1
was 14.0:1
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 | 757 | 59 | 12.8:1 | 83% (632) |
| 2023-24 | 774 | 60.5 | 12.8:1 | 89% (688) |
| 2022-23 | 795 | 60 | 13.3:1 | 86% (683) |
| 2020-21 | 882 | 63 | 14.0:1 | 80% (703) |
| 2017-18 | 942 | 61.5 | 15.3:1 | 88% (831) |
| 2015-16 | 901 | 55 | 16.4:1 | 84% (757) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Jordan Middle School.
About Jordan Middle School
This page covers Jordan Middle School, a mid-sized middle-grades school in Lawrenceville, Georgia. The school offers grades 6 through 8 and enrolls 757 students.
Gwinnett County enrolls 182,518 students in 141 schools, including Jordan Middle School.
The biggest share of students at Jordan Middle School, 45%, is Hispanic. The remaining shares are 42% Black, 8% White, 3% multiracial, and 2% Asian. Census estimates put the Hispanic share of Gwinnett County's population at about 24%. The diversity index for Jordan Middle School is 62%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.
Jordan Middle School has 59 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of about 12.8:1. Middle schools in Georgia average 14.1:1, 1.3 more students per teacher than here. A common income measure, free or reduced-price lunch eligibility, is 83% at Jordan Middle School. For comparison, public schools in Gwinnett County average 60%.
Based on its free or reduced-price lunch share, the BeatsExpectations model predicts an average proficiency rate across its state test results of 34.2% for Jordan Middle School. The school posts 38.0%, 3.8 points above the prediction.
American Community Survey estimates for Gwinnett County show that median household income comes to about $87,890, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 39% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 9%. Gwinnett County counts 150 public schools with about 196,924 students.
Jordan Middle School's closest public school neighbor is Jenkins Elementary School, about 0.2 miles away. Counting only straight-line distance, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. On proficiency, Jordan Middle School is ahead of the 27.3% nearby average, ranking 2nd of 6.
NCES describes the area around Jordan Middle School as Suburb: Large, meaning in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Enrollment fell by 14% across 4 years, from 882 in 2020-21 to 757 in 2024-25. Staffing shifted too: the ratio moved from 14.0:1 to 12.8:1.
The Jordan Middle School discussion page is a place for homework, tutoring, and testing dates. You can also rate the school on this page.
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
- Jenkins Elementary School0.2 mi · 775
- Gwinnett Online Campus1.5 mi · 1,996
- Gwinnett InterVention Education (GIVE) Center East1.7 mi · 334
- Lawrenceville Elementary School1.8 mi · 677
- Simonton Elementary School1.9 mi · 702
- Devereux Ackerman Academy - Gwinnett1.9 mi · 17
Frequently asked questions
About Jordan Middle SchoolHow large is Jordan Middle School?
Jordan Middle School enrolls approximately 757 students in grades 06-08.
What age range does Jordan Middle School serve?
Jordan Middle School serves students from grade 06 through grade 08.
How many students per teacher at Jordan Middle School?
Approximately 12.8:1 students per teacher at Jordan Middle School.
What is the student diversity at Jordan Middle School?
Student demographics at Jordan Middle School are roughly 8% White, 45% Hispanic, 42% Black, 2% Asian, 3% Two or more.
Who oversees Jordan Middle School?
Jordan Middle School is overseen by Gwinnett County in Gwinnett County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.