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Enrollment
1,369
Middle
DISTRICT 1,431 · STATE 763
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·GWINNETT COUNTY·NCES 130255003738
Lanier Middle School
6482 Suwanee Dam Rd, Sugar Hill, GA 30518 · (770) 945-8419 · Gwinnett County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL1,369 STUDENTS
A+
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Scored higher than 95% 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.
- A+Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- C+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
14.3:1
96 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.7:1 · STATE 14.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
50%
691 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 | 487 | 36% |
| Grade 7 | 432 | 32% |
| Grade 8 | 450 | 33% |
Student demographics
75%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
Lanier Middle School→Lanier High School
Feeds from
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
57.3%
GA avg 40.1% . -2.6pp since 2021
Math
66.7%
GA avg 44.6% . +8.7pp since 2021
What this means: On the Georgia Milestones, Georgia's statewide test, about 57 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 67 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Georgia schools, those numbers are about 40 and 45. Reading and writing scores are down about 3 points since 2021, while math scores are up about 9 points.
Georgia Milestones results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 57.3% | 66.7% |
| 2023-24 | 60.2% | 65.2% |
| 2022-23 | 61.6% | 56.2% |
| 2021-22 | 60.0% | 58.0% |
% 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
70.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
51.3%
based on GA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+19.3pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 71% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 51% 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 19 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 Lanier Middle School
Lanier Middle School's state test result (70.5% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lanier Middle School this school | 1,369 | 50.5% | 70.5% |
| Twin Rivers Middle School Buford | 1,669 | 58.4% | 71.3% |
| Russell Middle School Winder | 973 | 54.3% | 39.5% |
| Daniell Middle School Marietta | 884 | 57.8% | 47.6% |
| Buford Middle School Buford | 1,426 | 36.7% | 71.0% |
| Pinckneyville Middle School Peachtree Corners | 1,157 | 57.0% | 42.3% |
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 Lanier Middle School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Georgia | In Gwinnett County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 70.5% | #26 of 470 | #6 of 30 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 66.7% | #55 of 474 ▼ 1 | #11 of 30 ▼ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 57.3% | #62 of 474 ▼ 2 | #11 of 30 ▲ 1 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +3.0pp | #290 of 465 | #14 of 30 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 1,369 | #29 of 487 | #16 of 30 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.3:1 | #259 of 471 | #12 of 30 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 75.2% | #6 of 471 | #6 of 30 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 50.5% | #374 of 479 | #22 of 30 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -5.8% | #212 of 305 | #14 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. 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
1,369
-41 (-3%) vs 2020
+23% since 2010-11, when it was 1,115
Student : Teacher
14.3:1
was 17.4:1
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 | 1,369 | 96 | 14.3:1 | 50% (691) |
| 2023-24 | 1,295 | 92.8 | 13.9:1 | 53% (688) |
| 2022-23 | 1,349 | 89.7 | 15.0:1 | 46% (622) |
| 2020-21 | 1,410 | 81 | 17.4:1 | 43% (612) |
| 2017-18 | 1,453 | 79.6 | 18.3:1 | 38% (550) |
| 2015-16 | 1,408 | 79 | 17.8:1 | 40% (568) |
| 2010-11 | 1,115 | 70 | 15.9:1 | 48% (532) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Lanier Middle School.
Since 2017-18: students down 6% (1,453 to 1,369); teachers up 21% (79.6 to 96).
About Lanier Middle School
Lanier Middle School is a middle-grades school located in Sugar Hill, Georgia, in Gwinnett County. A federal count lists 1,369 students at the school, in grades 6 through 8. An average school in this group (middle schools in Georgia) has about 763 students.
Lanier Middle School is in Gwinnett County, a district with 182,518 students across 141 schools.
By race and ethnicity, the largest group at Lanier Middle School is White (32%). Other groups make up 29% Hispanic, 20% Black, 12% Asian, and 6% multiracial. County-wide, about 33% of residents are White. Lanier Middle School has a diversity index of 75%, compared with 70% for all US public school students.
The teaching staff at Lanier Middle School is 96 full-time-equivalent teachers, and the ratio is 14.3:1. Across middle schools in Georgia, the average ratio is about 14.1:1. About 50% of students, or 691, qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. The 60% average for public schools in Gwinnett County is 10 points higher.
Lanier Middle School is graded A+ by allk12, scoring above 95% of Georgia public middle schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
Lanier Middle School ranks in the top 10% of Georgia schools after adjusting test results for student poverty. Actual: 70.5%. Predicted: 51.3%. Difference: 19.3 points.
Lanier Middle School is located in Gwinnett County, where median household income is about $87,890, about 39% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 9% of residents are in poverty. Lanier Middle School is one of 150 public schools in Gwinnett County, which together enroll about 196,924 students.
Nearest public school: White Oak Elementary School, about 0.2 miles away. The five-mile area around Lanier Middle School holds at least 8 other public schools. Lanier Middle School's average proficiency of 70.5% compares with 68.0% for its nearest scored neighbors.
The National Center for Education Statistics classifies the school's location as Suburb: Large, meaning it is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
The student count in 2024-25 was 1,369, 3% below the 1,410 of 2020-21. Students per teacher fell from 17.4 in 2020-21 to 14.3 in 2024-25.
The allk12 site hosts a discussion page for Lanier Middle School covering things like enrollment questions, class placement, and PTA news. 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 Sugar Hill
- North Gwinnett Middle SchoolMiddle · 2,360 students
- Lanier High SchoolHigh · 1,871 students
- Sugar Hill Elementary SchoolElementary · 1,156 students
- Sycamore Elementary SchoolElementary · 751 students
- White Oak Elementary SchoolElementary · 722 students
Other Lanier Middle schools
One other US public school is named Lanier Middle. Lanier Middle School is the 2nd largest of the 2.
- Lanier Middle SchoolHOUSTON, TX · 1,485 students
Nearby schools
- White Oak Elementary School0.2 mi · 722
- Sycamore Elementary School2.0 mi · 751
- Lakeside Middle School2.2 mi · 1,513
- Haw Creek Elementary2.2 mi · 926
- Mashburn Elementary School2.7 mi · 976
- Settles Bridge Elementary School2.9 mi · 741
Frequently asked questions
About Lanier Middle SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Lanier Middle School?
Lanier Middle School enrolls approximately 1,369 students in grades 06-08.
What age range does Lanier Middle School serve?
Lanier Middle School serves students from grade 06 through grade 08.
How many students per teacher at Lanier Middle School?
Approximately 14.3:1 students per teacher at Lanier Middle School.
How diverse is Lanier Middle School?
Lanier Middle School reports a student body of 32% White, 29% Hispanic, 20% Black, 12% Asian, 6% Two or more.
Who oversees Lanier Middle School?
Lanier 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.