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How has Mill Creek High School changed in the last five years, for better or worse?
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Enrollment
2,782
High
DISTRICT 2,162 · STATE 1,120
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·GWINNETT COUNTY·NCES 130255003376
Mill Creek High School
4400 Braselton Hwy, Hoschton, GA 30548 · (678) 714-5850 · Gwinnett County
GRADES 09–12HIGH21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL2,782 STUDENTS
A-
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Scored higher than 77% of Georgia public high schools
- ATest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- BBeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
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 high schools
Student : Teacher
16.9:1
164 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.8:1 · STATE 15.2:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
30%
825 students
DISTRICT 63% · STATE 74%
Community
6
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other high schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 9 | 704 | 25% |
| Grade 10 | 678 | 24% |
| Grade 11 | 715 | 26% |
| Grade 12 | 685 | 25% |
Student demographics
73%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
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 DistinguishedMath
59.3%
GA avg 44.6% . +3.0pp since 2021
What this means: On the Georgia Milestones, Georgia's statewide test, about 59 of every 100 students at this school do math at grade level. The Georgia average is about 45 of 100. Math scores are up about 3 points since 2021.
Georgia Milestones results by year
| School year | Math |
|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 59.3% |
| 2023-24 | 50.6% |
| 2022-23 | 48.0% |
| 2021-22 | 56.3% |
% 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
61.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
62.0%
based on GA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-0.7pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 61% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 62% 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 →
Schools most like Mill Creek High School
Mill Creek High School's state test result (61.3% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mill Creek High School this school | 2,782 | 29.7% | 61.3% |
| Lakeside High School Evans | 1,861 | 30.4% | 57.2% |
| Buford High School Buford | 1,966 | 34.9% | 79.2% |
| Houston County High School Warner Robins | 2,051 | 42.4% | 65.0% |
| Kennesaw Mountain High School Kennesaw | 1,695 | 40.6% | 73.8% |
| McIntosh High School Peachtree City | 1,762 | 19.0% | 79.6% |
Matched among Georgia high 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 Mill Creek High School ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In Georgia | In Gwinnett County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 61.3% | #65 of 411 | #6 of 26 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 59.3% | #75 of 417 ▲ 44 | #6 of 26 ▲ 1 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 2,782 | #16 of 480 | #8 of 29 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 16.9:1 | #282 of 413 | #15 of 28 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 73.1% | #12 of 413 | #7 of 28 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 29.7% | #386 of 425 | #27 of 28 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -24.2% | #19 of 168 | #2 of 8 |
Ranked against other public high 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
2,782
-960 (-26%) vs 2020
-20% since 2010-11, when it was 3,495
Student : Teacher
16.9:1
was 19.6:1
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 | 2,782 | 164.1 | 16.9:1 | 30% (825) |
| 2023-24 | 2,745 | 162.5 | 16.9:1 | 34% (921) |
| 2022-23 | 2,839 | 165.9 | 17.1:1 | 22% (633) |
| 2020-21 | 3,742 | 191 | 19.6:1 | 20% (754) |
| 2017-18 | 3,668 | 187.5 | 19.6:1 | 20% (751) |
| 2015-16 | 3,998 | 200 | 20.0:1 | 22% (865) |
| 2010-11 | 3,495 | 186 | 18.8:1 | 23% (819) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Mill Creek High School.
Since 2017-18: students down 24% (3,668 to 2,782); teachers down 12% (187.5 to 164.1).
About Mill Creek High School
Mill Creek High School operates as a high-enrollment high school in Hoschton, Georgia. The school had 2,782 students in grades 9 through 12 in 2024-25. Average enrollment for high schools in Georgia is about 1,120, so this school runs 148% larger than that.
Federal data list 141 schools in Gwinnett County, with 182,518 students enrolled.
Mill Creek High School has no majority group; White students are the largest, at 40%. Other reported shares: 25% Black, 16% Hispanic, 13% Asian, and 6% multiracial. Pick two students at random and there is a 73% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.
The school reports 164.1 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to about 16.9 students per teacher. The school has more students per teacher than the 15.2:1 average for high schools in Georgia. The free or reduced-price lunch share, often used to gauge student poverty, is 30%. Compared with the 60% average for public schools in Gwinnett County, the school's rate is lower.
Mill Creek High School is graded A- by allk12, scoring above 77% of Georgia public high schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
After adjusting for student poverty, Mill Creek High School lands between the top and bottom 10% of Georgia schools. Its average proficiency rate on state tests is 61.3%; the prediction is 62.0%.
In the county around the school, Gwinnett County, the median household income is $87,890, about 39% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 9% of residents are in poverty. Gwinnett County is home to 150 public schools and about 196,924 public school students.
The school nearest to Mill Creek High School is Osborne Middle School, at a distance of about 0.3 miles. A five-mile radius around the school includes at least 8 other public schools. Among the 9 closest schools with test data, this one included, Mill Creek High School ranks 8th on average proficiency.
Federal records code the school's setting as Suburb: Large.
Enrollment dropped 26% from its 2020-21 level of 3,742. Its ratio of students to teachers was 19.6:1 in 2020-21, and 16.9:1 in 2024-25.
The discussion area below is open to posts about sports schedules, lunch menus, and spirit week. Reviews and ratings from people who know the school are welcome.
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 Hoschton
- Jackson County High SchoolHigh · 2,222 students
- Osborne Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,816 students
- Duncan Creek ElementaryElementary · 1,593 students
- West Jackson Elementary SchoolElementary · 1,082 students
- Heroes Elementary SchoolElementary · 994 students
- Legacy Knoll Middle SchoolMiddle · 707 students
Other Mill Creek High schools
One other US public school is named Mill Creek High. Mill Creek High School is the largest of the 2.
- Mill Creek High SchoolMill Creek, OK · 62 students
Nearby schools
- Osborne Middle School0.3 mi · 1,816
- Duncan Creek Elementary0.4 mi · 1,593
- Seckinger High School1.9 mi · 2,318
- Puckett's Mill Elementary School3.3 mi · 794
- Mulberry Elementary School3.4 mi · 763
- Fort Daniel Elementary School3.5 mi · 645
Frequently asked questions
About Mill Creek High SchoolHow many students attend Mill Creek High School?
Mill Creek High School enrolls approximately 2,782 students in grades 09-12.
Is Mill Creek High School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Mill Creek High School is a high school covering grades 09-12.
How many teachers does Mill Creek High School have?
Mill Creek High School employs 164 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 16.9:1.
What is the student diversity at Mill Creek High School?
Student demographics at Mill Creek High School are roughly 40% White, 16% Hispanic, 25% Black, 13% Asian, 6% Two or more.
Who oversees Mill Creek High School?
Mill Creek High 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.