New Life Academy of Excellence

As a reasonably sized elementary campus in Duluth, Georgia, New Life Academy of Excellence serves 645 students from grades pre-K through 8, part of Gwinnett County.

Across the 141 schools in Gwinnett County (182,518 students total), New Life Academy of Excellence accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

For racial and ethnic makeup, New Life Academy of Excellence records that 60% of the student body identifies as Black; the rest breaks down as 30% Hispanic, 4% multiracial, 4% White. The wider county runs roughly 28% Black, putting the school's mix meaningfully more Black than the area baseline.

Looking at the economic backdrop, The school employs 35 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 18.4:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 13.3:1 average. About 66% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, New Life Academy of Excellence tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 43.1% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 43.3%.

Zooming out to the county, census data for Gwinnett County shows median household earnings sit near $87,890, 39% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 9%. In all, Gwinnett County runs 150 public schools (combined enrollment of about 196,924 students), of which New Life Academy of Excellence is one.

The closest other public school is Yi Hwang Academy of Language Excellence, roughly 0.4 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, New Life Academy of Excellence comes 7th of 8 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 66.1%.

New Life Academy of Excellence operates from an outer-ring location. As a public charter, New Life Academy of Excellence runs on public funding but with greater curricular and operational autonomy than a typical district school.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at New Life Academy of Excellence has grew 11%, going from 579 students in 2018 to 645 in 2025. The Hispanic share of enrollment rose from 19% to 30% over that span.

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