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Enrollment
3,033
High
DISTRICT 2,162 · STATE 1,120
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·GWINNETT COUNTY·NCES 130255001123
North Gwinnett High School
20 Level Creek Rd, Suwanee, GA 30024 · (770) 945-9558 · Gwinnett County
GRADES 09–12HIGH21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL3,033 STUDENTS
A-
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Scored higher than 79% 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.
- B-Beats 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
18.2:1
167 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.8:1 · STATE 15.2:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
19%
579 students
DISTRICT 63% · STATE 74%
Community
6
1 member
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 | 719 | 24% |
| Grade 10 | 748 | 25% |
| Grade 11 | 807 | 27% |
| Grade 12 | 759 | 25% |
Student demographics
72%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.
Rating breakdown
2 ratingsoverall
teachers
safety
community
facilities
academics
Test scores
Georgia Milestones 2024-25 . % Proficient or DistinguishedMath
60.6%
GA avg 44.6% . -2.8pp since 2021
What this means: On the Georgia Milestones, Georgia's statewide test, about 61 of every 100 students at this school do math at grade level. The Georgia average is about 45 of 100. Math scores are down about 3 points since 2021.
Georgia Milestones results by year
| School year | Math |
|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 60.6% |
| 2023-24 | 51.9% |
| 2022-23 | 49.5% |
| 2021-22 | 63.4% |
% 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
65.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
67.5%
based on GA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-1.6pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 66% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 67% 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 North Gwinnett High School
North Gwinnett High School's state test result (65.8% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| North Gwinnett High School this school | 3,033 | 19.1% | 65.8% |
| Alpharetta High School Alpharetta | 2,024 | 15.1% | 69.0% |
| Chattahoochee High School Alpharetta | 1,730 | 16.3% | 73.1% |
| Denmark High School Alpharetta | 2,527 | 20.5% | 65.2% |
| Johns Creek High School Johns Creek | 1,789 | 12.1% | 75.5% |
| Innovation Academy Alpharetta | 1,511 | 10.5% | 85.9% |
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 North Gwinnett High School ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In Georgia | In Gwinnett County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 65.8% | #42 of 411 | #3 of 26 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 60.6% | #69 of 417 ▲ 41 | #5 of 26 no change |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 3,033 | #9 of 480 | #6 of 29 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 18.2:1 | #355 of 413 | #23 of 28 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 71.6% | #18 of 413 | #9 of 28 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 19.1% | #404 of 425 | #28 of 28 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +0.3% | #222 of 226 | #14 of 15 |
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
3,033
-166 (-5%) vs 2020
+180% since 1990-91, when it was 1,082
Student : Teacher
18.2:1
was 20.3:1
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 | 3,033 | 166.8 | 18.2:1 | 19% (579) |
| 2023-24 | 3,067 | 165.6 | 18.5:1 | 22% (676) |
| 2022-23 | 3,097 | 163.6 | 18.9:1 | 12% (386) |
| 2020-21 | 3,199 | 158 | 20.3:1 | 11% (366) |
| 2017-18 | 3,023 | 145 | 20.9:1 | 10% (289) |
| 2015-16 | 2,846 | 138 | 20.6:1 | 10% (295) |
| 2010-11 | 2,665 | 144 | 18.5:1 | 16% (433) |
| 2000-01 | 2,235 | 122 | 18.3:1 | 6% (145) |
| 1990-91 | 1,082 | 65 | 16.6:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for North Gwinnett High School.
Since 2017-18: students unchanged (3,023 to 3,033); teachers up 15% (145 to 166.8).
About North Gwinnett High School
Federal records list North Gwinnett High School as a high school in Suwanee, Georgia. Students in grades 9 through 12 make up the school's enrollment of 3,033 students. By comparison, high schools in Georgia enroll about 1,120 students on average.
Gwinnett County is the local district for North Gwinnett High School. It runs 141 schools with 182,518 students.
Of every 100 students at North Gwinnett High School, about 37 are White, the largest group. The remaining students are 34% Asian, 13% Black, 10% Hispanic, and 6% multiracial. Census estimates put Gwinnett County at about 33% White, close to the school's figure. On a 0 to 100 scale, the school's diversity index is 72, compared with 70 nationally.
North Gwinnett High School has 166.8 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of about 18.2:1. The school's 18.2:1 compares with an average of 15.2:1 for high schools in Georgia. Eligibility for free or reduced-price lunch, often used to gauge student poverty, is 19%. The rate at public schools in Gwinnett County averages 60%, higher than here.
On the allk12 Grade, North Gwinnett High School lands at A-, ahead of 79% of Georgia public high schools.
Based on student poverty, the model expects 67.5% at North Gwinnett High School; the school's average proficiency rate across its state test results is 65.8%.
Census data for Gwinnett County show the median household earns about $87,890 a year, roughly 39% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 9%. Public schools in Gwinnett County number 150, with about 196,924 students.
About 0.7 miles separate North Gwinnett High School from the closest public school, North Gwinnett Middle School. Other public schools within five miles: at least 8. Ranked by average proficiency, North Gwinnett High School places 6th out of 9 schools in its immediate area.
The school is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more, according to its NCES locale (Suburb: Large).
The 2020-21-to-2024-25 change in enrollment was a 5% decrease, from 3,199 to 3,033. Staffing shifted too: the ratio moved from 20.3:1 to 18.2:1.
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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
- Berkmar High SchoolHigh · 2,975 students
Other schools in Suwanee
- Lambert High SchoolHigh · 3,249 students
- Peachtree Ridge High SchoolHigh · 3,155 students
- Collins Hill High SchoolHigh · 2,485 students
- Riverwatch Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,455 students
- Level Creek Elementary SchoolElementary · 1,051 students
- Roberts Elementary SchoolElementary · 946 students
Nearby schools
- North Gwinnett Middle School0.7 mi · 2,360
- Level Creek Elementary School1.0 mi · 1,051
- Roberts Elementary School1.5 mi · 946
- Riverside Elementary School1.6 mi · 919
- Sugar Hill Elementary School2.1 mi · 1,156
- Lanier High School2.3 mi · 1,871
Frequently asked questions
About North Gwinnett High SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at North Gwinnett High School?
North Gwinnett High School enrolls approximately 3,033 students in grades 09-12.
Is North Gwinnett High School an elementary, middle, or high school?
North Gwinnett High School is a high school covering grades 09-12.
How many teachers does North Gwinnett High School have?
North Gwinnett High School employs 167 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 18.2:1.
How diverse is North Gwinnett High School?
North Gwinnett High School reports a student body of 37% White, 10% Hispanic, 13% Black, 34% Asian, 6% Two or more.
Who oversees North Gwinnett High School?
North Gwinnett 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.