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Enrollment
2,360
Middle
DISTRICT 1,431 · STATE 763
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·GWINNETT COUNTY·NCES 130255003945
North Gwinnett Middle School
170 Peachtree Industrial Blvd, Sugar Hill, GA 30518 · (678) 745-2300 · Gwinnett County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL2,360 STUDENTS
A+
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 99% of Georgia public middle schools
- A+Test 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.
- B+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
16.9:1
139 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.7:1 · STATE 14.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
21%
503 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 | 797 | 34% |
| Grade 7 | 775 | 33% |
| Grade 8 | 788 | 33% |
Student demographics
70%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
North Gwinnett Middle School→North Gwinnett 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
78.7%
GA avg 40.1% . +3.5pp since 2021
Math
89.1%
GA avg 44.6% . +9.7pp since 2021
What this means: On the Georgia Milestones, Georgia's statewide test, about 79 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 89 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 4 points since 2021, while math scores are up about 10 points.
Georgia Milestones results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 78.7% | 89.1% |
| 2023-24 | 79.5% | 88.8% |
| 2022-23 | 75.6% | 78.1% |
| 2021-22 | 75.2% | 79.4% |
% 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
OUTPERFORMING
Top 10% of GA schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
86.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
66.3%
based on GA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+19.6pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 86% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 66% 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 20 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 North Gwinnett Middle School
North Gwinnett Middle School's state test result (86.0% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| North Gwinnett Middle School this school | 2,360 | 21.3% | 86.0% |
| Lakeside Middle School Cumming | 1,513 | 14.7% | 69.3% |
| Taylor Road Middle School Alpharetta | 1,244 | 15.5% | 75.3% |
| Autrey Mill Middle School Alpharetta | 1,256 | 14.9% | 72.8% |
| Hendricks Middle School Cumming | 1,376 | 15.3% | 62.1% |
| DeSana Middle School Alpharetta | 1,278 | 21.6% | 63.5% |
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 North Gwinnett Middle School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Georgia | In Gwinnett County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 86.0% | #4 of 470 | #1 of 30 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 89.1% | #6 of 474 ▼ 1 | #1 of 30 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 78.7% | #9 of 474 ▲ 1 | #1 of 30 no change |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +6.6pp | #149 of 465 | #6 of 30 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 2,360 | #1 of 487 | #1 of 30 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 16.9:1 | #440 of 471 | #29 of 30 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 69.9% | #37 of 471 | #13 of 30 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 21.3% | #453 of 479 | #30 of 30 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +7.6% | #83 of 144 | #7 of 14 |
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
2,360
+192 (+9%) vs 2020
+24% since 2010-11, when it was 1,900
Student : Teacher
16.9:1
was 16.9:1
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 | 2,360 | 139.2 | 16.9:1 | 21% (503) |
| 2023-24 | 2,242 | 137.9 | 16.3:1 | 25% (562) |
| 2022-23 | 2,168 | 130.8 | 16.6:1 | 15% (316) |
| 2020-21 | 2,168 | 128 | 16.9:1 | 12% (265) |
| 2017-18 | 2,193 | 126.4 | 17.4:1 | 11% (234) |
| 2015-16 | 2,222 | 126 | 17.6:1 | 10% (231) |
| 2010-11 | 1,900 | 112 | 17.0:1 | 12% (233) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for North Gwinnett Middle School.
Since 2017-18: students up 8% (2,193 to 2,360); teachers up 10% (126.4 to 139.2).
About North Gwinnett Middle School
Families in Sugar Hill, Georgia, are served by North Gwinnett Middle School, a large middle school. A total of 2,360 students attend the school, which covers grades 6 through 8. Against the 763-student average for middle schools in Georgia, enrollment here is 209% higher.
Gwinnett County has 141 schools and 182,518 students, and North Gwinnett Middle School is one of those schools.
By race and ethnicity, the largest group at North Gwinnett Middle School is Asian (41%). Other students are 33% White, 12% Black, 8% Hispanic, and 5% multiracial. That is higher than the 13% Asian share among all Gwinnett County residents. By the diversity index, North Gwinnett Middle School comes in at 70%.
The teaching staff at North Gwinnett Middle School is 139.2 full-time-equivalent teachers, and the ratio is 16.9:1. The average ratio among middle schools in Georgia is 14.1:1, lower than at this school. About 21% of students, or 503, qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. That rate is below the 60% average among public schools in Gwinnett County.
The allk12 Grade for North Gwinnett Middle School is A+. Compared with Georgia public middle schools, the school scored higher than 99% on a mix of test scores, poverty-adjusted results, and recent trend.
North Gwinnett Middle School is a top-10% school in Georgia on BeatsExpectations, beating its predicted average proficiency rate on state tests of 66.3% with an actual 86.0%.
According to the American Community Survey, in Gwinnett County, median household income is about $87,890, 39% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 9% of residents live below the federal poverty line. A total of 150 public schools operate in Gwinnett County, serving about 196,924 students.
The shortest distance from North Gwinnett Middle School to another public school is about 0.7 miles, to North Gwinnett High School. A five-mile radius around the school includes at least 8 other public schools. Of the 9 nearby schools with scores, including this one, North Gwinnett Middle School is 1st on average proficiency.
NCES assigns North Gwinnett Middle School the locale Suburb: Large, meaning in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
North Gwinnett Middle School saw enrollment rise 9% between 2020-21 and 2024-25.
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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
- North Gwinnett High SchoolHigh · 3,033 students
Other schools in Sugar Hill
- Lanier High SchoolHigh · 1,871 students
- Lanier Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,369 students
- Sugar Hill Elementary SchoolElementary · 1,156 students
- Sycamore Elementary SchoolElementary · 751 students
- White Oak Elementary SchoolElementary · 722 students
Nearby schools
- North Gwinnett High School0.7 mi · 3,033
- Roberts Elementary School0.7 mi · 946
- Level Creek Elementary School0.8 mi · 1,051
- Lanier High School1.7 mi · 1,871
- Sugar Hill Elementary School1.9 mi · 1,156
- Suwanee Elementary School2.1 mi · 637
Frequently asked questions
About North Gwinnett Middle SchoolHow large is North Gwinnett Middle School?
North Gwinnett Middle School enrolls approximately 2,360 students in grades 06-08.
What grades does North Gwinnett Middle School serve?
North Gwinnett Middle School serves grades 06-08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at North Gwinnett Middle School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at North Gwinnett Middle School is approximately 16.9:1 (139 FTE teachers).
How diverse is North Gwinnett Middle School?
North Gwinnett Middle School reports a student body of 33% White, 8% Hispanic, 12% Black, 41% Asian, 5% Two or more.
Is North Gwinnett Middle School public or private?
North Gwinnett Middle School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Gwinnett County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.