North Metro Academy of Performing Arts

North Metro Academy of Performing Arts operates as a very small elementary-level community in Peachtree Corners, Georgia, operated by Gwinnett County. Current enrollment sits at 193 students spanning grades pre-K through 5. By comparison, Georgia's public schools average about 605 students each, so North Metro Academy of Performing Arts sits 68% below that benchmark.

North Metro Academy of Performing Arts is one of 141 schools operated by Gwinnett County, a district that instructs 182,518 students overall.

For racial and ethnic makeup, North Metro Academy of Performing Arts reports that the largest single group is Black, at 79% of enrollment. Beyond that, the school logs 11% Hispanic, 6% multiracial, 4% White. By comparison, Gwinnett County as a whole is about 28% Black, so the school skews visibly more Black than its surroundings.

Looking at the economic backdrop, On paper, North Metro Academy of Performing Arts has 20 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 9.9:1. The state averages around 13.3:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Roughly 77% of students at North Metro Academy of Performing Arts qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. Set against Gwinnett County (around 60%), the school's rate is noticeably above typical.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, North Metro Academy of Performing Arts performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 37.5%, the actual is 32.5%, a residual of -4.9 points.

In the broader community, the surrounding county (Gwinnett County) records that the typical household earns roughly $87,890 per year, about 39% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 9% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Gwinnett County runs 150 public schools (combined enrollment of about 196,924 students), of which North Metro Academy of Performing Arts is one.

Nearest neighbor: Peachtree Elementary School, around 0.0 miles off. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 7 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), North Metro Academy of Performing Arts ranks 5th on composite proficiency, below the local average of 32.7%.

The campus sits in a residential setting.

Over the past 7-year window. North Metro Academy of Performing Arts's enrollment has edged down 25% since 2018, when it stood at 259 (now 193). The Hispanic share of enrollment fell from 15% to 11% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio pulled in from 15.7:1 in 2018 to 9.9:1 today.

In the discussion threads here, posts here usually surface around sports schedules, lunch menu changes, and school spirit week. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.