Paul Duke STEM High School

Paul Duke STEM High School is a 9-12 campus of medium-sized scale in Norcross, Georgia, overseen by Gwinnett County, enrolling 1,509 students in grades 9 through 12. Compared to the state average of about 1,120 students per school, that is 35% larger than typical.

Within Gwinnett County, which oversees 141 schools and 182,518 students, Paul Duke STEM High School is one campus in the system.

In terms of who attends, Paul Duke STEM High School reports that the largest single group is Hispanic at 50%, but no single group is in the majority. Beyond that, the school logs 21% Black, 15% White, 10% Asian, 3% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 24% Hispanic, putting the school's mix visibly more Hispanic than the area baseline.

In terms of school funding signals, The school currently runs with 83 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 18.2:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 15.2:1, putting Paul Duke STEM High School higher than the state norm the norm. An estimated 62% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.

After controlling for student poverty, Paul Duke STEM High School sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 45.5%; this one delivers 58.3%.

Around the school, the surrounding county (Gwinnett County) reports that median household income runs about $87,890, 39% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 9%. Paul Duke STEM High School is one of 150 public schools in Gwinnett County (combined enrollment of about 196,924 students).

Nearest neighbor: Gwinnett Intervention Education Center (GIVE) West, around 0.6 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, Paul Duke STEM High School comes 1st of 7 in the immediate cluster, ahead of the nearby-schools average of 25.7%.

The school occupies a suburban site.

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