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Enrollment
2,639
High
DISTRICT 2,162 · STATE 1,120
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·GWINNETT COUNTY·NCES 130255001135
South Gwinnett High School
2288 Main St E, Snellville, GA 30078 · (770) 972-4840 · Gwinnett County
GRADES 09–12HIGH21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL2,639 STUDENTS
C-
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Scored higher than 23% of Georgia public high schools
- CTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- C-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
16.9:1
156 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.8:1 · STATE 15.2:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
67%
1,769 students
DISTRICT 63% · STATE 74%
Community
6
0 members
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 | 768 | 29% |
| Grade 10 | 707 | 27% |
| Grade 11 | 619 | 23% |
| Grade 12 | 545 | 21% |
Student demographics
48%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
Based on published attendance-zone data from Gwinnett County. Zones change; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
Georgia Milestones 2024-25 . % Proficient or DistinguishedMath
30.2%
GA avg 44.6% . +8.3pp since 2021
What this means: On the Georgia Milestones, Georgia's statewide test, about 30 of every 100 students at this school do math at grade level. The Georgia average is about 45 of 100. Math scores are up about 8 points since 2021.
Georgia Milestones results by year
| School year | Math |
|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 30.2% |
| 2023-24 | 26.4% |
| 2022-23 | 20.6% |
| 2021-22 | 21.9% |
% 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
UNDERPERFORMING
Bottom 10% of GA schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
27.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
42.7%
based on GA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-14.8pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 28% of students here test proficient in math and reading, below the roughly 43% typical for Georgia schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations compares each school with others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school lands here when its results trail those comparable schools, which is not the same as having low scores. A higher-scoring school can still fall in this tier if similar schools score higher still.
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 South Gwinnett High School
South Gwinnett High School's state test result (27.9% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| South Gwinnett High School this school | 2,639 | 67.0% | 27.9% |
| McEachern High School Powder Springs | 2,175 | 69.3% | 37.0% |
| Douglas County High School Douglasville | 1,958 | 70.3% | 29.0% |
| Shiloh High School Snellville | 2,096 | 69.3% | 34.0% |
| New Manchester High School Douglasville | 1,894 | 65.6% | 27.0% |
| Stockbridge High School Stockbridge | 1,456 | 67.5% | 15.8% |
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 South Gwinnett High School ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In Georgia | In Gwinnett County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 27.9% | #279 of 411 | #22 of 26 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 30.2% | #262 of 417 ▲ 8 | #20 of 26 ▲ 2 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 2,639 | #20 of 480 | #10 of 29 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 16.9:1 | #278 of 413 | #13 of 28 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 48.0% | #270 of 413 | #24 of 28 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 67.0% | #239 of 425 | #11 of 28 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +0.6% | #218 of 226 | #13 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
2,639
-21 (-1%) vs 2020
+64% since 1990-91, when it was 1,609
Student : Teacher
16.9:1
was 18.5:1
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 | 2,639 | 156.1 | 16.9:1 | 67% (1,769) |
| 2023-24 | 2,588 | 158.4 | 16.3:1 | 74% (1,913) |
| 2022-23 | 2,677 | 148.4 | 18.0:1 | 58% (1,551) |
| 2020-21 | 2,660 | 144 | 18.5:1 | 59% (1,573) |
| 2017-18 | 2,624 | 140 | 18.7:1 | 63% (1,650) |
| 2015-16 | 2,599 | 139 | 18.7:1 | 60% (1,556) |
| 2010-11 | 2,405 | 137 | 17.6:1 | 60% (1,451) |
| 2000-01 | 2,092 | 113 | 18.5:1 | 8% (160) |
| 1990-91 | 1,609 | 81 | 19.9:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for South Gwinnett High School.
Since 2017-18: students up 1% (2,624 to 2,639); teachers up 11% (140 to 156.1).
About South Gwinnett High School
South Gwinnett High School is the name of a large high school in Snellville, Georgia. The school reports 2,639 students in grades 9 through 12. The typical figure for high schools in Georgia is about 1,120 students.
Gwinnett County runs 141 schools with a combined 182,518 students. South Gwinnett High School is one of them.
Black students account for 68% of enrollment at South Gwinnett High School. Other students are 22% Hispanic, 4% White, 3% multiracial, and 2% Asian. That is higher than the 28% Black share among all Gwinnett County residents. South Gwinnett High School has a diversity index of 48%, compared with 70% for all US public school students.
Its teaching staff equals 156.1 full-time positions, a ratio of 16.9:1. For comparison, high schools in Georgia average 15.2:1. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility, a common measure of family income, is 67%.
Measured against Georgia public high schools, South Gwinnett High School receives a C-. The grade weighs proficiency most heavily, then how results compare with what the school's low-income share predicts, then the three-year change.
On a poverty-adjusted basis, South Gwinnett High School is in the bottom 10% of Georgia schools: 27.9% actual against 42.7% predicted.
County data help place the school in context: in Gwinnett County, median household income is about $87,890, roughly 39% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 9%. The public schools of Gwinnett County number 150 and enroll about 196,924.
The nearest public school is Britt Elementary School, at about 0.2 miles. South Gwinnett High School has at least 8 other public schools within five miles. South Gwinnett High School comes in 9th of 9 nearby schools on average proficiency.
The school's federal locale classification is Suburb: Large.
Enrollment went from 2,660 in 2020-21 to 2,639 in 2024-25, a change of 21 students. By 2024-25, the school had 16.9 students per teacher, compared with 18.5 in 2020-21.
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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 Snellville
- Brookwood High SchoolHigh · 3,803 students
- Shiloh High SchoolHigh · 2,096 students
- Shiloh Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,592 students
- Brookwood Elementary SchoolElementary · 1,422 students
- Norton Elementary SchoolElementary · 1,042 students
- Snellville Middle SchoolMiddle · 820 students
Nearby schools
- Britt Elementary School0.2 mi · 561
- Snellville Middle School1.4 mi · 820
- Pharr Elementary School2.5 mi · 816
- Centerville Elementary School2.7 mi · 655
- Brookwood Elementary School2.7 mi · 1,422
- Brookwood High School2.8 mi · 3,803
Frequently asked questions
About South Gwinnett High SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at South Gwinnett High School?
South Gwinnett High School enrolls approximately 2,639 students in grades 09-12.
What age range does South Gwinnett High School serve?
South Gwinnett High School serves students from grade 09 through grade 12.
How many teachers does South Gwinnett High School have?
South Gwinnett High School employs 156 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 16.9:1.
What is the racial breakdown of students at South Gwinnett High School?
At South Gwinnett High School, the student body is approximately 4% White, 22% Hispanic, 68% Black, 2% Asian, 3% Two or more.
What district is South Gwinnett High School in?
South Gwinnett High School is part of Gwinnett County.
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