Sweetwater Middle School

Set in Lawrenceville, Georgia, Sweetwater Middle School is a well-populated 6-8 campus, one of the schools within Gwinnett County. It instructs 1,470 students across grades 6 through 8. Enrollment runs roughly 93% above the state mean of about 763.

Sweetwater Middle School is one of 141 schools operated by Gwinnett County, a district that instructs 182,518 students overall.

On the student-mix side, Sweetwater Middle School lists that 74% of the student body identifies as Hispanic. Beyond that, the school logs 15% Black, 7% Asian, 2% White. That is meaningfully more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 24%.

On the resource side, On paper, Sweetwater Middle School has 108 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 13.7:1. The state averages about 14.1:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. Around 82% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. Set against Gwinnett County (around 60%), the school's rate is meaningfully above typical.

With demographic context factored in, Sweetwater Middle School sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 34.8%; this one delivers 33.4%.

In the surrounding community, the surrounding county (Gwinnett County) reports that median household earnings sit near $87,890, roughly 39% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 9%. Sweetwater Middle School is one of 150 public schools in Gwinnett County (combined enrollment of about 196,924 students).

Nearest neighbor: Corley Elementary School, around 1.1 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Sweetwater Middle School. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Sweetwater Middle School at 5th of 9; the average score across the group is 33.3%.

The campus sits in a residential setting.

Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Sweetwater Middle School has changed only slightly, going from 1,506 students in 2018 to 1,470 in 2025. Over the same period, the Black share shrank from 26% to 15%. The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 15.5:1 in 2018 to 13.7:1 today.

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