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What tradition at Sweetwater Middle School should never be changed?
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Enrollment
1,470
Middle
DISTRICT 1,431 · STATE 763
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·GWINNETT COUNTY·NCES 130255001144
Sweetwater Middle School
3500 Cruse Rd, Lawrenceville, GA 30044 · (770) 923-4131 · Gwinnett County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL1,470 STUDENTS
C
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Scored higher than 32% of Georgia public middle schools
- C+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- B-Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- FThree-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
13.7:1
108 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.7:1 · STATE 14.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
82%
1,212 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 | 496 | 34% |
| Grade 7 | 474 | 32% |
| Grade 8 | 500 | 34% |
Student demographics
43%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
Sweetwater Middle School→Berkmar 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
32.1%
GA avg 40.1% . -4.9pp since 2021
Math
34.8%
GA avg 44.6% . -1.6pp since 2021
What this means: On the Georgia Milestones, Georgia's statewide test, about 32 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 35 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Georgia schools, those numbers are about 40 and 45. Reading and writing scores are down about 5 points since 2021, while math scores are down about 2 points.
Georgia Milestones results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 32.1% | 34.8% |
| 2023-24 | 35.7% | 34.5% |
| 2022-23 | 34.1% | 33.5% |
| 2021-22 | 37.0% | 36.5% |
% 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
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
33.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
34.8%
based on GA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-1.4pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 33% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 35% typical for Georgia schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among Georgia's top nor bottom 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 Sweetwater Middle School
Sweetwater Middle School's state test result (33.4% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sweetwater Middle School this school | 1,470 | 82.4% | 33.4% |
| Summerour Middle School Norcross | 1,319 | 84.8% | 30.4% |
| Radloff Middle School Duluth | 1,315 | 90.2% | 22.9% |
| Lilburn Middle School Lilburn | 1,636 | 91.7% | 26.2% |
| Berkmar Middle School Lilburn | 1,039 | 92.1% | 36.8% |
| Richards Middle School Lawrenceville | 1,974 | 83.2% | 32.8% |
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 Sweetwater Middle School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Georgia | In Gwinnett County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 33.4% | #283 of 470 | #24 of 30 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 34.8% | #279 of 474 ▼ 26 | #24 of 30 ▼ 2 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 32.1% | #278 of 474 ▼ 29 | #24 of 30 no change |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -3.3pp | #23 of 465 | #2 of 30 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 1,470 | #24 of 487 | #13 of 30 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.7:1 | #200 of 471 | #8 of 30 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 43.1% | #341 of 471 | #26 of 30 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 82.4% | #243 of 479 | #7 of 30 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -2.4% | #270 of 305 | #16 of 16 |
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
1,470
-89 (-6%) vs 2020
+37% since 1990-91, when it was 1,070
Student : Teacher
13.7:1
was 15.4:1
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 | 1,470 | 107.5 | 13.7:1 | 82% (1,212) |
| 2023-24 | 1,441 | 104.5 | 13.8:1 | 87% (1,255) |
| 2022-23 | 1,480 | 104.5 | 14.2:1 | 85% (1,254) |
| 2020-21 | 1,559 | 101 | 15.4:1 | 86% (1,346) |
| 2017-18 | 1,506 | 97 | 15.5:1 | 91% (1,377) |
| 2015-16 | 1,460 | 91 | 16.0:1 | 92% (1,338) |
| 2010-11 | 1,788 | 117 | 15.3:1 | 86% (1,529) |
| 2000-01 | 2,111 | 127 | 16.6:1 | 41% (856) |
| 1990-91 | 1,070 | 63 | 17.0:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Sweetwater Middle School.
Since 2017-18: students down 2% (1,506 to 1,470); teachers up 11% (97 to 107.5).
About Sweetwater Middle School
Sweetwater Middle School is a middle-grades school in Lawrenceville, Georgia, and it is part of Gwinnett County. The school runs grades 6 through 8 and enrolls 1,470 students. By comparison, middle schools in Georgia enroll about 763 students on average.
Gwinnett County operates 141 schools. Combined enrollment is 182,518 students.
The student body at Sweetwater Middle School is 74% Hispanic. The school is also 15% Black, 7% Asian, and 2% White. The Hispanic share of the county population is lower, at 24%. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 43%.
With 107.5 full-time-equivalent teachers, the student-to-teacher ratio is about 13.7:1. That is in line with the 14.1:1 average for middle schools in Georgia. Roughly 82% of students come from households that qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. For comparison, public schools in Gwinnett County average 60%.
On the allk12 Grade, Sweetwater Middle School lands at C, ahead of 32% of Georgia public middle schools.
Schools in Georgia with a similar free or reduced-price lunch share are predicted to score about 34.8%. Sweetwater Middle School scores 33.4%.
American Community Survey estimates for Gwinnett County show that median household income comes to about $87,890, roughly 39% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 9% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Gwinnett County counts 150 public schools with about 196,924 students.
Corley Elementary School, about 1.1 miles away, is the closest public school. Counting only straight-line distance, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. On state test proficiency, Sweetwater Middle School ranks 5th in a group of 9 nearby schools.
NCES describes the area around Sweetwater Middle School as Suburb: Large, meaning in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Between 2020-21 and 2024-25, Sweetwater Middle School had a net loss of 89 students, or 6%. The school's ratio dropped from 15.4:1 to 13.7:1 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 Lawrenceville
- Archer High SchoolHigh · 3,058 students
- Discovery High SchoolHigh · 2,703 students
- Central Gwinnett High SchoolHigh · 2,414 students
- Mountain View High SchoolHigh · 2,221 students
- Gwinnett Online CampusCombined · 1,996 students
- Richards Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,974 students
Other Sweetwater Middle schools
One other US public school is named Sweetwater Middle. Sweetwater Middle School is the largest of the 2.
- Sweetwater Middle SchoolSWEETWATER, TX · 372 students
Nearby schools
- Corley Elementary School1.1 mi · 1,119
- Bethesda Elementary School1.2 mi · 1,083
- Minor Elementary School1.4 mi · 952
- Berkmar High School1.4 mi · 2,975
- Kanoheda Elementary School1.8 mi · 925
- Ferguson Elementary School1.9 mi · 856
Frequently asked questions
About Sweetwater Middle SchoolHow large is Sweetwater Middle School?
Sweetwater Middle School enrolls approximately 1,470 students in grades 06-08.
What grades does Sweetwater Middle School serve?
Sweetwater Middle School serves grades 06-08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Sweetwater Middle School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Sweetwater Middle School is approximately 13.7:1 (108 FTE teachers).
How diverse is Sweetwater Middle School?
Sweetwater Middle School reports a student body of 2% White, 74% Hispanic, 15% Black, 7% Asian, 2% Two or more.
Is Sweetwater Middle School public or private?
Sweetwater 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.