South Gwinnett News

There were 29,773 sixth grade students enrolled in Gwinnett County schools in the 2022-23 school year, 2.3% more than the previous year, according to reports from the Georgia Department of Education.

North Gwinnett Middle School welcomed the largest number of sixth grade students among county schools, registering 1,490 students during the 2022-23 school year.

Within Gwinnett County schools, the highest student count was found in ninth grade, with the smallest class sizes seen in kindergarten.

Statewide, Gwinnett County ranked first in enrollment numbers, with a total of 380,894 students enrolled in the 2022-23 school year. It was also ranked first the year before.

According to the Georgia Department of Education, over 1.6 million students were enrolled in Georgia's public schools during the 2021-22 school year. The state boasted a diverse and closely distributed student body across grade levels, with roughly 44% of the students in elementary, 24.5% in middle school, and 31.5% in high schools.

The state also registered an ethnically diverse student body, with 34.4% of the students identified as white, 36.5% as Black, 17.1% as Hispanic, and 4.5% as Asian.

School name	# of 6th Grade Students Enrolled	% of Student Body	Total Enrollment
North Gwinnett Middle School	1,490	34.1%	4,370
McConnell Middle School	1,418	32.6%	4,348
Trickum Middle School	1,412	32.7%	4,316
Richards Middle School	1,316	33%	3,986
Dacula Middle School	1,210	32.9%	3,682
Creekland Middle School	1,194	32%	3,736
Lilburn Middle School	1,160	32.7%	3,552
Shiloh Middle School	1,123	32.4%	3,469
Georgia Connections Academy	1,082	10.6%	10,250
Twin Rivers Middle School	1,072	33%	3,249
Jones Middle School	1,041	33%	3,152
Osborne Middle School	1,023	30.5%	3,354
Buford Middle School	979	34.6%	2,832
Summerour Middle School	962	32.9%	2,920
Sweetwater Middle School	934	31.5%	2,964
Crews Middle School	915	32%	2,860
Grace Snell Middle School	895	35.1%	2,553
Bay Creek Middle School	866	32.1%	2,695
Duluth Middle School	857	33.4%	2,563
Radloff Middle School	855	33.4%	2,559
Five Forks Middle School	848	34.6%	2,449
Lanier Middle School	842	31.1%	2,706
Pinckneyville Middle School	841	35.3%	2,380
Hull Middle School	769	31%	2,480
Berkmar Middle School	702	32.3%	2,174
Couch Middle School	701	31.9%	2,199
Moore Middle School	635	34.3%	1,854
Northbrook Middle School	582	31.1%	1,874
Snellville Middle School	543	31%	1,754
Coleman Middle School	531	32.9%	1,612
Jordan Middle School	503	31.6%	1,590
Gwinnett Online Campus	311	6.8%	4,559
Brookhaven Innovation Academy	85	8.5%	1,005
New Life Academy of Excellence	76	6.8%	1,115
Gwinnett InterVention Education (GIVE) Center East	0	0%	494
Gwinnett Intervention Education Center (GIVE) West	0	0%	454
International Transition Center	0	0%	1,239
Oakland Meadow School	0	0%	37