South Gwinnett News

There were 32,346 eighth grade students enrolled in Gwinnett County schools in the 2022-23 school year, 1.8% less than the previous year, according to reports from the Georgia Department of Education.

Georgia Connections Academy welcomed the largest number of eighth grade students among county schools, registering 1,661 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 8th Grade Students Enrolled	% of Student Body	Total Enrollment
Georgia Connections Academy	1,661	16.2%	10,250
McConnell Middle School	1,587	36.5%	4,348
North Gwinnett Middle School	1,479	33.8%	4,370
Trickum Middle School	1,436	33.3%	4,316
Richards Middle School	1,382	34.7%	3,986
Lilburn Middle School	1,288	36.3%	3,552
Creekland Middle School	1,284	34.4%	3,736
Dacula Middle School	1,270	34.5%	3,682
Shiloh Middle School	1,258	36.3%	3,469
Osborne Middle School	1,180	35.2%	3,354
Twin Rivers Middle School	1,124	34.6%	3,249
Sweetwater Middle School	991	33.4%	2,964
Jones Middle School	990	31.4%	3,152
Crews Middle School	983	34.4%	2,860
Lanier Middle School	976	36.1%	2,706
Summerour Middle School	973	33.3%	2,920
Bay Creek Middle School	935	34.7%	2,695
Buford Middle School	934	33%	2,832
Hull Middle School	876	35.3%	2,480
Duluth Middle School	870	33.9%	2,563
Radloff Middle School	852	33.3%	2,559
Grace Snell Middle School	827	32.4%	2,553
Couch Middle School	791	36%	2,199
Five Forks Middle School	774	31.6%	2,449
Pinckneyville Middle School	766	32.2%	2,380
Berkmar Middle School	765	35.2%	2,174
Northbrook Middle School	729	38.9%	1,874
Moore Middle School	684	36.9%	1,854
Snellville Middle School	588	33.5%	1,754
Jordan Middle School	568	35.7%	1,590
Coleman Middle School	536	33.3%	1,612
Gwinnett Online Campus	508	11.1%	4,559
International Transition Center	249	20.1%	1,239
Brookhaven Innovation Academy	65	6.5%	1,005
Gwinnett InterVention Education (GIVE) Center East	62	12.6%	494
Gwinnett Intervention Education Center (GIVE) West	56	12.3%	454
New Life Academy of Excellence	49	4.4%	1,115
Oakland Meadow School	0	0%	37