Schools
Initial School Enrollment Count Released
Brookwood High School has the second-highest enrollment of any school, while Snellville Middle posts the lowest enrollment of traditional middle schools.
had the second-highest enrollment of any school in the district, according to data from Gwinnett County Public Schools.
The Snellville high school had 3,356 students, falling slightly behind Mill Creek High in Hoschton, Ga., which had 3,528 students, according to the first enrollment count taken on August 9.
By comparison, and had 1,976 and 1,923 students, respectively. Both of these high schools fell below projected enrollment, however. South Gwinnett had 349 fewer students than expected, and Shiloh had 236 fewer students than expected.
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Of the GCPS middle schools, Hull Middle in Duluth had the highest enrollment with 2,256 students. Of traditional middle schools, had the lowest enrollment with 806 students, and had 1,617.
Hopkins Elementary in Lilburn begins the year with the most students of any elementary school with 1,750. In the Snellville area, leads with the most elementary students, or 1,087. Following redistricting that moved some students to , the school populations are now about even. Annistown had 512, and Partee had 564.
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Across the district, there are 156,959 students enrolled in Gwinnett County school on August 9. That's higher than this time last year, which was 156,062. Still, the count is about 5,500 students below the forecast.
Last year, the school system gained 5,068 students from the first to the final count, Jorge Quintana, director of media relations for GCPS, reported Thursday. Based on these preliminary numbers, GCPS planners expect the school system's post-Labor Day enrollment to be very close to the forecast, he said.
The school system expects 162,459 by the post-Labor Day count, which would be higher than last year's tally of about 161,000.
School system planners will continue to monitor growth and do anticipate increases in student enrollment over the next few weeks, Quintana said. Remaining enrollment counts will be conducted on Aug. 15, 22, 29, and Sept. 6.
Historically, enrollment continues to climb during the year with the post-Labor Day count more accurately reflecting school enrollment, Quintana said.
The chart accompanying this story provides figures for each school in the system.
Here are the figures for Snellville schools in the Brookwood Cluster:
School Initial Count Forecast Difference Brookwood Elem. 1,087 1,065 22 Brookwood High 3,356 3,354 2Here are figures for Snellville schools in the Grayson Cluster:
School Initial County Forecast Difference Pharr Elem. 764 794 -30
Here are figures for schools in the Shiloh Cluster:
School Initial Count Forecast Difference Anderson-Livsey Elem. 637 717 -80 Annistown Elem. 512 541 -29 Centerville Elem. 712 764 -52 Partee Elem. 564 572 -8 Shiloh Elem. 616 665 -49 Shioh Middle 1,617 1,648 -31 Shiloh High 1,923 2,159 -236Here are the figures for Snellville schools in the South Gwinnett Cluster:
School Initial Count Forecast Difference Britt Elem. 567 541 26 Norton Elem. 1,012 1,070 -58 Snellville Middle 806 846 -40 South Gwinnett High 1,976 2,325 -349Get more local news delivered straight to your inbox. Sign up for free Patch newsletters and alerts.
