Best Public Schools in Duluth, GA

Summary:

The city of Duluth, Georgia is home to a diverse set of 20 schools, including 11 elementary schools, 5 middle schools, 3 high schools, and 1 alternative school. These schools serve students across various grade levels and are spread across the Gwinnett County and Fulton County school districts, as well as the State Specialty Schools I- Georgia Connections Academy and State Specialty Schools II- Yi Hwang Academy of Language Ex districts.

Among the standout schools in Duluth are Northview High School, which consistently ranks among the top 20 high schools in Georgia, and River Trail Middle School, which is one of the top 10 middle schools in the state. These schools boast exceptional test scores, with over 80% of students proficient in core subjects. Additionally, Wilson Creek Elementary School is one of the highest-ranked elementary schools in Georgia, with over 75% of students proficient in core subjects.

The data also reveals a wide range in school performance across Duluth, with some struggling schools like Radloff Middle School and Ferguson Elementary School having very low proficiency rates. This highlights the need for targeted interventions and support to address the disparities in educational outcomes within the Duluth area.

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School													Students/Teachers											Ranking (2025)				Ranking (2024)				Milestones Assessment American Literature and Composition (2025)	Milestones Assessment Algebra I (2025)	Milestones Assessment Biology (2025)	Milestones Assessment United States History (2025)	Milestones Assessment English Language Arts (2025)						Milestones Assessment Mathematics (2025)						Milestones Assessment Science (2025)		Milestones Assessment Social Studies (2025)	Per Pupil Expenditures (2025)
Name	Type	Grades	Address	City	Zip	County	District	Is Charter	Is Magnet	Is Virtual	Is Title I	Phone	Enrollment	Full-time Teachers	Student/ Teacher Ratio	Free/Discounted Lunch Recipients	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Average Standard Score (2025)	Statewide Rank (2025)	State Percentile (2025)	SchoolDigger Rating (2025)	Average Standard Score (2024)	Statewide Rank (2024)	State Percentile (2024)	Rank Change from Previous Year	Milestones Assessment American Literature and Composition End of Course	Milestones Assessment Algebra I End of Course	Milestones Assessment Biology End of Course	Milestones Assessment United States History End of Course	Milestones Assessment English Language Arts 3rd Grade	Milestones Assessment English Language Arts 4th Grade	Milestones Assessment English Language Arts 5th Grade	Milestones Assessment English Language Arts 6th Grade	Milestones Assessment English Language Arts 7th Grade	Milestones Assessment English Language Arts 8th Grade	Milestones Assessment Mathematics 3rd Grade	Milestones Assessment Mathematics 4th Grade	Milestones Assessment Mathematics 5th Grade	Milestones Assessment Mathematics 6th Grade	Milestones Assessment Mathematics 7th Grade	Milestones Assessment Mathematics 8th Grade	Milestones Assessment Science 5th Grade	Milestones Assessment Science 8th Grade	Milestones Assessment Social Studies 8th Grade	Per Pupil Expenditures Total	Sub-total from Federal Funds	Sub-total from State/Local Funds
Georgia Connections Academy (Virtual)	Public, Virtual, Charter, Alternative	K-12	2763 Meadow Church Rd Ste 208	Duluth	30097	Gwinnett County	State Specialty Schools I- Georgia Connections Academy	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	(678) 825-3258	7,148	229	31.1	65.9%	3,163 (44.3%)	2,952 (41.3%)	113 (1.6%)	154 (2.2%)	73 (1.0%)	41 (0.6%)	652 (9.1%)								(n/a)	47.8	35.0	40.7	29.0	23.0	34.6	39.7	41.0	36.2	36.8	19.9	28.5	22.8	28.3	23.1	26.4	37.8	24.6	14.6	$9,150	$569	$8,581
Yi Hwang Academy of Language Excellence	Public, Charter	K-6	4550 RiverGreen Parkway - Suit	Duluth	30096	Gwinnett County	State Specialty Schools II- Yi Hwang Academy of Language Ex	Yes	No	No	No	(404) 623-0003	459	40	11.5	5.4%	18 (3.9%)	39 (8.5%)	43 (9.4%)	282 (61.4%)	3 (0.7%)	0 (0.0%)	74 (16.1%)	94.3	78^th of 1238 public elementary schools	93.7%		94.5	75^th of 1248 public elementary schools	94.0%	3					62.1	74.4	80.0	64.7			72.4	74.4	60.0	70.6			85.7			$12,714	$161	$12,553
Findley Oaks Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	5880 Findley Chase Dr	Duluth	30097	Fulton County	Fulton County	No	No	No	No	(470) 254-3800	585	46	12.6	15.6%	187 (32.0%)	62 (10.6%)	64 (10.9%)	218 (37.3%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	53 (9.1%)	95.8	65^th of 1238 public elementary schools	94.7%		95.6	56^th of 1248 public elementary schools	95.5%	9					60.0	69.8	74.6				72.2	79.2	81.4				77.9			$19,610	$766	$18,844
Abbotts Hill Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	5575 Abbotts Bridge Rd	Duluth	30097	Fulton County	Fulton County	No	No	No	No	(470) 254-2860	508	40	12.6	17.5%	171 (33.7%)	67 (13.2%)	75 (14.8%)	156 (30.7%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	38 (7.5%)	96	60^th of 1238 public elementary schools	95.2%		96.1	52^nd of 1248 public elementary schools	95.8%	8					66.3	76.9	70.5				80.6	87.2	74.7				68.4			$18,634	$584	$18,050
River Trail Middle School	Public	6-8	10795 Rogers Cir	Duluth	30097	Fulton County	Fulton County	No	No	No	No	(470) 254-3860	1,098	80	13.6	14.5%	188 (17.1%)	129 (11.7%)	77 (7.0%)	643 (58.6%)	7 (0.6%)	0 (0.0%)	54 (4.9%)	98.6	10^th of 584 public middle schools	98.3%		98.8	9^th of 588 public middle schools	98.5%	1		98.9						82.6	84.0	80.1				85.6	87.4	82.9		70.5	73.1	$15,630	$430	$15,199
Northview High School	Public	9-12	10625 Parsons Rd	Duluth	30097	Fulton County	Fulton County	No	No	No	No	(470) 254-3828	1,591	92	17.2	12.6%	308 (19.4%)	217 (13.6%)	129 (8.1%)	862 (54.2%)	6 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	69 (4.3%)	92.8	13^th of 452 public high schools	97.1%		90.8	17^th of 458 public high schools	96.3%	4	80.8	68.8	82.3	67.8																$15,167	$498	$14,670
Wilson Creek Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	6115 Wilson Rd	Duluth	30097	Fulton County	Fulton County	No	No	No	No	(470) 254-3811	854	57	15.0	14.9%	108 (12.6%)	74 (8.7%)	65 (7.6%)	562 (65.8%)	1 (0.1%)	0 (0.0%)	44 (5.2%)	98.8	9^th of 1238 public elementary schools	99.3%		98.3	17^th of 1248 public elementary schools	98.6%	8					75.6	78.6	85.9				84.5	89.6	88.2				84.7			$14,595	$468	$14,127
Duluth High School	Public	9-12	3737 Brock Rd	Duluth	30096	Gwinnett County	Gwinnett County	No	No	No	Yes	(770) 476-5206	2,556	155	16.4	61.5%	276 (10.8%)	628 (24.6%)	1,255 (49.1%)	287 (11.2%)	7 (0.3%)	3 (0.1%)	100 (3.9%)	37.3	251^st of 452 public high schools	44.5%		51.9	174^th of 458 public high schools	62.0%	77	26.4	24.7	42.6	34.5																$13,052	$849	$12,204
Duluth Middle School	Public	6-8	3200 Pleasant Hill Rd	Duluth	30096	Gwinnett County	Gwinnett County	No	No	No	Yes	(770) 476-3372	1,201	97	12.4	75.7%	99 (8.2%)	243 (20.2%)	685 (57.0%)	132 (11.0%)	1 (0.1%)	0 (0.0%)	41 (3.4%)	43.9	305^th of 584 public middle schools	47.8%		50.8	267^th of 588 public middle schools	54.6%	38		94.3						33.4	33.0	34.9				29.0	32.2	45.2			33.7	$15,329	$1,072	$14,257
Harris Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	3123 Claiborne Dr	Duluth	30096	Gwinnett County	Gwinnett County	No	No	No	Yes	(678) 542-2300	642	56	11.4	72.0%	75 (11.7%)	106 (16.5%)	324 (50.5%)	106 (16.5%)	3 (0.5%)	0 (0.0%)	28 (4.4%)	56.6	482^nd of 1238 public elementary schools	61.1%		57.2	477^th of 1248 public elementary schools	61.8%	5					32.2	33.9	44.5				47.1	50.0	45.9				51.4			$17,329	$1,526	$15,803
Hull Middle School	Public	6-8	1950 Old Peachtree Rd	Duluth	30097	Gwinnett County	Gwinnett County	No	No	No	No	(770) 232-3200	1,267	80	15.9	41.0%	155 (12.2%)	362 (28.6%)	221 (17.4%)	468 (36.9%)	3 (0.2%)	1 (0.1%)	57 (4.5%)	91.2	53^rd of 584 public middle schools	90.9%		91.2	52^nd of 588 public middle schools	91.2%	1		89.7						60.0	64.8	63.5				60.4	64.6	72.8			61.3	$12,659	$564	$12,095
Berkeley Lake Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	4300 S Berkeley Lake Rd NW	Duluth	30096	Gwinnett County	Gwinnett County	No	No	No	Yes	(770) 446-0947	838	64	13.0	54.7%	193 (23.0%)	150 (17.9%)	356 (42.5%)	87 (10.4%)	1 (0.1%)	2 (0.2%)	49 (5.8%)	57.9	464^th of 1238 public elementary schools	62.5%		67.2	379^th of 1248 public elementary schools	69.6%	85					31.2	47.9	39.4				45.2	58.5	44.1				43.3			$14,644	$652	$13,992
Chattahoochee Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	2930 Albion Farm Rd	Duluth	30097	Gwinnett County	Gwinnett County	No	No	No	No	(770) 497-9907	1,133	85	13.4	48.4%	196 (17.3%)	323 (28.5%)	289 (25.5%)	247 (21.8%)	9 (0.8%)	1 (0.1%)	68 (6.0%)	75.2	274^th of 1238 public elementary schools	77.9%		76.4	274^th of 1248 public elementary schools	78.0%						43.0	51.1	50.5				55.3	68.8	50.5				55.6			$14,455	$799	$13,657
Mason Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	3030 Bunten Rd	Duluth	30096	Gwinnett County	Gwinnett County	No	No	No	No	(770) 232-3370	913	64	14.2	45.6%	117 (12.8%)	255 (27.9%)	177 (19.4%)	309 (33.8%)	3 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	52 (5.7%)	69.8	331^st of 1238 public elementary schools	73.3%		76.6	271^st of 1248 public elementary schools	78.3%	60					36.3	45.3	59.4				50.0	47.2	53.1				63.1			$14,696	$1,184	$13,512
Radloff Middle School	Public	6-8	3939 Shackleford Rd	Duluth	30096	Gwinnett County	Gwinnett County	No	No	No	Yes	(678) 245-3400	1,315	106	12.4	90.2%	23 (1.7%)	221 (16.8%)	1,005 (76.4%)	45 (3.4%)	1 (0.1%)	1 (0.1%)	19 (1.4%)	17.5	489^th of 584 public middle schools	16.3%		24.5	446^th of 588 public middle schools	24.1%	43		60.8						16.0	19.0	20.2				13.7	17.9	20.9			24.4	$15,294	$1,243	$14,051
Chesney Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	3878 Old Norcross Rd	Duluth	30096	Gwinnett County	Gwinnett County	No	No	No	Yes	(678) 542-2300	1,165	84	13.8	78.6%	53 (4.5%)	259 (22.2%)	736 (63.2%)	68 (5.8%)	4 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	45 (3.9%)	31.7	812^th of 1238 public elementary schools	34.4%		33.8	791^st of 1248 public elementary schools	36.6%	21					28.1	29.6	27.3				33.5	43.9	27.3				25.8			$14,150	$828	$13,322
Ferguson Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	1755 Centerview Dr	Duluth	30096	Gwinnett County	Gwinnett County	No	No	No	Yes	(678) 245-5450	856	74	11.6	83.5%	24 (2.8%)	186 (21.7%)	577 (67.4%)	40 (4.7%)	3 (0.4%)	1 (0.1%)	25 (2.9%)	29.3	844^th of 1238 public elementary schools	31.8%		30.6	842^nd of 1248 public elementary schools	32.5%	2					21.3	35.0	27.1				27.2	43.4	25.0				25.7			$16,048	$1,182	$14,866
New Life Academy of Excellence	Public, Charter	PK, KG-8	4725 River Green Pkwy	Duluth	30096	Gwinnett County	Gwinnett County	Yes	No	No	No	(678) 720-9870	645	35	18.4	66.2%	23 (3.6%)	387 (60.0%)	192 (29.8%)	12 (1.9%)	3 (0.5%)	1 (0.2%)	27 (4.2%)	63.7	395^th of 1238 public elementary schools	68.1%		56.7	483^rd of 1248 public elementary schools	61.3%	88		26.7			51.8	40.3	47.9	50.0	48.9	19.4	54.2	46.3	39.7	33.8	40.4	30.6	47.9		27.8	$9,210	$379	$8,831
Coleman Middle School	Public	6-8	3057 Main St	Duluth	30096	Gwinnett County	Gwinnett County	No	No	No	No	(678) 407-7400	711	49	14.5	46.6%	133 (18.7%)	222 (31.2%)	180 (25.3%)	130 (18.3%)	2 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	44 (6.2%)	88.2	64^th of 584 public middle schools	89.0%		88.8	59^th of 588 public middle schools	90.0%	5		98.4						61.1	53.3	61.8				61.7	59.6	71.9			57.3	$14,028	$301	$13,727
McClure Health Science High School	Public	9-12	3921 Club Pl	Duluth	30096	Gwinnett County	Gwinnett County	No	No	No	Yes	(770) 806-7900	1,237	70	17.5	85.7%	23 (1.9%)	188 (15.2%)	872 (70.5%)	137 (11.1%)	1 (0.1%)	1 (0.1%)	15 (1.2%)	49.9	170^th of 452 public high schools	62.4%		52.7	168^th of 458 public high schools	63.3%	2	44.8	39.0	43.5	35.2																$12,671	$965	$11,706

Cities Near Duluth

City	Distance	# of Schools	Statewide Rank
Lawrenceville	3.38 mi	40	181^st
Norcross	3.43 mi	13	298^th
Johns Creek	3.92 mi	2	1^st
Alpharetta	4.01 mi	30	9^th
Suwanee	4.07 mi	16	12^th

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SchoolDigger data sources: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education, the U.S. Census Bureau and the Georgia Department of Education.

IMPORTANT DISCLAIMERS: Not all boundaries are included. We make every effort to ensure that boundaries are up-to-date. But it's important to note that these are approximations and are for general informational purposes only. To verify legal descriptions of boundaries or school locations, contact your local tax assessor's office and/or school district.