Summary:
Zip code 30092 in Norcross, GA is home to one high school, Norcross High School, a large 9–12 campus serving 2,317 students within Gwinnett County Public Schools.
Norcross High School serves a high-poverty population, with 72.6% of students qualifying for free or reduced lunch. The school’s most pressing challenge is chronic absenteeism: 31.2% of students are chronically absent, which is more than double the district rate of 15.0% and nearly double the state rate of 17.7%. Academically, proficiency rates lag well behind district and state averages across all tested subjects. In the most recent data, only 33.7% of students were proficient in Algebra I (compared to 57.6% districtwide), 37.5% in Biology (vs. 50.7% district), and just 19.8% in U.S. History (vs. 40.5% district). The school’s graduation rate of 85.4% matches the district average but falls below the state’s 87.2%, while its dropout rate of 3.1% exceeds both district (2.8%) and state (2.4%) figures.
Year-over-year trends are mixed. Biology proficiency improved from 33.6% to 37.5%, while Algebra I remained flat and U.S. History declined from 23.1% to 19.8%. The school’s state ranking has slipped from the 40th percentile in 2023–2024 to the 35th percentile in 2025–2026, though it has maintained a 2-star rating. Per-student spending is $14,629 with a student-teacher ratio of 14.1:1, indicating reasonable class sizes. For parents, the key takeaway is that Norcross High School faces significant hurdles in attendance and academic achievement, particularly in U.S. History and Algebra I. While the school successfully graduates students at the district rate, the combination of high absenteeism and low test proficiency suggests that many students may not be fully prepared for college or career pathways. Addressing the absenteeism crisis will be critical to improving outcomes.
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