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Alford Elementary School

Zoned GCPS elementary school in Lawrenceville — seats are assigned by home address in the Alford attendance zone of the Discovery cluster.

  • Grades: K–5
  • How to get in: Zoned by home address
  • Cluster: Discovery
  • Area: Lawrenceville
  • Student mix: 54.2 / 100

Alford Elementary is a zoned elementary school in the Discovery cluster; students go on to Richards Middle School, then Discovery High School. The GCPS school profile describes family nights (literacy, math, international), student clubs and special education programs for students with intellectual disabilities (MiID and MoID). Visit and ask questions before treating any ranking or reputation claim as a fit guarantee.

2625 Lawrenceville Highway, Lawrenceville, GA 30044

Official starting points

  • School site: alfordes.gcpsk12.org
  • Zoning: GCPS Discovery cluster page and GCPS permissive transfers
  • GCPS school profile: gcpsk12.org › School Profiles › Alford Elementary School
  • State data: GaDOE CCRPI at ccrpi.gadoe.org and GOSA Georgia School Grades Report

GCPS district:678-301-6000 (main)678-301-7085 (Planning, attendance boundaries)Find My School

What this school is

  • Clubs listed by GCPS include Chorus, Art, Athletics, STEM, Garden, Step Team and Drama.
  • Special education programs — the GCPS profile mentions students in the MiID and MoID programs; ask which services are housed here.
  • Family nights — Literacy Night, Math Night and International Night (GCPS school profile).
  • Gifted (FOCUS) — GCPS elementary gifted services for students who qualify; each school chooses the settings (resource, cluster, advanced content) (GCPS FOCUS page). Ask how FOCUS is delivered here.

Test scores and state ratings are not reproduced here — check GaDOE CCRPI and GOSA directly. Rankings: Not publicly available in this guide.

Principal

Dr. Sebastian ‘Shon’ Davis

School details

Address
2625 Lawrenceville Highway, Lawrenceville, GA 30044
  • School hours: 8:20 AM – 3:20 PM (school-published hours). GCPS directory lists 8:50 AM – 3:20 PM. Confirm the current student bell schedule directly with Alford.
  • Source: School site; GCPS directory and school profile. Hours: school site and GCPS directory; the school also lists a tardy bell at 8:50 AM.

How families get in

Type: Zoned GCPS elementary school — assigned by home address (not a lottery or application school).

  • Next step (GCPS Discovery cluster page): Richards Middle School. Confirm your address with GCPS before buying or renting for a school.
  • Living elsewhere in Gwinnett: a permissive transfer is possible only if the school is on GCPS’s current transfer list. Approvals are capacity-based and must be renewed each year — see GCPS permissive transfers.
  • Admit rate: Not applicable (zoned school).

Never treat social media dates as official.

Who it tends to fit

A good match when

  • You live in the Alford zone and want your child to move on to Richards Middle School with neighborhood classmates.
  • Your child would enjoy a mix of arts, garden and STEM clubs.
  • Your child needs special education services and you want to ask about on-site programs.

Think twice when

  • You live outside the zone and need a guaranteed transfer seat.

Students

Race/ethnicity mix (GaDOE FTE enrollment count; approximate percentages, not a ranking):

  • Hispanic ≈ 64% · Black ≈ 20% · Asian ≈ 10% · White ≈ 6% · hidden by GaDOE (small counts): Two or more, plus other very small groups
  • Total enrollment about 850 students (GCPS directory, rounded)
  • Student mix score: 54.2 out of 100 (Gwinnett County overall: 72.9) — the chance that two randomly chosen students are from different racial/ethnic groups; 0 = all one group, higher = more mixed. This guide’s own calculation, 100 × (1 − Σ group share²), from GaDOE enrollment counts — not an official GCPS or state rating, and it does not reflect income or education. Several groups are hidden in the GaDOE report for this school, so treat the score as approximate.

Source: Georgia Department of Education, FTE Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity and Gender. Percentages are rounded and may not total 100. For official Georgia accountability, use GaDOE CCRPI and the GOSA School Grades Report.

Location and daily life

Lawrenceville Highway in Lawrenceville. GCPS buses serve students who live in the attendance zone; stop and time details are listed in ParentVUE (GCPS Transportation). Families attending through a permissive transfer are responsible for arranging transportation. GCPS does not provide regular transportation for permissive transfers.

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Questions to ask on a tour

  1. 1.Which special education programs are housed at Alford?
  2. 2.How is gifted (FOCUS) service delivered here — resource classes, cluster classes or advanced content?
  3. 3.How does the school help a child who needs extra support in reading or math?
  4. 4.Which before- and after-school care options operate on campus or offer pickup from the school?
  5. 5.How does the school communicate with families (ParentVUE, ParentSquare, newsletters)?

What to do next

  1. 1.Confirm your address is zoned for Alford Elementary School using the GCPS cluster pages.
  2. 2.Check GaDOE CCRPI and the GOSA School Grades Report for official school data.
  3. 3.Tour the school and ask about the programs that matter to your child.
  4. 4.Register through GCPS Online Registration.