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Benefield Elementary School

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

  • Grades: K–5
  • How to get in: Zoned by home address
  • Cluster: Discovery
  • Area: Lawrenceville
  • Student mix: 57.8 / 100

Benefield 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 PBIS, inclusion events that bring together self-contained special education and general education classrooms, and a Play 2 Learn program. Visit and ask questions before treating any ranking or reputation claim as a fit guarantee.

1221 Old Norcross Road, Lawrenceville, GA 30046

Official starting points

  • School site: benefieldes.gcpsk12.org
  • Zoning: GCPS Discovery cluster page and GCPS permissive transfers
  • GCPS school profile: gcpsk12.org › School Profiles › Benefield 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

  • Special education — the profile mentions self-contained classrooms alongside general education; ask which services are housed here.
  • Play 2 Learn — a GCPS parent-and-child class for families with children from birth to age 5, held at the school (GCPS school profile).
  • Clubs — Art Club, Benefield Singers, Intramural Sports, Readers Rally, Drama, Girls on the Run, Lego Club, Robotics and mentoring groups (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

Shonda Stevens

School details

Address
1221 Old Norcross Road, Lawrenceville, GA 30046
  • School hours: 8:50 AM – 3:20 PM
  • Source: School site; GCPS directory and school profile. Hours: GCPS directory; the school site lists the same student hours.

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).

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Who it tends to fit

A good match when

  • You live in the Benefield zone and want your child to move on to Richards Middle School with neighborhood classmates.
  • Your child needs special education services and you want to ask about on-site classes.
  • You have a younger child for Play 2 Learn.

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 ≈ 60% · Black ≈ 24% · Asian ≈ 7% · White ≈ 5% · Two or more ≈ 4% · other groups hidden (very small)
  • Total enrollment about 1,200 students (GCPS directory, rounded)
  • Student mix score: 57.8 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.

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

Old Norcross Road 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.How is gifted (FOCUS) service delivered here — resource classes, cluster classes or advanced content?
  2. 2.Which specials (art, music, PE, STEM, computer science, languages) does each grade rotate through?
  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 Benefield 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.