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Berkmar High School

Zoned GCPS cluster high school in Lilburn organized around career academies — seats are assigned by home address in the Berkmar attendance zone.

  • Grades: 9–12
  • How to get in: Zoned by home address
  • Cluster: Berkmar
  • Area: Lilburn (southwest-central Gwinnett)
  • Student mix: 41.2 / 100

Berkmar High is the high school for the Berkmar cluster, so most students are assigned by home address. It is one of GCPS’s College & Career Ready Academy high schools: zoned students join a career-themed academy (a small learning community) that groups related courses and electives — confirm current academy choices with the school. Visit and ask questions before treating any ranking or reputation claim as a fit guarantee.

405 Pleasant Hill Road, Lilburn, GA 30047

Official starting points

  • School site: berkmarhs.gcpsk12.org
  • Zoning: GCPS list of schools by cluster and GCPS permissive transfers
  • GCPS school profile: gcpsk12.org › School Profiles › Berkmar High 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

  • Career academy model — every zoned student belongs to an academy; see the GCPS academy-schools page for how it works.
  • Signature CTAE programs named on the GCPS profile include film / audio-video and culinary arts (ProStart), plus DECA and FCCLA.
  • College-level options — AP courses and dual enrollment; ask about current offerings.

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

Principal

Dr. Gabriel Zaragoza

School details

Address
405 Pleasant Hill Road, Lilburn, GA 30047
  • School hours: 7:00 AM – 2:10 PM (school-published hours). GCPS directory lists 7:05 AM – 2:10 PM. Confirm the current student bell schedule directly with Berkmar.
  • Source: School site; GCPS directory and school profile. Hours: school site and GCPS directory

How families get in

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

  • Students who live in the Berkmar attendance zone attend here. Confirm your address with GCPS (see the cluster list and school directory) before buying or renting for a school.
  • The academy model applies to zoned students; academy choices are made with school counselors.
  • 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 Berkmar zone and like a career-themed academy structure from 9th grade.
  • Your student is interested in film, culinary arts or business-type career clubs.
  • You want a school where every student has a smaller home community inside a large campus.

Think twice when

  • Your student wants to keep options wide open rather than pick an academy early.
  • IB is the goal — in GCPS, IB Diploma is offered at Norcross and Shiloh.
  • 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 ≈ 75% · Black ≈ 15% · Asian ≈ 7% · White ≈ 2% · Two or more ≈ 1% · other groups hidden (very small)
  • Total enrollment about 2,950 students (GCPS directory, rounded)
  • Student mix score: 41.2 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.

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

Pleasant Hill Road corridor in Lilburn, near the Gwinnett Place area. GCPS buses serve students who live in the attendance zone; stop and time details are listed in ParentVUE. 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 do students choose an academy, and can they switch later?
  2. 2.What support exists for students who fall behind or need more challenge?
  3. 3.How do new students find clubs, teams and a friend group in the first weeks?
  4. 4.Which AP, dual-enrollment or certification options are open to each grade?
  5. 5.How does the school communicate with families (ParentVUE, newsletters, apps)?

What to do next

  1. 1.Confirm your address is zoned for Berkmar High School using GCPS resources.
  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 student.
  4. 4.Register through GCPS Online Registration (linked on the GCPS school profile).