Berkmar Middle School

What this school is

• Patriot Promotion Academy (PPA) — the school’s remediation program for students who score below 70% in a first-semester core course; it runs during the regular school year (school PPA page).
• PBIS school — the GCPS profile says the school has previously been recognized as a GaDOE PBIS Distinguished School; its PBIS program is built around the school’s “Three R’s.”
• Connections and clubs — the school site does not post a full Connections course list; ask for the current one.
• Gifted (PROBE) — GCPS middle schools offer gifted classes in math, science, social studies and language arts for students who qualify, placed by area of strength (GCPS PROBE page). Ask which subjects are offered here.

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.

How families get in

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

• Feeder elementary schools (GCPS Berkmar cluster page): Hopkins Elementary School and Minor Elementary School. Confirm your address with GCPS before buying or renting for a school.
• Next step: students go on to Berkmar High 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

Students

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

• Hispanic ≈ 80% · Black ≈ 11% · Asian ≈ 9% · hidden by GaDOE (small counts): White, Two or more, plus other very small groups
• Total enrollment about 1,050 students (GCPS directory, rounded)
• Student mix score: 33.4 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 Lilburn. 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.

Compare before you commit

• Sweetwater Middle SchoolThe other Berkmar-cluster middle school; STEAM Academy by application
• Trickum Middle SchoolNeighboring Parkview-cluster middle school with DLI Spanish continuation
• Lilburn Middle SchoolNeighboring Meadowcreek-cluster middle school
• Gwinnett Online CampusGCPS online school (grades K–12) — a full-time online alternative to a zoned campus

Questions to ask on a tour

1. 1.How are students placed in PPA, and how does it fit into the school day?
2. 2.How are students placed in gifted (PROBE), accelerated or advanced classes?
3. 3.Which Connections (elective) classes are available in each grade, and how are they assigned?
4. 4.How do new students find clubs, teams and a friend group in the first weeks?
5. 5.Which courses can 8th graders take for high school credit?

What to do next

1. 1.Confirm your address is zoned for Berkmar Middle 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 student.
4. 4.Register through GCPS Online Registration.