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Dacula Middle School

Zoned GCPS middle school in Dacula — seats are assigned by home address in the Dacula cluster.

  • Grades: 6–8
  • How to get in: Zoned by home address
  • Cluster: Dacula
  • Area: Dacula (east Gwinnett)
  • Student mix: 68.4 / 100

Dacula Middle is a zoned middle school in the Dacula cluster; students go on to Dacula High School. The GCPS school profile highlights high-school-credit options, career-focused Connections courses and robotics. Visit and ask questions before treating any ranking or reputation claim as a fit guarantee.

137 Dacula Road, Dacula, GA 30019

Official starting points

  • School site: daculams.gcpsk12.org
  • Zoning: GCPS Dacula cluster page and GCPS permissive transfers
  • GCPS school profile: gcpsk12.org › School Profiles › Dacula Middle 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

  • High school credit in 8th grade — the GCPS profile says 8th graders have six courses that may carry Carnegie Unit credit, including Enhanced Algebra I, high school Physical Science, and Spanish and French through Connections.
  • Career Connections — the profile reports 11 CTAE (career-technical) courses, three of which offer high school credit.
  • Clubs and competitions — the profile and clubs page list robotics (FIRST LEGO League and VEX), speech and debate, drama, FBLA and a 3D printing club.
  • 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.

Principal

Kimberly Bussey

School details

Address
137 Dacula Road, Dacula, GA 30019
  • School hours: 9:20 AM – 4:00 PM
  • Source: School site; GCPS directory and school profile. Hours: GCPS directory (no student hours posted on the school site)

How families get in

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

  • Feeder elementary schools (GCPS Dacula cluster page): Alcova Elementary School, Dacula Elementary School and Mulberry Elementary School. Confirm your address with GCPS before buying or renting for a school.
  • Next step: students go on to Dacula High School.
  • Boundaries in this area changed when Murphy Middle opened (Archer/Dacula redistricting) — confirm your current assignment on the GCPS cluster pages.
  • 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 Dacula Middle zone (Alcova, Dacula or Mulberry elementary feeders).
  • Your student wants an early start on high school credit.
  • Your student is interested in robotics, debate, business or drama.

Think twice when

  • Your student does better in a smaller school — the GCPS directory lists about 1,850 students.
  • Your address was affected by the Archer/Dacula redistricting — confirm your current middle school assignment with GCPS.
  • You live outside the zone and need a guaranteed transfer seat.

Students

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

  • Black ≈ 46% · Hispanic ≈ 27% · White ≈ 14% · Asian ≈ 7% · Two or more ≈ 6% · other groups hidden (very small)
  • Total enrollment about 1,850 students (GCPS directory, rounded)
  • Student mix score: 68.4 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. These counts predate Murphy Middle’s opening and the Archer/Dacula redistricting, so the current mix may differ.

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

Dacula Road in Dacula. 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 high-school-credit courses are open to 8th graders, and what are the placement criteria?
  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.How does the school communicate with families (ParentVUE, ParentSquare, newsletters)?

What to do next

  1. 1.Confirm your address is zoned for Dacula 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.