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Duluth Middle School

Zoned GCPS middle school on Pleasant Hill Road in Duluth — seats are assigned by home address in the Duluth Middle zone of the Duluth cluster.

  • Grades: 6–8
  • How to get in: Zoned by home address
  • Cluster: Duluth
  • Area: Duluth (west-central Gwinnett)
  • Student mix: 61.7 / 100

Duluth Middle is a zoned middle school in the Duluth cluster; students go on to Duluth High School. The school site and GCPS profile highlight accelerated programs and a performing-arts department with band, chorus, guitar and orchestra. Visit and ask questions before treating any ranking or reputation claim as a fit guarantee.

3200 Pleasant Hill Road, Duluth, GA 30096

Official starting points

  • School site: duluthms.gcpsk12.org
  • Zoning: GCPS Duluth cluster page and GCPS permissive transfers
  • GCPS school profile: gcpsk12.org › School Profiles › Duluth 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

  • Accelerated programs / “Wildcat Extensions” — the school’s Accelerated Programs page describes accelerated options, including high school courses taken in middle school, with extension classes scheduled before the core day. It also describes a Korean course for rising 7th graders as an enrichment beyond the academic day. Ask how students qualify.
  • Performing arts — band, chorus, guitar and orchestra (yearlong), plus visual arts (school Connections and Fine Arts pages).
  • Connections also include careers, computer science, engineering, family and consumer science, Junior Leadership Corps, peer leadership and Spanish.
  • 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

Dr. Jimmie McKinley

School details

Address
3200 Pleasant Hill Road, Duluth, GA 30096
  • School hours: 9:20 AM – 4:00 PM
  • Source: School site; GCPS directory and school profile. Hours: GCPS directory; the school’s General Information page lists student arrival 8:50–9:15 AM

How families get in

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

  • Feeder elementary schools (GCPS Duluth cluster page): Berkeley Lake Elementary School, Chesney Elementary School and Harris Elementary School. Confirm your address with GCPS before buying or renting for a school.
  • Next step: students go on to Duluth 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

A good match when

  • You live in the Duluth Middle zone (Berkeley Lake, Chesney or Harris elementary feeders).
  • Your student wants an ensemble music program (including guitar).
  • Your student wants accelerated or high-school-credit coursework.

Think twice when

  • Before-school extension classes don’t fit your family’s morning transportation — ask about schedules.
  • 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 ≈ 57% · Black ≈ 20% · Asian ≈ 11% · White ≈ 8% · Two or more ≈ 4% · other groups hidden (very small)
  • Total enrollment about 1,200 students (GCPS directory, rounded)
  • Student mix score: 61.7 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 in Duluth. 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 do students qualify for Wildcat Extensions, and how does transportation work for early classes?
  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 Duluth 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.